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Coloring Contest Winners Announced! But First, Some Rambling

1/31/2017

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Well hey there! It's that time of week again and we're here to help you get hip to the haps on tap (oh god I'm so sorry) around these parts.
First off, word on the street is there's some sort of big sporting event this weekend (truth be told, we're not terribly big hockey fans), but we ain't gonna let that slow us down! Lined up for this week we've got a beer release and pizza and fancy cookies and burgers and brunch and coloring and some exciting ideas that involve hot sauce.* Here's the scoop:
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If he had a third thumb he'd be usin' it!
Thursday we're once again loadin' up on Sillari's Pizza, and this time we're releasing a beer to go with it!** That's right, Chance - our chipotle and peppercorn milk stout, made in the memory of a dearly departed doggo - comes out this week! So if you wanna be The First To Try, swing by on Thursday after three!
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Instantly loveable with a little sass thrown in!
Friday is a pretty regular Friday at Home Base (i.e. we'll have nine-ish beers on draft and good times will abound, but that's pretty much the standard these days). BUT, we'll be schleppin' a case of growlers out to CBC Belmont for a tasting from 5-7! So if you don't feel like makin' the trek all the way out to Everett to get some of that Bone Up goodness (including our damn fine double IPA that just came out), come on by!
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Props to anyone who makes this a multi-course meal.
Saturday we're bringin' back the snacks, and we're bringin' 'em hard. We've got Boston Bonbon comin' through the taproom for some beer and cookie pairings, and if you want some savory before you get to that sweet, Bonetown Burgers will be parked right outside! Plus, as always, we'll be slingin' soft pretzels until we sell out!
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Put on just for you and totally not because we're craving biscuits.
Sunday is brunch day, and we're bringin' Fat Boyfriend back around to provide the eats! So whether you're preppin' for the Big Game, planning on hiding from it (a gentle reminder: we don't have a TV here), or simply recovering from Extreme Beer Fest, come on by and enjoy some of these treats we got for you!
But enough about sippin' suds and snackin', we promised you tales from the production floor, so we're gonna tell some tales, starting with that Big Expansion that we oh-so-blithely mentioned last week..

People keep asking us, "Are you guys expanding? I heard you were expanding. What's the deal with that anyway?" And the answer to the first part of that is a resounding "hell yes!", though to even semi-regular readers of this here blog (and/or anybody that's spoken to us in person in the past two months) the details are gonna seem a tad anticlimactic (in the sense that this probably isn't "news" to you). In short: we're in the process of expanding our fermentation capacity by fifty whole percent! How are we doing this, you ask? By buying a bunch of equipment (mostly shiny new fermentors) we can only sort of afford! It's also worth noting that we're not expanding our actual physical space at the moment (that's a different topic for a different time), so we're doin' what we do best: taking an already-crowded space and crammin' more shit into it! Should be fun! 
So what does this mean for you, the devotees of our delicious drafts (and/or the people who skim through our blog when they're supposed to be working)? Well mostly it means we'll be able to actually follow through on our stated goals for the year (which, for the uninitiated, are roughly "More. More! More of everthang!") - more hours for the taproom,*** more distribution (i.e. we'll be on draft at more than three places. Hopefully), more (any) festivals, and so on. So basically we're gonna start being more like a "real brewery" and less like a "place with weird hours in an abandoned-looking building." This is all gonna take some time to get in place, of course (since nothing moves as quickly as we'd like it to around here), but things are in motion! We're due to get our tanks delivered in "late January," and the electrical upgrade we need should be done "definitely before February," so things should be rampin' up any day now!
And speakin' of rampin' up, you guys brought it during January's coloring contest! We received 63 completed entries (compared to like 15 the month before) and had one hell of a hard time narrowing down the finalists.**** 
But narrow it down we did! We got our winners all picked out and everything! But before we get to that, we've to get through some runners up. And! For this month only (probably), we have a Last Place entry, which goes to Kelly (yes, that Kelly). But we're not even gonna bother posting that one (you're welcome), so let's get to the Honorable Mentions, presented in no particular order...
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First off is last month's winner, Victor, who had a solid shot at gettin' the gold again this month, until he succumbed to The Curse of El Pulpo and didn't finish coloring. 
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Next we have John, who wins "Best Unsettling Alternate-Universe Horatio." (Though Long Lashes Horatio by Andrea was a close contender for this surprisingly popular cagtegory)
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And how could we forget our award for "Best Use of Alternate Media," which goes to Cora Curtis, who tried to eat her drawing instead of coloring it (the scan doesn't do it justice but she got through a solid corner of that page). 
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Hot on her heels, we have the coveted award for "Best Use of Space Pretzels," which goes to Olivia. 
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Last but not least, since many of the entries were fairly by-the-book, we have "Best Straightforward Entry" which goes to Corey whose last name I really should know because I worked with him for like three years.  ​
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And, since we had so many good entries this month, we've got a friggin' tie for second place! We couldn't decide between these entries by Sarah and Brooke, respectively, so we're throwin' 'em both in! Congrats, ladies - you're both almost winners in our book. 
​And now, the moment you've been waiting for all month...
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This month's winner: Adrienne!*****
And if you did make the cut (here's lookin' at you, Adrienne, Sarah, Brooke, Corey, Olivia, Cora (Pinball Mitch acceptable), John, and Victor), swing on by the bar and ask for Jimbo or Jared, so's you can see us scramble to try and make up a prize on the spot. 
We had a hell of a tough time judging, and we feel like there are a bunch that deserve recognition (many of which can be seen in the slideshow below), but we ain't made of prize packs, so if you didn't make the cut, there's a new contest starting this week
Aaaand last but not least here's a quick roundup of all the cool shit we've got lined up for the next couple of weekends (and, as always, we have soft pretzels from Fat Boyfriend Bakery on Saturdays and Sundays):

