My brain goes a bit cross-eyed when I think of everything we’re pushing forward this year. Does that make sense? Feels like it does. Cross-eyed brain. Let’s go with it. The remodel of Crowded Barrel’s tasting room continues. That process gave Rex fresh eyes for everything else on the property. Basically, the thousand little things you experience that can be tweaked, improved, or revamped entirely.
My brain goes a bit cross-eyed when I think of everything we’re pushing forward this year. Does that make sense? Feels like it
does.
Cross-eyed brain. Let’s go with it.
The remodel of Crowded Barrel’s tasting room continues. That process gave Rex fresh eyes for everything else on the property. Basically, the thousand little things you experience that can be tweaked, improved, or revamped entirely.
There’s a pretty big announcement coming on that front. Probably a few weeks out.
With some new distilling talent, we’re researching and scheduling all of the possible ways to ramp up the exploration and voting in Whiskey Tribe’s Patreon. In a word, this year’s plan is, “ambitious”.
With the next round of new equipment coming from ABE, your spirit pipeline will be well suited to support new content and interesting pours for a good long while.
Don’t get me started on the additional events being considered. It’s equal parts exciting and exhausting - and this pour is too good to pair with work.
I should probably leave you with
something clever here. But this write-up is late, and my email guy keeps poking me about it.
Fair enough. But now I’m not sharing this whiskey with you, Jake.
~ The Magnificent Bastard
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