Greetings, fellow brew-thusiasts! We here at the East Village Brewing Company could not be happier with our friggin' awesome Poppin Bottles party last Thursday evening! To all those who attended, your Brewmasters once again wish to extend a drunken thank you in the form of an increasingly complicated fist bump/handshake.
To all those who did not make it, either due to waning fan-dom or to waxing work loads, fear not - Brewmaster Marshall and I were so impressed with how well round one went that we're hotly anticipating a Poppin Bottles redux in early January. Now that the last of the Stuy Town Nut Brown bottles from our uber-successful roll-out party last Thursday have been cleared and the counters of EVBC HQ finally wiped down to make room for bags of Chinese take-out and empty hummus containers, we can turn our attention to things to come - in other words, a bit of a 'how we doin' status report.
1. "Jeez guys, this isn't the worst beer I've ever had!" - Thanks! Yes, its true, people seemed to actually LIKE the beer! That warms our East Village hearts...we want to do our brand proud, after all. General consensus is that we had pretty well approximated a Newcastle-style flavor and consistency, which was the overall goal. Mission accomplished!
2. "So when the hell is my next batch ready?" - Keep your pants on, drunky, it'll be all set right in time for B.M.'s birthday in early January! Remember, you NEVER ask a Brewmaster his age... but to give you a hint, he's turning 20-beautiful. We moved the Irish Red ale we've been working on over to the secondary fermenter just this past weekend and it's lookin mighty fine. Avenue A-le is go - Mission accomplished!
3. "Brewmaster Eric, we find your blog to be thoroughly entertaining and we love being a fan of the EVBC on Facebook. You provide me with some awesome brewing knowledge while at the same time engage me intellectually and emotionally with your heartsome discourse." Didn't really hear a question in there, but thanks! We love having all you Tastemasters and Tastemistresses along for the ride... In fact, we're right up to nearly 80 fans on Facebook! I'd love to get up to 100 by the New Year's Eve EVBC Holiday Party so our marketing team will have something to celebrate. Our latest buzz-media attacks have been slow to grow (Twitter fail!) and they're feeling sad. So, tell your friends, tell your loved ones, and tell those extended network people who honestly just love posting shit in their Facebook page to sign up by searching for us at 'East Village Brewing Company'. Together WE CAN hit 100 fans by New Years! Mission Accomplished!!!
