After a weekend of working at home (taxes and drywall) and eating chocolate, it was time to get back to brewing. We had decided on Brown-Eyed Girl, our popular American-style brown and Bill had the yeast ready to go. Ethan helped with the first day's 2.5 bbl batch, and Chuck will help with Tuesday's batch. However! The forecast is calling for snow, and there's always the chance of ice in north central Arkansas. So we'll begin early and hope to beat the worst of the weather by getting home earlier.
The forecast is also calling for single digits for the lows on Thursday and Friday mornings - but the first time it was actually 1 degree, and they've improved that to 5 and 8 degrees, whoopee. Anyway, if you're coming to the brewery, or anywhere else for the next few days, know it's gonna be cold.
We didn't tap out of anything this past week, so our beer menu is the same. The two chocolate beers are very popular. They're small batches, so get 'em while you can! The Mild Thang! and Sojourner Double Oat Stout are still on tap but they're on the last kegs. Nightfall India Black has been popular also. Brown-Eyed Girl, Kolsch from the Cold, Cloud Nine Hoppy Hay IPA, Red Ryeder Rye Ale, Hoppy Together India Red Ale, Lemon Ginger Saison, and May the Schwarzbier With You round out the beer menu.
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This may not "belong" in a beer blog, but I need to put it somewhere and trying to get away from FB, so here goes. I read that there's a "spending blackout" to protest some companies' retreat from DEI policies; this is planned for Feb. 28th. According to news media, consumers are encouraged not to spend money in certain stores or online for the day, and if they have emergencies/essentials, they're encouraged to support a small local business. As small business owners, we always hope that folks support local and we try to as much as we can. We can't tell you how much we appreciate our patrons' support!
As for DEI, we're all for it and are working to cut down or out our patronage of businesses that cut back or discontinued their DEI programs. you can search for "what companies are getting rid of dei" but don't Google it, since they're one of them, along with Walmart, Aldi's, Target, Tractor Supply, United Airlines, Ford, Lowe's, MolsonCoors, and Meta/Facebook, to name a few. Shame on them for kowtowing to the conservatives!
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