January 14, 2005
Final Brew Session?!?
I'm proud to announce that Brew Session 2005 will go on! Huzzah!
This was uncertain at the end of Session '04, as we felt there could be interruption to service due to the impending demolition of Señor Jaser's garage & brewing facilities.
But MacGyver came through at the last minute, as he always does (with a bic pen, some weeds, and a lighter if I remember the show right).
(Click on the picture for a very large version of the image...)
Here Yeee, Here Yeee!
You are looking at the final incarnation of the brewing facilities at BrewMaster Jaser's residence. This has now been taken down, to perhaps be reincarnated later at BrewMaster Ratkiewiczzdqasd's house.
More on this later... Yada. Yada. Yada.
I wrote these words nearly a year ago! And tomorrow I'm off for that new installment in the clouds. I hear they've added luxuries to the new brew setup. Dancing girls, a 2nd level, Warmth, and a new battery for the carbon monoxide detector, all sorts of strange delights I'm unaccustomed to!
So, this image will serve to remind us of the way things were for years. Frozen cement, cold feet, dangerous "mine-like" breathing conditions, lack of effective heat, little room to maneuver around boiling 50-gallon deathdrums, hellfire burners singe-ing the old hair... errrr..., bad singing, all sorts of stuff!
Let's just say only a Bush Republican-led OSHA would approve this facility.
Yes, again we shall celebrate the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. in Connecticut (2nd home of Freedom after Maine). See you in a few days!
And I'm not kidding about the cold conditions. Last year we faced a foot of falling snow during the brew session, and if you look towards the back left of the picture above you'll see a white freezer — corrupted and re-used to ensure the beer stayed warm enough to keep drinking!
Normally I like to bring a cool (but cheap, mind you) memento to memorialize my visit out East. This year I finally realized that those extra things I give of myself and leave behind are so much better than material goods could ever be. That and I was too lazy to think of anything.
Posted by BilFish at January 14, 2005 05:21 AM