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The Friday Question

Firstly thanks to all those who tried Jacob’s Summer Celebration at Max’s last night. Obviously I haven’t been out and about much recently so it was great to see everyone. Cheers!  Here’s a pic. that I stole from @CDoubleIPA’s tweet ….

Jacob's Summer Celebration dry hopped with Liberty

If you haven’t already seen the beer list for Max’s Rare & Obscure event over the next few days I urge you to get over there … it’s beer geek heaven!

You may have seen news that DC beer week is almost here … check out DCBeer.com for updates. There are a lot of cool events happening and of course we’ll be involved in some of them. We’ll be at The Big Hunt on Monday 8/23 with 3 firkins of 3 Lions (French Oak/Dry Hopped/Cacao Nibs), Meridian Pint on Tuesday 8/24 with a selection of casks and drafts, Kramerbooks on 8/27 (subject to confirmation) and RFD on Saturday 8/28 with a cask of Jacob’s Summer Celebration with American Oak. There’ll be glassware giveaways at the events so if you’re in the area come on by and say hello and grab a beer.

On to the Friday Question … last week I asked how many pounds of hops we’d used in the previous weeks 4 brews. There was a good spread of answers but closest was Nick with his guess of 32 lbs … the actual amount was 30lbs. Congratulations Nick you win a growler of Oliver Ale of your choice and a bottle of something nice (as soon as I get to the Wine Source to buy it!) This weeks prize is provided by the amazing generosity of former Friday Question winner DaveG who donated this ….

Trust me ... you want this!

yeah … that’s right … 2006 … Nice! I’ve never tried this beer (so feel free to not try to win it so that I can drink it) but it gets an A rating on Beer Advocate. Again, thanks Dave. The question is this … next year Oliver Breweries will celebrate it’s 18th year of brewing (holy crap, I just realised that I’ve been here for more than half of that, no wonder my back hurts so much!) so what I want to know is on what date was the first batch brewed?

Don’t forget, today is Friday The Firkteenth @ T-Bonz and will feature casks of Old Habit, Bishop’s Breakfast with Coffee and Jacob’s Summer Celebration  amongst others.

Cheers

Steve

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18 Responses to “The Friday Question”

  1. spacewolf Posted at 7:18 am on August 13th, 2010

    October 23, 1993

  2. Jason Posted at 7:39 am on August 13th, 2010

    I’ll go with January 14, 1993

  3. Alexander D. Mitchell IV Posted at 8:01 am on August 13th, 2010

    January 15th, 1992……..

  4. Alexander D. Mitchell IV Posted at 8:07 am on August 13th, 2010

    And I just tried desperately to cheat by looking it up in back issues of The Barleycorn, to no avail!

  5. Nick Posted at 8:09 am on August 13th, 2010

    June 12th, 1993

  6. jmooy Posted at 8:26 am on August 13th, 2010

    March 6, 1993

  7. Peter Posted at 11:23 am on August 13th, 2010

    Feburary 1st, 1993

  8. Mike Posted at 12:32 pm on August 13th, 2010

    June 11

  9. Alexander D. Mitchell IV Posted at 3:45 pm on August 13th, 2010

    Okay, I just found the typo in my entry, I meant Jan. 15th, 1993, not 1992. I do have the date of the first beer SERVED, but not brewed……

  10. Lolly Posted at 5:49 pm on August 15th, 2010

    October 9

  11. DaveG Posted at 5:58 am on August 16th, 2010

    Do I get to participate and get my beer back? Just kidding.
    Jan 2, 1993

  12. mark Posted at 4:10 am on August 17th, 2010

    Jan 19, 2003

  13. Scott S Posted at 8:30 am on August 17th, 2010

    January 16, 1993

  14. Dan Posted at 9:48 am on August 17th, 2010

    Monday January 11, 1993

  15. Rick Z Posted at 1:48 pm on August 18th, 2010

    Jan 23, 1993

  16. Bryan F Posted at 9:11 am on August 19th, 2010

    January 18 1993

  17. Mitch Posted at 5:17 am on August 20th, 2010

    Since this is a stab in the dark, February 2, 1993.

  18. platypotamus Posted at 6:07 am on August 20th, 2010

    November 1, 1993

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