Brugge Problems

Charlie Midgley sent this out:

"Lots of things are happening at Brugge Brasserie and with Brugge Beer. Some are a bit inconvenient and some are exciting.

First, our main boiler at the brewery in Terre Haute decided to stop boiling. Replacing it requires some underground construction work for an upgraded gas line and meter. This means we won't have any production until the work is finished. And I wish I could give you a completion date right now, but I can't.

We still have a limited supply of Tripel de Rippel and Rubicon Red for you to enjoy at the Brasserie.

In the meantime, Ted is hard at work crafting a couple of summer beers in our brewery at the Brasserie. One is called Bruno ( not to be confused with some obscure Sacha Baron Cohen film ) . It is a summer "brun" ( French Belgian for Brown ) baby Dubbel. It should be ready within 5 to 7 days.
The second is a Belgian Blonde called Voyageur (not to be confused with, oh, never mind) hopped to American standards. It sounds like the perfect "Upper Deck" session beer and will be ready to enjoy within 2 weeks.

(Until everything is back up to speed there will be plenty of Guest Beers to keep you and your mussels happy. – ed)

In other news, while the brewery is under repair The Vigo Brewing Group, parent of Brugge Beer, will be investigating a potential new product line, including some very robust and aggressive American beers."

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The boiler in Terre Haute is certainly a problem. So is the bottling line which is on it's last legs and will do 12oz bottles only at a crawl.

In other news, Micah Weichart has returned to Kansas City, at Boulevard Brewing 23rd St. Brewery. John Kopta is currently the only brewery employee.

In other news, Charlie Midgley has returned to Thailand.

We'll see how this all works out but my "insider" speculation says things won't be back to normal and brewing copious amounts of beer until autumn.