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.
Wee Wee. Haw Haw Haw. Garde Dog is Back!
Wee wee…haw haw haw. Garde Dog Biere De Garde, our Spring seasonal beer, is a French style. But unlike the French themselves, this Biere de Garde won’t surrender on taste. Garde Dog has a lighter body and is subtly sweet but also has a complex yeast character and balanced malt profile. Traditionally brewed in the winter and consumed in the Spring and Summer months, “Biere de Garde” means “beer for keeping,” but you’ll have to pick it up soon because it’s just a seasonal brew.
As you might remember from Garde Dog’s debut last year, the artwork features an awesome drawing of a guard dog. Little known fact: The illustration also has something we ended up taking out - a huge pile of dog crap which was right next to the Garde Dog. We personally loved it, but decided to take the moral high road. Plus, we didn’t want the hassle of probably having to sue various state governments to use the image (much as we did when a certain state took Road Dog off the shelves in the 90s). See the Art Of The Week at the bottom for a visual.
Toast Your Facebook Friends With The New Flying Dog Beer Application
Facebook. It seems like everyone’s using it these days. If you’re not on Facebook, it’s probably time to finally bow to peer pressure and join up. Especially now that you can send your favorite people beer using the brand new Flying Dog Beer application.
Well, you can’t send a beer digitally yet. I guess it’s something about the beer that comes out on the other end not being as hoppy (or alcoholic) as we intended. But you can show your Flying Dog pride off to your friends by sending them an image of our beer, thus initiating them into the People’s Republic of Flying Dog. Ultimately, this is just another program in place to help us achieve worldwide beer domination. The more beers you send to your friends, the more you’ll be rewarded by unlocking new brews.
You’ll have to be logged into Facebook for these links to work. While you’re there, you should also join our Facebook fan page. Questions? Email us at bullshit@flyingdogales.com.
We’re Sponsoring America’s #1 Eighty-Wheel Sport
Amidst the clutter of all the eighty-wheel sports in the world, one sport comes to mind: Roller Derby. I know that some of you were thinking about the 5-way 16-wheel semi demolition derby that is sometimes on certain sporting channels at 5AM on a Tuesday, but that doesn’t come close to the level of popularity that Roller Derby enjoys these days. Flying Dog Brewery is sponsoring one of the most famous Roller Derby leagues on the planet: Baltimore, Maryland’s own Charm City Roller Girls. We can’t back that up with any evidence, but we can tell you that when you go to the Wikipedia page for Roller Derby, there’s a photo of the Charm City Roller Girls, right at the top (here’s their Wikipedia page). If that kind of internet super-stardom doesn’t mean something these days, does anything really mean anything? We’d like to think not.
The Roller Girls’ next bout is on February 21 at the DuBurns Arena in Baltimore. Flying Dog beer will be on tap. What else do you need? Get your tickets at missiontix.com.
We’re Having a Flying Dog Twitter Haiku Contest - Win $50 Gift Certificates!
17 syllables. 5. 7. 5.
That’s Haiku. And we’re having a Twitter Haiku contest. Here’s how to participate:
1. Write a Flying Dog Haiku. “What’s a Flying Dog Haiku,” you ask? That’s for you to decide and us to judge.
2. Post it on twitter with “@flyingdog” at the beginning. the @flyingdog is not part of your haiku.
3. Do it before Noon on Feb 18, 2009.
4. The top 5 haikus will be chosen by our esteemed panel of Neal Stewart (Prime Minister of Marketing), Josh Mishell (Visual Viceroy), Jim Caruso (Flying Dog CEO), Stephanie Kerchner (PR and Events Ninja) and maybe a few more people.
5. Yes, it should be creative.
6. Yes, we like to see our name in lights, so including something about Flying Dog earns brownie points with the judges. Maybe something about Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman - you get the point. Go to our website for some creative motivation.
7. The top 5 Twitter Haikus will receive $50 gift certificate to our online store.
8. Must be 21 to enter and/or win.
9. All entries must be posted to Twitter.com by NOON, Feb 18.
10. The judges decision is final. Believe us, they’re not screwing around.
And yes, this contest was inspired by Beer Haiku Daily.