Thu 2/2 Pizza Thursday w/Sillari's Pizza
Thu 2/2 Chance Stout Beer Release
Thu 2/2 February Coloring Contest begins!
Fri 2/3 CBC Belmont Tasting and Growler Pop-Up
Sat 2/4 Boston Bonbon Macaron and Beer Pairing
Sat 2/4 Bonetown Burgers Food Truck
Sun 2/5 Beer Brunch w/Fat Boyfriend Bakery
Thu 2/9 Pizza Thursday w/Sillari's Pizza
Thu 2/9 Wine Press Brookline Tasting and Growler Pop-Up
Sat 2/11 Chubby Chickpea Pop Up
Fri 2/17 Roadies Diner Food Truck
Sun 2/19 Brioche French Toast Pop Up w/Fat Boyfriend Bakery

​Whew!
* We'll spare you the details until we get things a bit more set in stone, but if you're lookin' for the Inside Scoop then you'd best ask Jared or Jimbo about Hot Sauce Nation. 
** The beer isn't specifically made to go with pizza per se, but let's be serious here. It's 
​pizza. 
*** We don't have a huge
 number of people wandering into the production area and trying to buy beer from us while we're brewing, but it happens often enough that we'd like to address the situation.
**** There was a fair amount of pacing involved.
**** Adrienne didn't see fit to include any sort of contact info, so if you happen to know her, maybe spread the word?
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In Which We Prepare For a Pierogi Feast

1/25/2017

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Hello friends! Welcome back! It's been a snacktacular week around here, and we're keepin' this delicious party rollin' by bringin' in a bunch more treats for you to eat and drink!
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Treats!
And what better way to kick things off than by being open another dang day out the week so's we can serve you pizza! Relative newcomer (to us, anyway) Sillari's Pizza up in Malden managed to impress* the heck out of us with what they have to offer (and frankly, some of their ideas for future foods sound straight-up incredible), so we gon' fire up the warmer and start us some Pizza Thursdays!
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Pizza and beer. Got it? Got it.
And hot on the heels of that, we've got the ladies from Jaju Pierogi comin' through on Friday to do what they do best (hint: it involves butter). Have you ever eaten so much that you feel kinda gross, but you're still kinda proud of yourself? We did that the last time they came through. Twice. In one night. 
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So we're thinkin' this is gonna be a pretty solid evening. 
In the midst of all this pierogi anticipation, we almost forgot to mention we'll have a new beer on tap this weekend! Remember that double IPA we were crowing about a couple weeks back? No? That's cool. We've been busy whispering sweet nothings to the sides of the tank and dry hopping the bejeezus out of it for the last week or so, and it's going into kegs... today! Keep an eye out for batch #50: Monarch Double IPA, brewed as a tribute to our first-ever batch. 
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Cheers!
And with all these front-of-house fun times goin' on (more details on future events below, hint hint), we realized it's been a good long while since we've taken you behind the curtain** and given you the lowdown on the haps behind the scenes. And that's our bad, especially since we started this ridiculous blog to give y'all a glimpse into the weird, messy, hectic jumble o' nonsense we got goin' on around here. Admittedly we ain't got much in place just yet (not like that's ever stopped us from gettin' all giddy before), so we kinda figured we'd just focus on the things that, y'know, exist.*** But that don't mean we ain't got a buncha things in the works! Tanks and chillers and new weird hops and floor repairs and cellarmen and casks and all kinds of crazy crap.

