In Which We Get Spicy

​Howdy, kids! We're back in action and we got lotsa cool stuff goin' on, so here goes!

First up, on Thursday, is Audio Triviality! This month's theme is, of course, of the spooktacular variety, which means we're downright stoked for it!

And what, praytell, is perfect beer to pair with such spooky noise? Why, none other than Shut Up Kelly! on cask - back from the dead or something.*

And if your tastes lean a little on the lighter side, we're releasin' Orange Red Dead this Wednesday! We brewed it up to bring to this cool-ass metal and beer fest that we're going to in a couple weeks, and we're just psyched as heck about it. Even better, this beer was made in collaboration with one of our favorite bands - Black Tusk! So in the event that you find yourself in Pittsburgh at a metal fest and you need the perfect beer to pair with their set, we gotcha covered!

Speaking of special beers for special events, we've got another beer coming out this weekend and it's for an event that's way closer to home! The beer in question is a chili-infused lightly-spicy milk stout called The Showdown and oh man it's so tasty!

And what of the event in question? Why it's the Chili Showdown that we're hosting to showcase the bitter (and definitely not in any way made up) rivalry between the chefs at Brato and Bonetown Burgers! Things start heatin' up at noon on Saturday and they run until six or until the chili's gone and it's free to enter and $20 gets you a chili flight and a beer and a vote towards who will reign as Chili Supreme until the next beef battle!

And just to make your decision a bit harder on Saturday, we'll also be pourin' over at the Mass Fermentational in Worcester! There's a pretty stellar lineup of attendees and The Guild puts on a helluva fest, so there's really no reason why you should miss out (unless, as we mentioned, the reasons are chili-related; in which case we understand).

Gazing a bit further into the turbid temporal sea that is the future, we'll be open on Columbus Day (Monday 10/8) until six PM!

And bringing things back to beers made for cool events with cool people, we're doin' a beer dinner with Catalyst on Monday 10/15 and that dinner is the whole reason we made Nerd Farm (on tap now!) and that beer is tasty as heck and I reckon it's gonna be even tastier at that beer dinner so you should come and find out with us! It's gonna be a delicious adventure, Itellyawhat.

And since we're ramblin' about the future, it ain't a bad idea for us to also mention that on Sunday 10/14 (also known as the day before that beer dinner I just talked about) we're gonna be having pumpkin carving in the taproom! The spooktacular times are here at last!

And of course we'd be remiss if we started a whole new month without mentioning the September coloring contest winners! Congrats to Amanda S., our first place winner, and our lovely runners up!

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* Because it's been gone for a while? I guess? Cut me some slack, I ain't had time to get into my Spooktacular Groove yet.