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 first as always on our list o' tasty times, we're tappin' up a fresh cask this Thursday and this time around we're revvin' up the ol' beer engine with newfound old-favorite Out of Bounds! And since that sucker's burstin' with a buncha fruity, citrussy goodness, we figured we'd just lean into it and toss in a whole heckin' buncha punchy pineappley Galena hops!
Also! If you're lookin' for a way to exercise the ol' Thinkin' Muscles whilst you drink some tasty cask goodness, we've got just the thing - Audio Triviality! This month's theme is "colors," which I gotta say is a beguilingly synesthetic choice for audio trivia, but we'll have to wait until Thursday to see how that all pans out!
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!
And since we're already talkin' about the times that are tasty and/or fun and/or filled with beer (which just so happens to be fun AND tasty), let's talk birthday party!* Since we gave you the "high level" overview last week, we figure it's time to get to the "brass tacks" and take a "deep dive" into some dang ol' details and this week we're gonna talk beer! See, we're makin' a special beer for each band (a couple of which are beers we liked so much last year that we had to brew them again), plus we're diggin' through the ol' Keg Cellar to find some Old Favorites and whoo-ee do we have a draft list for you! And since we can't really release all these beers on The Big Day (because we'd have a very empty draft list leading up to that day), we'll be releasin' these beverages over the course of the month! Anyway. Beers:
- Sunken Wit Witbier - we liked Sunken City's beer so much last year that we had to bring it back! As true-to-style as we get around here, this beer's nice 'n' light 'n' bright and just ever so easy to drink.
- D 'n' A Pale Ale - brewed for the return of DnA's Evolution, this is somehow an entirely different pale ale than the one we brewed them last year, which was the not-at-all-similarly named DNA. This time around we went for a lighter body and a big ol' punch of fruity hops (specifically el Dorado and Azacca, get it?) and it's just a dang ol' guzzler I tells ya what.
- Hoopin' Farmhouse Ale - since The Weisstronauts are the only band that's been with us since Year One, we gotta brew them a new beer every time. That's just manners! And this year we stepped it up a bit, with a sneaky-smooth farmhouse that'll get you into that relaxation zone right dang quick!
- Benthic Realm Super IPA - you might think we'd go dark and heavy for a doom metal band like Benthic Realm, but we took a page outta the ol' Food Pairing Playbook and went for contrast! This bright 'n' fruity double IPA may seem like the polar opposite of their vibe, but we have it on good authority that it pairs perfectly with everyone's favorite Doom Metal Pastime - nodding your head vaguely in time with the music and maybe swaying a bit!
- Organ Meats Smoked Wheat - our friends from Organ Meats are pretty into that whole stoner metal/desert rock vibe, and that's pretty much entirely up our alley so we grabbed up a buncha wheat and cherrywood smoked malt from our friends at Valley Malt and did up a nice easygoing lil' smokebomb!
- Blood Built Dry Stout - yet another beer that we couldn't resist brewing again, this dry 'n' smooth little stout is the perfect pairing for the sonic fury that is Blood Built Empire!
- Shadows Fruited Ale - To pair with the sound styles of Shadows Bleed Red we figured we'd start with a base beer that's solidly malt-forward and then balance the everlovin' heck outta that malty sweetness with a buncha tart Italian plums! It's a little sweet and a little full-bodie, but it finishes dry as heck with just a hint of tartness and oh man it's like a dang ol' cobbler it's so good.
And on top of alla that goodness, we've got an extra special bonus round for y'all:
- Doomrider Barrel-aged Farmhouse - remember Doomrider? Our barrel-aged farmhouse that's got a little tartness and a little more vanilla and a whole heap of delicious? Well we have one last keg of it and that keg is goin' on tap at our birthday party!
- Fancy Pants Barrel-aged Farmhouse with Raspberries and Hibiscus and Cocoa Nibs - yet another barrel-aged blast from the (somewhat recent) past, Fancy Pants is the hibiscus-infused, barrel-aged counterpart to Lazy Pants (which was a farmhouse with raspberries and cocoa nibs), and we've only got one log left so we're gonna tap it up the morning of our party and probably drink some for dessert! And since it's our party, we're gonna have dessert first and also probably last!
Oh! And July is pretty much over, which means we gotta announce new coloring contest winners!
Our first place winner, @starlaearlfish! Check out the slideshow below for the runners up. Adequate work, everybody!
* We're well aware that you'll all be hella sick of hearing about this dang party by the time it happens, but we're excited to do cool things for you so we're just gonna prattle on 'til our dang voices give out.
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