A few months ago, we announced an agreement to brew Schlafly Beer at the new Blackstone Brewery in Nashville. With those first brews scheduled to take place soon, we are also very pleased to announce that beginning in mid 2012, Schlafly Beer will also be brewed at a new brewery near Iowa City, Iowa called Backpocket Brewery.

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That is the number of new Schlafly Beer bottles produced by O-I at their glass plant in Lapel, Indiana from July 11th to the 13th, 2011.  The road to this production began back last summer when we began to work on a new contract for our glass bottles and realized that we had an opportunity to add to the overall design of our bottle. 

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The travel writer Bill Bryson, when asked where he was from once wrote, “I am from Iowa, someone has to be”.  I was born in St. Louis and I am fortunate to have lived in the north of Scotland and have travelled far and wide but I had never been to Iowa.

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For most of the last 20 years, we have focused mostly on just brewing great beer and throwing the odd party or two.  Now, at a time when our Country is facing many challenges, the employees of Schlafly Beer are dealing with what friends tell me are “good problems”.

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I read the New York Times daily.  I like the food section on a Wednesday and the travel section on the Sunday. I flip through the beer and food magazines and I surf the web. I read about all those “other” places where exciting things are happening and find myself wondering why aren’t more people talking about St. Louis?

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The St. Louis Post Dispatch wrote today that the “Sale of Schlafly Brewer Nears”. This is an update on our succession planning. When you read the article, you will read that we have sent information to some potential local investors, “but it’s not to the point where there are formal discussions with any one party.”

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