Daril Brothers Homebrewery

October 18th, 2003

The Daril Brothers 5th Annual Neighborhood Oktoberfest took place today.  We anticipated the bit of rain around midnight and had covered the firewood - so there was no problem starting the fire at 5 AM.  It was fairly warm, even at that hour of the morning - in the high 50's.  We had TWO feeder fireplaces going this year, knowing that we'd want to get the pig going no later than 6 AM.  Last year's was 83 lbs., but this year's pig was 110 lbs.  We also planned for 12 roast chickens.  Once again, we had a picture-perfect day for the event. Like last year, neighbors & friends brought dishes to share.  The Daril Brothers provided BEER, Mead, and soft drinks.  Specifically, the beer styles included:  Daril's End-of-Summer Brew (ESB), Daril-Weizen American Wheat Ale, and Golden Hammer Kolsch.  The Mead was Daril's Brambleberry Mead made in August 2002. And the soft drinks included a keg of home-made Root Beer and a keg of home-made Cola. The pig & chickens were cooked to perfection, presided over by Barbecue-Meister Don Taylor (soon to be Daril-Don) and Daril-John Andrus.  They were faithfully assisted all day long by Fire-tenders Daril-Randy Ellis and Daril-Dave Sotolongo - keeping those coals in steady supply.  We started officially at 3 PM, but of course there was the odd shot of Peppermint Schnaaps & such to "keep us warm" earlier in the day ... ahem!!  We cranked up the requisite cheezy Oompah music for a bit, then switched over to a little bit of everything.  It was about 9 PM before we finally dispersed, just barely pulling things under cover for the night and leaving the rest to deal with in the morning ... and wasn't THAT fun?  A good time was had by all.  So ... what do we do NEXT year .... live band?  Hmmmmm ...

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