Bottling.. again!
Today we bottled more rootbeer and some Wheat. Normally at this time of the year we would only be bottling once a week. Not this year! We have bottled every week so far this year, and my cellar is pretty much empty at this point (when normally it would be so full I would be limited in how often we could brew).
Of course this is a good problem to have. My only worry is that we may end of short on a few beers until we can get the cellar filled back up. Tommorrow and Friday we will being a double batch of Schild Brau Amber to try to catch up.
I spent the whole weekend rebuilding the computer in the office. Computers are my other real skill. I built out of left over parts, including an old gateway case. The main goal was to setup a Raid Mirror array, so we would never have to worry about losing all of our data in a hard drive crash. Our graphic Designer had a hard drive crash last year that lost all of our artwork. That was a real wake-up call for us!
Speaking of artwork we will be releasing two new labels this year. One for the Warsh Pail Ale, and one for the Maifest. Instead of recreating the old artwork, we decided to go with a new artist and create a new look. Let us know what you think!
March 10th, 2005 at 9:27 am
Whoa. The Warsh is a little earily Farmer Vincent. I’m with Dooner.
March 10th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
I like the old labels better. The new stuff looks more like cartoon drawings. It takes away some of the integrity you have worked hard to establish. The old artwork had some consistancy between your different product label. Do you plan on label changes for all your products or just the ones lost during the computer crash? I do like the attmept at making the outer part of the WPA label to look like an old wooden bucket. Oh well, as long as the beer stays the same.
March 11th, 2005 at 8:13 am
Well guys, I really appreciate your honesty. You have helped us generate a discussion that may lead to you not seeing one or more of these labels. Nothing is written in stone as of yet (or ink, for that matter).
Farmer Vincent? My art history is a bit poor, could you link to a picture of that?
March 11th, 2005 at 8:33 am
me three