Maifest and News
Well our annual Maifest Celebration here in Amana was a truly great time for everyone. The weather was easily the best we have ever had in recent memory. Sunny and Warm, without the late in the day chill that we usually have as the sun gets low in the sky. I don’t if we are lucky or if its a sign of global warming… I hope next year will be that nice too!
We have been doing plenty of brewing here at the brewery. We are doing two beer of the month clubs this month, a first for us. This has the cellar the most full it has ever been! All this brewing has kept me too busy to post on this page, so let me do a recap of what has been happening around here.
We now have distribution of our products in central Illinios through Specialty Distributing. To show this off, Tom and Teresa attended the Peoria International Beer Festival last weekend. The event was a great time, with 4000 attendees and 200 beers to try. Tom said he was very busy serving samples, as you can see:
Here are some of our new Illinois accounts: Friar Tuck, 1401 W Glen Ave, Peoria
Old Chicago (on tap at both Peoria locations)
Super Liquor, 818 E War Memorial Dr, Peoria
There was a great article this weekend in the Iowa Press Citizen paper about local homebrewers. I think the reporter did an excellent job! I was happy to get in the term “gourmet beer”, a phrase I would like to see used more often for what we make here.
Here at the brewery Kevin and I have been getting ready for the Belgian Beer Experience that will be held at Old Capitol pub in Iowa City on May 27th May 20th (my bad). Tickets are on sale here. We are preparing FOUR different Saisons this year. They are already done, and will feature some interesting spice additions, including Saffron and Chamomile. Here is a pic of our test fermentation system (high tech stuff):
And last but not least, a cute Pumpkin picture. Here she is guarding our grain from the evils of mice:
