Hello again! We're back in action with a jam-packed schedule fulla beer and tasty treats and fun times and beer galore, so read on and read up and check out all the cool stuff we've got in store for you!
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But before we get into all the good beer and good times, we gotta give a shoutout to all the good beer and good times we had this past weekend at Decibel Fest in Denver! We completely had a blast and saw a bunch of awesome music (including Of Feather and Bone, who you might know from our beer Embrace of Death, and who completely crush it live) and we got to make a buncha new friends and/or see some preexisting friends because we apparently do this kind of thing enough that we know people now and anyway we can't thank Decibel Magazine enough for inviting us and we'll sure as hell be at the next one (which is in Philly in April, by the way) and we hope some of y'all will join us!
Favorite sticker acquired: "Shows Before Hoes"
Anyway first up on the up-and-coming is our trusty weekly(ish) cask! But wait! This is no ordinary cask - it's a cask of a brand-spankin' new beer named Empress in Decline and we dry hopped the bejesus out of it with a blast-from-the-past hop called Multihead (you may remember it from the creatively-named single-hop IPA we made a little ways back, which was also called Multihead) and if memory serves it's a neomexicanus hop variety that's fulla fruitiness and also a buncha that old-school dankness and anyway the cask is gettin' tapped on Thursday and we don't expect it to be around long, so come get while there's gettin' to be got!
Don't sleep on this one!
And while we're on about cool new beers that we've got for you, we might as well talk about - you guessed it - Ghost Dragon! This beer is, depending on how you want to think about it, not technically "new" on account of how we brewed it once like four years ago, but also we've tweaked and modified and changed enough things that it's pretty much just the same in name only.* Anyway, this IPA features a heapin' helpin' of Grüngeist (which is German for "green ghost," or at least that's what our hop salesperson told us) and also a whole heckin' mess of Styrian Dragon and it's on draft and in cans right now and also it's completely tasty as heck and you should drink some!
Brewed with real ghosts and dragons!
And speaking of beers that are available right now, we've also got Empress In Decline! This here's a pale ale that we brewed in collaboration with the band Indian Handcrafts and we're pretty much over the moon about that because they're our favorite band and also it's just a really tasty beer? Anyway it's available in cans right now (and on cask on Thursday, as we discussed) and it's delicious as hell and you should try it!
The best band you've never heard of
And while we're on about band collabs, we've got another band collab comin' out this week! Yes indeedy, our new friends in Wilderun are celebrating the tenth dang year of the release of their first album (Olden Tales and Deathly Trails) and they wanted to do a whole to do about it! More to the point, we brewed up a tasty-ass Belgian Golden Strong for the occasion (named, of course, Deathly Trails Golden Ale) and they're comin' by for some Band Hangouts on Sunday (along with Bellower and Perennial Quest) and AND they (Wilderun) are gonna be playing a stripped-down acoustic set of some songs from the album because they're rad like that and anyway it's gonna be a fun day and you should come hang out with us!
Folk metal played folk style, crammed into the taproom on a chilly afternoon. What's not to love
And gettin' back to the things that are a bit sooner on the ol' agenda, this Thursday we've got more Simpsons Trivia! The theme for the month is Season Eleven and we do suggest that you study up real good because we've got an extra special prize that is actually a real thing and not some weird knockoff nonsense, so come on out and bring your A-game!
And then on Saturday we've got an action-packed day that starts off with Emo Yoga! Crystal's gonna be settin' up in the taproom and doin' some all-levels yoga to the sounds of bands like Brand New, Fall Out Boy and Paramore!
And then on Saturday afternoon we're hosting a winter art market! We'll have arts and/or crafts from Keep On Puppin’, Ivonne Blanco, and Chelsea Bloxsom plus some beer CANdles from Beers Over Boston and we've got Biscuitdrop in the house with tasty eats and it's gonna be a good time and you should come out!
And then lookin' a little further into the future, next Tuesday we've got a Wire Tree Art Class that looks pretty much fun as hell and then sushi classes resume next Wednesday (we're not having one this Sunday on account of the band hangs/beer release/show we're having with our cool music friends) and then next Thursday Audio Triviality is back with Satan Claws comin' to town!
And then on Saturday we've got an action-packed day that starts off with Emo Yoga! Crystal's gonna be settin' up in the taproom and doin' some all-levels yoga to the sounds of bands like Brand New, Fall Out Boy and Paramore!
And then on Saturday afternoon we're hosting a winter art market! We'll have arts and/or crafts from Keep On Puppin’, Ivonne Blanco, and Chelsea Bloxsom plus some beer CANdles from Beers Over Boston and we've got Biscuitdrop in the house with tasty eats and it's gonna be a good time and you should come out!
And then lookin' a little further into the future, next Tuesday we've got a Wire Tree Art Class that looks pretty much fun as hell and then sushi classes resume next Wednesday (we're not having one this Sunday on account of the band hangs/beer release/show we're having with our cool music friends) and then next Thursday Audio Triviality is back with Satan Claws comin' to town!
Last events before we all hunker down for the holidaze. Come hang!
And if you're even more of a forward-looking individual, it behooves us to mention Horatio Day! In honor of our logo/mascot's birthday (which is officially January 7th) we tap up a whole buncha cool and/or rare barrel-aged beers that we've got kickin' around in the old Barrel Hold** and it's a fun weekend (despite the name, it is not a one-day event) full of fun times and barrelly goodness and we'll be releasing a bunch more details soon, but in the meantime get your calendars marked because it's gonna be a blast!
P.S. Tickets are live for our private tasting (we've got some vintage goodies not on the regular HD2023 menu) and our first ever beer and vinyl pairing! Spots are limited, as always:
Private Tasting w/Liz and Jared (Sat. 1/7): Tickets
Beer and Vinyl Pairing w/Light of Day Records (Sun. 1/8): Tickets
Private Tasting w/Liz and Jared (Sat. 1/7): Tickets
Beer and Vinyl Pairing w/Light of Day Records (Sun. 1/8): Tickets
* If you want to get all pedantic about it, we are using the same two hops (and only those two hops) in this one, just like the other one. But we're using them in different amounts, and in different ways, which really doesn't count.
** The back corner of the cold room. We pile other kegs in front of the Horatio Day stuff so we don't drink it all on impulse.
** The back corner of the cold room. We pile other kegs in front of the Horatio Day stuff so we don't drink it all on impulse.
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