So with that in mind, we'll leave you with this picture of all the floor repairs we spent the last week doing in preparation for our Big Expansion, on which we'll be providing the details**** next week in a new (hopefully recurring) segment we like to call... A Peek Behind the Curtain (hopefully we'll have a less-dumb name next week) (unlikely). 
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So shiny it hurts
Aaaand here's a quick roundup of all the other cool shit we've got lined up for the next couple of weekends (and, as always, we have soft pretzels from Fat Boyfriend Bakery on Saturdays and Sundays):
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Thu 1/26 First Pizza Thursday w/Sillari's Pizza (!!!!)
Fri 1/27 Monarch Double IPA Release
Fri 1/27 Jaju Pierogi Pop Up
Sat 1/28 Kalahari Biltong Pop Up (these are the fancy beef jerky guys)
Sun 1/29 Union Square Donuts Pop Up
Thu 2/2 Pizza Thursday w/Sillari's Pizza
Fri 2/3 CBC Belmont Growler Pop Up and Beer Tasting
Sat 2/4 French Macaron Beer and Cookie Pairing
Sun 2/5 Brunch w/Fat Boyfriend Bakery (if you would like to hide from and/or prepare for the Superbowl)
* Let's be serious: if you unexpectedly show up with free pizza, we're already 80% of the way to impressed. 90% if it's good pizza (and it sure was). 
** The one that leads into the brewery, that is. Not the one covering our bay door that people tend to assume is a stage for some reason. 
​*** We don't exactly miss the days where "we bought a shelf" or "we fixed the floor" were front-page news around here.

**** Spoiler alert: the details can be summed up as "we bought some equipment but it's not here yet."
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This Here Be a Blog With Some Dang Ol' Excitin' News!

1/18/2017

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Hello hello! We're keepin' ourselves heck of busy around here what with the beers to be brewed and the good times to be had, so hold on to your hats 'cuz we got more of that goodness comin' your way!

First off, if you happen to frequent the Fenway area and don't always feel like trekkin' on out to our digs to grab some beer, then we've got just the ticket for you this Thursday! We'll be bringin' a bunch of growlers over to CBC Fenway for a popup sale/tasting from five 'til seven!
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You'll probably see us cramming tater tots into our faces at the Lower Depths shortly afterward.
And if you do happen to be the sort who likes comin' out our way, we've got some solid stuff lined up for you this weekend! On Friday, we've got a BeerAdvocate Throwdown startin' at six, and if that weren't enough, we've got Miguel's Empanadas* comin' in to fix your munchie madness with some snacktacular eats. 
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"See that man shoving empanadas into his face in the corner? He's the head brewer. See the woman next to him eating salsa with a spoon? That's the other head brewer. "
​And if you're more into sweet over savory, we got you covered on Saturday with a Zinneken's Waffles pop-up. We'll admit to a sentimental soft spot for true Liege waffles, but it's still safe to say that you'd be a flippin' fool if you let this popup pass by. 
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I was gonna make another joke about cramming things into our mouths, but these here waffles demand respect.
But enough about this weekend, we've got some solid stuff planned for future times, too! Firstly, since we went to the trouble of installing those new draft lines, we've got a buncha new beers in the works! Beer of Truth Barleywine has been chuggin' away in the tanks for a little while now; our fiftieth (!) batch - The Monarch - has been brewed and is awaitin' release in a couple weeks; and we just brewed up the first in a series of beers to commemorate puppers past: a milk stout with chipotles and black peppercorns that goes by the name of Chance. So while this may be the odd week that we ain't got new brews to tantalize your tastebuds, rest assured that we're always tinkerin' around in the brewhouse! 
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Coming soon to your mouth!
Back to the snackin', we've been having a few clandestine** meetings with the fine folks over at Sillari's Pizza and we were so smitten with their slices that we're gonna start doin' Pizza Thursdays! Starting next week! And then we got so excited that we kinda forgot to lock down the rest of the details, but the important points are all in place. Pizza. Beer. Thursday. Got it? Got it. 
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Plus, we've added a whole buncha new board/card games for your enjoy!
* At this point we've raved about their salsa so many times that you're probably tired of hearing it, so you should probably just come in and decide for yourself. 
** If your definition of "clandestine" isn't "pizza-filled" then maybe you should rethink the way you live your life.

