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In Which We Send Out the Bat Signal

1/31/2018

Howdy, all! We got some rootin'-tootin' good times and good tastes lined up for y'all, so we gon' get right in to it!

First and/or foremost: we're hiring! We got full-time and part-time bar gigs available (well, one of each), as well as a sales position (details are on the way for the sales job) - so if you're interested, drop us a line with your resume at info@boneup.beer! You can check out job descriptions on our Jobs page, too!

Get after it!

As for what's on deck around the taproom, this Thursday brings the beautiful blossoming of a new month, a new cask, and a brand new installment of everyone's* favorite music-themed trivia: Audio Triviality! This month's theme is, of course, tied to that big ol' holiday right in the middle of the month: getting a great deal on a new or used Ford at the President's Day sales extravaganza!

Surprisingly, we've been told that few of the questions will be car-related.

As for our cask, we're bringin' Shut Up Kelly! back, but with an intriguing twist: we tossed in some oak chips that we've been soakin' in some Queequeg Spiced Rum from Maine Craft Distilling! It's gonna be so good, you guys.

We love booze friends!

However, if you prefer your casks a little more on the straightforward side, we've got a pin of lil' ol' Believer goin' on at Maverick Cafe! On the same dang day! That's almost too much cask excitement!

Pictured: British excitement.

Movin' right along, this Saturday we'll be hosting new food friends Spoko Pierogi! They'll be here for an amount of time and will be bringing certain foods (editor's note: flavors will include Korean beef, potato 'n bacon, and a vegan samosa, each with their own silly garnishes).

It's right there in the Facebook post Jared

Back to the beer front for a minute, it's worth a mention that we've got some upcoming fun beers that we made with and/or for our beer friends!

First up is Cello (which we did mention last week), a hoppy brown (inspired by the big ol' malty West Coast Reds from the Good Old Days) which we made for an Original Gravity event!

Next on the docket is Stag (which is basically Bullhead's hoppy cousin) that we made for Gulu Gulu Cafe up in Salem and which we are straight-up stoked to see on tap over there.

And still chuggin' away in the tanks is Big deLICious - a locally-grown hoppy saison that we brewed with the dudes from Big aLICe!

Lastly but far from leastly, we gots to announce the winners of the most recent coloring contest! And we gotta say, y'all really like turning drawings of balloons into drawings of similarly-shaped bits of anatomy. We're pretty impressed, to be honest.

Anyway, here's our winner, followed by the runners-up!

Great jorb, Chelsea (@loveandasnadwich)!!

Our lovely and wholesome runners up

* And of course we're limiting the scope of "everyone" to the same twelve people who come to trivia every month.

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We Just Wanna Make Beer and Friends

1/23/2018

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Howdy, all! It's the blogginest time of the week once again, and we're here to blog you up a blog so bloggin' blog that it'll blog your blogs off!

First and/or foremost, it behooves us to mention that we did indeed tap two dang ol' new beers last week! First up is Loretta, a farmhouse ale brewed with a bunch of hibiscus and then another bunch of hibiscus and maybe another bunch of hibiscus just in case. This beer is so purple that The Grimace tried to hit on it, but it's so tart 'n' sassy that it sent him packin' on back to McDonaldland!

And then slightly later last weekend, we bid farewell to our beloved Uptown as we (re) bid hello to another big ol' dark beer: Shelby! This one's a smoked stout, brewed to honor the memory of Jared's childhood doggo (who, perhaps unsurprisingly, was named Shelby), and it's smooth and spicy and a touch on the chocolatey-sweet side.

A special beer for a special pupper.

And since this beer is commemorating a special pupper, we wanted to do something special with it! So we once again made some sweet custom glassware and partnered up with the Black Ale Project to put the proceeds from said glassware towards a charity for veterans (it's Pets for Vets, of course)! So if you wanna do good while you drink good, come on down and grab a glass!

All the feels!

Anyway, speaking of beer, friends, and/or beer friends, we've got some cool stuff in the works right now! Our friends from Big aLICe Brewing came up to do some collaboratin' with us, and we brewed up a hoppy, locally-grown saison featuring grains from New York and Massachusetts, plus (new to us) hops from New York! Party!

Beer friends!

But gettin' back to the here and now, we'd be remiss if we didn't give you a heads up on what's goin' down this week, so here goes!

First and foremost, we have a snacktacular addition to our bar bites menu! We partnered up with our empanada pals at Buenas to bring you delicious emps every dang day we're open! Woohoo! Our plan is to have a rotating array of flavors that'll switch out every month or so, and we're startin' with a gooey spinach 'n feta emp and Argentinian "humitas": roasted red pepper, corn, cheese, and potato!

Come and get 'em, starting today!

On Thursday we see the triumphant return of Kelly on cask - this time she's fortified with oak chips that we've been soakin' in GrandTen Irish Whiskey!

Hi Patrick!

And on Saturday we're bringin' in new (to us) cookie friends: Maca Macarons! We've only seen photos of their kitchen wizardry, but dang are we excited to try some!

