Hello again! We're back in action with a buncha fun times and also some new beers (FINALLY. It's been, like, a week since we've had a new beer) and anyway I'm gonna stop talking about all the cool stuff we got goin' on, and start talking about all the cool stuff we got goin' on!

And first on that list, as always, is new beer! This here's a pair of beers that we're just completely dang ol' stoked about and that means wedding beers! Yes indeedy, friends of the brewery (and also Liz and Jared's neighbors at home) Maggie and Nick are gettin' hitched and we brewed up some beers for 'em! For Maggie we made a nice 'n light grisette with a pinch of hibiscus and a punch of plum and we called it Mag-nificent Chemistry and for Nick we went with a nice ' fruity hazy IPA called CPHaze, and to "sweeten the deal" these beers are made to be blended into a beertail that we're callin' Better Together! And what's more, the happy couple was kind enough to let us release the beers before the wedding** (which is in a week) and that means they'll be out on Saturday (or maybe Friday afternoon/evening if we've got our shit together) and you should come drink some! ​

Anyway movin' on into some fun times, on Wednesday (which I'm told is today) we're hosting 80's/90's Pop Culture Trivia! It's a pretty big swath of time, but there was some damn memorable stuff goin' on at the time, so grab them Hammer pants outta the back of your closet and come hang out!

And then on Thursday we've got Inebri-Art in the house for some beer mug painting! Twenty bucks gets you a mug and all the painting supplies you'll need and it sounds like a rad way to spend the evening, so come paint with us!

Moving on to Friday, we've got ice cream! Yes indeedy, Blanche's Ice Cream is bringin' their truck back around with some frozen treats for y'all to enjoy in the last days of this year's warm summer nights and also they've usually got ice cream tacos and anyway it's gonna be tasty times! 

Then on Saturday we're once again gettin' an early (as in, 10:30 or so) start for some beer garden yoga! (Or taproom yoga depending on the weather) And as an added bonus, 100% of ticket sales will be donated to Healthy & Free Tennessee, a network of organizations working together to fight for reproductive freedom and sexual health in Tennessee (a state with a total abortion ban), so come do some yoga for a good cause! 

And gettin' on to Sunday, in addition to our regularly-scheduled sushi class we've got our friend Matt Heaton comin' by for some Surf Guitar Happy Hour! There's not a lot of better ways to spend an afternoon than listening to surf rock and sippin' on some beers, but you ain't gotta take *our* word for it because you can and should do just that this weekend! ​

​And movin' on to Sunday we've got the delightful folks from Biscuitdrop back for brunch times! And then later in the day is our first sushi class of the year! Yes indeedy, Chef Harold will be settin' up in our side room and schoolin' people on how to get their maki on and we'll be doin' these twice a week (Wednesdays and Sundays) for a while which means there's really no excuse not to come to one! Get tickets here: Sushi Making 101

And looking a little farther into the future, we've got 80s/90s Pop Culture Trivia Night next Wednesday and Beer Mug Painting next Thursday and Beer Garden Yoga next Saturday and also a bunch more cool stuff but that's all the stuff that requires tickets and/or planning (and/or it's stuff that's happening the same day we publish the blog). ​

Oh! And! If you happen to be out and/or about somewhere other than our brewery in the next few weeks (not sure why you would go anywhere else, but that's beside the point), we'll be at a couple upcoming fests! We'll be at Ales & Tales at the Stone Zoo this Saturday and then we'll be poppin' by the Dedham Museum for Tavern Night next Friday and then we're schleppin' up to Gloucester for the Blackburn Brew Fest next Saturday! Anyway the point is that these events will be fun as hell and you should swing by if you're in the area! ​

And getting a bit more "down to business," this happens to be the first week since we can remember that we don't have a dang ol' beer release (which is probably sort of ironic because now is the first time in weeks that we'd have space in the cold room to put it) but that don't mean we can't scrounge up some fun times! 

But before we get to that, we do have a minor programming note - we will be open from 12-8 on Monday (September 5) because it's Labor Day and so on. ​

Anyway, for starters on that ol' Fun Timez Train, on Thursday we've got our monthly music trivia night and this month's theme is The Misfits! 

And then on Saturday we've got Crystal comin' by to do some emo yoga! The class starts at 10:30 and it includes a beer with the ticket, so come on out and get your stretch on while listening to some emo! Sign up here: Emo Yoga

And moving on to Sunday, we've got El Pelon taco cart in the house, plus Brutus Bone Broth will be in the house servin' samples for all the pups that come by and also we'll be donating $1/pour towards the MSPCA, so come on by!

