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The Destroyer Cometh

6/27/2017

Hello again! We're back to doin' what we do best* and we've got a solid lineup of beers and snacks and good times to go around!

On Thursday we're hittin' the ground runnin' with a cask of our runaway staff summertime pick: Voyager! And as we are wont to do, we stuffed in a lil' extra vojvodina for those of you** who look for a little somethin' special in your casks. It's gonna be a tasty one and we're expectin' it to go fast, but never you worry - we've got more gettin' tapped on Saturday!

We think it's supposed to be pronounced "VOY-voh-deen-uh" but most of our communication is grunting and pointing so maybe don't take our word for it.

And on Friday we're bringin' Fat Boyfriend Bakery back around for some delicious hand pie action! This time around they'll be rollin' in with pulled chicken/cilantro/lime, sundried tomato/asiago, and summer berry; and dang but we'll have to show some pretty serious restraint to keep from eatin' them all our dang selves.

They're basically fancy pop tarts.

And luckily for us, we'll be pulled from the perfume of pastries by our growler pop up at Hopster's Alley! So if you wanna get your growler on without venturing too far from Boston Proper, we'll be there starting at 4:30 and hangin' out 'til the beer runs out!

If the table is unattended, we most likely wandered off in search of nuts or pastrami.

Then on Saturday we're bustin' out the big guns with a trifecta of tastes: there's a cask (we discussed this), and Revelry food truck will be dishin' up N'awlins style cuisine during the day, and we're releasin' a brand spankin' new beer! There's really no reason not to come on by and sink some pints, if you think about it.

They have a sandwich named "Beef Debris." This is our kinda truck.

And what beer will we be releasing, you ask? Why, it's none other than Madeline the Destroyer! It's a bright 'n' fruity hoppy blonde that we made to honor a four-year-old's birthday*** and dang if it ain't the perfect thing for this weather.

This is Madeline.

This is her beer.

And then on Sunday we got Fat Boyfriend comin' through again with some savory brunch treats for your face!

Because we never really stop wanting that ham 'n cheese.

Last but not least is the announcement that almost nobody**** was waiting for: June's coloring contest winners! But first we got some runners up for ya:

We were going to give Heather the "Better than Nanno" award, but that basically covers everybody so instead she's getting the coveted "Not Last Place" trophy.

Maria gets the Joybringer award because this just straight up brings us joy.

Kasey gets the "Best Use of Mythical Creatures" award.

Alex M wins the prize for Sweet Deets or something. I'm running out of ideas at this point.

And then for obvious reasons Lydia takes home the "Weirdmageddon" prize.

Amy gets the prize for "Dang, Why You Gotta Make It So Hard to Pick a Winner"

And then of course as our winner we've got this radness from Dorliza! So for all y'all what got some winnin's, come on in and collect your swag!

And if that weren't enough, in just one short week (on July 6th) we'll be hostin' the second installment of our (loosely) music-themed trivia night: Audio Triviality! And given the patriotic timing, it's all gonna be centered on some good ol' American rock 'n' roll! So if you think you got the rock chops to battle the best, come on by and test your mettle!

* Forgetting that it's a holiday weekend until we're reminded by our grain delivery guy, apparently.
** OK fine, we did it because we wanted it. That's how our cask program got its start in the first place.
*** She's our neice. This isn't just some random-ass four year old we're making beers for.
**** It goes back and forth between "almost nobody" and "actually nobody" depending on whether or not Victor finished his dang coloring page.

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Big News! And It Isn't Entirely About Hot Sauce This Time!

6/20/2017

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Hello today! We bring you tidings of good times to come: we got snacks, we got casks, we got a new beer, we got food friends swingin' through, and we've got news about some good times for you!

Nearest on the horizon is the weekly cask lineup! We're mixin' it up this week and havin' two different beers rev up that beer engine of ours!

First up, on Thursday we're bustin' out some Extra Naked whose visage has been graced with a small sack o' Vojvodina (which, if you'll recall, is the lone hop in Voyager)! And after a weekend chock full o' pensive reflection* on this new-to-us hop, the only real conclusion we reached is that it's a peculiar (yet tasty) lil' hop and we're glad we got to know it better! So if you're lookin' to get better acquainted and/or see what kinds of havoc** it'll wreak on our humble lil' cream ale, come on by!

And for the second cask, this Saturday we're servin' up some Wasted Life that's been bolstered with a bag o' comet! For those of you who may be unfamiliar with comet (which, incidentally, is a favorite around here), it's an old-school hop that's known for its "wild American" characteristics, owing to its indigenous heritage (unlike many other hops, which are bred from European stock). It's got some pretty long lineage (it was popular around the same time as cluster, for which we're known to have an affinity) and it offers up a bunch of punchy Classic American hop goodness with a little twist you're sure to savor!

I don't actually have anything to say about the casks other than we gon' drink the shit outta them

But bringin' us back to Thursday, we're also releasing Ruby Rye this weekend! It's an oasis of dark(ish) yet easy-drinkin' beer that's standing strong and swimming against the onrushing tide of super light beach beers. We've only had a little time to get to know Ruby, but she's already got a reputation for keepin' us bendin' at the elbow and/or staring longingly at a glass that seemed to empty itself all too quickly.

