| I was at the Horsebrass Pub for the first night of the Midnight Sun Brewing tasting. It was the night before Belmont Station partook in the festivities. From Thursday, April 5th, 2007The air at the Horsebrass was thick with enthusiasm and secondhand smoke. People were bustling with excitement to get their hands on and palate around the hardy offerings of Midnight Sun, an Anchorage, Alaska based microbrewery. Perhaps the most highly anticipated libation of the night was the Midnight Sun Conspiracy, brewed in conjunction with acclaimed former Pelican and now Hop Urban Brewery (H.U.B.)head brewer Ben Love. Centered in the row of tables on the pub's west side were an entourage of beer zealots clad in black, sporting the logo of Conspiracy--two pistols conjoined upward beneath the beer's name in a stylish red cursive font. Centered amongst these folks was Midnight Sun head brewer Gabe Fletcher. Fletcher, a tall and boisterous figure, I perceived from afar as mighty with an aura that... |
