MillerCoors is testing a new beer, dubbed Batch 19, based on a pre-Prohibition recipe found in the archives of Coors in Colorado. The beer will be sold starting in April on draft in select areas, none of which is Atlanta. Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Washington will be getting Batch 19 first.

Batch 19 is named after 1919, the year right before Prohibition.

I’m actually a little excited to try this beer, if it ever makes it down our way. Reading Ambitious Brew by Maureen Ogle got me pretty fired up about America’s fine brewing history.

In other news, Miller Lite will soon be rolling out a new bottle which, according to Peter Swinburn, chief executive of Molson Coors Brewing Co., is supposed to:

“explode the flavor more”

I kid you not. Actual quote. I couldn’t make that up.

Also, that’s what she said, Mr. Swinburn. That’s what she said.

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Usually we’re pretty busy on Monday nights, what with the brewing, kegging, and carrying on. We were supposed to be busy this Monday as well, bottling. But someone (I’m not going to say who, but his name rhymes with Neff Neck) carbonated the wrong keg in preparation.

Since all we had to do was keg our Blind Pirate, a deliciously impaired double IPA, there was only about half an hour worth of work to do. Which Jeff and Joel conveniently left to me. Thanks guys.

We had a good crowd. It’s good to know people didn’t forget about Monday Night even though we took two consecutive weeks off. I was a little afraid the weekends were going to make another comeback. Let’s keep those weekends where they belong, folks.

In AMAZING news, who has two thumbs and is excited about sunlight past 7pm?! THIS GUY. Brewing in the summer in the South is so much better than brewing in Craptown, USA.

So we’re meeting tonight at 8pm. We won’t be “brewing” per se, but we will be “kegging” and “drinking.” Neither of which necessitates quotation marks. Join us.

We’re excited to be a part of SweetWater’s upcoming Brew Your Cask Off event on Saturday, March 20. According to SweetWater:

We invited 75 special guests to roll up their sleeves, channel their inner brewer, and create a one of a kind cask! Enjoy a plethora of Real Ale created by our Retailers, a few Celebrities, some Media Folks, Home Brewers & our favorite Charities under the watchful eye of SweetWater brewers. Pre Sale $30 online or $35 day of for unlimited Cask samples.

Monday Night brewed up our own batch of cask ale for the event, which we’re calling Smooth Operator, sweetened with dates, smoothed with oats and finished with a touch of oak-smoked malt.

You can buy tickets here! Hope to see you there. Make sure to stop by.

We’re targeting next week for sure.

So for those of you are have been forced into watching The Bachelor tonight (and the few of you who are watching it willingly), may I suggest the following:

A drinking game.