One Month Later...

So it appears the blog hasn't been updated in a month. It's time to fix that. So what has Pennichuck been up to in the last month? Well, its been one chaotic month.

To start, Damase has resigned as Head Brewer, citing his 1.5 hour commute as the reason for his departure. Damase lives south of Worchester, MA. He lost 3 hours of his day, everyday for the last 2 years. If you do the math, that is 1,560 hours or 5 days. Personally, I don't know how he handled the commute that long. Something tells me we will still be seeing Damase around. The man can't turn down a festival!

This past week, we had a tasting at StrangeBrew in Manchester, NH and a beer dinner at Murphy's Taproom. Both were great successes. The beer dinner feature a five-course meal paired with five of our session beers. The food was unbelievable. The chef at Murphy's did an excellent job complimenting each of the beers.

Currently we are packaging our final batch of Saint Florian's for the year. In a couple of weeks, we will be releasing Chief's, the Imperial IPA. It came in at 9.3% ABV with 106 IBU's. I'm actually sampling it right now, and for an imperial IPA, it is quite tasty. I should clarify that statement before you take it the wrong way. I am not a fan of IPA's and definitely not imperial IPA's. I find Halligan to be a perfect IPA which only has 40 IBU's.

Aside from that, February is pretty much wrapped up. March will feature the brewing of Feurwehrmann along with another batch of Chief's IIPA. I'll try to stay more on top of the blog this month.

James