Mad Keg Washer

Post brewery life,,,, is a vast improvement.

But not necessarily more free time...

We now make Keg Washers.  Other keg washers are just to expensive.  We couldn't afford one and assumed others couldn't either.  So we made one for ourselves and now we are offering it to others.  So I went from mashing in to welding and programming.  Obviously a vastly different skill set.  But at least for now its rewarding.  Being an engineer at heart I am really enjoying the engineering challenges.  Check us out... www.madkegwasher.com

It was a fun run

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New Brews, New Equipment

We've been busy improving our craft

The last couple months have brought some really incredible innovations to Mad Horse.  We have upgraded our brewing systems to 7bbl.  This means we can make twice as large batches.  Which give us the ability to let the beer condition for longer and create a superior brew.
We are proud to offer our latest and greatest.  First out of the gates are:

Pony Pale Ale - This is a full bodied hoppy pale ale with a refreshing citrus aroma.  But weighing in at 70 IBU's not quite hoppy enough for an IPA.  With a slight kick it is still a pleasant drink that will make you say I want more.

Oak Aged Bourbon Stout - Quite possibly the perfect stout. Hints of oak and a slap of bourbon balanced out by the malty smoothness.

It's a Trap Abbey ale - This is strong ale with its light aroma, crisp finish and deep red body is a sipper at 8%abv but you won't want to sip.

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Theme Thursdays

First thursday, Open Mic night. 

Second thursday, Trivia Thursday

Third thursday, you have to come to see :)

Fourth thursday,,,,,,

St. Pattys day !!!

Its gonna be a blast all weekend.  Saturday we're having LIVE music with the short hill mountains boys which are always great.  We will also be having a special Irish Stew.  And Introducing for the first time our Nora's Red Ale.

LIVE music and shirts

We are now doing Live music every friday and saturday.  including this friday and saturday

and

The shirts are in.  We have five different colors available so get the color you want while they are still available.  They have really turned into a bit of a collector's item since we keep changing styles.  Once they are gone,,, they are gone...

Future Shirt Logo

tax season

What could be more fun than taxes.  Even better, what could be more fun than trying to do taxes for the first time for a new business.  As if trying to organize piles and piles of receipts wasn't bad enough, trust me the yearly IRS taxes are just the beginning.  The new year also brings with it;

end of quarter town taxes
end of quarter TTB taxes
monthly state sales taxes
ABC virginia annual permit renewal fee tax
insurance renewal ( not tax but feels like it )

all these on top of standard operating costs.   Can you say ouch.  I can.  If I could give myself advice, I would say,  "I hope you didn't think starting a business was gonna be fun."   or even profitable.  

I would compare it to having your finger nails pulled out with a pair of rusty pliers in a hot tub full of acid while be forced to watch Glee.  

A new year, 2013

December was awesome.  Our new years party was a ton of fun, the Short Hill Mountain boys performed and did a great job. 

But

2013 is gonna be better !! 

 - we are gonna have more beers on tap
 - we are gonna have more live music. in addition to saturdays we'll have fridays too
 - new and delicious foods
 - we have been refining our brewing processes to decrease overall brewing time and increase clarity in wort/beer.
 - having finally caught up with demand we can now focus on some more creative beer styles
 - new external signage
 - several more exciting things...

Brewing mania

We now have LIVE MUSIC most FRIDAYS too.  soon to be every friday... But still every saturday.  

On-tap beer schedule: ( not complete list, just additions )

RELEASED Nov 10th,   Nut Brown Ale
RELEASED Nov 10th,  Oatmeal Stout
RELEASED Nov 17th,  New batch of Hef
RELEASED Nov 24th,  Marzen
Dec 1st,   Amber Belgian
Dec 1st,   Pale Ale
Dec 8th,   Belgian Wit
Dec 12th,   Lovettsville Lager
Dec 15th,  Dunkelweizen
Dec 20th,  Nut Brown ale
Dec 27th, Patersbier

Open day before turkey day

The Brewery will be open this Wednesday (the day before turkey day) with LIVE MUSIC. So stop on in!!

Thur, Fridays, and beer release schedule

Thanks to everyone that came out for our first thursday and friday. From now on thursdays and fridays will be a part of our regular schedule.

