We are going to the Great American Beer Festival!

We have finalized our travel plans to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO Sept 24-26. There will be over 400 breweries from across the US serving over 2000 beers!! Yes, I said 2000!! Watch for updates here and on Twitter during the weekend. We are also attending a very special event on the Friday afternoon. We are in full support of "Pints for Prostates" which raises awareness encourages men to have regular prostate health screenings and PSA tests. My father is a Prostate Cancer survivor and a very close friend of ours is currently in the fight of his life against this awful disease (Go Mac!). What better way to contribute to this cause than buying a pint or two??

We are very excited about our trip to Denver and we'll tell you all about it.

Tweet-l-dee!

We have been tweeting for sometime now and plan to do more in the upcoming months, especially when we go to GABF in September. You can see our 5 latest tweets on the right side of this page or you can follow us on our Twitter page. Please join us!

We're Baaack!

Hello everyone. I know it's been a long time since our last post, but we've been super busy doing a bunch of different things from wrapping up the music biz to building the mega-deck and screened porch on the house. There has also been some golf, fishing and a bit of camping thrown in for fun. :) We will be regulars here from now on so keep checking in on us.

Thanks for your patience over the last 6 months and here's to the future!!!

Hello to some and farewell to others...

I know, it's been way too long since my last post. I was away for most of January and February and was very busy with my other job. If this is the first time you visit our Square Timber Brewing Company blog, Welcome! As some of you may know, I am full-time touring musician with the April Verch Band and we are always on tour. In the last few years we've averaged 250 days a year on the road and it has hampered somewhat my work on the brewery. But, as some of you also know, I am retiring from the band at the end of this next tour, on May 5. I guess this could be considered my farewell tour. :) It has become too difficult working on opening this brewery while being on the road away from home so much. I'm really looking forward to being home and getting the brewery off the ground. So, if you happen to live in an area where we are touring for the next couple of months (AB, Australia, MN, IA, MO) come out and see the show as it will most likely be the last time you see me on stage. Well, that's not quite true because we plan on putting a small stage in the taproom and you might see me on that one, but you know what I mean.

As for the brewery work... We have spent a considerable amount of time working on the numbers (rev/exp projections, construction budget, etc) and are still lining all of our ducks up in a cute little row. We are trying to get a lot of different pieces into place at the same time. I guess normally they would go in sequence but given our situation we are having to work on the simultaneously. No shortage of work, that's for sure.

One of the pieces we are working on is a "survey" of sorts with local licensees to gauge interest and sales potential. I have already met with a couple of people and the excitement level is very high, to say the least.

So, stay tuned. We have more exciting news to announce shortly but can't let the cat out of the bag just yet. Take care.

ps. we extended the time to vote in our poll to the day I retire from the band. PLEASE VOTE! :)

Happy New Year!

We would like to wish everyone all the best in 2009. We are hoping this year will be a great one for us as the Square Timber Brewing Company. We are going to work our tails off to get things up and running by the end of this calendar year. Keep your fingers crossed and tuned into our blog.

Cheers.