Labor Day Weekend Festivus

The party started off early, around noonish, with a lot of promise - bright sunshine, clear water, cold beers both real (the Cheeky Bass Ale and the Honey Weisatch) and near beer (Coors light). Among the furious drinking of the near beer to try to stay cool and of the real beer because of the fantastic flavor and addictive quality (probably due to the fermentable strain of crack that Daddy Yardsale insisted on adding just before bottling) rounds of volleyball broke out.

More beer drinking, more volleyball, like a fortune teller, early in this process Brewmeister came up with the questionable slogan "Beer So Good, You'll Shit Yourself!!" - only thinking it to be a clever marketing ploy, he had no idea the evening would prove out this catchy saying (by the way, it's best said in a Scottish Fat Bastardesque accent). If you don't know what I mean, you weren't one of the five people waiting for Daddy Yardsale to come out of the bathroom... We told him not to go toward the light and eventually he did come back to us, weakened, swaying uncontrollably and in a cloud of stench. This could be a problem with the bottle conditioned, unfiltered state of the beers or just a problem with Daddy Yardsale's constitution. As I would feel partly to blame if it was the former, I'm going to assume it is the latter and happily go on with life.

As far as the two new beers, I'll start with the Honey Wiezatch - starts off with a crazy white foamy head, after waiting patiently for the foam to subside, you're rewarded with a smooth, slightly hoppy, complex beer with an interesting fruity, spicy finish with a hint of smoke...where did that come from?...we think it was the Belgian Wit yeast that we used and judging by Daddy Yardsale's trip to the bathroom - I think he'd agree... Check out the cool label...

Now, I've saved the best for last, the English Pale Ale style Cheeky Bass Ale. A bold, slightly hoppy beer with a lot of flavor and in completely unofficial and biased taste test it kicked ass over the real Bass Ale. This one was a keeper, a real collector's beer - also check out the cool label endorsed by none other than Daddy and Mommy Yardsale, go figure...

The next event should be even better as Brewmeister is feverishly working on a three tiered all-grain brewing sculpture for complete brewing madness. Until the next one, fellow Yardsailors, I bid you a fond farewell!!