And movin' on to the slightly more far-flung days of next week, next Thursday (September 8th) we'll be doin' Simpsons trivia again and the theme du jour* is Season Nine! It's gonna be an interesting time because that's around the time the show was still good but also you can see it really start to go off the rails, conceptually speaking, and anyway it's gonna be fun and you should join us! ​

And if your idea of a good time is more "perusing the wares of cool local vendors" then you're in luck because next Saturday (September 10th) we've got our Harvest Market happening all afternoon and there's gonna be pies and mushrooms and pasta and hot sauce and tacos and good times and you should come hang out! ​

Oh! Also! We gotta announce the winners of August's coloring contest!

And speaking of anniversary beers, there's more anniversary beers! Of course there are! We're gettin' kinda "close to the wire" or whatever, so it's time to start introducing the fancy shit! And today's particular fanciful flight of funk is a beer made to pair with the sounds of DnA's Evolution and we're calling it Welcome to the Bad Future! These guys have been playing at our party for years and years and we've made a handful of different beers for them and then last year we blended up a funky beer for them and it sold out faster than any beer we've ever released. We're talking a span of hours, here. Coincidence? Absolutely! But that doesn't mean we're not gonna do it again, so we did it again! This lil' beer is a blend of several different wild ales, prominently featuring beers fermented with mango and it's light and crisp and kinda funky and a lil' tart and delicious as heck and it's gonna be on tap and in bottles starting on Saturday, 8/27 and you should drink some while you can! ​

​Then on Friday (the 26th) we're gonna start featuring "bands" that have "names" instead of "some guy" and we're kickin' things off with the punkish stylings of The Guilloteenagers (paired with: Don't Go session IPA), followed by some eardrum-destroying hardcore/post-punk from Blood Built Empire***** (paired with: Blood Built dry stout) and then we're slowin' things down and gettin' hella heavy with Lesser Glow (paired with: I am the Island IPA) and we're cappin' off the night with Worshipper (paired with: Mirage Daze barrel-aged farmhouse)! ​

But wait! We've still got a helluva setlist on Sunday (the 28th) which starts with Sunken City (paired with: Float Along kiwi grisette) who's gonna ease us into the afternoon with some smooth tunes before we get into some stoner rock with Blue Manic (paired with: Blue Manic spruce tip pale ale) and then even more music from DnA's Evolution (paired with: Welcome to the Bad Future wild saison, because we couldn't make two beers for them) and then we've got a pair of newcomers to the stage starting with North Star the Wanderer (paired with: Man Overboard barrel-aged dark strong ale) and lastly everybody's in for a real treat with power violence band Sexless Marriage (paired with: Nameless Wave double IPA) and there's a good chance they might clear out part of the beer garden but we'll still be there rockin' the hell out and we hope you will be too! ​

And then on Saturday we're teamin' up with Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa for a dog pool party from 12-3pm! And in order to make it a real party we've got a whole buncha dog-related vendors comin' by (namely Goodboy Wear, The Pet Snackery, Pezz Pets, and The Rainbow Bridge Medium) and also Tubb’s Doughnuts will be providing some people donuts (and also some dog donuts!) and it's gonna be a great time for our furry friends and/or their owners and/or anybody who wants to watch a bunch of dogs splash around in a pool, so come on by! ​

Well hey there! We've once again got a buncha good tastes and good times lined up for your enjoy, so step right up and check out all this cool stuff!

First up is - you guessed it - another band beer! This one is an IPA made to pair with the sounds of Lesser Glow and we're callin' it I am the Island and it's tasty as hell and it's gonna be in cans on Friday (and on tap at some point,* whenever we have a free draft line) and you should drink some! ​

And while we're prattlin' on about the anniversary, we might as well prattle on some more about the anniversary! We talked a bit last week about all the cool food vendors we're gonna have, BUT did you know that we've got even MORE cool stuff lined up? Because we do! On Thursday (the 25th) we're doin' a dog fundraiser - we figured that things might be a bit crowded/loud for peoples' furry friends on a lot of the other days so we're encouraging people to get them pups out here before the chaos and so we're donating $1 per full pour to Great Dog Rescue New England! ​

And then on Friday (the 26th) we're bringin' the heat with Barry's Hot Sauce up in the house slingin' spicy sauces, then on Saturday (the 27th) we've got our friend(s) from Heads Up Screenprinting here to do some live screenprinting and they'll be printin' up some exclusive one-day-only*** designs AND they'll print on stuff that you bring them if you want our logo on something other than their stock blanks (and honestly these designs are pretty rad on flannels and hoodies and stuff, and I think they're just bringing t shirts) and anyway they're here from 1-4 so come early if you want some printing! ​

Aaaand to bring things "back to the present" for a bit, this Thursday we've got another round of Simpsons Trivia for all y'all and the theme is Season Eight! This season is definitely in our wheelhouse (Jared had most of it on VHS in high school, which is probably not a real bragging point?) and also it's pretty much the high point of the show and it's gonna be hella fun and you should come out! 

