Hi friends! We're plowin' full-steam into that ol' "back to skool" season or whatever, which means we got us a week(end) loaded up with tasty and/or fun times, so let's get on with it!
Firstly, we're gonna start off on a moderate down note and mention that we recently bid a tearful goodbye to the last remaining bit of Critters 3 on tap, which - for the time being - leaves us lacking funky beer on tap. But never you fear! We've still got (very small amounts of) bottles of all three Critters releases, and we're schemin' up some new funky good times to keep that series rollin', so keep them eyes peeled!
Firstly, we're gonna start off on a moderate down note and mention that we recently bid a tearful goodbye to the last remaining bit of Critters 3 on tap, which - for the time being - leaves us lacking funky beer on tap. But never you fear! We've still got (very small amounts of) bottles of all three Critters releases, and we're schemin' up some new funky good times to keep that series rollin', so keep them eyes peeled!
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!
And speaking of things that are tasty and/or made to go together, we got cheese! This Wednesday (which is to say, today), we're pairin' up a buncha cheeses with a buncha our beers! This time around we're featuring some tasty treats from Robinson Farm out in Hardwick, and dang but they're completely tasty as heck!
Movin' right along to our regularly-scheduled Thursday Cask on Thursday, we're tappin' up the house-favorite, soon-to-be-kicked-on-draft D 'n A! And since we were feelin' extra special nice the day we filled that ol' cask, we dumped in a big ol' bag o' El Dorado! We got a hunch that this is gonna be one mighty tasty cask, so come on and get while there's gettin' to be got!
Also on Thursday we got more Simpsons Trivia! Our intrepid host for this particular trivia is above such, uh, trivial matters as "themes" so we'll just go ahead and say that the theme is "Hams, Steamed or Otherwise" and that will be that.
Last up on the ol' agenda is Village Fest. If you ain't familiar, Village Fest is a street festival thrown by the city of Everett every year that features outdoor drinking plus some other bells and whistles like food trucks and bands and probably a giant inflatable slide. It's a fun time, but there's also a lot of complicated nonsense involved because like eight thousand people show up every year, so here's the deets as we know them:
- Starting on Friday circa six PM, our street (Norman Street) will be shut down from the corner of Air Force Road all the way down to Teddie Peanut Butter. We'll still be open and you'll still be able to get here by car (via Tileston St. and Williams St.), but street parking becomes trickier and they may or may not be setting up in our lot on Friday (we're gonna have a stage and - if past years are any indication - a giant inflatable slide).
- The fest runs Saturday from 3:00-9:00. We'll be open beforehand if you wanna get the party goin' early, but we'll be closing at 9:00 for everyone's sanity.
- We'll have a couple outdoor pouring stations, where we'll be bringin' back a couple Old Favorites for a One-Day-Only Party Time Fiesta! There's gonna be Loretta and Smaltster and even a little bit of Chaos Reigns, so swing on by and reminisce with us about the heady times of several months ago!
- Since it's an outdoor fest, we'll be serving in plastic cups all day, which means no flights and no growlers for the duration (Big Stupid Cans are still a go, though). It's kind of a bummer, but nobody needs broken glass in a crowd this big.
- Lastly, we at least gotta mention the headlining bands. Village Fest has had a great track record of finding bands from the golden years back when MTV played music videos. There have been some ups and some downs and also a peculiar "concert" that was mostly the dude from Sugar Ray getting the name of the city wrong* and angrily ranting about cruise ships.** Anyway, this year they decided to span the spectrum with two headliners: The Wailers, and Fastball! We don't really know any of the other details, but it's sure to be entertaining in one way or another.
* "Hello Cambridge! Has any of you been to The Middle East Night Club?"
** Yes, really. No, I don't know why.
** Yes, really. No, I don't know why.
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