Blog Archives

Music! Candy! Sitting!

10/25/2016

The time is almost upon us! We've got a weekend (and then some) ahead of us that's so chock full o' Good Times, even the most stalwart sourpuss amongst us will be able to find something to enjoy. So read on, and hear tell of our Smorgasbord O' Fun Things To Come.

To kick things off, we're opening on an off-day for a hella special event on Thursday (that is to say, tomorrow the 27th) - namely, an intimate evening of solo performances penned by local composers, all organized by Original Gravity! And if that* don't pique your interest, we'll also be releasing a brand-spankin'-new beer for the event! Given the... cozy nature of our taproom, seating is a bit limited, so grab some tickets if they're still around!

Grab tickets here: Soliloquy: An Intimate Evening of Chamber Music and Craft Beer

Contrary to what this image might suggest, we don't think TechnoHamlet will be making an appearance.

And hot on the heels of that delightful event, our tastebuds are tinglin' in anticipation of pierogi prepared by Jaju! Things get in gear right around six o'clock, and we have it on good authority that there'll be plenty o' food for your face, so come hungry and be prepared to waddle on outta' here stuffed to the gills with tasty eats and delicious drinkables!

We contemplated making a blue ribbon for the person who stuffs the most dumplings into their face. And by "contemplated" I mean "just thought of right now after it's already too late."

For the penultimate day of our Weekend O' Fun, we're having a block party** with our neighbors! And as we mentioned last week, we've mostly been preparing by buying a kind of gross amount of candy and then eating it all, but we've got other things in store! For starters, the Bone Town Burgers truck will be parked in our lot for an amount of time that I don't feel like looking up (for clarity's sake, we'll just call it "the evening"), and we're gonna do a bunch of weird crap to our beer! In the spirit of sweets, we'll be offerin' vanilla sugar rims*** for pints of Key Lime! And, if sweet isn't quite your speed, we got our grubby little paws on some spray bottles of hop oil, and if you ask nicely we'll spray the shit outta your glass before we fill it!

Here's the official event page, if you want some actual information and not just enticing pictures of candy.

And lastly, on Sunday, we'll allow you to sit quietly and enjoy a pint or five without having to deal with a bunch of crazy halloween crap or people yelling at sports (did you know we have a "No TVs" policy?). We'll probably still have a bunch of candy (and we'll probably be kind of embarrassed about how much we ate over the weekend, so it'll be up for grabs), and we'll probably still have vanilla sugar and hop oil. But mostly we'll have a cozy, relaxing taproom where you can come down from your sugar high and maybe finish digesting that mountain of pierogi, all accompanied by the soothing sounds of heavy metal music played at elevator music volumes.

* We're told the night will prominently feature bass flute solos, which we didn't even know was a thing until recently.
** A number of people have asked "how is this party different from a normal weekend?" Well, for starters, we made posters. And we used the word "party" several times.
*** We don't generally care for sugar rims on beers, but this is tasty enough that we can't resist.

3 Comments

Fun Times Ahead? Fun Times Ahead!

10/19/2016

1 Comment

Well hey there! It's bloggin' time once again, and have we got a blog for you! Things are rollin' along and good times are bein' had as we settle in to something vaguely resembling a "normal routine." But as "always," we like to "shake things up" to keep you "on your toes," and in this case that means a bunch of fun events!

Speaking of fun events, we've got one this weekend! If you're anything like us, you may be prone to wonder (out loud, to nobody in particular) why you aren't eating some tasty fermented foods whilst sippin' on your delicious fermented beverage.* Well you shall wonder no more, because we've got Cauldron comin' in this Saturday with some treats for you to nosh on!

Because you can never have too many dilly beans in your life.

And while we're talking about beer/food pairings, we've been hard at work setting up the beer and candy pairings for the upcoming Halloween block party next week. It may sound like a bunch of fun and games, but this is quite the rigorous scientific process,** made all the more strenuous by how seriously we take snacks around here - tempers flared, chairs were thrown, and friendships ended as new alliances were forged. I think one person got bitten.

Sweets... for science!

But never you mind that. The point is that we'll have loads of candy and tons of delightful beer to pair it with, so you should come out next week!

