To celebrate the middle of the week this one will be a short, but very informative post.
Today was the last day of work for me at the architecture firm that I have worked at for the last five (plus) years. This parting was a result of my own choices and I felt very good about the whole thing even through today when I left the building, as an employee, for the last time. Everyone there was very supportive of my decision and I thank them all very much for the time that I had there. It was the right moment to move on and I am very excited about what the future may hold. Any developments will certainly be shared here with you all.
Now back to the beer (which is what I assume you are all here for). After some thought and the beginning stages of planning, I would like to announce that November will be “Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Month” on this site! What that means is a heavy dose of all things Dogfish Head. The beer reviews for the month will all be Dogfish brews and other days in the week will be used to highlight stories and facts about the brewery. The month will be a great learning experience (and a lot of fun) for me and, hopefully many of you will find it interesting as well.
That is all for now. Stay tuned . . . on both fronts!
Bon chance, mon ami…enjoy all the opportunities that are out there for you…no time like the present.
Had to laugh…the photo of you on The Wife’s blog shows that you are gaining the beard that The Brother-in-Law shed!
Thank you much for the support. I am not sure how long I will myself go with the facial hair, but it seems an appropriate time to let it go a bit.
Congrats Lucas,
I am sure that you will be very successful with whatever you do. I hope you are going to take a little bit of time to enjoy your un-employment
Thank you sir! I know that I have enough to do around the house to keep me busy for a while and I am looking forward to doing that kind of work for the near future. With some relaxation in the schedule, of course!
Man, leaving a company after 5 years is a huge step, I wish you luck with that!
I gotta say, I think a month dedicated to Dogfish Head is hardly enough time
I love me some 120 minute IPA, and “some” because I can only handle one or two per drinking session. 
You taking part in “National Teach a Friend to homebrew day?” It’s Nov 7th, and we’re going to try a bunch of different IPA/hop combinations.
Thank you much! I feel good about the decision. It is possible that “Dogfish November” could extend itself well into December with the number of beers from them that we have available here . . . I will see how it goes. I was unaware of the homebrew day coming up and since I have a little extra time on my hands right now I will certainly have to find a way to support that cause. Thank you for letting me know about it.
congrats on following your heart. dogfish head is an excellent brewery choice!!
i highly recommend the sahtea if you can still manage to getyour hands on some
Thank you, thank you . . . I have a good feeling that everything will work out for the better. Dogfish was a good choice to start the themed month concept . . . plenty of material out there. I read some great reviews about the Sahtea and, just based on the description, I think it is something I would enjoy. If only they distributed their spirits this far south as well!
Here’s the link if you’re interested..
http://www.beertown.org/events/teach/index.html
We’ve got three newbies coming to ours, semi-BYOCB (bring your own craft beer) and we’re gonna be brewing from sunrise to sunset.. or later
lucas- i messaged katy on facebook but tomorrow evening schenck is hosting a pub crawl with all the brewery muckity mucks attending the festival and ian thought you guys might like to join us for a chance to network.