The People’s Republic of Flying Dog is now in session. It’s happy hour at Flying Dog Brewery, so here is your latest dose of irreverence.
Go Gonzo For GonzoFest
It’s that time of the year when we throw a ridiculously massive party at our brewery. A party where a couple or three thousand of our best friends come out to drink Flying Dog beer, listen to great live music, eat award-winning chili, and help out a local charity.
Yes, I’m talking about GonzoFest - Flying Dog Brewery’s annual throwdown on September 12th, 2009 from 3-9PM.
We told you last year that if you missed GonzoFest, you’d “be in a state of self-loathing for months,” - and all of you who missed it know that we were being serious. Wondering what you missed? Below are two HD videos that will help explain the kind of awesomely good time we had last year (except for the guy in the 2nd video, he was probably hurting for a few days).
Discounted tickets for GonzoFest are available in advance online starting this Saturday, August 1st. Just cruise to the GonzoFest page of our website and click the link to buy tickets.
We’ve got some fun shit happening at GonzoFest this year:
• Hunter S. Thompson Lookalike Contest - win Gonzo prizes for the best Hunter costume, one of the prizes is a bottle of Flying Dog beer signed by Gonzo co-conspirator Ralph Steadman
• Hard Times Cafe Chili Cookoff (for the 2009 Maryland State Championship)
• Awesome bands this year, including …soihadto… - the band that Duff from the Food Network show Ace of Cakes is in - see the full lineup at the Gonzofest home page
Admission includes: Beer, Music, Souvenir Mug, Chili Competition Samples and all-around Good Karma: A portion of the proceeds benefit United Way of Frederick County.
Drink ‘Til You Tweet
Free beer, no shit. Announcing the best Denver TweetUp that’s ever TweetedUp.
Are you a Twitter user? We’re working with some of the coolest dogs on the block to bring you the next installment of the #denvertweetup! Join @thebigklosowski, @redheadwriting and @flyingdog for an August 13th TweetUp (6-8PM) at our warehouse (2401 Blake Street, two blocks north of the baseball stadium). So come drink free beer for a few hours and then come out on a LoDo pub crawl with us afterwards.
We’ll also be accepting a suggested $5 donation for the Food Bank of the Rockies. We won’t be mad if you don’t donate, but don’t come crying to us when a piano falls on your head because of the negative Karma for not helping the hungry.
Click here to reserve your free tickets. Yeah, you need a ticket to get in, even though the event is free.
Help Improve Relations Between The United States and The People’s Republic of Flying Dog
You probably heard about some shit that went down in Cambridge, MA last week. One of Harvard’s most respected professors was arrested for “breaking into” his own house. And President Obama got involved. We’re not going to say who was right and who was wrong, because we’re people who get paid to make beer.
Tomorrow, President Obama will be hosting both Professor Gates and Officer Crowley at the White House to talk about what went wrong and how we as a society can avoid these sorts of issues. We at Flying Dog appreciate that three men can get together and work on settling their differences over a beer.
But we wish that the beer they were drinking was produced more locally. Many craft beer enthusiasts preach the phrase “Think Globally, Drink Locally.” With the President having to think on a global scale, we ask him to heed the “drink locally” aspect of the phrase. Flying Dog beer is brewed just 42 miles from the White House, and there’s no better way to preach “American Economic Recovery” than to drink award-winning beer produced within a stone’s throw of your (White) House.
If you agree with our reasoning, send an email to the White House to let them know that Flying Dog Brewery is just up the road in scenic Frederick, Maryland. We’d be happy to provide the beer for future White House Happy Hours. We are thinking that President Obama would be a Tire Bite fan. And with more than 15 styles of beer, we’re sure to have something to scratch every world leader’s itch.
So let’s work towards building a strong and healthy relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of Flying Dog.
Cheers! Until next time,
-Josh
in 7-29-2009 @ 23:28:21
Sent the following:
“I am pleased to read that President Obama is seeking to smooth over the recent situation involving a Hardvard Professor in a way that is congruous with his policy of bringing people together in peaceful dialog. As you well know, every action of the President carries weight beyond itself and during this symbolic pursuit of the healing of racial strains, please consider also the symbolic significance of the shared beverage over which this peace is made. Beer is a drink with a proud and growing American tradition. It is a drink of the people, by the people, for the people, to be terribly cliche but wholly accurate. All options in this active industry are not equal however, and it is this meaningful choice that I encourage the President to not take lightly. In keeping with President Obama’s strength on the matters of sustainability and the encouragement of small businesses, the clear choice is a beer that is brewed locally by a locally owned company. There are numerous fine breweries in the Northeast, with the Flying Dog brewery being a fine option less than 50 miles from the White House. The President being seen to endorse any specific brand, even if it is a small one, may not be possible however the important message is the nature of the brewery and the thoughtful choice of the consumer. Lest we forget, the President too is a consumer - the country’s Consumer in Chief - who’s smallest purchasing decisions have much resonance. The mere inclusion of a phrase such as “we discussed our differences over a bottle from a small, local brewery” could, with such minimal effort, plant the seed in the minds of a nation. This is a seed which may grow to support the small businesses whose ingenuity and financial well-being form the robust core of America’s economy. This powerful idea has potential far beyond the beverage industry and could do much good for many fields of local commerce. I am sure that the President will wish to use his influence to do the greatest possible good and I eagerly anticipate reports of this event, and of the countless future occasions when these deceptively minor economic and environmental choices can and should be used to the benefit of our nation.
Sincerely,
Chris Newport”
Yes, I spelled Harvard wrong… I went to a state school.