Anyway, enough with all that. Time for good times! First stop on the Good Times Train is cask! This week we've got taproom favorite Extra Naked back on the ol' beer engine and we dumped in a hefty handful of Mackinac which might actually be our favorite hop these days? Anyway it's gettin' tapped on Thursday so come on by and grab a pint! 

And speaking of beer, we're set to have a new beer out next week (our first new release after the post-anniversary dry spell always feels so special), so keep them eyes peeled for some sweet deets! 

And getting back to Thursday for just a moment, we've got Bonsai Bar back in the house on Thursday! These events look hella fun and the people that run them are completely nice as hell, so come on out and get into it with some tiny trees! 

Then on Friday we've got some (acoustic, indoor) live music! This week it's Travels with Brindle who plays "ukelele rock" and that... completely rules? We're of the opinion that the ukelele is a severely underappreciated instrument so we're stoked to get some uke goin' in the taproom and you should join us! 

Then on Saturday we've got Nirvana Yoga happening in the morning (it starts at 10:30) and then we've got Code 1 BBQ comin' by in the afternoon and dammit we WILL have a good time even though the bands got screwed over so come on out and hang out and maybe we can vent our frustrations together or whatever (or just hang out and have a nice time, that would also be great). 

And, of course, Sunday brings the return of our regularly-scheduled sushi classes which you should absolutely sign up for if you haven't already, but you knew that. 

And then looking forward to the future we've got Bonsai Bar next Thursday and a "Ukelele Rock" set from Travels with Brindle next Friday and then Punk Rock Picnic (featuring Baabes and Muzzins and The Grommets) next Saturday and then we've of course got sushi classes next Sunday and anyway the point is that you should come out to all this stuff too! 

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** I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm so sorry
*** We also got to taste some barrel samples in their (actual literal) barrel cellar, but we were the sole benefactors of that experience so there's no point in mentioning it here
**** Nobody calls it that. I don't know why I called it that. 

Hello again! It's time again for fun times and we're in the middle of our self-imposed* "new beer hiatus" so let's get right on with it and get on to all the cool stuff we've got for you! 

But first! We've got a deeply annoying Logistical Note that we should probably address: as many of you have already noticed, there's a ballet studio moving into the old Crossfit space in our building and they're remodeling the lobby bathrooms, which makes things... complicated at best for those of us who need those bathrooms (like us, for instance). And to make things even more fun, we actually learned this week that those bathrooms are part of their lease, which definitely does not raise any further questions (we have some ideas on why/how this came to be, but that's a long and frustrating story that we'll save for another time). Anyway, now that an already-annoying situation has been made even worse (for at least the second time this year), the moral of the story is that you should probably just check in with the bar staff next time you're in because they know which restrooms are/aren't active construction sites and/or blocked by weird debris.** As always, we're very sorry that you have to deal with this crap, but it's beyond our control and we're doing everything we can to make this less of a pain in the ass for you (and for what it's worth, the people from the ballet studio have been very accommodating, despite having been promised exclusive use of the space containing the lobby bathrooms). 

Oh and also apparently most of our street is closed at night for the week? But our lot is still accessible (or at least, as accessible as it ever is), so if you're driving from Santilli Circle you just need to take Tileston to Williams St (and if you're coming from any other direction things are actually not really different I don't think), just FYI.​

Hi friends! It's blog time once again and we'd like to kick things off by starting with a big ol' sincere Thank You to everybody who came out to help us celebrate The Anniversary* this past weekend! It was a truly excellent time full of great music and tasty snacks and friendship and a lot more underwear getting shot out of a t-shirt cannon than we were really expecting and sweet merch and good times and, of course, beer!

We say this every year, but we're truly humbled to have met so many people who are pickin' up what we're puttin' down and who in general like to Get Weird in the same way that we do and it's just so damn heartwarming that we get to hang out with all y'all at once every now and then. This big ol' bash is really our gift to ourselves every year, but we're over the moon that y'all like to come out and join us, because we couldn't do what we do without you. So thank you for coming to our party, and thank you for continuing to support all the weird shit we do around here. It means the world to us. 

Howdy kids! Did you know that it's almost time? Time for our anniversary! Time to party! Time for beer! Time for high fives! Time to spend multiple days doing nothing but hanging out outside and listening to live music! Time for friendship! Time for snacks! Time for fun times! 

And to kick off all those fun times we must mention that we are closed to the public on Wednesday so we can have a little preparty* for all our mug club peeps. So if you're in the mug club, we'll see you then! If not, we'll see you slightly after then! 

And on the other end of that ol' weekend we will be closed entirely Monday because we have learned our lesson about trying to function like normal human beings on the day after the anniversary. ​

PLUS we've got new beers! Lots of 'em! Like, at least three. 

First up is Hazy Spacey Jam which is our collab with Sundrifter and it's an IPA called Hazy Spacey Jam (they wanted to call it "Hazy Space Jam" but we don't really like getting sued any more than we already are, so we changed it a bit) and it's hella tasty even though, on account of some "new processes" in the ol' fermentation dungeon, it's actually a lot less hazy than the label would suggest. But that's what you get when you name a beer and/or order the label before the beer is done (fun fact: we do this for every beer!) and the real point here is that we did still cram a crapton of hops in there and it's delicious as all heck and it's available on draft and in cans right now and you should drink some! ​

And also there's a beer that's not new but is making a triumphant return in a new format and that format is cask! And just like last year, we decided that Stick the Landing was pretty much the perfect candidate for some summertime caskin', so we casked it on up! The beer engine will resume its hot weather hiatus once this pin kicks, so if you've got the cask itch then come on out and get your fix!