This coming weekend we'll have on tap for the first time our Broadway Brown.  It is a nut brown ale that has come out great. We did super selective taste tests thing past weekend. And the reviews were great. We'll also have our Oatmeal Stout on tap.  And preliminary tastings show its gonna be great too.

On-tap beer schedule: ( not complete list, just additions )

Nov 10th,   Nut Brown Ale
Nov 10th,  Oatmeal Stout
Nov 17th,  New batch of Hef
Nov 24th,  Marzen
Dec 1st,     Lovettsville Lager

Expanding hours

This will be our first ever Thursday and Friday.  Expanding our hours beyond the weekend really makes this whole establishment feel much more legitimate.  It also means we really need to work on our processes and  procedures and get all of our internal workings inline.  So that's a lot of work.  But it helps a lot that we have gotten extremely lucky with having a great staff.  Thanks to everyone that helped get us this far. 

BEER STATUS:
We have about 300 gallons fermenting right now.  Right now we have a nut brown ale that has completed fermenting (contradicting myself here a little) and is starting conditioning.  I really doubt it will be ready by this weekend.  We are trying to slow down and do things correctly.  But definitely by next weekend.  We also have a oatmeal stout that will be ready by next weekend and will start conditioning this weekend.  And we have another Oktoberfest which just started fermenting. 
We will be making a light lager and also more hefeweizen this weekend. 

Sooo, stay tuned, same horse time, same horse channel.....

Late night brewing is lonely. Luckily there is no shortage of beer.

Brews, TV, and Music

Many people asked us the past two weekends, where's the tv.  We now have an answer. Its above the mantel in the dining room.  The TV has been mounted and looks great.  Hopefully by this sunday we'll be able to tune in some games for you all.

More importantly, at least to me, we now have our fermenters all full.  That means 4 new beers soon to be in our taps.  This coming weekend we'll have our famous hefeweizen. It will actually be ready and on tap.  This is particularly exciting because its our brewer's favorite beer.  Still in the fermenters will be a belgian ale, a trappist, and an IPA.  Give them 2-4 weeks and they'll be ready too.

Also this saturday we'll have the Short Hill Mountain boys.  So make sure to stop by and check them out.



Exciting times !!

Thanks - and news

I want to offer a special thanks to everyone that came out to our first day opening and probably our busiest day of the year during Lovettsville's Oktoberfest this past saturday.    It was a great time with live music thanks to Chris Vail and super fresh beer.  After having met about 300 of our new friends we're proud to be a part of Lovettsville. We still moving in and will be changing a lot of things in the upcoming weeks both in the way of decorations and beers but we're already having a great time.

COMING SOON

I know saturday was a lot of fun but we're just getting warmed up.  We have a hefeweizen fermenting now and will be making a belgian ale in the next couple days.  This weekend we'll be making a trappist beer (despite none of us being a monk)  and yes yes, by popular demand very soon we'll have a IPA and a porter.

NEW FEATURE

During our first weekend we received many many people asking,,,, where's the tv.  So yes, in the very near future we'll have a gi-normous ( is that a word ) giant TV.   It will make a great place to curl up and watch ,, well anything.

Furthermore

I guess I'm feeling talkative today,,,We were mentioned on the Northern Virginia Magazine website.  See below link:
http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/tag/mad-horse-brew-pub/

rock and roll

We are 100 percent approved to make beer!!!!!!!

Boom

Good news.  We passed plumbing and electrical final inspections today.   I am so relieved.  Perhaps I'll sleep tonight.  Probably not.  I'll just think of something else to stress about.   No worries, we'll move through the rest fast and starting bringing you all great beer really soon.

Bar design

I have received feedback from the project team that our design is lacking some cohesive vision.  To that end, I am posting this architectural layout that it might better pull the team together.

Here is the high end artist rendition of the bar installation to be performed this weekend.  If you are a novice and aren't experienced reading architectural blueprints then this probably won't be helpful to you.  But for the trained eye this should be very helpful.

My favorite word

Progress...We got a good amount of work completed this weekend.  The bathrooms are looking good.  The kitchen and brewing area is starting to look like a kitchen and brewing area. And most importantly we finally have running water to all of the many locations necessary.  We're gonna try to get final inspections this week. We still have a long ways to go.  Still need health, fire, and ABC part 2 permits.  Still looking for employees.  Still have to install the bar itself.  But at least for today lets reflect on how far we've come.