Happy Memorial day to all who are spending the day remembering a special service man or woman in your lives.  At Purple Healer we cracked open our newest Imperial Stout which Larry claims he "would stand up next to any other stout out there."  If you remember in the description of a Russian Imperial Stout we previously posted, this stout has more character and flavor than, say, Guiness and it possessess drinkable qualities that are rich, dark, and luxurious.  The Stout is surprisingly drinkable and smooth and has wowed even those in our family who don't drink Stouts.

Of course with this fantastic 90 degree weather and beautiful sunshine its hard not to daydream about our favorite wheats, IPAs, and goldens that are perfect for sipping poolside among our favorite family and friends.  Larry is well ahead of all of you and has a Golden ale and the Helles brewed with fresh lemon ready top drink.  He is also has next up in the kettles a summer IPA...our favorite English IPA hoppy and lighter and now newly named LDB Ale.  Why would Larry give it the name with some strange initials?

Ask Billie, Desi, and Lucy the family "hoppers."  What can we say at Purple Healer we are in fact big animal lovers.

Of course I know many of you are still anxiously awaiting the big reveal of where you can sip on our fine brewskies....and trust me news will break soon....just be patient and drink on!

Good beautiful spring afternoon to you all!!!!

I was meaning to post this contest earlier but I got so caught up in WINNING that best in show award that I simply didn't want to overshadow the event but now it is time to get back into business....and we are asking all of you to help out!

As several of you know we have named all of our beers from pets, family members, lucky numbers, and other "inside" tidbits.  Naming our beers has been easy until recently.  For our two newest brews we seem to have hit a brick wall in our creative juices and have decided to extend the invitation to all of you in this terribly daunting task of giving our great beer a great name.

The beers needing named as you can tell from our website are our Munich Helles and our English IPA. 
So to make your job a little easier here is a brief description about each of the nameless beers.

Munich Helles:  This is a bavarian-style lager that is perfect for sweet summertime drinking.  It compliments lighter foods and has notes of lemon inside a medium bodied and mild grain style batch.  It accompanies seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes well especially if they are grilled. 

English IPA: This moderately bitter ale really captures the flavor of our English-style hops and is notably our "hoppiest" in the batch.  This beer is also delicious in the springtime and summertime and pairs well with a nice hearty meal as it is a higher concentration of alcohol per glass.  Who says the English didn't like a good buzz when drinking.  We are looking for a name of this beer that would include bunnies being that it is so "hoppy" and that its about this time of year you see more of them hopping about.

So I suppose we should include a few guidelines for this contest.  All entries can be submitted to brewmaster@purplehealerbrewery.com or as a comment to this post.  We would like to come up with a name soon so all entries should come our way by May7th.  With your entry please include the NEW beer name, reasoning why you made up that name, your name (it would be nice to give you credit) and a valid (why wold you fake it anyway) email address in which we can send you a big HOORAH if your beer name is chosen.

Winners will receive.....mad props for their creative ingeniousness and some sort of cool compensation probably in a drinkable form.  Winners also receive the golden opportunity to boast and brag to all of their friends that our fabulous beer earned its identity from your awesome, incredible brain.

So drink a few think of some ideas and send them our way.