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Howdee Hoo, We've Got a Double Release For You!

11/29/2016

Oh hi there! I didn't see you come in. Well, no matter. I shall regale you with tales of events transpired and festivities forthcoming all up in this bidness. Thanks have been given, paeans to the pie god have been penned (speaking of which, you'd be doing yourself a pie-related favor if you grabbed a gander at a Caldwell Confections menu next time you're in the taproom), and many a merry mug has been hoisted in the name of sharing delicious drinkables during the holidays. And speaking of holidays...

Delicious crust? Check. Apple filling? Check. Bacon lattice? Holy shit. Check.

Want to get a special something for that special someone, but can't narrow it down past "something from Bone Up?" Looking for a not-so-subtle way to suggest that you and your companion (be it acquaintance, significant other, or new friend you made on the bus) should spend more time at our little ol' brewery? Well we commend your good taste and support your indecision and/or hint dropping skills, because now we got gift cards!

Allow us one month of shameless merch promotion. It's Christmas!

And if you're more of a "go getter" (specifically in the sense of "go get a growler"), we're makin' some changes* to our growler situation! In short: since we can't legally fill any growlers other than our own, we'll give you 50% off the price of a new growler if you trade in one from somewhere else! So if you've got an ever-growing pile of growlers from breweries you're not likely to end up visiting again, bring 'em on by!

We ain't wild about the growler laws in MA either, so we're tryin' to make things easier for you!

And just what should you fill this shiny new growler with? We might be so bold as to humbly suggest one of the two new beers we're releasing this weekend! One is our long-awaited (by us) X-Mas/winter beer - a chocolate orange imperial stout - and the other is an oft-requested (yet generally oft-overlooked) style: amber ale! Drink up, fuckers!

In keeping with our commitment towards not dumping a bunch of weird goop in our beers, this inky black stout's made with real-ass orange peel and a whole lotta Taza cocoa nibs!

Sometimes you just wanna sit back and enjoy the good times and not focus on your beer too much, so we crafted up this happy, humble lil' amber ale!

While we're rambling about holiday nonsense, it behooves us to mention once again that we will be closing a bit early (5 PM) on Sunday, December 11th for our "Annual" Employee Appreciation Day and/or Vaguely Holiday Themed Festivity-O-Rama. So mark your calendars, set alarms on your phones, or maybe just pay attention to the numerous alerts we'll be broadcasting, because we gon' be closed.

December 11th also marks the deadline for entries in our coloring book contest! Well, technically it's Red Fang's contest that we're piggybacking on, but still! Coloring! Beer!

We had no idea coloring four dudes in the jungle would turn into a sass-a-thon, yet your entries in them speech bubbles keep proving us wrong.

* We'll readily admit that we "borrowed" this idea from somebody else, but we can't remember who so it's hard to give credit where credit is due.

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11/22/2016

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Howdy ho, neighborinos! It's Important Announcement Time! In honor of the holiday, we'll be open this Wednesday (which is to say, today) from noon 'til eleven! So if you wanna grab a growler or put back a pint* before tomorrow's trip to Turkeytown, come on by!

Speaking of the holiday, in the spirit of giving and/or thanks, we've prepared a whole host o' holiday pairings for your enjoy:

We ain't gonna tell you the best way to spend your holidays, we're just here to nudge ya in the right direction.

Extra Naked
pairs well with... wishing you hadn't eaten so much the previous day
and if you don't have any Extra Naked, we suggest... shame eating

Key Lime
pairs well with... just one more piece of pie
and if you don't have any Key Lime, we suggest... having two more pieces of pie

Shut Up Kelly!
pairs well with... ooh! Somebody brought fudge?!
and if you don't have any Shut Up Kelly, we suggest... trying to convince your elderly aunt to do shots of Allen's Coffee Brandy with you

Wasted Life
pairs well with... a nap on the couch
and if you don't have any Wasted Life, we suggest... taking a nap anyway, albeit a less satisfying one

Black Witow
pairs well with... your "cool down meal" between dinner and dessert
and if you don't have any Black Witow, we suggest... digging through the liquor cabinet/wine cellar/booze closet and drinking straight from the first bottle you find with foreign writing on the label

Ginger Spectacular
pairs well with... trying to get out of any and all discussions about politics
and if you don't have any Ginger Spectacular, we suggest... pointing into the middle distance and yelling "what's that!?" and then running away, giggling

Clusterbomb
pairs well with... stuffing
and if you don't have any Clusterbomb, we suggest... crying a little

And speaking of situations that end in personal embarrassment and/or crying, we will be closing a bit early (5 PM) on Sunday, December 11th for our "Annual" Employee Appreciation Day and/or Vaguely Holiday Themed Festivity-O-Rama. So mark your calendars, set alarms on your phones, or maybe just pay attention to the numerous alerts we'll be broadcasting, because we gon' be closed.