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Beers, Burgers, 'n S'mores, Oh My!

1/10/2017

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​It's once again our second favorite weekday, which means it's blog time! 

Now that we've weathered the Great Blizzard of '17,* we're settling into the realization that this time of year kind of sucks every year, so we might as well make the most of it! And make the most of it we shall, for we have Fun Things Planned for just about every dang weekend this month! ​

But first, in keeping with our stated theme for 2017 (which, if you've forgotten, is "More. More! More of Everthang!"), we've got some new draft lines! Admittedly, only one of them will be in service in the immediate future, but that means we'll have nine** friggin' beers on tap - right in time for the upcoming block party this Friday!
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Look at them!! 
What block party, you ask? Why none other than the Fermentation DIstrict's Winter Expedition Block Party! Around these parts we're havin' a new beer release and smores-related treats and a burger truck and just ever so much fun, so come on by!
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There's snow way you wanna miss out on this oh god I'm so sorry
Speaking of fun things (and when are we not speaking of fun things these days), we're startin' to get some stiff competition for this month's coloring contest! Things are heatin' up enough that we had to start a second display wall (we've got 26 entries and counting), but you've got until the end of the month to submit, so come on by and get your crayon on!
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Our current favorite is the nine-month-old that took the contest in a totally new direction by eating part of her entry. Well done...?
And, since it turns out people generally like eating (who knew?), we're gonna have more food available in the taproom! We've got soft pretzels on Saturdays in addition to Sundays, and we've got food popups galore in the coming weeks! First up is Miguel's Empanadas on Friday the 20th, which coincides nicely with the BeerAdvocate Throwdown! It's almost like we planned this (we did not). 
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You didn't even realize how much you needed empanadas until you saw this
For all the other delicious things we did plan (waffles, pierogi, pretzels, cookies, falafel, and more!), either swing through our home page every so often (we put more stuff on there! Go give it your lookats!), or keep tabs on our Facebook events page. 
And speaking of events, we're hittin' somethin' of a milestone 'round these parts: we brewed Batch Number Fifty this week! To commemorate this occasion, we decided to pay homage to our very first batch, Honey 'n Hops! We took the same idea, gave it an imperial spin, and brewed up a big ol' aromatic IPA with some honey all up in. Keep an eye out for The Monarch on draft in a few weeks!
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* Which gave a lot of you a convenient excuse to not even try at your new years resolutions, so it did do some good. 
** Until something (read: Jabber) kicks halfway through the weekend. 
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Year End Bloggorama!

1/3/2017

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It's that time o' year once again! Time for us to look back on what we done did this year and then probably (definitely) get all misty eyed about beermaking. 

But since you've probably read about seventy different "year in review" pieces this week, we'll start by sharin' the details on the fun times we got comin' up before we get into the heavy navel gazin'. ​
New Beers!
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Shut Up Kelly! Robust Porter is making her cask debut at Maverick Marketplace Cafe this Thurday at 7:30pm - last time we had a cask on, it was empty in just a couple hours (thank you!), so be sure to come and grab a pint and say hi to Jimbo - she'll be there pourin' and hangin' all evening. 
Maybe Saturday Session IPA is now on tap in Everett! We loaded this beer up with fistful after fistful of punchy, fruity hops - the end result is a delightfully tropical beer well suited for any weekend activity, whether you're at the discotheque or simply going for restaurant. 
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Official Event Page on Facebook
Shorter days and low temps don't get the Fermentation District down! Conquer the cold and come party with us, NSB, and SPD on Friday the 13th to show your love for all things winter - there shall be puffy jackets, yetis, comfort food, spiced cocktails, snowflakes, and loads of delicious beer! To pair with the release of our latest single hop beer (Summit!), we're gonna have some sweet 'n savory s'mores treats available for you, and the Boston Yeti will be hoppin' around the neighborhood! And if there's snow, we're totally gonna have a snowman contest in the lot/on the loading dock (because why the hell not)!
And. And! Later on this month, we've got deliciousness on the books pretty much every dang day we're open (and when we don't have pop ups, we've almost always got soft pretzels for your carboloading pleasure)! Check it out:
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Fri, 1/20: We're hosting BeerAdvocate and servin' up staff favorite Miguel's Empanadas! More...
Sat, 1/21: Zinneken's is descending upon the taproom with their tasty Belgian waffles! More...
Fri, 1/27: The Jaju ladies are back for round two, and we are gonna have a pierogi feast! More...

