Week 34: LoneRider Brewery

August 25, 2010

Tonight LC and I visited LoneRider Brewery. LoneRider has been open for a little under 2 years, but they make a killer brew. LC has been promoting LoneRider's beer call Shotgun Betty for months. She talks incessantly about it. LC will be know forever more as Betty. When I arrived, I didn't see stairs. There were 2 guys standing outside so I asked. The stairs were around the building. Being lazy or maybe difficult, I chose to climb up over the loading dock. The Brewer Guy was smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer. He informed me that LoneRider was not open to sit and drink a beer at the bar, but I could purchase a growler. I said ok, sat at the bar and taste tested, then waited for Betty.

While waiting for Betty, some people came in. We started to chat and I learned that they were from IBM and were there on an outing to tour the brewery. Once Betty arrived, we sweet talked the Brewer Guy to give us a beer. Then we did a little more sweet talking and were able to go on the tour of LoneRider brewery with the IBM folks. What luck! Betty was more of an expert on brewing beer than the Brewer Guy. She knew all the answers to all the questions. Now the Brewer Guy was drunk, but still Betty knows her stuff. She credits GC, since he has been making beer forever. We learned about hops and fermentation. Shotgun Betty has about 1/10th of the amount of hops that Peace Maker has. What a lucky night!

We grabbed a growler of Shotgun Betty and headed to Betty's place for some porch sippin'. Betty made a snack and we chatted the night away.