Front Street Brewery

Wow it’s been a hectic couple weeks.  Early last week a new draft system was installed.  It took two days, but the guys doing the work finally got it going with barely any glitches.  All the beers now pour perfectly every time.

Good thing we got it done early in the week because things got crazy around here for Azalea Fest.  Every year it’s one of the biggest weekends for us.  This year was no different.  Thousands of out of towners converged on to the downtown Wilmington scene to check out all the happenings.  The weather was great which led to people taking advantage of our new tables situated outside of the restaurant.  We have two standing tables, two tables that seat two and two tables that seat four.  It’s really nice to be able to be outside of the restaurant enjoying a few pints of beer and some grub.   I made it aware to a few tables on Friday that I was quite jealous that I was stuck inside brewing while they enjoyed my beer.  Some even got to meet Farmer Jimmy when he came to pick up the spent grain.

As for things coming up in the brewery.  Dobblebock should be tapped later this week.  I have a Chocolate Stout that will be tapped as soon as the Chocolate Porter runs dry, which should be any day now.  I have the Hickory Hops Festival coming up on the 18th.  We entered 6 beers in the Carolina Championships of beer.  Lumina Lager, Scottish, IPA, Keller Pilsner, Irish Red, and the American Amber were all entered.  Wish us luck and hopefully we’ll bring some medals home.

We also have the April beer Dinner coming up on April 20 and the menu looks great!  I’m really excited for this one.  May 2nd we’ll be out in Raleigh for the World Beer Fest.  It’s a huge festival that attracts thousands of beer drinkers.  Always a good time and plenty of beer to sample.  Tickets do sell out quickly so if you’re thinking of going I would reccomend getting a ticket soon!!

Back to brewing Scottish for me.  You guys drank a lot of beer at FSB this weekend so i’ll be busy brewing.  Cheers.

Kevin