Alesong Thread

Hmmm... After the whole Wolves & People debacle, I would wait until I actually see bottles and taste their beer before coughing up any dough.

 

Unlike W&P, Matt Van Wyk actually has the street cred to back him up. While he was brewing at Flossmoor Station they took Small Brewpub of the Year at GABF, and he's responsible for Wooden Hell, one of the original walez in the beer world.

 

Signed up for it. There's no obligation, so you can always make a decision in the future.

 

I agree. But in this case, Alesong isn't asking for any money up front. They're just asking for info and building an interest list.

 

What the hell, I bit on this. I like the fact that they're not crowd-funding. Although, those dudes sitting on the barrels looks a little unsanitary. At least we'll know where the infection came from.

 

Does the current trade value matrix even have a place for Wooden Hell? DJ did a nice little piece on him last fall when he left Oakshire: http://brewpublic.com/beer-news/mat...ewing-to-launch-alesong-brewing-and-blending/.

 

It's sitting at #15 on the white whale list, for whatever that's worth.

 

Hey folks! Matt Van Wyk here. I just realized I'm still OakshireMatt on BA. I'll look into altering that now that I'm no longer with Oakshire. I did indeed start Alesong Brewing and Blending with my partners Brian Coombs, formerly of Oakshire, and his bro Doug Coombs. You may find him on here as alesongbrian and alesongdoug respectively.
We don't need any startup funds from our founding members, as were up and brewing. We're working on a wine country brewery and tasting room 16 miles SW of Eugene Oregon. As you know from our friends at W & P, it is really hard to start a country brewery, or any brewery for that matter. Look for that late 2016 or early 2017. In the meantime we plan to do our first release late August at our warehouse in west Eugene. Take a look at www.alesongbrewing.com for more info. I'll be happy to jump on here and answer questions. Right now I'm frantically typing from a plane about ready to close the doors!
Oh, don't forget to sign up for our mailer. That will put you on a list to guarantee bottles from us (of your choice) and not have to fight. Make friends with Oregonians, were still working thru any shipping legalities. And sitting on barrels is sanitary the bung was in! Cheers!

 

Whew! Although, I may shudder at where else that bung has been.

Sorry.

Looks like I'll have to start cultivating a Eugene area mule. Good luck you guys!

 

Or just hop on a Bolt Bus whenever necessary.

 

Good Luck! Is there anyway you can take pity on the coast and send beer out here?

 

I do love the Bolt bus, and I've never been to Eugene recreationally.

 

Whelp, it doesn't look like changing your profile name is allowed, so I'm 'new' member AlesongMatt. Hi.
A couple of other pieces of info that I didn't mention yesterday. 1) while we will produce 'mostly' bottled beers, this summer (starting May 31 at the Bier Stein) we will have some non barrel aged draft beers around the NW as our barrel aged stuff slumbers. Current plans involve: Saison with black tea, Kettle soured Witbier primary fermented in oak barrels and a fruited gose. Other spontaneous experiments are happening too. 2) Seattle folks-we're going to make a run to Sierra's Beer Camp Across America in June. Look for us there and maybe one other event in town. 3) We are NOT JUST a sour beer brewery. We are NOT JUST a barrel aged brewery, but we are celebrating the art of barreling and blending and as such will be playing with a lot of mixed culture fermentations, farmhouse inspired beers, fruit additions, and bottle conditioning. Look for our lineup to be constantly on the move as we continually explore all that wood can offer to beer. As you can imagine, our little critters need time, so we'll continue to evolve and grow our program through the next several years 4) I have no desire to take over the world with a big industrial brewery. Stay our friends and join our little family and we'll make enough for you (I hope )

As long as you are nice I promise to participate here more than I did at my last home. Cheers to Beers!
Matt

 

Calm down there Bossypants!

Seriously though, wishing you the best, and I'm looking forward to trying your stuff.

 

Way to suck all the fun out of it Matt...

 

Cheers to beers, @AlesongMatt . I'm looking forward to trying your new creations.

 

Alright! Alright! Fire the torpedoes. I've got thick skin by this time in the game

 

Nope, he meant thin, very thin skin, that guy can't take shit from anyone John... @AlesongMatt is very sensitive. BTW Matt, swung by CF after-work and caught a wiff of one of your concoctions cooking away... I may or may not have taken a leak in it whilst Dan's back was turned