Hello, friend. We've been expecting you. More to the point, we've got a full lineup this week and we expect you gon' enjoy, so read on!

First up on the ol' Taste Radar, we've got the (very brief) return of a not-so-old favorite: Smaltster! Long story short, we had some set aside for a recent Village-themed festival of some sort but there's still some left and now you get to drink it with us! Party!

And in brighter news, that there open draft line means we get to tap a new beer! This time around it's Ganymede, a hoppy amber made to celebrate the recent wedding of Taproom Friends Tricia and Eric! As an added bonus, this caramel-and-banana-forward amber was made as part of a pair, so in a few days we'll also be releasing its partner beer: a light 'n fruity lil' number called Callisto! And as an added added bonus, these two beers are made to be mixed into a greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts beertail that we're callin' The Eclipse! Come try all three!​

Well hi there! We'd like to extend a thank you to everyone who helped us go through a truly gross* amount of hot dogs this weekend, and we'd sure as heck like to keep the fun and/or tasty times rollin', so let's get this dang ol' party started!

First on that docket is the third and (for now) final installment in our Critters triple release: Critters 3 - on tap right now! This time around it's a tart 'n funky lil' blackberry-and-peach number that managed to pick up just a whiff of vanilla from the barrel and dang but it is tasty!

And while we're on the subject of Fun, we ain't done chirpin' about our birthday bash just yet! More photos are in, and these are some quality snapshots!​

Then to follow up on all that long-weekend goodness, on Tuesday we're hostin' 80's-90's cartoon trivia alongside our friends from Deep Cuts Deli! Come on out and enjoy the fun - stupid prizes will abound!

Oh! And if you happen to be "out in the world" this Saturday, you should come out to Brew at the Zoo in JP and come say hi! There's beer and snacks and also a good chance you'll get to chase a peacock, which you can only say about, like, 30% of the other beer festivals out there and anyway it'll be fun!

Oh hey there! Remember last week when we started gettin' all (preëmptively) excited about all those cool Birthday Beers that we'd been cookin' up "on the sly?"* Well guess what: they're here! ​ Some of them! ​But first, cheese:

Oh! And! We tapped up the next installment in our Critters series, the cleverly-named Critters 2! Anyway, it's a bit of a departure from the first one - a smidge more malt forward and pouring a crystal clear deep red - it's on draft and in bottles right now until we run out! ​

While we've gotcha here, we're gonna add another shameless plug for our anniversary bash coming up in just a few! short! weeks! As you know, we're plannin' the usual good time flavors of beer, music, and merriment, but we'll also discounting a ton of merch for ya! We'll be retiring some items at the end of this year (to make room for more awesome things with our logo all up on), so be sure to check out Horatio's Tag Sale and Lemonade Stand over by the stage on the 24th! 

Hello friends! I hope you're well! We're runnin' around like the proverbial headless chicken gettin' all prepped and amped up for our birthday party (it's in only three weeks! It's gonna be so much fun!) but we still got good beers and good times galore, so maybe you should come on out and hang out with us!

And if your idea of tasty times is a bit more cheese-centric, look no further than this Sunday because we're doin' up more cheese flights! This time around we're featuring Cricket Creek Farm out in Williamstown! ​

Our first place winner, @starlaearlfish! Check out the slideshow below for the runners up. Adequate work, everybody!

And speaking of tasty things that are coming out on Thursday, we've got some news* that is, frankly, pretty much pee-your-pants exciting to us and that's the first releases of Critters! ​

CRITTERS 1 - Grisette with Brettanomyces and strawberry
ABV: 5.2%
Barrel: Wheat Whiskey
Tasting notes: dry as heck with a pinch of funkiness and a smidge of tartness and a subtle-but-noticeable note of ripe strawberry. 
Pair with: something simple and summery, maybe caprese salad or (dare we say it) strawberry shortcake. ​

CRITTERS 3 - Grisette with Brettanomyces, blackberry, and peach 
ABV: 5.2%
Barrel: Rye
Tasting notes: dry and tart with some fruit flavors fighting for first place with funkiness from the Brett
Pair with: stinky cheese (taleggio is our favorite but feel free to go nuts on this one).  ​

And, as promised, we got us some "juicy details" on a little somethin' that's a bit farther away than this coming weekend, and that's our birthday party! ​

Oh! And! If you're extra special good, we just may dig through our pile o' goodies and tap some blast-from-the-past Secret Beers!

Howdy, friends! We’re rockin’ and rollin’ and back in action with tonsa tasty beers and delightful treats for you to eat!

And first on that Good Times Train is another dang ol’ new beer: Smaltster! See, every now and then we get all misty-eyed about all the cool local maltsters that we get to work with and we get a good-old-fashioned hankerin’ to make somethin’ malty to show off all the good stuff they make, so we did! We did that thing I just said! And this time around that takes the form of a lightly bready, slightly sweet, modestly hoppy, all around easy-drinkin’ good-time-havin’ fun-for-all lil' English-style pale ale! And it’s on tap right now so you should come try it! ​