​Hello again! We're nearin' on the end of the year, which means we gotta cram in the Good Times before the Real Winter kicks in and we* resign ourselves to being cold and grumpy for upwards of three months.** 

And we got good times by the fistful! First off, we'll be open this Thursday (December 29th) from 3 'ti 11! You weren't gonna be getting anything done at work anyway, so you might as well knock off early and come knock back a few pints (and/or grab some growlers for any sorta New Year's Drinkin' you're gonna be doin'). 

And if that ain't enough for ya, we've got an action-packed month planned for January! Check it: 

The weekend of 1/7 is business as usual. We like to think of it as a "cool down" week after all the festive franticness, but really we're just making time for everybody to "totally start going to the gym this year. For real this time" before they resume eating nachos at every meal and daydrinking through the weekends. 

Friday 1/13 we're throwin' a block party with all our neighbors! It's apparently mountaineering themed**** so there's gonna be a yeti and a vaguely mountainous beer release on our end (a single hop pale ale made with summit. Get it?) and maybe some smores why not. 

Friday 1/20 we're hosting a BeerAdvocate throwdown and we're bringin' in Miguel's Empanadas to provide some eats! Double whammy! 

Friday 1/27 you demanded pierogis so we're bringing back the pierogi makers. Last time they came through we ate so much we're still a little grossed out/proud, and we'll probably definitely dive in headfirst this time around too. 

And then after that it's February, the longest short month of the year, when we'll be dreamin' up a whole slew o' new things to convince you to fight the frost, don your dandiest duds, and sip some suds down at our digs! 

​​Howdy and hello, it's time for more bloggin' so here we go! 

First and foremost, we've got some funny business vis-a-vis holiday hours over the next couple of weeks, which we summed up with this festive, handy and/or dandy visual aid:

Aside from the expected closures, we got some other semi-major schedule changes all up in. Firstly, we'll be open on Thursdays starting at three PM for the rest of the year (all two weeks of it)! So if you need to do some last-minute Xmas shopping this week, or if you just wanna kick back and hang out on a Thursday night, come on by!

And, equally importantly, the city has allowed us to stay open late (until one AM) on New Year's Eve, so we're gonna do that! Now, we here at Bone Up are of two minds about this particular holiday: we like drinking-related celebrations as much as anyone, but it seems like NYE is when a lot of places like to charge a steep cover to get you into a "party" whose theme is apparently "Let's Make These Drinks Way More Expensive!"... which ain't really our style. Instead, we're throwing a (free to enter) party whose theme is more like "Let's Keep it Low-Key" and we're putting in even less effort than we usually do* for this type of shindig. We'll have beer and games and snacks for some comfortable good times. And who knows, we may even go buck wild and order a pizza. Party on, etc. ​

And it's worth mentioning that we'll be open for our usual hours (noon to eight) on New Year's Day, so in the event that you want to come in for a "brunch" that may or may not consist mostly of wondering whether or not you can keep down a pretzel, you should come on by! As a courtesty, we'll keep the music level down. 

Speaking of things that are good, our first coloring contest*** has come to a close! We had a lot of stellar entries (and an unexpectedly sassy pile o' captions), and we're pleased as punch to announce our winner: Victor Prizzio, and our runner up: Susanne Fyfe (who claimed she couldn't come up with something creative, then went and invented Grape PBR. We are proud and horrified, Susanne)! They'll be gettin' some sweet swag as prizes, and we're gearin' up for another coloring contest (Bone Up themed this time!) starting in the new year! Good times, etc. 

And because we just couldn't resist, here are all the entries for the contest:

Lastly but far from leastly, we found a few people who shared some hella kind words about our beer and our taproom recently, so we figured we'd direct your attention over to Hopping Around New England and Beer Awareness! We love the heck outta brewin' tasty beers and running this taproom, and we're stoked as anything that y'all are diggin' it! Cheers!

Hello again! It's the blogginest time of the week, once again! This time around we're here to bend your ear about some holiday hours of ours and a rerelease/rename of a fan favorite that'll be showin' up around here before you know it!

As we've mentioned once or twice before, we will be closing a bit early (5 PM) this 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.

But! To make up for it, we'll be open for business this Thursday, December 8th (i.e. tomorrow) from five until eleven! And what's more, we'll be releasing Oh My! Throwback IPA (formerly known as OHM) that very same day! What fun indeed!

And lastly, on Saturday December 24th (AKA'ed as XMas Eve), we will be closing at 8 PM.