June Lake Brewing
Waiting for Snow ~

Huzzah, our test batch of Not So Hoppy Holiday Ale has been very well received by all those who've partaken!  If you haven't tried it, venture over to June and give us a holler, but you better hurry cuz there isn't much left.  Getting ready to brew our second test batch of JLB Alpers Pale Ale we're toning down some of the Caramunich malts to give the brew a lighter hue, but it will still pack that same malty body balanced with a mild hoppy bite courtesy of Cascade and Mt. Hood hop additions.

Waiting for our remodel permit, we're ready to get ripping on our location buildout.  First order of business after we get legit is cut our trench drains and bust out some concrete (get ready to drop some more hammers boys).  On the funding front we're working on putting together a private equity offering to raise the final cash we need to finish the remodel, acquire our super bitchen brew machine, and get to making beer.  So if you're interested in owning a piece of the most awesome brewery ever in the coolest location in the world, stay tuned...

Lastly June Mountain is open to the top, but we're still waiting for the weather to wake up.  As it turns out Ullr (Old Norse patron saint of skiers and snow) had been seen hanging out on the beachs in SD catching some rays.  So we went to find him... After much searching we came across some killer sunsets and beyond awesome beer, but no Ullr.  Rumor had it we'd just missed him and he was already off to go party with his buddy Santa up at the North Pole before ramping up our much needed winter.  So fear not, snow is on it's way!  Until then enjoy some fine holiday spirits. 

Hoppy Holidays!
Justin/Sarah

June Lake Brewing
Open June Mountain ~

Mountain Life Update: Mark your calenders because June Mountain Ski Area is set to open this Friday the 13th!  We're really excited to get back up on the hill, so find us on Friday or Saturday for a little post ride/ski beer in the village.

Progress Update: our intrepid team of design professionals have addressed the comments that came back from plan check regarding our remodel permit and have resubmitted an updated design.  What this means is we should hopefully have our final building permit by the new year, and will be able to start our interior build out in preparation for equipment acquisition (currently on order) set for late spring of 2014!

Beer Update: Our tasty "Not So Hoppy Holiday Ale" is back this year as one of our last pre-launch testbatches.  Brewed with Pale 2-Row, Munich, Aromatic, Carmel/Crystal, Chocolate, White and Torrified Wheat malts, along with nutmeg, vanilla bean, fresh ginger, cinnamon, juniper berries, seeds of paradise, sweet orange peel, cloves, honey and holiday spirit.  This 6.1% ABV beer is our favorite way to kick-off the holiday season, and it deviates from our rather hoppy disposition. Kickstarter Update: As you probably know from our MEGA barrage of updates and emails we gave it a valiant effort, but in the end didn't hit our JLBKickstarter goal.  This means none of the pledgers are being charged, and even worse we won't be receiving any of those pledges.  Overall it was a great experience and we accumulated 300+ new Facebook friends.  That being said we're still starting this brewery, and have had 72 pledgers commit to over $10k of our original pledge amount.  That's almost 50% of the amount reached during the campaign!  So if you pledged to the campaign and you're still interested in fulfilling that pledge email [email protected] and we'll make this thing happen.
 
Thanks for all the support, and Cheers!
Justin/Sarah