Happy Birthday to Us!
April 21, 2010
Here we are, getting ready to wrap-up our second annual ‘English Ale Month’ here at The Brew Club when I realized that today, April 21 is the second anniversary of our very first beer review! Yep, we’re 2!
To quickly rehash, The Brew Club started out as a way to keep track of the beer exchanges that 6 coworkers did every other week or so at work. The site quickly turned into a little beer review blog, and it gave me the opportunity to learn about beer, as well as learn a little about running a blog and all of the little fun techie parts of that.
So, its been a learning experience for sure! But I’ve also had the good fortune to interact and learn from some very informed and interesting people in the ‘beer blogosphere’ along the way. Looking back, I think that’s the best part.
In that regard, I’d like to direct your attention to our ‘Friends‘ page where you will find all of the aforementioned ’special people’. In particular though, I’d like to thank Mike of Mike Loves Beer, Michael and Nate of Thank Heaven For Beer, Peter of Simply Beer, Don and Jim of Beer And Whiskey Brotherhood who are all great people and have helped make this so much fun!
Its also a blast for me to read and respond to the comments that you leave. Your comments, questions and criticisms are what keep this site alive – THANKS!!!
I also can’t go without mentioning my friend, Bob The Brit who freely offered his time and insights on beer from a Brit’s perspective. He’s truly a member of The Brew Club. Even though I’ve not Bob in person, I hope I can one day.
I’d also like to thank the original Brew Club members – Liz, Melissa, Heather, Gerry, Neil and myself (especially 
). While we don’t exchange beers as often as we used to, and two members have moved on, The Brew Club remains! I should really get a group picture posted someday.
So where’s The Brew Club headed then? Well, I’m not sure. For two years now we’ve been cranking out about 3 beer reviews or other beer related posts per week. That’s 12 posts per month and about 144 posts per year. I know many beer blogs do more, some do less, but that’s been our pace. Still, it is a ton of work, and so I think I’m going to scale the pace back a little bit and refocus some of my energy on things that have been needing my time and attention.
It’s not a huge change, but the more I think of it the more I like the format that Chris over at 52Brews has. One post per week is something I can do, and if I have the time and energy you’ll see 2, but I think we’re going to move away from 3 per week at the moment. Hopefully, you’ll stick around! We’ll still be active on Twitter and you can always “Like” us on Facebook.
I’m also considering changing the theme in the upcoming year, but that’s a real pain too sometimes! The main thing to me is that the site stays fun (for me) and useful to you. Once it becomes neither of those things, I’ll shut it down.
So, that’s the status of The Brew Club on our second anniversary! Hopefully we’re going to have an even better third year, meet even more great beer people, and try many more great beers!
Thanks for being part of it!
As a reward for reading this far down the page we’re going to offer a very special prize! Just leave a comment wishing The Brew Club a happy birthday and what you like about us (or not), and we will randomly select someone who will get a free, autographed copy of Jersey Brew – The Story of Beer in New Jersey, and possibly some other stuff like a party hat.
Quick and easy rules…
1) Must live in the 48 contiguous United States (sorry Alaska and Hawaii people 
).
2) Must leave comment before our next scheduled post on the morning of Friday, April 23, 2010 to be considered.
Provided you leave a valid email in the post, I’ll contact the winner and work out the details. Good luck, and thanks for your support!
Scott-TheBrewClub
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April 21st, 2010 at 9:54 am
Happy Birthday to the Brew Club! My site will be two in a couple months so I guess that makes you my big brother. Make sure you lead by example because I look up to you and am easily impressionable.
April 21st, 2010 at 10:58 am
Congrats on two years, Scott. The third year is when you really start making the big blog bucks, so start picking out a Mercedes!
April 21st, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Congratulations Scott.
From a personal perspective, writing for The Brewclub has rekindled my interest in the better beers available, and encouraged me to try new and (for the most part) interesting brews.
I’ve enjoyed being able to share some views from Europe, and also to learn about which American brews to look out for.
I still have a shelf full of exotics brews from the UK and Europe, so will continue to write my ramblings until my liver gives out, or Scott tells me to stop!
Bob the Brit.
oh.. and Jim, I already have a Mercedes… can I have another?
BobtheBrit´s last blog ..Waltz Darling
April 21st, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I do to actually. 1991 300SE Almost an antique!
Thanks for the kind words everybody!
Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Wells Banana Bread Beer
April 21st, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Happy Birthday Brew Club!
And thanks for the mention! When I started THFB, I didn’t know that other beer blogs existed (how naive!). TBC was the first I started reading.
Cheers Scott and gang!
nate´s last blog ..Sip With Us Saturday | Indiana Beer
April 21st, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Happy Birthday Scott! You were the first beer blog I ever went to. It is always fun and easy reading, and I love to poke fun at you in the comments, so keep the good posts coming. Who else am I going to kid about pumpkin beers?
Don´s last blog ..A New Drink We All Need to Try!!!
April 21st, 2010 at 6:55 pm
@Nate and @Don – See, that’s pretty cool to hear! I had no idea that some of you guys started here! (wiping tears now.) Seriously, I’m flattered, and I’m glad that you’ve all stuck around.
@Mike – Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to set a good example!
@Jim – That would be nice, but I’m not leaving my day job just yet! Thanks for being a regular here.
Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout
April 21st, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Congrats, Buddy. We’ve loved the interaction we’ve had so far. Also, you’ve been a big supporter of us. We hope so see you around for many years to come.
Michael Reinhardt´s last blog ..Sip With Us Saturday | Indiana Beer
April 21st, 2010 at 9:28 pm
HAPPY BIRRFFFDAY TO US… HAPPY BIRFFDAY TO US! HAPPPPPPYYY BIRRRFFFDDDAYY TO US!!!!
Wooohoo… Who would have thunk it huh Jones? A random idea has become this awesome project. I’m proud to be a regular contributor to the brew club either through posts or drawings or via the FB page….. Keep up the good work!
Happy Birthday TBC!
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:00 am
Thanks Liz! I appreciate all the support and work you do here. Now if you’d only start doing some more beer reviews!
Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Brewdog’s Tactical Nuclear Penguin and Paradox Stout
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Happy Birthday Gang!
Wolfman-K´s last blog ..No glue, no tape, built like a house of cards, a man in Germany…
April 24th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Thanks again! After taking out the comments by myself, Bob, and Liz, we were left with 6. I asked my wife (who does not read the blog) to pick a number between one and six, and she picked six! Looks like Wolfman K gets the autographed copy of “Jersey Brew”. Congrats, its a very interesting read!
Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Hogsback TEA – Traditional English Ale
April 29th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Sweet, thanks a lot gang Thats very cool, I’ll be sure and mention you guys on the next happy time magic hour podcast.
Scott, you can send my “major award” to the address on my facebook profile, if you can’t see it let me know and I’ll email it to you.
Wolfman-K´s last blog ..Anchor Brewing Co. sold to Greggor, Foglio
May 6th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Better late then Never!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Like Nate when I started Simply Beer I didn’t realize how many beer blogs there were, But TBC was one that I have always read on a regular basic (even thought I don’t always leave a comment, bad me!)
Good luck Scott, looking forward to another fun year of reading your reviews. Hopefully we’ll actually get to met!
Cheers!
Peter at Simply Beer´s last blog ..Beer Tortilla Chips ‘n Salsa
May 6th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Thanks Peter – coming from you that means a lot, and I’m looking forward to meeting you too sometime! (Gotta get me some of that Peanut Butter Porter!!!)
Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Mexican Beer – A One Trick Pony?