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Tuesday Taplist - 12/26/07

Another Wednesday, another misnamed taplist post.  The last one of 2007, in fact.  So you should print this out and save it, as it could be a collector's item someday. 
...maybe.

Here's the post-holiday rundown:

Laurelwood Public House & Brewery
51st at NE Sandy

• Organic Free Range Red
• Organic Tree Hugger Porter
• Boss IPA
• Workhorse IPA
• Motherlode Golden
• Space Stout
• Piston Pale Ale
• Hooligan Brown
  
• Grande Imperial IPA
• Vinter Varmer

Laurelwood Pizza Company
40th at NE Sandy

• Organic Free Range Red
• Organic Tree Hugger Porter
• Boss IPA
• Motherlode Golden
• Space Stout
• Wry Pale Ale
• 40th St Amber
• Life of Brian
• Vinter Varmer (on tap and cask)
• Sinter Klass Tripel
• Himmelbrau Helles

Laurelwood NW Public House
NW 23rd at NW Kearney

• Organic Free Range Red
• Organic Tree Hugger Porter
• Boss IPA
• Motherlode Golden
• Space Stout
• Piston Pale Ale
• Hooligan Brown
  
• Grande Imperial IPA (will switch to Vinter Varmer tonight as there's very little Grande left)

Hope everyone had a warm and happy holiday.  I drank half a growler of Himmelbrau Helles, ate a huge serving of my Christmas seafood feast, and promptly took a two hour nap.  Woke up, played some Mario Galaxy on Wii, and quickly fell asleep again.   

By the way, if you're on the ever-popular Myspace, why don't you befriend us?  Say hello at http://myspace.com/laurelwoodbrewpub

Bourbon Barrel Bock

You are looking at the bung that's sealing in 60 gallons of our as-of-yet unnamed bock in the second of our two Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels.   

Tell you what, getting in close and taking this picture smelled great.  And I'm not even a bourbon drinker.

The brewers tasted a sample yesterday and decided that it needs another two or three weeks, at which time it will be blended with the remaining bock, so as not to overpower the flavor with bourbon.  In this beer, subtlety is key.

On the other hand, the Olde Reliable Barleywine that's in the other barrel will not be blended.  Expect big flavor from this one.  Never mind what I said before!  Begone subtlety!

Taplist Tuesday

Ok, so again, I'm a day late on my taplist posting.    
I think maybe Taplist Tuesday may really fall on Wednesdays from now on. 

Standards (available at all locations)

• Organic Free Range Red
• Organic Tree Hugger Porter
• Boss IPA
• Motherlode Golden
• Space Stout
• Piston Pale Ale

Extras @ Laurelwood Public House & Brewery (51st at NE Sandy)

• Hooligan
• Workhorse IPA
• Olde Reliable Barleywine
• Grande Imperial IPA
• Vinter Varmer (on cask too!)

Extras @ Laurelwood Pizza Co (40th at NE Sandy)   

• Wry Pale Ale
• Vinter Varmer
• Life of Brian
• Himmelbrau Helles

Extras @ Laurelwood NW Public House (NW 23rd at NW Kearney)   

• Hooligan
• Vinter Varmer

Taplist Tuesday

So from now on, I'll be posting every Tuesday with a rundown of what's on tap at each location.  I make the calls so you don't have to.

And yeah, I know it's Wednesday.  I was busy yesterday, ok?

Here's what's we're pouring:

Laurelwood Public House & Brewery
51st at NE Sandy

• Organic Free Range Red
• Organic Tree Hugger Porter
• Boss IPA
• Workhorse IPA
• Motherlode Golden
• Space Stout
• Piston Pale Ale
• Hooligan
• Grande Imperial IPA
• Vinter Varmer
• Olde Reliable Barleywine

Laurelwood Pizza Company
40th at NE Sandy

• Organic Free Range Red
• Organic Tree Hugger Porter
• Boss IPA
• Motherlode Golden
• Space Stout
• Wry Pale Ale
• Life of Brian (on tap AND cask)
• Vinter Varmer
• Sinter Klass Tripel
• Himmelbrau Helles

Laurelwood NW Public House
NW 23rd at NW Kearney

• Organic Free Range Red
• Organic Tree Hugger Porter
• Boss IPA
• Motherlode Golden
• Space Stout
• Piston Pale Ale
• Hooligan
• Vinter Varmer

Notice that Pizza Co. has Life of Brian on tap and on cask?  It's a great opportunity to taste the subtle difference between pouring methods.

Ok.  Enough of this computer geek stuff.  I've been downstairs in the computer lab/malt storage room smelling our pizza cooking upstairs in the kitchen for an hour and a half.  I'm going upstairs for a slice.

Olde Reliable Bottling Day

Just a few pictures from our day bottling Olde Reliable Barleywine...

Filled bottles awaiting wax tops.

Judah dipping the capped bottles into wax (which I almost accidentally ate earlier that morning - hey, it's not my fault unmelted sealing wax looks like Red Hots).

Smiling brewers - something you don't always see on bottling days.

And please, will someone remind us to wear more comfortable shoes next time we decide to do something like bottle 800 one-liter bottles of barleywine by hand? 

Anyways, come in and get one (or two) while they last. 

$15 each, available only at our Laurelwood pubs.