Fear Not!

I'm admitting it. . . I think we've hit a little slump in our brewing. Instead of admitting that slump, we did what our Y chromosomes told us to do and tackled a recipe for a double IPA with an IBU of 110. I think at the end of the night we all realized that we had metaphorically kissed our cousin. . . the night had just not felt right. Have we so early lost the Joy of Homebrewing?

Nay, I say! A simple "no" will not answer that question. That question requires "Nay!" Nay, has the dual function of answering my question and empowering me to answer. Nay. Nay! Nay!!

Fear NOT! We shall not rest in our place in time, but I pause to acknowledge it. We are here because of the men thousands of years ago who could not buy beer and had to invent it. We are because men were not satisfied with their own senses and were industrious enough to alter them. We are here because of the men who persevered through years of prohibition to maintain and perfect an art. I am honored to represent their sacrifices.

In conclusion, the "Bear ate the honeybee, but the honeybee repetitively stung the bear in his esophagus until the bear died from internal bleeding" Double IPA is fermenting. The yeast are bubbling. And it is an honor to brew beside each of you.