DBI Beer Company
After a few naming rounds and some trademark agony we decided to form as a holding company for whatever brand name we eventually would use. DBI Beer Company, LLC formed to take on a loan, start purchasing equipment, file tax returns, etc. We will file a d/b/a under our eventual brand name, that the general public will be introduced to. In the meantime we are moving forward, the loan has been approved and finalized, equipment should be purchased soon and we are basically on track to debut at the Magic City Brew Fest. We are planning on releasing one main beer and a few one offs at the festival, fingers crossed, everyone will love us and we will be off to a running start. To ensure that we don’t stumble at the gate we will be holding a couple of private tastings pre launch to get the kinks out and to help whet people’s thirst for our beer. So if you are interested in getting in at the ground level of Birmingham’s next big beer company, just let me know.
It’s all happening
Four Horsemen Brewery is in the process of being reborn as The DNA Beer Company. I hesitate to even publish this as it all seems so fragile right now but the paper work should be finished by the end of next week. We decided to become contract brewers and as luck would have it we hopefully have found a brewery to work with here in the great state of Alabama. I hope to publish more as the deals get signed and everything is finalized, but look for our beer on shelves sometime this summer! I still can’t believe this is for real.
Taking a break from brewing
The Irish Stout and the 90 minute clone are both kegged and carbonated and ready to enjoy. Since the semester has started back up I’m taking a little break from brewing. Not to mention my wife and I have started a new diet that is not exactly beer friendly.
Hazelnut Porter
We took our 5 gal batch of the Hazelnut Porter down for a beach trip and the guys and myself finished it all in the first two days. That’s the fastest I’ve ever seen a keg of porter go! Not too bad for a first try.
Brewing Frenzy update
The Hazelnut porter is kegged and carbonated, The 90 minute IPA was racked to secondary today and the Irish stout is still chilling in secondary. I hope everybody had a merry christmas! Stay tuned for Tasting notes on the Hazelnut porter.
Brewing Frenzy
This is the third weekend in a row I’ve brewed beer. Alicia (my wife) and I have been ramping up our brewing because now we have a draft system and more importantly a basement to keep the draft system in. The new home built Kegorator will hold 3 five gallon corny kegs plus about a case of bottled beer and keep it all at a nice 40 degrees F. So to fill it we have brewed a hazelnut porter, an Irish stout, and a dogfish head 90 minute IPA clone. The Irish stout and the hazelnut porter are both in secondary and should finish at about 7.5% ABV. the IPA will go into primary fermentation today. So wish me luck and in about a month I will update you all with tasting notes.
Boston Beer Co. Profile – Beer Column – Lew Bryson – First Draft – Portfolio.com
Here is an interesting article on Sam Adam’s business structure. It’s a pretty short read and I’d love to hear people’s comments on this one.
Boston Beer Co. Profile – Beer Column – Lew Bryson – First Draft – Portfolio.com.
FHB: Four Horsemen Brewery
I went to Brewfest yesterday, and it gave me the courage, ahem, to announce to the interwebz: I am starting a brewery. Four Horsemen Brewery will be the smallest Brewery in Alabama, the Southeast, and possibly the United States. Starting with a 5 gallon homebrew kit we will be able to produce .15BBL (Barrels) per batch. To give you a comparision your average brewpub uses a 10 BBL system. So we will be very very tiny to start off, but good things come in small packages and if you are one of the few lucky people to help us beta test our Barely Brown Ale you know how special it is. So if you would like to invest in a great company, try some great beer, or have a small comercial space you’d like to lend to a plucky start-up drop us a note. Otherwise stay tuned for exciting things, including a website soon to come.