One year later...

Jolly Good Fellows has reached its first birthday and for awhile I toyed with the idea of a big, convoluted post to celebrate the occasion but I think I would rather just say thank you.

Thank you to Sarah, Brian, Dan, Jeremy, Rudy, and Craig for being part of this, contributing, and providing counsel when I needed it. You are all awesome beyond measure.

Now this is a birthday cake!
(Original here)

Thank you to everyone who has read an article, commented, shared us with their friends, listened to us, provided advise, took the time to speak with us, welcomed us into their brewery, allowed us to attend your festivals and events, smiled for photographs, and shared a pint or two with us. Without your support we wouldn't have made it this far. 

We have come along way in a year and have told some good stories, but there is still much work to be done and many more excellent beers and beer stories to discover.  Jolly Good Fellows is just the type of site to find them!

Thank you and may you be privileged to drink excellent beer!

Skye

Beer For Charity

Hello all out there in the beer world. It's been a while since I've posted due to the fact that Marines are keeping me busy.

In the last few months Stone Brewing has put out some of the best beers, and I actually sent one to Skye Marthaler (one of our fellow blogger). [ed. note - It is worth tracking down!]
One of Stone's beers that I have enjoyed is their Tenth Anniversary IPA.

Stone's Excerpt.

Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA was created as an homage to the almighty hop. As the celebrated Stone Ruination IPA approached its 10th birthday this June, we knew we had to do something special, so we cranked it up from 7.7% to 10.8% and used twice as much hops–a whopping 5 pounds per barrel, including a pound each of Citra and Centennial in the dry hop. The results were GLORIOUS, but don't take our word for it. The only people more bitter than those who don't get any... will be those who do.

In closing. I would like to talk about the title of my post. Stone Brewing had their annual anniversary bash and charity drive. This year the charities have changed but the kindness hasn't. 100% of the proceeds will go to the charities. Split evenly amongst them.
Take a look at this link and show your kindness.
Have a good day.

Jeremy W. Sanders

http://www.crowdrise.com/dyehards/fundraiser/jeremysanders