Brewing with the Buddha; Sex Panther Black IPA

'Tis the season of giving, right?

Well Saturday I felt in the giving mood so I decided to lend my gifted brewing skills and help out my buddies over at The Funky Buddha. Let me tell you how happy they were to see me!

I showed up and they were standing in front of their 40 gallon fermenters with their shirts over their heads and singing some crazy song. Apparently, they pray to the brewing Gods before every batch?!? As soon as they saw me, The Ferm, they began rejoicing and showering me in gifts! I was a gift from the brewing Gods!

Well then I woke up.....it was a nice dream though.

In all seriousness I went over to the Buddha Saturday and helped brew (or clean the brewing equipment) for a new beer that will be released quite shortly. SEX PANTHER will be a Black IPA that is both hop forward and roast-y.

I won't bore you with all the boring things that went on during the brew session, but I will tell you that these guys have their brew days down to a science! There was no time for standing around!

As Ryan, one of the owners of the Buddha stated, "We don't just make beer, We Discover It".

5 hours later there was 40 lbs of Sex Panther caged in the fermenter, a good amount of cleaned kegs, 3 gourmet burgers devoured, and some good beers sampled.

Keep your eyes open for SEX PANTHER coming soon to The Funky Buddha, after all this is beer your mother would be proud of you drinking!