I wanted to tell you about a moment I had talking with the wonderful Vic Kralj. I had asked for a Beatification at the bar, and was corrected by one of the cheerful bar staff. “Beauuuutification,” he said. I tasted it and thought, “this is a really nice new batch of Beatification,” I would have bet on it. The bartender told me to look at the list. Hmm. So I asked Vic whether it was a typo, a joke or both. He went with both.

Considering the complexity and caring evident in those notes, and the good grace with which the nickname was used, maybe the very first batch of each new Beatification should always be called the Beaut.

We got to enjoy the debut of the new batch 003 — http://russianriverbrewing.com/wordpress/?p=78

What a festival.