At this point we're just tryna make all the cookie friends we can. It's going well.

And then at some undetermined point we'll be tappin' yet another new beer! This time around it's a hoppy brown that goes by the name of Cello (and which you would have gotten to taste had you been at the Original Gravity event this past Saturday).

Coming soon!

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In Which We Bring You New Beers!

1/17/2018

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Hello again! It's gettin' into the throes of "hide from the weather" season 'round here, but we got just the thing(s) to make you wanna bundle up and brave the elements so's you can hunker down with a pint or three!

First up is our trusty Thursday Cask! This week it's Believer and hoo-wee but that is a beer that's just made to be drunk on cask! It's nice and roasty toasty and full of full-bodied goodness, but it packs a punch so gentle it's more of a "light caress" which means you can drink that sucker by the dang gallon (which we did! Last week!), so come on by and give it a try!

Nourishing!

And speaking of beer, we've got one, possibly two new beers goin' on tap this weekend - including a secret beer! We ain't fit to spill the beans on that secret beer until it goes on (no matter how many times you ask* while you're at the bar), but the less mysterious of the two is gonna seem a bit familiar to those of us who joined us for Horatio Day because it's our smoked imperial stout: Shelby! It's a dang fine beer, if we do say so ourselves, but you ain't gotta take our word for it - we'll be shoutin' it from the mountaintops just as soon as we clear up a draft line (hint: Uptown) and get it flowin'!

Plus, ol' Shelby comes in our latest collectible Chalice for Charity: buy a beer and keep the glass for $3, which will be going to Pets For Vets!

But if you ain't wanna trust the fates on the availability of that beer in our taproom this weekend (and/or if you tend to be in Boston Proper on Friday afternoons), I'm pretty sure we're gonna have some at our growler popup we're havin' at CBC Fort Point this Friday from 5-7! And even if we aren't, you should come out anyway and harass our sales guy Josh and/or buy some beer!

On the docket: Extra Naked, Key Lime, Wasted Life, Shut Up Kelly!, and Shelby.

Then on Saturday we've got a very special event that we'll be attending out in the wild - a fundraiser for our friends at Original Gravity! We've known these cats since the space that our brewery inhabits was naught but a dimly lit dank hole,** so we were stoked as all get out that we got to brew a beer (to pair with a musical number, natch) for this event! And if that somehow weren't enough, rest assured we'll be in good company, as we'll also be joined by Exhibit A and Cambridge Brewing and Aeronaut and Springdale and Notch! Come on out, it'll be fun!

And if you don't think that has "good times" written all over it, then I daresay you don't know what good times look like.

* Hi Kern!
** As opposed to now, when it's a dank hole with a bar in it, dimly lit by fancy lights. Way different.

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In Which We Are Movie Stars

1/9/2018

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Howdy do, cats and kittens! It's been a head-spinnin' couple weeks around these here parts, so we should probably start off with an IMPORTANT BULLETIN:

Audio Triviality is this week! Instead of last week when it snowed so much that you apparently needed to get up a good head of steam and drive full-force through a snowdrift just to get into our parking lot!* Otherwise all the details are the same as we'd planned: start time is 8 PM ish (usually heavy on the ish) and the theme is Beer!

Awww yis

Now that we've got all that late-breaking news out the way, we'd like to issue a big ol' Thanks to everybody that came out and did things up right on Horatio Day! We'll admit that we were a little concerned that it might not be the best idea to stage our made-up holiday on such a cold-ass day (we didn't know), or in such close proximity to all the name brand holidays, but it was a grand ol' time if we do say so ourselves! We couldn't have done it without you, so thanks for coming out and sharing in our ridiculous holiday - we can't wait until next year!**

Best cake ever! ThanksJess!

We had so many beers pouring (17!) we had to make a temporary bar out of our fest setup (we're still sort of amazed we were able to pull it off)!

Friends!

Beer makes you big and strong!

And speaking of Horatio Day, we briefly debuted Believer Dark Mild on that most auspicious of occasions, mostly because we were waiting for a real draft line to free up so we could give him a real home. Well guess what - after all the dust had settled and we stopped finding half-eaten skull pizzas in our hair, Library kicked and ol' Believer went right on that line! Believer is jet-black and full of roasty 'n malty goodness, but super easy-drinkin' and light-bodied. If you enjoyed some of our past dark sessions (like FAO or Black Witow or Ruby Rye or Redeemer), you're gonna love this! And if that weren't enough moderately-exciting news, it's also gonna be on cask this weekend (starting on Thursday)!

We believe.

Then on Saturday there'll be cupcakes! Lots of them! Made with our beer! So if you missed out on all that sweet sweet cake action on Horatio Day, here's your chance to redeem yourself in front of your friends and loved ones!

The purest forms of food are the ones that require no utensils.

Oh! And! We made a Movie Friend this past weekend and he shot and put together an awesome video for the brewery (there are some pretty sweet shots of Spooky Brunch in there), and dang if it didn't melt our hearts! Check it out - it's only a minute long.

