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[neddles]

httpss://www.facebook.com/watchtopbeer

 

Facebook page is up! Editing the first episode tomorrow night!

Nice, but until I see some actual video this thing is just another secret ingredient.

[SchwanzBrewer]

Nice, but until I see some actual video this thing is just another secret ingredient.

 

Booooooooo!

 

I'm sorry, I have my reasons for that. I have to stick to my guns on it.

[positiveContact]

the vid will be on youtube right?  I don't have a facebook account.

[SchwanzBrewer]

the vid will be on youtube right?  I don't have a facebook account.

 

Yup. We pretty much have to have a twitter, instagram, facebook page, socialcrapida thing in order to get viewers as well as possible as revenue so we can keep doing it. 

[brewman]

In the opening minutes of the first shoot he points out that he knows me,  that will give him street cred.

[SchwanzBrewer]

[SchwanzBrewer]

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[positiveContact]

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oh damn - I hope you guys don't get sent a C&D.

[SchwanzBrewer]

oh damn - I hope you guys don't get sent a C&D.

 

Meh, if we do then we just cease and desist. There are a lot of Top(name) things around the net. 

[SchwanzBrewer]

So here's the list of events that we are attending...

 

Tonight 3/6 - Coppertail Brewing - Tasting Room Grand Opening

Sunday 3/8 - Brewers Ball - BFBC Finale

Tuesday 3/10 - Life in a Belgian Farmhouse - Dunderbaks - Rare (to the US) belgian beer tasting

Wednesday 3/11 - Cask Ale Night at the Wild Rover (me); Funky Buddha @ Cigar City Cider & Mead (Dan)

Thursday 3/12 - Night of Wood @ Tampa Bay Brewing Company (me); Angry Chair Super Rad Rare Beer Night (Dan)

Friday 3/13 - Brisket Brew & Q @ Pair-O-Dice

Saturday 3/14 - Hunahpu Day @ Cigar City (Dan - I may be able to get a press pass - we're working on it)

 

So that's 9 events in 8 days. We're using go pros to film it all. Then I have to brew on Sunday 3/15. Should be a fun time though. Cheers!

[darkmagneto]

Hey SchwanzBrewer - I'm going to be in Tampa for spring break with my family March 22 - March 27th.  Any "must hit" beer spots you recommend?

 

Also.....would any Hunahpu be around or is it gone on that day.

 

Thanks!

Mark

[SchwanzBrewer]

Hey SchwanzBrewer - I'm going to be in Tampa for spring break with my family March 22 - March 27th.  Any "must hit" beer spots you recommend?

 

Also.....would any Hunahpu be around or is it gone on that day.

 

Thanks!

Mark

 

Its only sold on hunahpu day. YOU MUST GO TO RAPP BREWING! If you like german/american beers then Rapp's is the place to go. He makes excellent beers. And since you are in the area, might as well stop by Pair O Dice, they are west coast oriented and make some damn good beer. They are only a couple miles away on the same road. Cigar City is obligatory.

 

St Pete - Cycle and Green Bench. Dunedin - 7th Sun, Dunedin, and Barley Mow.

[SchwanzBrewer]

OK, so we switched gears last night. We were going to go to Dunderbaks for the Belgian thing, but we figured that we didn't want to spend $50 each to go. So we went to a local tap takeover in Ybor. Highlands Brewing took over the taps at King Corona. I'd not had much highlands beers, but the english IPA was really good, so was the Mocha Stout. And when I paired a Nicaraguan cigar with the mocha stout... Like lightning went off in my brain. It was awesome. The tobacco flavors complimented the stout so well. It was really a treat. I'm not a cigar guy, but that might be something I end up getting into.

 

Tonight is Cask Ale Night at the Wild Rover.

 

Cheers!

[SchwanzBrewer]

My partner - Dan - went to Cigar City Cider and Mead for a Funky Buddah tap take over. They talked to us a bit also at the Brewers Ball and invited us out to the brewery. I went to The Wild Rover last night for Cask Ale Night. I've only had a couple cask ales before. The Wild Rover is a traditional english pub. 1 TV that's never on, only for football matches on Saturdays and Sundays. They have 4 beer engines and 4 cask ales on tap at all times. A bunch of other breweries sent over their casks as well. It was a really cool event. I talked with the brewer, the brewery and pub - there's a double decker bus out front that they converted into a food truck - is entirely family owned and operated. Mom cooks, dad manages, son brews, and daughter in law bar tends. Really nice family. I want to go back and do a full episode on them. The pub is cozy, warm, and everyone friendly. They recapture their roots - mom and dad are from England.

 

Anyway, I'm dragging ass today. I got home last night at 12:30 and crashed as soon as I could get in bed. I feel like I could sleep for a day right now. Beer week is kicking my butt. To top it all off, I have to brew on Sunday. So that means tomorrow morning I have to make a starter. Then somehow I have to step it on Saturday after Hunahpu day. I'm gonna be really glad when this week is over. Oh, and somehow I have to find the time to help edit the first episode.

 

I think next year we'll work it out so Dan and I alternate nights and events so we don't burn out.

[SchwanzBrewer]

Went to an epic bottle share last night. There were lots of whales. Some great, some just average really. Some jester king stuff was really damn good. Finally got home at a reasonable hour and got some sleep. I feel much better today.

 

Tonight is BBQ and Brew at Pair -O-Dice and Hunahpu Day on Saturday.

 

Cheers!

[SchwanzBrewer]

Ep 1 Trailer

 

httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHtj1gNdVU0

[neddles]

Nice! Looks professional.

[SchwanzBrewer]

Nice! Looks professional.

 

lol, wait until you see footage from beer week. A lot was shot on cell phones because we couldn't get the go pros out - someone else had one and the camera/editor guy had one, but couldn't make it out. hunahpu will be shot with the big camera though. 

[Big Nake]

Yeah, looks cool. You'll have to either post the full episodes here or point us towards the YouTube versions. So is this going to be "in-depth" brewing information or lighter "beer" talk? Is it going to be educational, funny, what? Looks like it would be really fun to do. Cheers.

[neddles]

Yeah I dunno, Schwanz doesn't quite look the part.