The First Homebrew-Part 6

The final step was to label our brew with name of beer and name of brewer.  So a strip of paper was torn and scibbled upon.  The label stated "Townsman Cavendish Ale (Maple)-By Nathaniel and Brant".  Two bottles were delivered to the contest.  As I opened the fridge I was surprised to see the craftsmanship and creativity that went into the different labels.  I would love to say that ours (craftmanship and creativity) was focused on the content in the bottle but I really didn't know that the beer label was for any design purpose other than to differentiate between beers.  I gingerly place it in the fridge and headed over for the festivities of the HSC Reformation Celebration.  We had a great time at the celebration and I was awaiting the verdict of the contest results.  They also had a pie and chili contest.  Unfortunately I had to leave before they announced the results of the various contests.  Well, I received a call that evening that we had won the contest.  I'm humbled and had a lot of fun entering the contest.  I would have loved to have tasted the other entrants brews. The prize was a bobble head Martin Luther and a gift certificate for Inari Wines.  The picture above is the bobble head Luther with my bobble head John Calvin that my good friend Van gave to me last week for my birthday.  It's a fitting picture because Brant is a Luthern and I am a Calvinist. Cheers!

P.S. The name of our ale comes from an aromatic maple tobacco from McClellands Tobacco.  The name of this tobacco is Townsman Cavendish Blue.  Brant and I love to smoke this tobacco in the autumn and thought this ale might be a fitting tribute to a good tobacco.