Beer and Coding in Eugene’s Penultimate Beer Survey
Section 1 – Getting to Know You
1. Hello, my name is Fred Colby.
2. I get my paycheck from Laughing Dog Brewing, if I take a paycheck.
3. I have been working there since day one over 4 years ago.
4. My official title is Brewer /Janitor/mechanic/anything else you want to tag on.
5. Before working their, I worked for the Man in a big Corporation.
6. My old stomping grounds are CDA Idaho and Spokane Washington.
7. When it comes to sports, I would sacrifice a goat to ensure a victory for my team, the Seattle Seahawks ( wait I think we did Sacrifice 3 pigs at our last party here).
8. My stupid human trick is Drinking Insane amounts of beer.
9. My arch-nemesis is Lactobacillus.
10. If a movie about my life were made, my character would be played by Ron White because I think he drinks enough to cover for me.
Section 2 – All About Beer
11. I got my start if craft brewing by Home brewing for 16 years then deciding to open my own brewery.
12. The last beer I drank was Laughing Dog Rocket Dog Rye IPA.
13. I drank it while I was talking to customers in the tap Room.
14. When I head down to the river for the day, I fill the ice chest with LDB cream Ale and Alpha dog Imperial IPA.
15. Around the brewery, it makes me cringe when I hear the sound of silence ( that means something’s not working right).
16. If by some means; perhaps the result of a bet that went too far; I was forced to live out the remainder of my days drinking only one style of beer, it would be IPA definitely IPA.
17. If I could serve God any one beer that I am responsible for, it would be The Dogfather Imperial Stout.
18. If I could serve God any one beer that I had no hand in creating, it would be Allagash Curieux.
19. The beer I created which is embarrassing enough that if given the chance, I would bury in a New Mexico landfill; alongside all those unsold copies of E.T. for the Atari 2600 is Hot Chihuahua chili pepper ale.
20. For people who are interested in working in the craft beer industry, my nugget of wisdom is Don’t make Beer if you want to get rich quick, only get into this industry for one reason, do it for the sake of making beer if you do it for this reason good things will happen.
Thank you Fred; not only for taking part in my Beer Survey, but also for making Dogzilla. It is hard for me to walk by the cooler at the market without grabbing a bottle. The empties are busy terrifying the rest of the bottles in my recycling bin.
Cheers!
Kevin