I apologize for this post being a long time in coming. EPA Bottle 13 and Andrew's Bottle (# is unknown) were consumed on the twenty-third night of January 2010. It was Andrew's going away party. For those of you who don't know, Andrew was leaving for basic training on January 27th. Andrew and I had decided that we would start the night off by drinking a beer that had been made with our own sweat, labor, and intellect: Escanaba Pail Ale.
The Beer is cold and we are ready
We are a little nervous at this point due to the amount of sediment that can be seen floating around in the bottles. Others at the party are suggesting this may not be a good idea...
What do they know. We made it, soo it must be safe....Bottles raised, we toasted to a good night, a safe journey for Andrew, and for Andrew to make an acquaintance with a camel preferably female for his sake.
Down the hatch
It was delicious!!!The rest of the night couldn't have gone any better. Andrew made it safely to Fort Jackson in South Carolina. The army did not turn him away for having any strange toxins in his blood. Its been over a month since the tasting and we both are alive and well. I hope everyone enjoys EPA just as mush as we did. Looking forward to the next brewing. Hopefully we will have a better supervisor who has more faith in us next time. Or I get promoted to supervisor because of my excellent work record and the current supervisor has to experience what it is to be like a common laborer. It will help him to become a better supervisor one day.
An excellent report, with one notable shortcoming - There are no "tasting notes", no mention of - you know - what the beer tastes like. A supplemental posting from both of you is in order, so the allocation spreadsheet can be properly updated.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, I will be stealing this post and copying it in its entirety to MW Mobile Blog (The Official EPA Blog of Record) appropriately backdated to the consumption date.
Good Luck and Godspeed to Andrew in his service to our country. Does he know where he will be stationed yet?
BTW - Andrew's allocation was bottle #15.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing - When are you going to change the name of this blog?
I just remember it was smooth and i didnt even notice all the sediment floating aroung in the beer. It did not taste bitter, and i enjoyed the taste of it. thats bout all i got on the taste.
ReplyDeleteAndrew will graduate on april 9th, have 3 days off the head to officer canidate school for twelve weeks i believe. After that he has a couple week off before he gets stationed somewhere. He prob wont know till around that time where he will be