Pint of No Return by L.M. Fortin

Author:L.M. Fortin [Fortin, L.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

That evening, Callie drove to the Cloudburst Pub to hang out with Jeremy Bilson. The Cloudburst was participating in the brew fest, but not in the premium showcase.

The restaurant tables were only half full and there was no one at the bar, so Callie went and sat there. Jeremy, his hair in his usual blond spike, came over.

“Callie, it’s good to see you,” he said. “How’s the brew fest going? We got our info packet today.”

“Good. I was hoping those would give you at least a week to prepare your booths.”

“It was a little surprising. I don’t think we’ve ever gotten an info packet before. We’ve been participating for about ten years now and things were usually just done over the phone and with a conversation. It’s a big help.”

Callie smiled. “I’m glad. The idea is that if you have all the information at your fingertips, I’ll receive less phone calls. Plus, it helps advertise the sponsors and the Barley and Sheaf.”

“What would you like to drink?” he said. “We’ve got a new pinot noir in from one of our local vineyards.”

“Jeremy, I’m running a brew fest. Don’t you think I should be drinking beer?”

“Have you tried any of the beers that will be served at the fest?” he asked.

“Not really. I was over at Magic Waters and I almost had a drink, but then Floyd fell ill and I didn’t get to try anything.”

“That’s too bad. Sounds serious.” he said, his brow furrowing in concern.

“I couldn’t tell, but he’s in the hospital now, so hopefully it will get taken care of,” she said. “I’ve also been to Weissworks to drink a pure beer, according to Gerta Weiss. What type of beer is the Cloudburst going to offer at its table at the brew fest?”

“Well, everyone is familiar with our Liquid Sunshine, so we’re going to try to get away from that,” he said. “I think we’re going to offer something we call the Brazilian Bean Stout, which is a coffee flavored dark beer,” he explained at her questioning look at the beer’s name. “Then we are thinking of something more middle of the road like a kolsch. Although I’m sure we can’t do a better one than Weissworks. That Gerta Weiss has got a lock on any German style beers.”

“Maybe you could walk me through the beers you have on tap here. I feel like I have no idea what everyone is talking about when they throw out names such as stout and kolsch—I had a nut brown ale at Walt’s the other day and I couldn’t tell you the difference between that and a bean stout.”

Jeremy laughed. “We wouldn’t want you to be uneducated in beer,” he said. “I’ll get together a tasting tray for you.”

He spent a few minutes busy at the taps and returned to her with a tray loaded with small glasses. “Let’s start with the light beers, move through the hoppy ones and then on to the dark.”

Callie looked at the selection of beer doubtfully.

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