In Which We Get Candy-Drunk

Hi Kids! We sure do hope you had fun gettin' your pups all dolled up and trottin' them around our "beer garden" for the day (and/or we hope you had fun observing our dog party from the safety of the patio, if that's more your jam), because we sure as heck had a blast, which means we're gonna have to put on the ol' "thinkin' caps" and get goin' on more canine carnivals! Anyway, we must look forward, not backward, so let's cut that ol' shuck and jive and get on with future good times!

But not before you look at some Very Good Dogs in costumes.

Not pictured: AsparaGUS

First and/or foremost, we're gettin' into the Spooktacular Spirit this week with Beer and Candy Pairings all dang day on Wednesday and Thursday! In short, a number of our Seasoned Experts* sat around for several hours eating candy and drinking beer** and developing the perfect pairings for all the beers on our menu and when you order beers on Weds/Thurs (including, but not limited to, flights), you get candy! More specifically, you get the candy that pairs with your beer(s), which means we'll get to turn a lot of people on to the magic that is Key Lime paired with peppermint patties (no, seriously, it's like a weird mojito).

We're pretty sure Ben blurted the pairing out to mess with Darcy, but dammit when it works, it works.

Also on Wednesday we're doin' another retro video game night with Wicked Retro Games, which means you get to eat candy and play video games until your teeth rot and your brains leak out your ears and oh man your ten-year-old self would be so proud of you.

And while we're on about sweets, on Thursday we're revvin' up the ol' beer engine and this time 'round we figured we'd do something Seasonally Appropriate*** and tap a cask fortified with cocoa nibs and this time we're gettin' Real**** with Rufus! Thassright, we took a buncha single-origin cocoa nibs and jammed 'em all up in that Rufus cask and now you can have some!

Come. Sit. Stay.

Speakin' of all the spooktacular stuff we're doin' on Thursday: we're gonna have Boogels! Yessir, the fine folks at Goldilox Bagels are gettin' spooktacular and settin' up shop here on Thursday! And what, praytell, is so spooky about these bagels, you ask? Well, we put the word "boo" right there in the title.

Pretty spooky stuff.

But back to sweets for a minute ('tis the season), our pals at T.C. Scoops wanted to beer and ice cream flights, so we're doin' beer and ice cream flights on Friday!

Then on Saturday we're back to savory with Eat More, Mexican! comin' through and slingin' burritos all afternoon!

They're so good you guys

Oh! And we gotta announce this month's coloring contest winners! Adequate jorb, everyone!

Our first place winner, Rachel!

Our runners up!

* People who wanted free candy.
** It sounds like a lot of fun to do this, then you do it and you realize that you already feel hella gross and it's not even halfway done yet.
*** Surprising nobody, this is actually a complete coincidence. 
**** Real ALE, that is. I'll see myself out. ​