Creating Memories with Beer from Jairus Davis on Vimeo.

Thanks, Jay and Natalie!

Also, we'll be open 12-8 next Monday 1/15 for MLK Day! If you've got the day off from work, come on out and grab a beer with us - nothing says "time off from work" quite like daytime drinking!

* Hi Rick!
**Goals: more crowns, more goblets, more chanting. Probably more beer!

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2017 By the Numbers!

1/2/2018

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Hi kids! We got a whole buncha stuff goin' on in the comin' week, which means a blog that's verbose even for us (including our much-anticipated* year-end wrap up: The Year By The Numbers), so let's knuckle under to the brass balls at the meat of this pop stand.

Firstly and obviously most importantly is our totally-not-made-up-while-drinking holiday: Horatio Day! We're celebratin' the birth of our dapper logo dude** in style with a good ol' fashioned Birthday Bash that'll have cake and stickers and some special beers! In addition to our ordinary 12-beer list, we'll be introducin' the world to the Quadless Leg Monster and Shelby and Believer and reintroducin' y'all to vintage El Pulpo! As an added bonus, we got some special commemorative glassware for the event so's you can drink in all kindsa style if you so desire (just be sure to grab yours before we run out - we've got a pretty limited quantity)!

If that don't sound like enough fun to brave the chill out there so you can chill out here then I don't even know what to do with you. 

Oh, and by the way, we released a kind-of-a-big-deal beer this past weekend: Life Sentence! It was our 150th batch, so we decided to take the recipe for Wasted Life and make it stronger and triple the hops! Ta da!

A beer that was a giant pain in the ass to make but is ever so much fun to drink.

Movin' on and movin' forward, we've got another dang ol' cask of Pullover ESB goin' on tap this Thursday and I daresay we're pretty stoked to see it back on, because the first one was mighty tasty I tell you what.

Speaking of Thursday, we've got January's installment of Audio Triviality coming up this week! The theme this month is "beer," so it'll be interesting to see how badly we manage to lose despite this being the one topic that we actually know anything about.

I'm sure it will be impressive.

And lastly but not leastly for this coming weekend, we've got the cure for all your post Horatio Day ailments: Spooky Brunch! The only logical follow up to a birthday party for a cartoon skeleton is a Halloween-themed brunch in the middle of winter, so that's exactly what we're doing.

Skull quiche? Check. Skull pizza rolls? Check. Scary good bacon? Check. Heavy metal played at the dulcet tones of elevator music volumes? Always checked.

And! As this is the beginning of the month, we gotta announce the coloring contest winners from December! Check 'em out!

Our lovely runners up!

Our winner, Bridget! (Yes, those are real googly eyes she glued to the page. A+ for mixed media use.

Anyway, now that we've covered everything that's comin' up, it's time for Part Two of our totally-not-self-indulgent retrospective... 2017 by the numbers!

Number of months we thought it would take to get our new tanks up and running: 3
Number of months it actually took: 8

Number of batches brewed: 107
Number of different beers made: 48
Highest number different beers made in one month: 11 (November)
Most commonly brewed flagship: Wasted Life (We brewed it 19 times!)
Number of casks filled: 78

Number of weddings we made beer for: 3
Number of ridiculous alternate-universe Horatios made for glassware at said weddings: sadly just the one (that's our bad, really)
Number of charities we got to make custom glassware for: 2

Number of words written in the blog: 40,312
Number of dumb jokes, on average, per month: 54 (or roughly one per 62 words)
Percent of people reading this who are asking "wait, what jokes?": 75
Least verbose month: April (2,169 words)
Most verbose month: August (5,826 words - we were pretty excited about that birthday party)
Top 3 most commonly used words in August (in order): Beer, party, time

Number of times we used the word "beer" in the blog this year: 273 (not including variations, such as "beers")
Number of times we manged to use the word "spooktacular" in the blog this year: 15
Most commonly used word in the blog (other than "beer"): Sauce***

Hops used, in pounds: 448.9
Number of acres you would need in order to grow that many hops: 0.245
Height, in feet, you would need to grow that many hops on a single plant: 4,420

Grain used, in tons: 11.2
Number of trips Jared had to make to the grain room to haul that much grain out on brewday: 392
Yeast used, in cells (approximate): 557,031,300,000,000

Number of flights poured: 11,126
Number of Big Stupid Cans filled: 1,032
Number of times Tina has been fired for ruining Christmas: 133

Average OG of our beer (in degrees SG): 53
Average ABV of our beer: 5.7%
Highest ABV beer produced: 9.0% (Quaddles)
Lowest ABV beer produced: 3.4% (Believer)
Amount of vodka, in gallons, it would take to make the same amount of alcohol we produced this year: 1,387

Love, your humble brewers, Jared and Jimbo.

* By Jared, because he "thinks math is cool."
** Incidentally, he's turning seven, which means he predates the company by a number of years.
*** ...k

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