20 Friday Jun 2014
Posted in Brewing
Would love to talk more about this…and fully intend to at some point…but work has me pretty tied up lately. Been swamped up to my eyeballs. But they pay me, so I guess I gotta do what I gotta do.
At any rate, I wanted to at least provide a quick glimpse of our next brewery construction project. It’s still in the design phases, but we’re pretty excited about it.
13 Friday Jun 2014
Over the course of the last two years, you have had the chance to get to know the three of us behind Regular Guy Brewing. Between our posts and tweets, avid visitors have probably been able to glean quite a bit of insight into who Justin, Brian and I are as brewers and individuals.
Well now we have a new member of the team that I would like to introduce.
Some call him…TIM.
Or, if you prefer to go by full names: Thermal Interchange Manifold
06 Friday Jun 2014
Posted in Brewing
It’s Friday, and is the custom amongst the powers behind Regular Guy Brewing, tonight we will be getting together to do some brewery business.
No actual brewing of beer is on the agenda, but we will be tending to a few necessary logistical issues that will allow us to improve our brewing process going forth.
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First off, we are sad to report that the refrigerator which we had converted into our temperature controlled fermentation/carbonation chamber…which was thoroughly documented last July…has died. It was a tough loss to take. Tears were shed. Brian was particularly distraught, and spent days reeling in anguish following the discovery. But as a group, we have persevered. We have picked up the pieces and moved forward.
Tonight, we welcome a new addition to the Regular Guy Brewing arsenal of zymurgical weaponry…a small chest freezer that my wife found for us on a buy/swap group on Facebook. 35 bucks later, and we have a new chamber for our yeasties and carbs to do their thang in. Continue reading
05 Thursday Jun 2014
Posted in Observations, Random Stuff
Sometimes things happen in life that put your concepts of reality into some very harsh perspective. Something you think is important one moment can suddenly and instantaneously become trivial and petty. Other things can become even more important, even vital, when illuminated under the proper light.
Last night, I saw such a light.
I was at home, sitting on the couch next to my beautiful wife. It was about 11 o’clock and she had just nodded off for her usual pre-bedtime nap. I had just pulled up an episode of one of my favorite shows to watch while also doing a bit of brewery research on my phone. The dog had her head in my lap and, much like my wife, was sound asleep. The house was still for the moment. No noises could be heard other than the calm, yet raspy, tones of Sheriff Walt Longmire. Continue reading
28 Wednesday May 2014
Posted in Business Stuff, Random Stuff
In the nearly two years that have passed since launching this site, I’ve talked about a lot of things.
I’ve talked about the technical stuff that makes our beer become beer.
I’ve talked about the hopes and dreams that fuel us and drive us to brew our own beer for a living.
I’ve talked about all manner of silliness including (but by no means limited to) dinosaurs wearing t-shirts…the Office…pink striped chairs…growing hops…grilling steaks…curling…and urinals made out of old kegs.
Today though, I want to talk about something a bit different. Today, I dedicate this blog to something very near and dear to me. My good friend…and fellow Regular Guy…Brian Koontz.
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