Flying Dog Ales is reprising its Open Source Beer Project, but in the spirit of Web 2.0 hopes to make the 2008 version better than 2007.
Thus the following challenge:
We are looking to expand the Open Source Beer Project into the latest version 1.1 or 2.0. Seeing this is open source we thought we would solicit ideas from the People’s Republic of Flying Dog. We will be accepting concepts from June 18th through July 18th. If your idea is used you will win one of the limited edition Ralph Steadman signed bottles of Gonzo Imperial Porter that we released in 2005. Check out the contest page on June 18th for more details or email your idea to bullshit@flyingdogales.com.
My suggestion?
(Via Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home.)
Thanks, Stan, for bringing this to our attention. I’m a fan of Flying Dog’s beers, and I’m a computer programmer who happens to be a big proponent of open source software development, so this is a very intriguing combination for me. I’ll definitely be keeping tabs on their progress, especially if they follow Stan’s advice and add a Twitter stream to the process. I think the idea of community feedback directly, and immediately, influencing brewing is a great idea. For those of you interested in participating, this thing kicks off tomorrow.
I wonder if any of the breweries up here would be open to the idea of an open source brew. Hmmm…