Nikki Gets to Blog!

Hey Everyone! I am Nikki the Pro Bono Sales Rep/ Day Laborer/ Dan’s Moral Support/Whatever clever title that involves getting Rushing Duck up and running. I don’t know why, but Dan gave me the freedom to write on his blog to let you know what is going on with RD.  If you feel like we have been slacking with our social media and our blog, we have, and it’s not because we don’t love you, appreciate your support or want to inform you of all the things we do, it is simply because weeks are flying by and I am constantly losing track of time and Dan (who works 12 hour days every day, gross).   Here’s the update:

So, what’s been going on at Rushing Duck behind the scenes of the enchanting peachy/ pink exterior walls of our building?  I can tell you it is exciting!! Dan, Tony (our engineer/slave), Les (Dan’s Dad/Chief) and I (every so often) have been getting together the brewing side of RD so that we can start making that beer that we want you to have so badly.  It’s been going great! In fact, Dan did a water brew to make sure we didn’t mess things up too badly on that side and it was successful.  Wednesday July 11, 2012 was the first time any of us felt somewhat relaxed in a long time.  Anyway, there is still work to do in the tasting room.  If you happened to have walked in (We are not open yet) in the last couple weeks you probably saw us sweating profusely and building a room for you to hang out in or saw me falling through the ceiling (yes, that happened).  The tasting room will be open as soon as we have beer for you to drink.

As you read above, I am not the ideal construction worker and tend to think breaking stuff is more fun than building stuff (you know it is). I have been cast off the RD Island most days and into your local bars/restaurants/ growler stores around Hudson Valley talking to owners/ managers about our beers.  It has been crazy traveling around the area trying to hit up every place that serves craft beer a week (I can only go out once a week), but everyone seems to be super excited about our beers! If you are in the Hudson Valley and want to plug us at your local craft beer bar I would have no objections (sad plug I know).  

Finally, we are getting shipments weekly with funstuff like growlers, glassware, hops, grain, kegs, and other materials to get RD functional within the next couple weeks.  Thank you for being so patient with us and supportive of us while we get things off the ground! Nikki