And not just because Jared spilled his all over the floor (he was just so excited)

Then on Friday we're once again steppin' up our Hot Sauce Game! This time around we're bringin' in local capsaicin powerhouse: Alex's Ugly Sauce! So come on by and beat the heat the old fashioned way: by eating so much spicy stuff you can't feel your mouth! We'll arm you with teeny tiny cups and fistfuls of oyster crackers and pretzels so you can try flights of their Anaheim, Jalapeno, Cayano, Original, Dragon, and Habanero hot sauces, and if you're feelin' extra sadistic, Ghost and Screaper!

We even convinced Alex himself to write up tasting notes for each sauce, and it's some right proper quality reading while you fiendishly sample his wares.

Anyway, enough about all the tasty beers and delicious snacks and fun times we'll have this weekend - we gotta tell you some maddeningly vague details about tasty beers and delicious snacks and fun times we're gonna have in several months! Thassright - our taproom turns One Years Old at the end of August (the 26th, to be specific), and we're havin' ourselves a shindig! There'll be outdoor drinkin' and grilled meats and ice cream and we've got some Instro-tainment lined up for your listenin' pleasure! Good times will be had by all, so we suggest you keep your calendar clear for the last Saturday in August! Woo, et cetera.

Dang on a thang, can't believe it's already been a year...

* Drinking.
** Spoiler alert: it will be tasty havoc.

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New Beers For You? New Beers For You!

6/13/2017

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Howdy ho, camperinos! It's been hot as heck this week, so we've got just the cure for your summertime heat blues: full-bodied dark beer, served up warm and flat!

Seriously though, we're big proponents of dark beer in the warmer months (among other reasons, darker beers can stand up to sunlight a lot better), and we're stoked as all get-out to have Shut Up Kelly! on cask with some single-origin cocoa nibs thrown in for good measure. Which origin, you ask?* Well we'll be pittin' two countries against each other in a Consecutive Cask Battle Royale: on Thursday the Dominican Republic is bringin' it strong, and Ecuador will be weighing in on Saturday with a fierce rebuttal. Whoever wins, you can rest assured: it gon' be tasty.

And if you still ain't swayed on hot times dark beer, this Thursday we'll also be releasin' Voyager, a single hop saison that's drier than a British comedy and just burstin' with Saison Goodness! Brewed with patio times and day sippin' in mind, the latest in our single hop series showcases malts from our small-farm friends and hops (originally) from the far-off mystical land of Yugoslavia. Enjoy!

* Why single origin cocoa nibs, you ask? They were free.

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It's Summer Dammit, So We've Got Summa Those Summer Fun Times Happenin'!

6/6/2017

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Howdy, campers! It's been a thrilling yet tiring week o' fests 'n' fun with the best of 'em,* but we're back in action and ready to tackle that there weekend!

As we mentioned a few weeks back, we recently celebrated the anniversary of our first brewday which (and you've probably already figured this out if you're at least passingly familiar with how the passage of time works) means we're comin' up on the anniversary of our first-ever beer release! And we realize that this in particular ain't that big a deal,** but it also falls on the day that we're startin' up Summer Nights with Sillari's and Frozen Hoagies, so with all the hot dogs and ice cream and low-key hootenanny, there's really no reason not to come out.

Unless you're allergic to good times or somethin'

But if that weren't enough for ya, we're also tappin' two consecutive casks of Wasted Life this weekend, each featuring a different experimental hop so secret they're only known by codenames.*** So if you're lookin' to get your cask on, swing on through on Thursday (when we'll have delicious pizza to pair with it, as always) or Saturday!

Wasted Life, you so purdy

Speaking of Saturday, we've got our new friends at SoKrispee rollin' in with piles on piles of treats and eats at a time that I didn't bother to look up (editor's note: 2pm. It's 2pm.)!

Eh that's probably about actual size

And looking a bit farther into the future, we've got some cool new beers comin' up! First on the docket is Voyager, a single hop saison brewed with grains from both Blue Ox and Two Track and featuring a Michigan-grown hop we'd never heard of before: Vojvodina! This hop traces its origins to Yugoslavia - which explains the nigh-unpronounceable name as well as its relative obscurity - and it's entirely new to us, so get your tastebuds primed to do some delicious, delicious educatin'!

And hot on the heels of Voyager, we're responding to your clamoring for amber with Ruby Rye! Keep an eye peeled for details, dear reader.

* As we've said before, BeerAdvocate pretty much entirely sets the standard for how to run a beer festival.
** There are gonna be a lot of anniversaries for us in the coming weeks and months and we promise we won't be making a huge fuss over every one ("it's the one year anniversary of the first time Jared accidentally burned off all his arm hair!" "It's the one year anniversary of the first time Jimbo dropped her wedding ring in the mash tun!")
*** OK fine, they haven't bothered coming up with names yet so they're known by numbers. But that's way less fun.

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The Destroyer Cometh

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