March 1 - Brew Day Sneak Peek

[Niami DenMother]

Those who participated in last year's Brew Day event likey have fond memories of ale, ale and more ale, as alcoholic drinks that actually raised your alcohol tolerance were introduced to the game. Let us not forget the wonderful Everlasting Keg house item and the unlimited and very strong alcohol it provides us to this day.

This year will see a return of Brew Day celebrations on March 16 (the day before St. Patrick's Day), so mark your calendar and don't miss out! From the looks of the SOE press release (quoted below) it looks to be another note-worthy event.

What do Pink elephants, talking cabbage and pounding headaches all have in common...? Give up?

EQII Brew Day of course!

The second annual Brew Day festivities commence March 16th with enough ale to convince even the straightest Erudite that pigs can fly! Just look for the magical appearance of portals in Commonlands, Antonica, Greater Faydark and Haven that will take you to the Bar of Brell. Quest to brew the best and you’ll quickly become the life of the party. Collect a cure for the hangover, and not only will you be a hurlin’ human’s best friend, but you will be handsomely rewarded with your own flying Party Keg! Cheers has nothing on this pub!

[Lordebon]

flying Party Keg?

I want! =)

[Tonopa]

At the Drednever crash site, in the tent where the surgeon stands, is an airlock plugged (known as a bubbler) 5 gallon bottle filled with a churning purple liquid. Home brewers know this item well - its the secondary fermentation/aging container for beer or mead.

Here is a story, a real story, about purple ale. The brewer was making stout and he added, by mistake, four times the amount of black patent malt (barley malted black which adds a burn toast flavor) that was called for. Well for some reason he thought no one would notice this *slight error and went as far as pumping this wicked brew into an open 500 gallon ale fermenter. No one took notice of this until the fermentation trub/head started to form and, yes you guessed it, it was purple. Of course we lost a batch of stout and the brewer was sent back to the cellar never to cook again. The End.

PS: We used to have parties at this brewery and sometimes people would end up in the production area, usually they were just ogling the stainless steel conditioning tanks or the copper clad lauder tun. Well needless to say, once folks get a few high octane pints of ale under their belt they do something stupid or inappropriate. I happened to wander into the open fermenter room and what did I see? the female mayor of our fair city and a man, not her husband by the way, fornicating on the floor behind a fermenter. Needless to say, they didn't see me but that story has become a part of the lore of the brewery.

Thank you Brell !