And while we're on the topic(s) of beer pairings and/or next week - as we mentioned previously, we're rollin' out a Ginger Farmhouse Ale for the Original Gravity show that we're hosting next week. But what we neglected to mention was, that same show*** inspired us to bring back an old favorite from our Innaugural Pilot Batch Series - Black Witow! So whether you're lookin' for something new, or you want to revisit an old favorite,**** you should probably come on out to the show! (And if you're good, we just might have some Witow for you as soon as this weekend. Keep your eyes peeled/ear to the ground/etc.)

also holy hell we're gonna have pierogis next week

* There's even a book out there by/about a guy who took this train of thought way past its logical conclusion, because of course there is.
** Most of these scientific discoveries are along the lines of "if I cram this candy inside of that candy, it makes a much better candy!" Though just as many have been closer to "I have a toothache in a tooth I didn't previously know I had."
*** Well, that and popular demand.
**** "Old" in this case meaning it came out four whole months ago.

1 Comment

Mommy, Can I Go Out and Drink Tonight?

10/12/2016

0 Comments

Hey all y'all, it's finally fall and if you're expecting us to have fun treats then you're on the ball!

First off - hot on the heels of last week's Bullhead release (and we'd like to give a heartfelt Thank You to everybody who braved the lake in our parking lot* to come out during the "hurricane"), we've got some Jimbo Jaliper for you! We took the recipe for a spicy rye saison, kicked it up a notch, and then dry hopped it until everything turned green! Unlike a lot of our other offerings, this is a tastebud-rockin', strong-ass heck beast of a beer, and we certainly predict you gon' enjoy this one. It'll be tapped Friday at noon!

This fiesty lil' glass of golden goodness is beckoning to you...

Speaking of things that y'all enjoy - our (admittedly somewhat limited) game selection has been gettin' lots of love from the git go, so we're workin' on expanding it! We've got plenty of new shelf space - courtesy of our in-house master craftsman T-Bone** - so we loaded up all the games we got (as well as a bunch of books***), and we've got more on the way! As always, we've got some ideas up our collective sleeves, but we're always open to suggestion!

Our library runs the gamut from, "Oh man, classic!" to "Heard about this!" to "Why does this exist?" Enjoy!

Hey homebrewers! Next Tuesday, we're hosting an open house of sorts with our friends over at Modern Homebrew Emporium. If you're an aspiring, casual, or serious homebrewer, come on out to our Homebrewer's Night for a special behind the scenes gander at our operation! We'll be giving a tour of the production area (all ten square feet of it!) and answering all (most) of your nerdy questions. Flights 'n pints will be available, and we'll probably order up a whole buncha pizza for your faceholes. Come on out, it'll be fun!

Even if you ain't a homebrewer, you're welcome to come on in for growler fills and a quick weeknight pint!

And speaking of fun things, this weekend we brewed up our special beer for the Original Gravity concert at the end o' the month, and hoo boy were there some good smells wafting through our lil' brewery. In addition to the standard olfactory delights of freshly milled grains and just-popped bags o' hops, we chopped up several pounds of fresh ginger and threw it into our brew. Get ready for Ginger Spectacular Farmhouse Ale - we're super excited to share it with you! Check out the details for the OG event here on Facebook and grab a ticket for the event while they're still available!

Tickets: Soliloquy: An Intimate Evening of Chamber Music and Craft Beer

Good smells!

And last, but certainly not least, we are throwin' another shindig with our boozy neighbors at the end of the month: the Fermentation District's first annual Howloween Block Party will be rockin' all day on Saturday, 10/29 with music, food trucks, and of course appropriately themed beer and cocktails. Down on our end of the block, we're pairin' up our beers with our favorite Halloween candies! The Bonetown Burgers truck will be slingin' patties in our lot from 5-10pm to catch you on your way down from the sugar high, and we're working on a badass playlist**** to keep the sounds sinister all day.

Here is the official Facebook event for the block party: Howloween Fermentation District Block Party

* This week marks the six-month anniversary of us getting told that we'd have storm drains in the lot "next week." So hopefully that will be resolved before it gets too cold to fix (or, slightly more realistically, before the heat death of the universe).
** Also known as The Guy Who Built Our Bar. Or. more commonly: Jared's Dad.
*** Since we've been asked a time or two: the taproom library has a fairly liberal lending policy. Most of the books out there have been donations (often but not always by us), so feel free to borrow if you see fit, especially if you plan on donating some old books/games of your own (or, y'know, returning what you borrow).
****Currently, it's Legacy of Brutality on repeat, and we're sorta okay with that.

