A Busy 14th Coming Up

For all the beer lovers in Springfield MO, Saturday the 14th "6 days from now" is a big day in beer for all of us. Starting at 1pm there is the First Annual Spring Brewing Competition at Creek Side in Galloway. Judging will be at 2pm "I think" and I think we have 14 entries. Call Creek Side at 417-893-8131 to find out more details. It should be a great display of  what is brewing up around town! I'm going to enter my Chocolate Bock AND my  Honey Cream Ale, I'm hoping maybe one will pace. Worse case no one likes it and I have to drink it which is A-OK with me.

After the competition Mother's Brewing Company is having there First Ever Mother's Day Festival. $5.00 at the gate and they'll take care of the rest. Local music, Local Food, and Local Art. It's going to be an All Ages event. The Brewery will also have their beer on tap and will release their summer seasonal then too. The link above has all the specific details I just fumbled through. Make sure you bring a blanket and some friends and keep  that number to Yellow cab close at hand.


All this said, next Saturday should be a huge weekend for craft brewers, hobbyist, and all of the beer connoisseurs of the area. If you see me at either event, stop and say HI, I'm Keeton!

Copper Run Distillery, Bringing Moonshine Back To The Ozarks

I had the privilege of meeting Jim Blansit, the Owner and Distiller at Copper Run Distillery yesterday. I won a prize from US97 (a local radio station) from the distillery and ran down too Walnut Shade MO to check it out. What I won? The grand prize, a 1 gallon cask and 5 bottles of moonshine (corn whiskey). But really so much more. It was wonderful seeing a micro-distillery first hand and to taste corn whiskey on it's first run dripping straight out of the still. Being an old brewer himself it was great to talk about the difference between between brewing a mash of beer and mash for whiskey. After a full tour we went to the tasting room to taste the difference between an unaged whiskey and a one year whiskey. I also got to try some of the rum he makes there, it was delicious! Then, my prize.... I brought everything home along with a gallon of  filtered water, and filled the cask with the water for the past 24 hours to "condition" the cask. Then this evening, I drained it and the moonshine. If your from the area or happen to be passing through the Ozarks, defiantly go check out these folks. Just make sure you bring a DD if you plan on spending too much time in the tasting room!