As of yesterday, Loony's Brew now has a dedicated place for artists to promote and sell their creations, including paintings, photos, and other two dimensional pieces. As you can see below, this is located in the back of the pub, next to the Bumper Pool table.

A few comments and FAQs:

• Why the change? While we've tried to promote artwork in the past, the pieces that were for sale were generally scattered throughout the pub, making it confusing for customers to know what's for sale and what's not. We're hoping this extra focus will clear that up and get things moving a bit more.
• How does this fit with the theme of the pub? We've gotten some questions in the past along the lines of, "How does this fit with your theme, it's a pub, not an art gallery." Well, without being too philosophical, our theme is basically creative individuality, celebrating people and ideas that are independent and evolving in their own way. Needless to say, these types are usually ridiculed beyond reason, are in a constant struggle, don't get recognized until dead, and justifiably can have a pint or three to relax, unwind, cross the bridge, share a joke, throw off the yoke, sing a song, i.e. whatever's needed to keep on trucking. 
• Who can display their work? The more local the better. Just stop by with the piece you'd like displayed and chances are we'll be able to make room for it.
• What about terms? Loony's Brew gets 20% of whatever your work is sold for. This covers sales tax and other labor costs associated with selling your work.
• How can customers purchase a piece? If you're ready to buy, you can simply pay the bartender for the piece you want and can immediately take it home with you. We'll inform the artist their work has sold and compensate them appropriately.

Stop by this weekend to see all the new artwork on display, about a dozen new pieces were added yesterday!

Cheers,
​Loony's Brew

What happened was to crank up the beer an extra 2-3% ABV, you have to not only make a batch with a much higher grain to water content, this will get it to 7-7.5%, but you also include a quantity of sugar with the boil kettle. In this case, about 20 lbs of a Belgian Candy Sugar.

In the big picture, no big deal, just a little extra clean up today and next time will simply make a smaller batch. The beer should be ready in 3-4 weeks, or around mid-July timeframe.

To help celebrate the longest day of the year, Loony's Brew will be offering a few beverage specials, including $3 Loony's Brew beers and Tequila Sunrise specials. Current beers on tap are the Flying Squirrel Amber Ale, Amaizing Cream Ale, Sand Bay Wheat, Stubborn Moose Stout, and Lost Bay IPA.

Other Activities in Ranier Tonight

• The Fun Food truck will be showing up if you'd like a summer food indulgence.
• A possibility of bagpipes on the city pier at sunset.
• Open mic and potential live music from the Ambush band.

We're open at noon, see you soon!

It's been an exciting spring, here's a few updates including new beers available, campfire firewood for sale, and food changes.

Beers Available

• Flying Squirrel Amber Ale
• Amaizing Cream Ale
• Voyageur Pale Ale
• Lost Bay IPA
• Sand Bay Wheat
• Stubborn Moose Stout

Note: As we have limited keg cooler space, not all six beers will always be on tap. A problem we're definitely aware of and working on, especially to fit a few more options, including two in the 7-9% ABV range. In the short term, this means transitioning to 1/6 BBL or 5 Gallon kegs vs the 1/2 BBL or 15 Gallon storage option, allowing us to have 6 on tap vs 3-4. The real solution is another keg cooler and walk-in cooler but this will take a bit longer.

Regarding growlers, we're currently limited to Refills only, we expect to have new growlers over the next week, or available by next weekend.

Firewood for Sale
In partnership with S&J's Campfire Wood, we're now offering campfire wood for sale from out of the deck bar area. This is a bundle of wood with approximately 15 pieces for $7. With being located in the deck bar area, you can easily pick up from a vehicle or boat.

Food Changes
Starting this weekend and whenever the weather is nice, we'll be doing a bbq out on the deck area from about 4-7pm. Will be featuring a main item each time and change it up a bit, such as:

• Beer Brats: Using one of two of our beers of course.
• Shish Kabobs: Various items, some marinated.
• Gyros: And all the trimmings such as homemade Tzatziki sauce.
• Stuff in a Pot: Such as corn on the cob, Gumbo, Fish Boils.

In general, whatever is appropriate for the weather and somewhere between a snack and a full meal.

Enjoy the nice weather, summer has arrived!

For those that like the darker stout beers, our Stubborn Moose Stout is now available, some of the specs include:

SRM (Color): 38
IBU (Bitterness): 40
ABV: 4.5%

A robust beer including 70% Irish Stout Malt, 20% Flaked Barley, a combination of caramel and roasted malts, and includes the spicy, earthier hops of Nugget and East Kent Goldings.

The Lost Bay IPA is the newest of the hoppy family of beers, the lightest color of the three and in between the Voyageur Pale Ale and Hoppy Folly for bitterness and alcohol. Some comparisons:

The beer is now on tap and available just in time for the 3-day weekend. Come down to try it out or pick up a growler!

We've also brewed some new batches this week and have used grains available for anyone interested, great for mulch with plants or animal feed. Simply stop by the brewery and fill up whatever you feel is appropriate from the bins outside.

Cheers,
Loony's Brew

I'm happy to announce the latest beer available, the Voyageur Pale Ale.  This is a back to the basics pale ale, including Minnesota based pale ale malt with Magnum and East Kent Goldings hops.

The Specs:

• SRM (color): 11.2
• IBU (hoppiness, bitterness): 39
• ABV: 4.7%

Come down this weekend to try it out, you won't be disappointed. Or, in the small, remote chance that you are, try having another, they tend to improve with quantity up to a certain point, :).

Cheers,
Loony's Brew