0 Comments

In Which We Announce Some Delicious Events and Autumnal Beers

10/5/2016

0 Comments

Howdy campers! It's time again to talk about things we did and things that gon' be did, and boy howdy do we have some big stuff cookin'!

First off, this weekend will be the much-awaited* release of Bullhead, an easy drinkin' pint o' golden goodness! We wanted to make a beer that would help us celebrate the ongoing hop harvest - while simultaneously showcasing some tasty-ass grains from our new friends at Blue Ox Malthouse - so we dreamt up own spin on a classic Oktoberfest staple and brewed the heck outta this light-bodied yet malt-forward easy drinker! Since we ain't exactly about rigid adherence to style guidelines around here (and since the original style is a lager, which ain't exactly in our brewing wheelhouse), we also decided to go on ahead and chuck in a bucket or two fulla some fresh 'n' fruity hops from Four Star Farms, which ends up giving an overall impression of jam on toast.

Not bad for a morning's drinking.

And since we ain't brought y'all behind the scenes lately, we figured we'd babble atcha about what's been brewin' up and goin' down behind the velvet curtain. The big news is (as we've mentioned to a number of you in person): y'all are drinkin' so much of our beer that we need to expand our production! We're straight-up jazzed about this, since we weren't expecting to have the need/ability to do so just yet - but it's pretty much completely amazing to see that people are enjoying our beer!

Did you see the Fruit by the Foot rims? Friggin' genius.

And more production means (among other things) that we need more tanks, so we're gonna get us some shiny new stainless beauties** that we've been eyein' for quite some time now (yay! Shopping!). Now, this ain't the fastest of processes (becase of course it isn't), but once it's all said and done we'll be able to make good on several of the promises we've been bandying about - longer hours for the taproom (as we'll finally have enough beer to be open on weekdays), more one-offs (and hopefully we'll stop running out of flagships at inconvenient*** times), and the much-requested return of TBA IPA (formerly known as OHM)! We've got a whole heckin' bunch of work ahead of us, but rest assured: we're constantly striving to make our beer and our taproom better for you, the noble beer enthusiast.

And speaking of making our taproom a good place for hangouts, we've got some (mostly but not entiely food-related) good times up ahead! Next weekend, we're hosting the Northeast of the Border food truck for the first time, so be sure to swing through the taproom on Saturday evening (the 15th? I think?) for some taco-themed goodness. We're throwin' an open house with Modern Homebrew Emporium on Tuesday 10/18 for all you aspiring, casual, and serious homebrewers in the area - we'll give a behind-the-scenes tour of our production facility, answer some nerdy questions, and probably eat some pizza. And! We've got a pop-up with Cauldron Fermented Foods (the folks who make the mustard for our pretzels) in the afternoon/evening of the 22nd. Check out the event on Facebook for more details as we get them. Whee!

You know what we bet goes great with pickled things? Thasssright. Bullhead.

But wait, there's more!**** As we mentioned last week, we've got an action-packed weekend planned starting on Thursday the 28th with a night of solo performances at our Original Gravity show on Thursday (which comes with the release of a new beer and the rerelease of an old favorite), followed by a tasty-ass pierogi pop-up on Friday the 29th, and then the next dang day we'll have the Bonetown Burgers truck in our lot for the block party we're hosting with our neighbors (more details on that next week)!

Since our taproom is pretty, er, cozy, tickets are limited!
Grab 'em on EventBrite here: Soliloquy: Modern Chamber Music and Craft Beer

And lastly, while we don't always excitedly prattle on about our press mentions like we used to (now that we're a bigshot brewery that upwards of two publications have written about), we got the nicest ol' writeup by IM Boston the other day, so you should probably check it out: 10 Oktoberfest-Worthy Craft Breweries in Boston

* By us, mostly.
** We don't have all the details arranged just yet, but we do have our eyes on some slick-as-hell custom fabricated stainless straight outta America's Heartland. Our beers gon' ferment in style.
*** Not that there's a convenient time for this.
**** Feels like we've been saying that a lot these days, which is pretty incredible.

0 Comments

Music! Candy! Sitting!

Fun Times Ahead? Fun Times Ahead!

Mommy, Can I Go Out and Drink Tonight?

In Which We Announce Some Delicious Events and Autumnal Beers

BUBco Blog

Archives

Categories