Surprise! It's a Scottish Ale!!!

Then hamster wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.

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Guess what tastemasters - we've a new brew in town! I know what you're thinking..."Does England really have a shot in the Cup anymore after only showing a B- game against the yanks?" You're probably thinking that 'cause you're so in the mood for our new delicious, wedding-special Scottish Ale! While we would never normally hold out on you for so long, denying you the hilarious exploits of our ridiculous adventures through brewing, Brewmaster Marshall and I had to keep this puppy under wraps because it was a special wedding surprise for my 'lil bro.

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Surprise! You're not getting any more wedding gifts from us! But for realsies, Brewmaster Eric went all out on this one kids - starting with a standard Scottish Ale recipe, the geniuses at HQ tinkered with the grain profile AND the hops in order to create a beer that was both deliciously beery but that mirrored the standard flavor profile of Scotch. The result? Well upon gifting the first installment of brew to Weddingmaster Michael, our initial sips showed some serious signs of progress! It's peaty... it's woody... it's extremely alcoholic at a powerful 6.7% ABV. Now THAT's something to celebrate.

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While the full flavor takes another few months to really settle in, the Scottish Wedding Ale marks some of the EVBC's first real forays into completely re-jiggering a recipe and receiving some solid results. We're stock-piling this goodness to let the flavor come together and so that we have extra umph at our next Poppin Bottles party (date undetermined). Lucky for you guys, our faithful tastemasters, I gave the silly hamster a bottle of leftover Bellhaven instead of our ridiculously limited run of just 16 beers. Get those requests for a taste in early - they're selling like Scottish hot cakes (read: haggus and maple syrup). Yum!

BrewCats!

It's getting hops in here

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the East Village." Anonymous

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Dude. It's warm in here. I mean, it's really damn hot. Brewmaster Eric has realized that the greatest enemy to the safety of the beer at EVBC at HQ might in fact be our Con Ed bill. As the mercury pushed its way northward this past weekend, HQ experienced it's first "pants optional" afternoon, as I found it near impossible to stay either awake or clothed in my only partially air conditioned apartment. The deadly combination of a small a/c unit in the bedroom (where non-beer magic happens) and a dearth of effective blinds in the kitchen and front rooms (where the beer magic happens) led me to create a vortex of desk fans to keep our current brews at usable temperature.

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So far, friends and well-wishers, we've made it through unscathed. However as the summer promises to steadily march forward in its unwavering mission to fry my brain and destroy our delicious beers, we must investigate our options to keep the beer at safe fermenting temperatures in the future. The awesomeness of your delicious 1st St Wheat depends on it! That's right, as promised, Brewmaster Marshall and I are returning to our fan favorite in order to win back your love and approval. While B.M. has a few dozen hobbies at any given time that he employs to show off his personal value to the world, I'm left merely with bawdy limmericks and brewing. And frankly, my latests brews cannot be saved by even the bawdiest of limmericks. Luckily, I've already began eyeing a space in the corner near the a/c that'll keep a delightful summer brew safely fermenting for the coming months, and we'll all be the better off for it.

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Any special flavoring requests from the peanut gallery?

Pardon our dust

"He who moves not forward, goes backward." Goethe

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That's right kids! Despite the crushing sadness that a lack of EVBC update posts has caused you over the past two weeks, it is time finally to let us back into your hearts and minds. Don't question where we've been...ask yourself, "where are we going?" The answer of course is: TO THE FUTURE!!!

According to Neil Diamond, the future is now. Far be it from me to tell Jewish Elvis he's wrong, so let's celebrate the grand re-opening of the East Village Brewing Company at it's brandnew flagship location at 6th and A. Convenient to the park, above an overpriced Asian market with a wicked beer selection, and just steps away from numerous drinking holes, our new digs offer all the creature comforts of our last brewery but with an alarmingly limited amount of counter-space.

Your patience, tastemasters, will assuredly be soon rewarded! Brewmaster Marshall and I had decided a short while back that to celebrate our sweet new central-East Village locale, we're gonna revisit the fan favorite 1st St Wheat. You like coriander? We got it. Orange peel? Covered. A delicate softness that can come only from the finest of wheat extracts? Fucking yeah we did.

B.M. and I will be having another board meeting soon to set a Brewmaggedon date. If'n you're interested in the brewing process or basically just want an excuse to day drink, keep an eye out for brewy updates on when it's all going down! Next to Superbowl Sunday, Christmas Morning and Arbor Day, Brewmaggedon is the single greatest holiday known to man - don't miss it.