Marshall Brewing Co. in bottles is available!

[TURobY]

I picked up the Atlas and McNellie's Pub Ale at Columbia Package Store near 15th and Delaware. I drank the Pub Ale last night, and wanted to pass along my positive review!

[cannon_fodder]

I have a confession to make...  as I was buying 4 bottles of Marshall last night (for the TU game) I dropped one and broke it.   It was like destroying a painting or burning a book.  I feel horrible.

[kylieosu]

quote:Originally posted by TURobY

I picked up the Atlas and McNellie's Pub Ale at Columbia Package Store near 15th and Delaware. I drank the Pub Ale last night, and wanted to pass along my positive review!

I was wondering if Columbia had it. (totally my fave liquor store) Good deal.

[TURobY]

quote:Originally posted by kylieosu

quote:Originally posted by TURobY

I picked up the Atlas and McNellie's Pub Ale at Columbia Package Store near 15th and Delaware. I drank the Pub Ale last night, and wanted to pass along my positive review!

I was wondering if Columbia had it. (totally my fave liquor store) Good deal.

I actually didn't even see it when I was first in there. They are right in front of the registers.

[grahambino]

I've tried the Pub Ale & the Wheat and the hype is definitely justified.

Yum.

[MarshallBrewing]

I just wanted to pop on here and say thank you all very much for the positive feedback!  I really appreciate all of your support, but on a personal note I love reading about people enjoying my beer.  The thing I love about my job is even when I am having a long tiring day and am about ready to drop, I can get online and read things like "$5.24 Thought that was a little high until I tried it. Quality over Quantity for sure." or "I drank the Pub Ale last night, and wanted to pass along my positive review!" or "I dropped one and broke it. It was like destroying a painting or burning a book. I feel horrible."  When I see comments like those it really makes all the exhausting taxing days feel that much more worthwhile!  Thank you all again for all of your support and kind words!

Cheers-
Eric Marshall

[Townsend]

Stop screwing around on the computer Marshall.  Go make beers.

[allspunout]

quote:Originally posted by Townsend

Stop screwing around on the computer Marshall.  Go make beers.

[cannon_fodder]

Take heart in the fact that I pimp your beer whenever I can.  The Pub Ale is just what one would expect... a good beer to sit down with in front of the TV, with a friend at the bar, or while throwing some cards at home.  Strong enough that you aren't in danger of feeling like it's water, but certainly potent enough that after 2 pints you realize you've drank "real" beer.

The IPA is a good IPA, too hop filled for my normal consumption but good next to a fire on a cold night.  (this is where IPA connoisseurs go "it's supposed to be well hopped idiot!")

And while wheat beer is not really my thing either, you manage to craft it with enough fruit notes to be a good wheat but enough BEER taste to still be a good beer.  If that makes sense.

Anyway, I'm a big fan.  I take pride in local products when they are on par with other products.  When they are among the best available you're damn sure I'm going to support it.  I look forward to the next seasonal brew... any hints on what that will be?

ALSO, I usually keep a few barrels on tap (1 home made root beer for the boy, 2 home brew [got too lazy to bottle it all], 1 other).  Is/will Marshall available in 1/2 or 1/4 barrels for consumers anywhere in town?  

Also also... odds of getting an Oktoberfest actually at Tulsa's Oktoberfest next year?  I could alternate between pitchers of Spaten and Marshall.  In fact, it sounds like a damn fine plan to me.  I'll be the one dressed like a giant yellow chicken drinking beer through a beer line run to the beak.

And finally, one last question... any grand plans going forward?  Statewide ambitions?  Regional ambitions?  Or just play it as the cards come up?  Just curious, so feel free to ignore questions on your business side (but you HAVE to answer questions about the beer[])  

Oh, and on a personal note, Marshall beer is the 2nd best beer I had last year.  I managed to brew an Oktoberfest that was fantastic, I'll declare it the best beer in Tulsa if I can replicate it next year (which I won't be able to).  []  I also like Choc beers,  a fine drinking beer but they lack the character that Marshall brings to the table.

Anyway, damn glad you brought the art of commercial beer brewing to Tulsa.  Posts like this are what you get for making fans.

[MarshallBrewing]

In answer to your questions in no particular order....

You can buy our beer in 50L(13.2gal) kegs or 1/6 BBL(5.19gal) kegs at liquor stores.

Chances of getting on at Oktoberfest, lets just say I am trying.

Next seasonal brew will be Marzen Lager and it will be available in March.  When I brewed the Oktoberfest I let one batch sit back in the lagering tanks to mature longer and will release it on draft only in March.  Traditional Oktoberfest beers (Marzens) were brewed in March and release at Oktoberfest time, the longer maturation time helps the flavors to fully develop.  I wanted to try this, so I did it backwards.  It tastes really good!

As far as grand plans for going forward, we definitely have them, but not on a fixed timeline.  The next big step will be a 12oz. package.  So hopefully 6 packs of the 3 beers now available, plus the Old Pavilion Pilsner will be available end of February beginning of March.  It all depends on how quickly I get my big line installed and get all the packaging material for it.  Once we get that going then we can begin focusing on regional distribution.  We are available statewide now, but we will start to push that more in the immediate future.  I would say the first half of this year we will start looking at Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri distribution.  Then next on the list would probably be Texas.  First things first though, we want to get the 12oz. bottles out and get a bit of stability in our home market before jumping state lines!

Hopefully 2009 will continue in the direction 2008 left us!  Thanks again to everyone who is out there supporting us.

Cheers,
Eric Marshall

[Townsend]

I'm not sure I should be excited about an alcoholic beverage but dammit...I'm excited.

Congratulations on such a great product.

[Michael71]

I tell EVERYBODY!!!  Have even bought to give to coworkers, etc...so that they can get on the bandwagon!!

Great products!!

[Conan71]

I'm such a degenerate Marshall's fan now, that I even traded one of my wine racks to one of the local liquor retailers for some more McNellie's pub ale.

Great stuff Eric, keep it up!!

[rwarn17588]

^^ About time you showed up here. You been in a ditch somewhere since Election Day, cradling empty bottles in your arms like newborns? []

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

^^ About time you showed up here. You been in a ditch somewhere since Election Day, cradling empty bottles in your arms like newborns? []

How'd you guess???  I figured you would have seen my be-draggled donkey hanging out around the train tracks in Red Fork.  Long, long election hang-over. []