Drink Beer With Flying Dog Brewery. And Also Not Have Any Pants On.

Twitter Taste Live on April 18: Drink Beer With Flying Dog Brewery. And Also Not Have Any Pants On.

Pants. They’re sooooo overrated. The problem with no pants, however, is that you generally are getting kicked out of your favorite places when you choose not to wear them (I’m somewhat of an authority, as I wear shorts every day of the year). Places like the zoo, bars, and church have a strict “pro-pants policy”. We can’t do much about church and the zoo, but if you’re all about drinking beer in your skivvies, we can help with that.

On Saturday, April 18th, we’ll be participating in Twitter Taste Live: Flying Dog Edition. Check out the #TTL website for more about what this means, but in a nutshell, if you partake, you’ll be drinking Flying Dog beer along with a shit-ton of other beer-drinking folks in an online forum. We’ll all be sampling our Canis Major series of beers.

To participate, follow these easy steps:

1. Go out right now and buy our Canis Major brews (not to be confused with our April Fool’s Joke, the Canis Minor Series).
2. Get yourself a Twitter account. It’s free, it’s easy (while you’re at it, follow @flyingdog). If you already have one, skip this step and instead drink a Gonzo Imperial Porter.
3. On the 18th, go to this website from 8-10 EST and login with your twitter credentials.
4. Join the conversation about our beers. You’ll get to interact with consumers from all over the world, and you never know, you might meet some new drinking buddies-which is good, the old ones *were* starting to get on your nerves, right?

Get To Know Gonzo #3: Gonzo Books Keep On Coming

Hunter’s been gone for a few years, but the books about him keep coming out. Last month saw the release of a new one by Jay Cowan, called Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider’s View of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance. I haven’t read this, but did see it displayed prominently at one of the best independent bookstores in the world, Denver’s Tattered Cover. Maybe we should have a book club. Read a review here.

We’ll be bringing you something Gonzo-themed from the world each time the newsletter comes out. Have a link to send us? Email it to joshm [at] flyingdogales [dot] com.

It May Be Snowing At Gonzo Ground Zero, But Woody Creek White Is Popping Up Around The Country

A spring storm is going to hit the Colorado Rockies this week. Paired with some decent snow from last weekend, it might not exactly be summery up in Woody Creek, Colorado (the birthplace of Flying Dog Brewery). All the same, since consumers love our Summer Seasonal so much, we’re bringing Woody Creek White to you a little earlier than you’d normally expect. Baseball’s season just started, plus it’s going to be in the 80s in Austin, Texas; that’s summery enough for us. Woody Creek White is making its third appearance to retailer shelves near you. If you don’t see it on shelves yet, ask them the following: Give me a Woody!

If you’re in Denver for the Rockies home opener on Friday, come by the Blake Street Tavern afterward to have your favorite Belgian Wit, Woody Creek White! Out in Maryland? Then swing by Firestone’s in Frederick.

Did You Get Your Tickets For Savor?

Well, we hope that you did get tickets for Savor, because we heard yesterday that they sold out. If you didn’t get tickets for the premier craft beer and food pairing event of the year, we’ve got a saying for you: Tough Tittie. Either that, or scour the D.C. Craigslist Ticket section for more.

Here’s what we’re bringing to the party:
Woody Creek White, paired with Chicken Breast a la Blanche de Chambly
Gonzo Imperial Porter, paired with Espresso Sambuca Parfaits

Here’s a list of all the beer and food pairings at Savor.

Cheers! Until next time,
-Josh