Anyway, now that we got all that news outta the way, let's get self indulgent all up in. Woo!

​This time last year we were still neck-deep in the delusion that we might somehow be "opening soon," despite the fact that our brewery-to-be was little more than a dank hole. And while we were largely being held back by delays beyond our control, we grabbed the silver lining by the horns and made the most of them lemons that life handed to us! We took that optimistic delusion and used it to carry us forward through a number of marathon renovation sessions (not to mention a wide variety of tools thrown across the room in pain and/or disgust and/or frustration). ​
And after all that sweating and hammering and cursing and napping, a brewery was born! Finally!* And dang but it was the greatest feeling ever.** After weeks and months full of planning and building and puzzling over government forms and waiting and waiting and waiting for things to be ready, we got to make beer and serve it and excitedly demand*** that a number of visibly-uncomfortable people tell us their opinions of our beer as they drank it. 
In the interest of being concise (well, as concise as we get around here), here's a roundup of 2016 by the numbers:
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Original estimate, in hours, for time to paint the brewery: 15
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Actual number of hours taken to paint the brewery: 95****
Number of times we asked ourselves "how in hell did I get paint there?": 200+
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Number of hammers thrown across the taproom during construction: 6
Number of nail guns thrown in similar circumstances: you don't want to know
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Total screws used, in pounds, when constructing the cold room: 40
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Number of times we had to take naps on the taproom floor because we were too tired to keep working: 17
​Number of times we had to step away from our day jobs to take naps in the park like hobos: 40
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Number of months we've been full-time at the brewery: 2 (Jared), 8 (Jimbo)
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Number of months since we started brewing: 7
​Number of batches brewed: 48

Number of different beers made: 20
Approximate amount of grain used, in pounds: 9,000
Approximate amount of yeast used, in cells: 270,000,000,000,000
Amount of hops used, in pounds: I dunno, a lot probably
Hours spent asking aloud "where the hell did I put my gloves?": 300
Hours spent wearing said gloves: 120
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Number of times we said "we could be open within a month or two": 500
Number of times this ended up being true: 1
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Number of months the taproom has been open: 4
​Number of employees we started with (not counting ourselves): 0
Number of employees we thought we'd need (not counting ourselves): 2
Number of employees we realized we'd need after opening day: 12
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Total words written in the blog: 28,141
Average words per month: 2,345
Most verbose month: September
Least verbose month: July
Number of times Jimbo's mom commented on our blog posts: 19
Percentage of total blog comments made by Jimbo's mom: 95
Percentage of total blog comments made by Pinball Mitch: 5
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But what this all really comes down to is that we wanted to make something that people would enjoy. We set out to create the kind of place that we would want to go to, and it's positively friggin' heartwarming that y'all like to come in and drink some tasty beers and eat our (increasingly ridiculous) snacks and play our games and doodle on our tables. It brings us joy every time we see somebody get excited about our flight snacks or our coloring contests, and it's even more exciting when we see that same person come back a few weeks later so they can show their friends that weird little brewery they found. In other words, we view Bone Up as a reflection of ourselves, and we're just glad that you like it.
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But that's all in the past, and we must look forward, not backward! Upward, not forward! And always twirling, twirling toward the future! Now that we've managed to get up and running, the theme for the coming year is More. We're redoubling our efforts to cram even more fun things and fun events and tasty beers into this weird little brewery of ours - we've got more tanks coming so we can brew more beer which means we'll be open more hours and if all goes well, we'll be doing more distribution, more events, and more (well, any) festivals. 2016 was a good year where we made (and drank) a lot of good beer and had good times with good people, so in 2017 we'd like to do a lot more of that!
High fives, thumbs up, and cheers to what's next,
​Jared and Jimbo
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* Despite the admittedly-confusing "established 2014" that we optimistically emblazoned on a t shirt or two. 
** For about ten minutes until we realized the sheer number and steepness of the learning curves we'd be encountering. 

*** Generally while grinning from ear to ear and vigorously nodding at nothing in particular.
**** 
Lesson we didn't need to learn the hard way #38: the phrase "use only in a well-ventilated area" is not to be taken lightly.
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