Red, Gold and Green

Well it's all been happening at Piddle Towers in the last couple of weeks. I have finished brewing Little Willy, this scoundrel will add some colour to your cheeks in the coming winter months, he even comes with an "approach with caution" warning on the side of the bottle also the obligitory 5.9% bit too, he has the deepest of red colouring in his midst, this picture accentuates the colour due to the combination of digital media and Rob's old anglepoise lamp!

Following on from the success of Little Willy an impromtu meeting was held and it was decided the arrival of 6.9 Big Willy will be upon us soon. The rainbow brought with it the return of Leg Warmer from the bottling plant. This remarkable event was carried out in an unexpected break from the lashing rain, just long enough to unload the lorry and get them all safely nestled in the warehouse and then the beer gods bathed the warehouse in dazzling sun rays, this created the most perfect of rainbows. I snatched a quick shot with my phone and then set about the important job in hand of tasting this eagerly awaited ginger beauty

What happened next can only be described as an angel dancing on your tastebuds, the subtle increase in the ginger has made this beer even tastier than before, The plan was to pour into the cylinders, take gravities, ph reading, pontificate a bit about clarity, aroma, calculate the abv with mathmatical pricision to two decimal places etc.etc. The reality was handing the vessel to my trusted assistant Simon after my first mouthfull, while trying to remain poker faced and guage his reaction, watching about a third of it disappear down this throat to the biggest smile appear across his face, handing me back the vessel without a word, i promptly swallowed half of what was left, handed it back to him to complete the job. At this point we thought it was best to take a glass upstairs to our leader. In all the time i have worked for Rob and Paul I can count on one hand the amount of times I've heard Rob use the "F" word (and that includes the 3 PH probes i have broken in the last two months)"F*@&ing Hell Vic that is beautiful" "Thats an awesome award winning beer" At that point i mentioned the testing process carried out two minutes prior to this, he fully understood and gave a fully belly laugh, I once again thanked him for giving me the best job in the world and I headed back to the brewhouse a very happy man.

The Thunderbox has been going well, We took a small cask to The Dorchester Open Commerce group meeting last week, where we did a little talk to the gathering about ourselves and what we do, this is a great organisation of business people in the local area, who actively help each other with recommendations and assist each other with knowledge and shared experiences. I must admit I possibly chose an unusual time to update Rob on the progress I have made regarding the imminent growing of Maris Otter at The Farm. But thats another massive story to big to go into right now. Sally was my designated driver that evening, so when she suggested popping into The Giant in Cerne Abbas and treating me to a pint, how could I refuse? I took advantage of one(read 4) of the few remaining pints of Green Reaper. You have to be quick getting this down the hatch as everyone wants to talk about it, and come up with many ideas to help grow our business, my personal one involves St. Patricks day and New York.....

Cheers xx