And then on Friday we're kickin' things down a notch and coolin' out with some Surf Guitar Happy Hour! Yes indeedy, our friend Matt Heaton will be strummin' out some surf jams and helpin' you ease into the weekend and it's gonna be a great time! 

And! Lastly! We've got another trivia comin' up next Wednesday (the 17th) that you might wanna know about and it's based on Bill & Ted! We'll be ridin' along through some excellent adventures and a bogus journey and a... whatever that third one was called... and there's gonna be prizes and friendship and good times and you should come out! ​

But wait, there's more! Somehow. We've got another beer out that's kind of an "unofficial" anniversary beer and we made it more or less as a gift to ourselves and also maybe to pair with the "unofficial" band that's playing on the Thursday of our anniversary weekend (the 25th, for the uninitiated). Anyway, we don't entirely know what's gonna be going on musically that night (our sound guy pretty much asked for carte blanche to play whatever he wanted and we agreed without asking any follow-up questions), but the beer itself is... also a little mysterious, honestly. It's a blend of a funky brown with soursop (which, despite the name, is more mild/sweet than sour) and something that we're *pretty* sure is a wild ale with plums and honey, but also our notes for that particular component are lacking at best. Anyway, it's called Baby Monster and it's damn good and it's on tap right now and we'll be releasing it in bottles on Thursday 8/25 and you should try some! ​

And speaking of our anniversary party, it behooves us forthwith to let y'all know that anniversary swag has started becoming available for preorder! ​

And since we're goin' on about the dang ol' anniversary party anyway, and since it's less than a dang month away we should probably talk about all the other cool shit that we're doing in addition to the bands and/or beers (though we *do* have another six beers that aren't out yet). Anyway, for those of you who are lookin' to get your grub on during the party, we've got a hella stacked lineup of food vendors throughout the weekend! On Thursday (the 25th) we've got Tres Latinas comin' by with arepas and other Venezuelan food, then on Friday (the 26th) we're bringin' back Bonetown Burgers because they were our food vendor on Day Friggin' One and then on Saturday (the 27th) we're packin' in lotsa options in order to make sure nobody goes hungry, with Matilda's Pastelitos and El Pelon Taco Cart in the afternoon and The 'Nada Cart in the PM and then on Sunday (the 28th) we're finishing strong with Lala's Neopolitan-ish pizza! Anyway the point is that if you don't eat well that weekend, it sure as hell ain't our fault. ​

And! Lastly! It's a new month, which means a new coloring contest winner, so here you go! Adequate work, @b.ugh.y!​

​Hello again! We're back at it with a whole mess o' beer (including the return of a couple old favorites) and some hella fun times lined up for the weekend, so check out all this stuff we're doin'! ​

And then on Saturday we're startin' the day off right (and early) with yoga in the beer garden starting at 10:30! Then at night we're tryin' something that's a little new to us and that's comedy in the beer garden! Starting at 8:30, a series of comedians will be takin' the stage and helpin' you get your giggle on, so come check it out! (note: this is a ticketed event, but there will be tickets at the door)

And, lastly, on Sunday we've got our pals from TC Scoops comin' by in their ice cream bus! I don't really need to sell you on the concept of "ice cream in July," so come on out!

​Howdy do kids and squids! You may be well surprised to hear that we've got good beer and fun times and fun beer and good times and new beer and ... new .. times .. and anyway let's get on with the beer and/or times! 

And the first item rockin' the docket is Nameless Wave This here is the latest of our anniversary style band beers and it's made to pair with the sonic stylings of our Powerviolence friends in Sexless Marriage! This is one of the last band beers we'll be releasing except for the other seven that are still In Progress but anyway it's a big ol' double IPA full of an intense blend of hoppy goodness and after that all I can really say is that we *definitely* remember all the ingredients we put in there and more to the point it's delicious and you should have some!