Anyway that's all the new beers we've got (not to mention the return of some past band beers like barrel-aged Dark Humor which will be on tap until one and only keg of it kicks, and Man Overboard which never really went away but it's really good, and also No Light Ever for Glacier who had to back out because they saw/heard the noise level that gets us phone calls from the police and realized that they are much, much louder than that) and we already talked about all the happenin' tunes and good eats and cool merch and fun vendors that we're gonna have over the next few days, so at this point all we can say is: come hang out with us! It's gonna be a great time!

Hello again! It sure is August around here and the last time we left off we were shoutin' about all the fun stuff that was gonna be goin' on at our anniversary party at the end of the month so we're just gonna get right on "back in the saddle" and get back to it! 

Howdy do kiddaroos! We've got some tasty brews and fun things for you, so giddy on up and let's get to doin' what we do! 

But first we've got a bit of a "programming note" around these here parts and that's to say that since The Anniversary fast approacheth we're gonna be taking the briefest of hiatuses on releasing new beers so's we can unleash a whole unholy hell of new beers on all y'all when it comes to The Big Event. We know you're used to our usual breakneck "beer per week" pace that we've more or less kept up lo these past seven years, but we thought this would be fun. We hope you understand, etc.​

But wait! It so happens that there's somehow three more releases that managed to "squeak by" before our arbitrarily-self-imposed release cutoff and the first one is Brew Famine! This beer was brewed to go with the dulcet tones of our friends in Brain Famine (who will be playing at the anniversary, natch) and it's a lovely hazy IPA brewed with a double handful of a new-to-us hop called Hydra and it's the perfect pairing for some grindcore and more importantly it's available in cans right now and you should drink some! 

The second beer that's been released during our "hiatus from releasing beers" is Artificial Reaper! This one's our collab with Stryga (for their triumphant return to the stage at our anniversary) and instead of going "light 'n easy" this year we brought those boys in for a blending session and blend we did! They actually helped us come up with a few blends (which will be trickling in over the next few weeks/months) but the biggest blend of all is named after them and it's on tap and in bottles right now! 

And speaking of new beers that are on tap right now the last of these sneaky releases is Pale Glow! This one is our fourth collab with Lesser Glow (to pair with their second time playing our anniversary) and it's a straight-up no-funny-business pale ale full of a buncha local grains and local hops plus some of the freshest and fruitiest hops we could get from farther afield and honestly we think pale ales are super underrated, so come give this one a try!

Wednesday August 23rd is the members-only kickoff party for our friends in the Mug Club (and their +1's) and it's the only day that doesn't have a live music component, but it does give people in the Mug Club a chance to have a sneak peek at all the anniversary beers and we might also have some other tricks up our sleeve(s)? (We don't, but I wouldn't rule out some kind of last-minute thrown-together nonsense). ​

And movin' on to fun times this week, we're kickin' things off on Thursday with Music & Beer Trivia! We personally probably know a thing or two about at least one of those categories, which means that this week you'll get to see The Management confidently embarrassing themselves on the ol' scoreboard but it'll be fun no matter what so come hang out with us! 

Then on Friday we've got another acoustic set happenin' in the ol' beer garden (and/or taproom) and this time it's a newcomer to these here parts: Tiny the Bear! I don't know a ton about what they'll be playing, but I do know that our acoustic sets have yet to disappoint, so come check it out! ​

Then on Saturday we're hosting day two of Somergloom (and quietly praying that it won't rain for the like ninetieth weekend in a row)! If you ain't familiar with Somergloom (and you really should be), it's an annual fest full of doom, gloom, sludge, and shoegaze and it's going on for three days at three different venues and on Day Two (our day! We're hosting that one!) we'll have Vivid Bloom, Tears From a Grieving Heart, Still Life Sounds, Cradle of Judah, and Ashen Veil and also we'll be releasing Somergloom The Beer and just in case that wasn't enough we've also got An Thoi Vietnamese poppin' up with some tasty eats and it's gonna be hella fun and you should come get gloomy with us! ​

And then to take a brief peek into next week, we've got Simpsons Trivia next Thursday and the theme is gonna be Season 13 because that's what y'all voted on and apparently you're all a buncha masochists but that's cool we ain't gonna judge and anyway it's gonna be a good time!

​Oh! And! We've got the July coloring contest winner/runners up to announce! Adequate work, everyone! ​

And then lookin' forward to next week, we're kickin' things off next Thursday with Music and Beer Trivia and then next Friday we've got an acoustic set from Tiny the Bear and next Saturday we're hosting the Saturday session of Somergloom (which is just so friggin' cool you guys) and anyway the point is that you should also come party with us next week! 

And speaking of tasty beer that's on tap right now we've also got this year's collab with DnA's Evolution (who will be returning to the anniversary, as is their wont and because we want them to) and that's Enigma! And all we have to say here is that this beer is definitely not rebranded Double Key Lime and we definitely don't have a tequila barrel full of this so we can remake our most-requested barrel-aged beer again. That's just not the case, so I don't even know why you'd think that. ​