| Touring a Micro-Brewery By Mark Ihrig --------------------------------------------------------- Smell the gristness at the micro-tour door. Gaze out across the brew space with wonder. Notice the equipment about the floor: Stacks and sacks of grains and yeast and under These stocks of kegs and beer hoses spraying. Walk with the guide and hear her explaining Time, temperature and methods of draining. Drub and scrub, sparging, market and weighing. Peering down into the fermentation tank, follow the urge to heave your self in. Sweet to go floating ‘pon carbonation Swollowing ale the wades ‘bout the lips and chin. Having risen from the vat with samples in view, Toast the next tour, sipping beer from your shoe! Mark Ihrig ___________________________ ------------------------------------- On The Bar Stool by Ogilvy Mace Barman, buy yourself a drink And get me one while you're there! Don't feed me your dogma Hand over that vodka! Chill the glass at four below Pour it straight then sip it slow The coldest heart gives The warmest kiss But its aftertaste Is the bitterest Ogilvy Mace Be a Beer Muse. Send your poems/stories to webmaster@beernexus.com ---- |
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