Gulfport, MS - eastern edge of the eye of Katrina. No decent restaurants left, all the classic homes blown to Hell, people stressed, so busy trying to get a life back that the search eclipses the need for quality of life. Brewing beer, even for a guy who hasn't been once around the brewer's track, gives me a point of reference and something for the future.
Close to Kiln, MS, in Hancock County, where the Lazy Magnolia Brewery makes an award-winning Southern Pecan that actually uses pecans in the brewing. They've only been distributing this in bottles for less than a year, but you'll certainly see it in the future.
A chocolate porter already long drunk, a Saint Paul Porter just hitting two months in the cooler, a London Nut Brown six weeks old (one in hand at this moment). A Biere de Garde in 2nd fermenter, and a mead of dewberries and rosemary in primary, and a Scottish 60 shilling ale (extract) on the shelf.
People of Louisiana background know that music, sex, alcohol, and food are the four basic needs of life, even if some will argue the order. Take any three together and you have the definition of a party. I fish for food, make beer because I enjoy the challenge of vying for control of the complexities, have plenty of music on hand, and like "Everyman", keep on the chase for the remaining needed basic of life.
Very likely that I share these same likes with the rest of you.
bon chance
Denny
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