Some bloggers recently humbled us with their attention:
http://goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2013/5/13/middle-brow-brewing-humility-in-the-making
http://thegirlandherbeer.com/2013/01/middle-brow-brewing-gets-charitable/
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Each month we'll throw a homebrewing contest, and the winning recipe will be commercially brewed and distributed to local bars and bottleshops, in both bombers and kegs. Ea
ch contest will revolve around a particular theme or style, adhering somewhat to the BJCP guidelines, but also straying from them on occasion--because we all know as homebrewers, brewing is about experimenting and being creative. For example, the style for the first contest is a "winter warmer," but Christmas ales, old ales and similar fruit/spice beers will be allowed as well. We’re going to do a best-in-show selection, and then a few weeks later it'll be on tap and shelves throughout Chicago and some neighboring suburbs. Oh and some cash, to the extent we make any money at all. And they'll even get their picture on the label (better yet, a cartoon drawing of their picture). And, in any event, we sort of started the beer company backwards: we're a couple beer nerds with unfulfilling desk jobs and bleeding hearts who wanted to "give something back to the community," as they say in after-school specials. After lots of brainstorming, we finally linked our two passions and decided to raise money for charities by brewing and selling homebrewed beers. So, we'll be giving half of whatever money we make to local charities. As you're well aware, we can't have a homebrewing contest without homebrewers. So we're asking for your help. We would be pretty bowled over if you shared our page (www.facebook.com/middlebrow) and Twitter account (www.twitter.com/MiddleBrowBeer) with your friends, homebrewing pals, and other like-minded beer nerds, where they'll be able to learn more about our company and our contests. If the community responds favorably to the idea, we hope one day to open our own brewing space, a sort of co-op brewery that will continue the same “you as the brewer” ethos. But that’s a distant dream… In the meantime, let’s hold some cool events, try some delicious homebrews, and talk shop with our fellow beer nerds. Thanks, and see you guys around!