Speaking of Sundays, this past Sunday we just so happened to be diligently coloring away at our entries for the Red Fang Coloring Book Contest** when we had an epiphany: we should do a coloring contest like this! And since we currently lack the focus and drive to put something like that together from scratch (and since we already had a number*** of entries on our newly-founded art wall), we decided to just take what they had and run with it! So if you're lookin' to enter (and we encourage you to enter your art in the Red Fang contest as well), sidle on up to the bar and get your crayon on for the chance to win a yet-to-be-determined Bone Up swag bag! (And before you ask, we can't give away beer as part of the prize pack - it ain't legal.) As an added bonus, all entries that aren't egregiously bad and/or totally covered in cusswords (or worse) will go on our art wall! Entries are due by the end of the day on December 11th,**** so get crackin!

Because there is truly nothing more heavy metal than a coloring contest.

But wait, I have more things to say! Our in-building neighbors - Crossfit RBP - have started up a running club that meets every Sunday, and as a treat for getting through all that fitness-forward, health-conscious, artery-unclogging running, they swing by lil' ol' Bone Up for a pint and perhaps a pretzel! They meet up around 10:45 in the AM on Sundays and start runnin' around eleven, just in time to finish for beer when we open! Good times!

* Or several, if you really need to get out of driving duty.
** Note: we have no affiliation with this band other than liking the shit out of their music.
*** Almost two!
**** The actual due date is 12/15, but we ain't open that day.

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When the Gods Smile Upon You, Sometimes They Provide Pinball (and Pie)

11/15/2016

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As we hinted at* last week, we were hoping/expecting to have some surprises in store, so surprises we shall supply!

Now, as some have you may have noticed (often with a moderate amount of disappointment), there's a vacant space in our taproom which until recently had been occupied by Pac Man.** This has been a medium bummer for us, so we've been going through our usual procedure to fill that void (waiting around for something to fall from the sky). And thank Hops, the universe has provided! Specifically, it provided in the form of a man we know as Pinball Mitch.*** And if you couldn't guess from his name, Mitch has some pretty intense feelings about pinball (the short version of the story is: he's for it). Now, it might seem a bit peculiar to be so gung-ho about something that can seem sort of frivolous, but we can certainly sympathize, given our own intense/passionate interests.****

Anyway, the long and the short of it is: we got Metallica pinball and holy hell it is so fun!

Legends are born, rivalries are forged, packaging runs are put on hold...

In other news, we're on a temporary Pretzel Hiatus for at least a week while our baker gets married and goes on her honeymoon and probably does a whole bunch of other Real Life stuff that just gets in the way of snacks and snacking. But fear not! Our snack game is still going strong with our ever-growing supply of nineties-era noshables. We'll have loads of new and salty snacks in the taproom over the next few weeks!

Shopping day looks like a "Yes on Four" victory party in our taproom. No shame.

And in other other news, we'll be open 12-11pm on the day before and the day after Thanksgiving! So whether you're pretending to "wait out the traffic" or pretending to "take advantage of some Black Friday Deals," we'll be here to serve you some suds and some special new beers!

And speaking of Thanksgiving, we're slingin' pies from Caldwell Confections throughout the holiday season! Order forms (and possibly delicious samples) will be available in the taproom starting this weekend, and we'll have pickup times scheduled right before Thanksgiving and Christmas for you to come grab your tasty treats! We got our grubby little paws on one of these pies, and it lasted maybe two hours in our loving care.

We've got our pie-orities figured out (oh my god I'm so sorry someone please change this caption)

And. And! We got one more fun thing comin' at ya this week - on Thursday the 17th our first-ever cask (in this case, it's Wasted Life with an extra - and extra large - dose of the enigmatically-named 07270 hop) is pouring at the first-ever bar to carry our beer! They ain't got much, so if you like casks and/or if you like weird hops that nobody has ever heard of, you should check it out!

* Stated directly.
** We don't really need/want to get in to the details; suffice to say he was rather unceremoniously removed from our care.
*** We know him as Pinball Mitch because - so far as we can tell - that's what he calls himself. For all we know, that might be his real name.
**** I am, of course, talking about beer and not our rather prodigious stash of "He-Man Goes to Waffle House" fan fiction.

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More Fun Times? Just Business As Usual Around Here

11/9/2016

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Well hey there! How are you? We're great, thanks for asking! We been busy struttin' around and showin' off our fancy new swag, sippin' on a pint or two of freshly-released Clusterbomb,* but that ain't slowin' us down from plannin' some good times for y'all!

