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Folks, That time of year is here!  Where we find out if the world economy is still tied to Santa's rear end (with apologies to Lewis Black for stealing his material)! As we mentioned in October, we will be closed from 17 December (Friday) until 27 December (Monday).  That is 10 days.  If your order comes in during that period, it will not be packed, shipped, or looked at.  We will not be answering the phone (in fact, it will be off).  MacRorie will be so far into the mountains, cell service does not exist!  The internet only comes in...

Folks, Thanks for the continued business.  I hope that life is treating you and yours well. General Information: It is getting more and more difficult to find components to make the things that you like to buy.  Also, finding a company to assist with the assembly is becoming nigh impossible..  Nothing impactful right now, but just a head's up )Repairs & Installations:  We will no longer be doing any repairs and/or installations on your equipment.  It is just not affordable in terms of time or mental effort.  That may sound weird, but I do really want to make sure that...

Folks! Well, it is now officially the "no more white shoes" season and we're happy to be here. We didn't *really* go on vacation as a lot of you can attest.  We sent out orders as we went along, just kind of at a little slower pace.  We DID turn eBay sales off for a month and IT. WAS. GLORIOUS!  So, there's that. As far as TBA is concerned: Prices: You may notice prices creeping up.  Sorry, it just cannot be helped.  We are starting to go back into the red again and, well, umm, I like to keep my...

Folks, I am very sorry to have to post this, but The Brewing Academy will have to bow out of VCF-West.   We did not come to this decision lightly and, indeed, will have to cancel hotel reservations, car rentals, and airline tickets at no small cost as well, but we think it is the correct thing to do.  Please be sure that this has nothing whatsoever to do with the fine institution and people at VCF-West.  We were looking forward to attending.  However, with the change in CDC regulations yesterday as well as the new masking regulations in Yolo County...

Folks,   Thank you for being our customer!  It has been an interesting few years and I am sure it will continue to be for some time to come.  It seems as if we have been cursed with what the Ancient Chinese Philosopher, Robert Kennedy, once said, "May you live in interesting times!" Whatever the case may be, we had planned to do inventory in January 2021.  Then we all got COVID-19.  As such, we never really got a chance to do inventory and we have been playing catch up ever since..  Plus, honestly, I need a break.  For 20 years,...