Beer Events

Some of you that follow the Piney River Brewing Company blog do not follow us on Facebook or Twitter, so I want to share a few things with you that you may have missed from this past week's events at Piney River Brewing Company. We were blogged about by a craft beer lover from Little Rock, AR:  http://focuseddistortion.blogspot.com/2011/07/show-me-your-hops.html The same blogger also did what we believe to be our first beer review:  http://www.beerreviewsonline.com/Beer.php?page=1&id=2135 Thanks to Scott Parton for the blog feature and the review! We had another excellent Saturday in the BARn.  As you know, we cannot keep up with…

If you've been to the BARn or if you've studied the photos posted on this blog, you've seen the recycled tin from the original roof of the barn that we've used on the walls inside the brewery.  Before we were even brewing our own beer, Brian and I drove through Hermann, MO and stumbled upon what we consider to be the best thing in Hermann--Tin Mill Brewing Company. The old grain mill was purchased and renovated to be used as a brewery.  I distinctly remember walking through the Tin Mill and saying to Brian, "We should do this with our…

It has not been a quiet week at Piney River Brewing Company.  Out here on the edge of the Little Piney River, over the past 10 days or so, we've celebrated Andy's 6th birthday, we've finally managed to get all of our vegetable garden in, we enjoyed a Mumford and Sons concert at the Pageant in St. Louis, we finished the sub-floor in the future tap room, and we started to finish out one of the two bathrooms in the brewery. We had hoped to have the bathroom complete before this weekend, but it doesn't look like that's going to…

It's been a somber week in Missouri--checking on family members and friends and saying a prayer for of our fellow Ozarkers that are dealing with losses.  We would like to give a tip of our hat to the men and women from Texas County that have personally assisted with disaster efforts.  Thank you! In the Ozarks many people spend Memorial Weekend on the river, and currently, the level of rain has rendered the rivers fast and murky.  I don't think we'll do a float trip this weekend, but we will have the brewery open on Saturday from 1 to 4…

There is a phrase that the Brewer’s Association has popularized among craft breweries—“Support Your Local Craft Brewery”. If you’ve ever had the freshest of craft beers that can only come from a local brewery, you will definitely want to support your local craft brewery.  In today’s marketplace, there is a great push toward shopping at your local mom and pop stores, using locally sourced products and eating locally grown foods.  You might as well have locally brewed beer in your fridge. At Piney River Brewing Company we really appreciate all of the friends old and new that have supported their…

There are times in life when you do crazy things that are definitely not regrettable.  For example, last week we headed to St. Louis in the middle of the work week, five-year old in tow, for a concert by The Decemberists at The Pageant. A lot of beer has been brewed and fermented and kegged  in recent months while The Decemberists sang their stories in the BARn.  When we saw they were going to be in St. Louis for a concert, we knew we wanted to attend.  To add a little icing to the cake Sara Watkins (formerly of Nickel…

For any of you that follow us via blog, we wanted to let you know that we will be closed this weekend, Saturday, April 30th.  We need to restock our supply.  All of the fermentation tanks are currently full, and next weekend we should be fully stocked with everything--Ozark Firefly Wheat, McKinney Eddy Amber Ale, Ozark Bronzeback Pale, Old Tom Porter, and our latest batch of Ozark happiness--Missouri Mule IPA.  So, plan to bring your growlers and your tastebuds to see us next weekend! We may have our new T-shirts available then, too! Cheers!

Wow.  That’s really the only way to describe our first Craft Brewers Conference. Sponsored by the Brewer’s Association, this year’s conference was held in San Francisco.   We had a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our hotel.   We rode the BART.  We ate dinner one night at Zuni.  We also attended a beer and chocolate event at Pier 17 and a concert at the Fillmore.  Other than that, the conference could have really been anywhere in the US. We spent most of our time in classes, in the exhibit hall or at hospitality events hanging out with other people…