iPhone Beer Thoughts

This is my first crack at blogging from My phone, so please excuse any errors. It's also safe to assume I won't be bothering adding many links either.

So I had a thought today as I looked at all the beer in my fridge. Some of it I made myself, some of it I bought, and some of it was given to me. Of the three choices, the last is my favorite kind. There's something about free beer that warms a man's soul. I love making beer and I tend to think I do it pretty well, and what beer geek doesn't enjoy spending half his paycheck at the liquor store with a basket full of beer? But when you get beer from some else, it's simply one of life's great moments.

What I'm talking about here is a bottle of Indigo Imp's robust porter, Jester. You probably haven't heard of indigo imp, unless you live in Cleveland. They're a small outfit that only puts their product in bottles. There's more on them in the next beeradvocate magazine, but some things didn't make the cut. Stuff like brewmaster and co-owner Matt Chappel and his wife Kathy (the other owner) decided tofollow a dream of making beer and didn't let the fact that they live in a city home to several great breweries deter them. It's people like Matt and Kathy that make me love the beer industry. To Indigo Imp, breweries like Great Lakes aren't competition or enemies - they're just neighbors. I also didn't mention the fact that Matt agreed to send me some beers (incredibly good and unique) in exchange for some homebrews. And of course I didn't mention that, like a complete jerk, I promptly forgot about that pledge to trade until a sixpack showed up in my building's foyer. Don't worry Matt, six tasty homebrews are headed your way sir.

And while we are talking here about good people, I'm excited to finally speak with Jason Malone from Good People Brewing Co. out of Alabama. We've been playing phone tag for a couple of weeks, but we're all set for a phone interview on Sunday. Details of the interview will be posted - probably tomorrow night.

That's all today folks... Cheers.