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# Voicemail Etiquette and Brews You Can Use
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/5796/
- Published: 2007-11-16T11:47:03.000Z
- Updated: 2007-11-16T11:47:03.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Sports, #wpChunk

I cracked open a Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat Thursday night as I prepared this morning's Brews You Can Use. I don't think I've had it before. Oh mahon! Good stuff. Highly recommended (though it might be out of season by now).

It's been a brutal week at the office. As I type this, I'm on my first beer. I'll see if there's any of my six-pack left after I'm done.

Speaking of brutal times at the office, technology is a wonderful thing, if the people you deal with understand some basic tech etiquette. Here are a few voicemail pieces of etiquette:

1\. When you leave a message on voicemail, **leave a message** on voicemail. Don't just say, "Hey, this is Frank." Go into a lot of detail, without being redundant. "This is Frank. 767-2321\. I'm calling about your beer order. We couldn't get the 128 cases, but we got 100 thirty-packs. Do you want them? Just let me know." That's beautiful. A detailed-yet-pithy message that dovetails into a "yes" and "no" question. I could respond by smoke signal.

2\. Leave your freakin phone number, preferably twice, always slowly. Unless you know for a fact that I know your number by memory or that it's tatooed on my forearm, leave your number.

3\. When I leave you a voicemail, listen to it before calling me back. I know cellphone voicemails are a hassle (heck, it takes almost 40 seconds to access them, which is difficult to do while you're driving and eating a Big Mac) and checking caller i.d. is so much easier. But if I called you and had something to say, I'll leave it on your voicemail. Chances are, I don't want to repeat the whole cottin-pickin' thing, especially if I've now moved onto another project.

Well, enough of that rant. On to more important things:

**Brews You Can Use**

If you're an economist or agro-beer industry enthusiast, you'll find the details of [this article](http://appellationbeer.com/blog/be-happy-somebodys-looking-out-for-our-hops/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) interesting. If you're simply a beer drinker, let me summarize the important part: the price of hops is driving up the price of beer.

It's not time to stock your basement like a wino preparing for a nuclear attack, but you may want to negotiate a little more aggressively with your wife on this line item during the new-year budget negotiations.  
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[Holiday beer blog](http://www.realbeer.com/holidayblog/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) (a sub-blog at RealBeerdotCom, which is my best source for beer news).  
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Jealous of the wine crowd that gets to buy wine by the box, complete with sealable tap? [One small brewer is now doing it with beer](http://lewbryson.blogspot.com/2007/11/beer-in-box.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Let's hope it catches on. Unfortunately, the story doesn't say how long the beer lasts. I fear it might last just a few days.  
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Beer picture of the week:

![Stein Carrier.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Stein-20Carrier.jpg)

[It's a picture of a guy breaking the beer-stein carrying record](http://knutalbert.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/reinhardt-saves-the-day/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).