Every so often, we like to hear what our cult family has on their minds. Since we find social media a feral, pustulent scab on the human condition - and wildly inefficient when compared to the telepathic ONE MIND our cult members attain within weeks of initiation - we rely on the power of snail mail. So, let's head to the the Illuminated Brew Works telepathic mail bag and see what's shaking:

From: Joan in Halifax, New Mexico, January 23rd, 2020

Dear Illuminated Brew Works,
Greetings to you, the most high acolytes of our 7 Sisters of the 11 Mysteries! I was recently in attendance at an IBW meet n' greet and one of your auditors informed me that Illuminated Brew Works beer is more than beer, it's a spiritual technology! I generally like to accept whatever I'm told without question, but I struggled with this bit of data, as I'm not sure what it means.
Can you please illuminate me on IBW as a Spiritual Modality?

Hi Joan!
Thanks for asking and you're right: Illuminated Brew Works is so much more than just beer. In fact, "the beer" that we make is really a front. It's a delicious Trojan Horse, an intoxicating portal to the infinite, an electric ladder that you can ride to escape your petty, time-constrained human Identity that so many damaged souls cling to in wild desperation these days.
IBW is a liquid shew stone whose words and images you can ride to the grandest platitudes of Mind. As we like to say in the locker room of the sparring dungeon located just below the brewery, "Drink IBW and become God again!"
My best recommendation for how to leverage the trans-dimensional qualities of our beer is to engage a three-pass solution to your meditation.

Put on your most comfortable footy pajamas and sit in front of a large, loud stereo, playing white noise.
Drink your favorite IBW beverage (today we're drinking ANCIENT MAGICK!)
Chant your favorite mantra such as "INGEST" or "TUNA" until the facade of this reality washes into a vast and eternal pool of sound, light and sensation.

After that, how you use IBW beer is up to you. Remember to have fun and enjoy with people you trust!
Yours in space,
XXX

There you have it! And, if you're looking for the perfect beverage to try your luck at IBW's home game, might we suggest ANCIENT MAGICK? It's a 10% peanut butter s'mores stout that we brewed with the goddamn loveliest bunch of folks in the world, Old Irving Brewing. This is a super small batch, limited run that goes on tap and is available in 2-packs at Old Irving Brewing starting today at 5pm. This will not last, so get there fast!

Next week, Brian heads out to Detroit to shake some babies and brew a collab beer with our friends at Garage Project. You Detroit cult members should be on the look out for this Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA around the last week of March. Stay tuned for more info.

After that, Old Man Bucky will be heading down to Cincinnati Ohio for the Cincy Winter Beer Fest where we'll be pouring all kinds of deliciousness including Junior Astronaut Juice, Brony & a super secret stout that we will tell you about the day of the event. The Cincy Winter Beer Fest is happening Friday and Saturday March 5th & 6th. Get your tickets here!!

Be on the look out for a new and delicious Premium Lager made with Styrian Wolf hops that will drop to our Chicago and suburb accounts on Tuesday, March 10th. TRUST is our first lager in 16oz cans and is a delicious, crystalline lager with subtle notes of citrus, tropical grass and grain. It's a perfect tool for your next seance.

We love you, we know it's hard, and we'll all get through this together.

Godspeed!!

Brian, Matt, Jason, Ethan, Wally, Jim, Lucas & Juan