http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu Balance + Complexity ＝ Character Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Howdy, Chris here. January is typically the month when brewing slows down and we can catch our breaths just a little. But not this year. After the only day of the year that the brewery is closed (January 1, of course), we started right back where we left off with 2012’s ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2273 Howdy, Chris here. With our different schedules and responsibilities, it’s very rare that all of the Baird Brewing employees have a chance to get together to enjoy a relaxing day of fun and beers — hell, it’s even unusual to get all the brewery staff together in one place for some ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2248 Howdy, Chris here. I’ve written a bit about how we changed our keg labeling and hinted at more improvements to come. Well from today, the Taproom experience will be enhanced as we introduce our new glassware and menus. First, the glassware. Before we had a dizzying array of glass sizes, shapes, volumes ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2225 Howdy, Chris here. Although we didn’t brew every day like we did in November, December saw yet another first in the Baird Brewery — it was the first month where we brewed all ten of our regular beers in the same month. So here’s a quick rundown of the beers we made ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2217 Howdy, Chris here. We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that one of the world’s most celebrated players of the Irish fiddle, Dale Russ, will perform live on two evenings this month at Baird Brewing Taprooms. Please join us in Numazu at the Fishmarket Taproom on Saturday, January 21, and/or at the Bashamichi ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2203 Howdy, Chris here. Attention! Important Announcement!!! Jan 5 all Taprooms will be closed for Baird Brewing’s shin-nenkai. We’re all going out to see the site of our new brewery, then hitting the onsen at Gotemba and finally celebrating the new year with . . . BEERS! See you on or after the ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2199 Howdy, Chris here. I'm sitting here at the in-law's, happily drinking a bottle of Black Velvet Dark Lager -- soon to be followed by a Rising Sun Pale Ale and Suruga Bay Imperial IPA -- and I just thought I'd take a minute to wish all beer lovers a very happy, ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2197 Howdy, Chris here. Last blog, I posted a couple pictures of our new keg labels. Well this week, we have new keg collars to go with our shiny new labels. Until now, we have just put bottle labels on kegs to identify what beer was inside. It was okay, looked better ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2188 Howdy, Chris here. December marks the first of many upcoming changes at Baird Brewing, changes that will culminate in the opening of our new brewery sometime within the next 12-15 months. The first step is small: new keg labels. Most people never even see our kegs, so here they are. The ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2181 Howdy, Chris here. Okay, let’s get this finished! The month of November finished with a bang — five regular beers, one seasonal and four small batch special beers. [caption id="attachment_2131" align="aligncenter" width="465" caption="November Brew Calendar"][/caption] 22nd: NL-9.12 Our 9th batch of Numazu Lager for this brew year. We are learning more and more ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2162