Now we are involved in a race against the coming winter. Many projects need doing before the hard freezes hit. We need to close in the rigid greenhouse, get new plastic on the low high tunnel, insulate the new water components in the barn, get a new frost faucet in the low barn and on and on. No matter what we do there is always more. Fortunately the brewery is settling into a reasonable routine with most of the necessary updates completed.
Three beers will hit the taps this weekend. A wet-hopped Blasty Bough Amber, the Harvest Moon Pumpkin Saison and the Forager’s Autumn Olive Sour. Moonbat Juice IPA has been flying out of the taps (I mean, what else could it do?) as has pretty much everything else. Dave is now wishing he had put in a 5 barrel system. Sigh.
The Fort Mountain DIPA is rollicking in the fermenter and will soon be joined by our Thanksgiving seasonal the Welcome Table Belgian Strong. Next week’s brewing will involve a Tiny Trailer Pale Ale and a new Christmas seasonal called Miz Fezziwig’s Fruitcake Imperial Amber. After that we are going to do the Blasty edition of the Blastywoods collab with Northwoods.
Crook & Scythe Farm still has loads of produce for sale and a really spiffy new sign courtesy of the multi-talented Chris Murphy. Stop in and check out the bounty of the season!
See you soon!
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