Continuing our series of single-hop beers featuring hops nobody cares about (except us, we love you, Cluster)

For your near-immediate consideration, we suggest you check out the details on our Beer and Cheese and Chocolate pairing this Friday. The name of the event is pretty self-explanatory, so I ain't gonna say much other than to point out that this is Gluttony for Good, with proceeds going to Save a Dog!

Grab yo' tickets right here (there's only a dozen left): Beer, Cheese, and Chocolate Pairing

And a looking a little further down the calendar (though not much further, since we ain't the "plan far ahead" types), we would like to mention that we'll be open for business on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving,** as well as the Friday after! So if you need a growler or five to bring with you on Turkey day, or if you need an excuse to bail on yet another Extended Family Small Talk session after the big day, we'll be here! With beer!

And aside from that, we suggest you keep them ol' eyes peeled, because we got some fun surprises in the works.

* And if you ask nicely, your friendly neighborhood bartender just might make you a Gingerbomb - a 50/50 beertail of Ginger Spectacular and Clusterbomb. The whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
** Thanks to the delightful driving conditions on that particular day, it has been dubbed "Shitty Wednesday" around these parts.

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That Smarch Weather Calls for New Merch!

11/2/2016

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Now that the dust has settled from our Weekend O' Fun Events and we've chased down most of the candy-wrapper tumbleweeds,* we're gettin' geared up for future fun festivities!

But before we get to that, it's worth mentioning that we reached a bit of a milestone this past weekend - for one brief, shining moment, we had beer on all eight of our taplines!

That hasn't happened since the taproom's been open, and we were hella excited until Shut Up Kelly had to go and kick and ruin all the fun (it'll be back by or before the weekend, barring some unforeseen catastrophe).

And that's just straight-up excitin', but we've got a new beer to release this weekend and we ain't got no way to serve it to you until we clear something else** out first! So stay tuned, since you may or may not be seeing the release of somethin' new this weekend!

Continuing in our proud tradition of brewing beers showcasing hops no one cares about, we bring you... Clusterbomb! It's lively and lemony pale ale with just a little whoosh of wild earthiness, so come help us kick a dang keg so we can get this lil' mama flowin' for ya!

In addition to a packed draft list, we got duds for days! We had a few orders for new swag that were in varying stages of completion, and they all happened to show up at roughly the same time, so stay put and check this action out!

The UPS guy did not care how excited Jimbo was to receive these boxes (don't worry, we still made him sit and watch while we opened everything).

First up is the newest*** addition to our roster: hats! We've spent a lot of time behind the scenes ruining hats with other breweries' logos on them in the spirit of "field testing," and we're stoked as heck to have hats of our own to put through the ringer!

Nextly, for those impending chilly nights when you have to leave the comfort of your own home and brave the brisk night air (or when your cheapass landlord refuses to turn on the heat until December), we got hoodies! They're fleecy and soft as the dickens and just oh so comfortable.

Last but not least - we've spent the last few weeks going back and forth with our neighbors about the best way to let people emblazon themselves with all of our logos at once. And since our idea of "pajama pants featuring all three logos in a repeating pattern" was rejected, we went with T shirts! These stylish threads will be available at any location within the Fermentation District, so come on out and show the whole neighborhood some love!

Instead of gesturing wildly into the air (an adequate solution thus far), we've now gots ourselves a handy wearable map to point you fine folks towards the trifecta of taprooms in the area!

And while our recent Fun-Event-O-Rama may be in the past now, rest assured that we're always looking forward, not backward. And in this case, that means we got more cool stuff lined up!

Next Friday, we're partnering up with Craft Brew England again to bring you a fancypants beer and cheese pairing! We'll be offerin' up tickets that'll include a flight, a full pour, and a pile o' cheese 'n chocolate to go along with it! As an added bonus, proceeds from ticket sales will be going to Save a Dog, because we love us some pooches and we wanna pass on the feelgoods!

Grab yo' tickets: Cheese, Chocolate, and Craft Beer Tasting

We're still deep in R&D for our final pairings (there's been quite a bit of skulking, sneaking, and snatching 'round the cheese counter at our neighborhood Whole Foods), so stay tuned!

* We're still stuffed full of pierogies, but that's just because we made the judicious decision to buy eight cases worth at the end of the night.
** Hint: it's Bullhead. So if you're a fan of Bullhead, or if you just want to help make way for the new brew, you best belly on up to the bar tootsweet!
*** They're the latest to arrive, anyway. When we ordered them, it was considered "possible, though not especially likely" that we might have them on-hand for opening day.

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Howdee Hoo, We've Got a Double Release For You!

What Rambles Around, and Won't Let You Down? It's Blog! Blog! Blog!

When the Gods Smile Upon You, Sometimes They Provide Pinball (and Pie)

More Fun Times? Just Business As Usual Around Here

That Smarch Weather Calls for New Merch!

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