Your encouragement meads...means a lot to us here at the DGBC.
I wanted to point out two lovely pieces of art brought to my attention through said fans:
above: Bernini-goat with infantsIs the "infant" on the left milking the goat? Why does the goat look so happy? Is this goat encouraging underage drinking? What is going on here? Whatever it is , I hope it's not.
above: your friendly neighborhood photoshopper gives the DGBC crew a much needed makeoverIn other news the DGBC has been in contact with a friendship who is going to help us concoct a label.
Also, when the fake-Frenchman went out to Ethiopian food last night, the manager of the restaurant recommended their homemade "honey wine." Intrigued, the fake-Frenchman perused the wine list whereupon he discovered that they hosted a whole selection of various homemade and/or African honey wines, many of which contained a shocking ingredient: hops?
Thanks to Ethiopia, I will be taking hops under advisement in our next mead recipe, a bitter bite with your sweet delight? I think so. I think so.
As the story goes, Jupiter was given to be nurtured by that goat when his mother was afraid that his father (Saturn) would eat him (because it was predicted that Saturn would father a child that would become more powerful than he, so he just started eating all his babies so that it couldn't happen).
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, the goat, did, in fact nurture Jupiter into manhood and in return for the favor, Jupiter later granted the goat magic horns that would give the goat whatever she wanted.
Additionally, I find this a particularly fitting sculpture, because it was one of Bernini's first major pieces and was completed at the age of 19, establishing once and for all that young people can accomplish very great things.
I appreciate the mythological story above to explain a lot of the background. I tend to think as today many were nourished by goat milk! Many even prefer it to cow milk and the lawn gets cut in the process...and anything else you toss out as trash.
ReplyDeleteAnd the photoshopper makeovers are a great improvement to all!
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ReplyDeleteThanks again Anna. And it's nice to here from you too Aunt Lindy! You both may be interested in this, which is a sweet wikipedia article concerning a famous Norse goat who provided the dead warriors in Valhalla with delicious mead. Goats are important and the Drinking Goat Brewing Co is just here to spread the word.
ReplyDeleteOur graphic designer friendship has been working out a way to incorporate the aforementioned goat into possible label design plans. We'll see.