What a Night!

Noel Nation,

Saturday night was a huge success and everyone had a blast. The beer was cold, the food was hot, the bocce was fierce and the music was chill (but not Miller Chill...) After the last empty beer cup was tossed in the trash, we counted the donations, and we are extremely proud to report that together, we raised over $1300 at the door. Thank you all for your generous donations and for coming out to support our neighbor Detcher Byun.

*If you were unable to attend the event of if would like to make an additional donation to help Detcher with his rather large medical expenses, please click here (and select Nashville Byun Fund).

We featured two beers at the event, Ellie's Amber Ale and Byun in the Sun Summer Ale. We received quality feedback from a number of you- but if you didn't have a chance to comment- please do! We want to perfect our recipes and brew the best beer around. Just click on the comment link below this post to hit us up- or email Michael.

All of us at Noel Brewing Co. would like to send out a special thanks to Neal Carpenter and David Spencer for providing an amazing soundtrack to the event. Please support these two talented artists by checking out a show or buying a cd (or 3).

Check out our facebook page for pictures of the event as well as information about our upcoming brewgigs so that you can drink more of our beer! Until then, thank you all again for your generosity and support.

Brew good to do good.

Cheers-

Team Noel

The Byun Fund Fest 411

Hello beautiful people,

It's almost here. Can you smell the BBQ yet? Can you hear the music of Dave Spencer and Neal Carpenter? Can you hear the roaring crowds cheer for the undisputed Bocce Tournament winner? We certainly can here at Noel Global HQ.

That's right folks this Saturday is the much anticipated Byun Fund Fest, an event to raise money for the medical bills of Detcher Byun. Here's the 411 for the day of.

Parking: please visit our website to see a map and get parking instructions. Carpooling is appreciated (Mutha Earf thanks you).

Money: This is a suggested donation event. Remember that a $20 donation gets you a brand new shiny, one of a kind, officially licensed custom aluminum Noel Brewing Co. keychain bottle opener...(deep breath...) Any amount you can give to help Detcher out is greatly appreciated. Dave Spencer and Neal Carpenter will also have their music for sale and I know you won't want to leave without purchasing a CD.

Food: The menu right now is Pulled BBQ prepared for us by the gracious Jimmy Threadgill and his team of culinary experts at Cumberland Heights. We will also have chips, coleslaw and cookies.

Bocce: the beautiful Jenny Gilbert will be "Babeing" (the female version of manning) the tournament. She will explain the rules of the game (this will be "Roaming Bocce") and the winner of the tournament will receive a bad ass Noel Brew T-shirt.

Beer: We will be serving 2 types of beer-

1) "Ellie's Amber Ale"- this amber ale recipe was originally created for a fund raising event for Ellie's Run for Africa. Its has a great amber color to it, and it balances a sweet malty flavor with a slightly hoppy finish. Mmmmmm- Tasty...

2) "Byun in the Sun" Summer Ale- This recipe was hand brewed with a hot day in mind. The Summer Ale is lighter in color and in taste but still delivers a little hop kick-in-the-mouth to refresh your palate.

We can't wait to see all your shining faces!

Byun Fund Fest, Saturday, August 9 from 5-9 pm
@ 1015 Glendale Lane- Nashville, TN

Mathenomics review: Beer + Music + Food + Bocce = Awesome!

Mathenomics. (It's new...)

Greetings Noel nation.

In an attempt to boost our efforts to help out the global icon Detcher Byun, and provide some relief from his infamous and increasing medical bills, we have decided to SLASH ticket prices for the Byun Fund Fest.

We know what you're thinking..."Wait, won't that decrease the amount of money we give to Detcher?"

Possibly...but we are changing the admission price to a "suggested" $20. Whatever you can give to help out this cause would be greatly appreciated. We would rather have someone's $10 than not their $20...see what we just did there...that's called mathenomics. (It's new, and its crazy smart....)

But seriously folks, we just want people to come and have a great time and do what they can for our neighbor. As a token of our appreciation to those that did and will purchase $20 tickets- we will be giving you a brand-spankin'-new official custom aluminum Noel Brew keychain bottle opener. Ooooohhh....Ahhhhhhhh. (they're really cool, and handy!)

You can still buy tickets/donate money and read about the details via our website: www.noelbrew.com

A little mathenomics review: Beer + Music + Food + Bocce = Awesome!

Thanks for your love and support, The Noel Brew Team

Detcher Byun

Ladies and Gentlemen...(especially you ladies) Here is the man himself- Detcher Byun...he's the one in the hospital bed.

Currently his medical bills are over $20,000 and rising- just for breaking his leg. He has such a positive outlook on his whole situation and is at peace with whatever God is doing.

Here's the deal, if Byun Fund Fest doesn't raise enough money, then we will have to resort to Plan B.

Plan B consists of 3 parts:

1) Kev, Andy and Me playing blind-folded wiffle ball in the front yard.

2) a video camera.

3) an envelope addressed to America's Funniest Home Videos and hope for the best.

We've got music people....

The upcoming Byun Fund Fest is based on simple math: BEER+music+food+bocce= AWESOME.

At Noel Brewing Co. we definitely know BEER, we’ve got some serious culinary chops, and we’ve got the bocce on lockdown. What that means to us is that we’re three-quarters of the way to AWESOME. All we needed to put the Byun Fund Fest over the top was a killer soundtrack.

Guess what kids… it turns out we’ve got math skillz too.

Noel Brewing Co. is pleased to announce that David Spencer (pictured above) and Neal Carpenter will be taking the stage at the Byun Fund Fest on August 8, in Nashville, TN.

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of catching David or Neal live, just check out the rave reviews their getting…

“Watching David perform, I came to the inescapable conclusion that someday our festival's claim to fame will be that David Spencer once played here before he got big." - Bill Stevenson, HOPEFEST Promoter

“Some artists perform at you, while others some seem to invite hearers in, both to share their stories and to be a part of new ones. Whether you chalk it up to southern hospitality or his "know no stranger" personality, Neal Carpenter clearly falls into the latter group.”

Join us on August 8- tickets are $20 at the door or they can be purchased online (select Nashville Byun Fund).

Its going to be AWESOME.

New Website and Byun Fund Fest

Greetings Noel fans near and far. We have exciting news at Noel- we've recently launched a new website (thank you Al Gore!) We'd love it if you took some time to check it out and send us feedback.

We're also proud to announce our sponsorship of the Byun Fund Fest on August 8, here in Nashville...good times will be had by all. As soon as we have our musical line-up confirmed, we'll be posting that info here and on the website.

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Cheers-

Andy