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The latest discussion point between Mart and myself is whether you can actually have an office Christmas do with only 2 people, or whether that’s only 2 blokes going out for a pint. There has been a suggestion that Santa hats would make the difference, but I believe that, at best, that this suggestion should be treated with withering disdain.

As you may have guessed, I’m not all that big a fan of the run up to Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the actual event as much as anyone. Any occasion that involves champagne at 10.30 am is a…

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Nothing will kill any romantic ideas about brewing faster than having to do a brew in weather that would give any decent movie CGI department a run for their money. Rain and wind has been the theme of the last couple of weeks, with doors being blown off their hinges and rain and mud being trawled through our nice clean brewery. The sales department (or Mart as I call him) hasn’t been spared either - if you run into him at one of the markets, ask him to show you the picture of how he had to build a yurt…

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Well, it’s sunday afternoon and, seeing as I’m in reflective mood, I thought I’d review the short history of Untapped and figure out if we’d learnt anything of use so far…

1. Designing a recipe, negotiating a brewing contract and dealing with Inland Revenue are all easy compared with coming up with beer names that Mart and I agree on and no-one’s used yet.
2. If you brew in midsummer with all the doors closed you can create your own weather.
3. Mashing in at 8 am on a Monday is a dam’ fine reason not to go channel surfing at midnight

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Hello and welcome to the first (we hope of many!) Untapped blogs..

We hope, through the power of the blog to keep you updated on any upcoming events changes and general happenings in the world of Untapped. Like, for example the new winter beer ‘Ember’ (we think, although still subject to possible change!) will be brewed very soon and should be ready for your thirsty palates by the end of november.

What we do want is plenty of feedback from you guys.. and suggestions / help in naming our fantastic beers in the future!

That’ll do for now… plenty more to…

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