Hello again! Welcome back! How are you? We're great, thanks for asking! We've got a whole bunch more cool stuff comin' you're way, so we're gonna get on with it!
And first up on that ol' choppin' block, after a weeklong hiatus (which we'll be repeating next week, by the way), is the triumphant return of cask! This week we're tappin' up a pin of that tasty lil' newcomer to the taproom Trial Run and since we like to "shake things up" a bit when it comes to cask, we dry hopped it with tried-and-true Belma and it's gettin' tapped on Thursday and it's gonna be tasty and you should come drink some!
And first up on that ol' choppin' block, after a weeklong hiatus (which we'll be repeating next week, by the way), is the triumphant return of cask! This week we're tappin' up a pin of that tasty lil' newcomer to the taproom Trial Run and since we like to "shake things up" a bit when it comes to cask, we dry hopped it with tried-and-true Belma and it's gettin' tapped on Thursday and it's gonna be tasty and you should come drink some!
Just imagine it in a 20oz mug
And speakin' of tried-and-true favorites, we've got some tried-and-true favorites returning to the taproom this weekend! For starters, we've got Honey 'n Hops and if you're unfamiliar with this beer it's a big ol' IPA brewed with a buncha our fruitiest hops and also a pretty irresponsible quantity of honey and it's gonna be in cans (available Saturday) and also on draft (available Monday) and it's tasty as hell!
A recipe that dates back to the era of using our shopping list as the beer name
And speaking of things that are tasty as hell and/or things that will be available in cans starting on Saturday we're bringin' back Ginger Spectacular! This sucker's a strong farmhouse brewed with a whole mess of fresh ginger root (and also some honey, now that you mention it) and it's pretty much got spice for days and anyway you should come drink some!
See above caption
But if you're not really in the mood for any old new beers, and you want some new new beers, then you're in luck! See, we're headed Out West for the winter version of the Decibel Beer and Heavy Metal fest in a month or so, and we just so happened to have the good fortune to get paired up with a rad death metal band (namely Of Feather and Bone) to do a collab beer for the fest, and we're givin' y'all a "sneak preview" in the taproom (on account of how we don't expect very many of you to go all the way out to Denver for a fest) and it's gonna be available in cans on - you guessed it - Saturday and it's a tasty lil' grisette* packed full of pineapple and lime and it's tasty as heck and you should come grab some!
Anyway that's probably all the new/old beers we have for you this week (to say nothing of the New/Old Beer Extravaganza that's happening next weekend, but I'm getting ahead of myself) so let's get on to the fun times!
Kickin' things off on Thursday is November's installment of Audio Triviality and it turns out that when you run music trivia for multiple years you need to get a little creative with the themes, so this month's theme is Kings & Queens! But it's maybe not so esoteric as you expect - think Queens of the Stone Age, King Diamond, probably Prince, and probably some somewhat less-obvious stuff (I dunno if there's gonna be anything from the King of Pop, put that's the gist of it) and anyway it's gonna be a buncha fun and we're restocked on fun prizes** and you should come hang with us!
We bet you'll be great at trivia after a few mUg PoUrS
And then on Friday we're bringin' in our friends from Light of Day Records for a vinyl listening party! They'll be spinnin' their new release, Rah Zen’s “Upon the Apex” (which just so happens to be on 180-gram translucent blue vinyl if you're a sucker for pretty records like we are) and they'll be sellin' copies and they'll probably bring a buncha other records for you to peruse and it's gonna be a buncha fun and also if you get snackish (and if a cool vinyl party wasn't enough to entice you) we'll have HotChix in the house for the evening and anyway you should come out!
Um also can we talk about how it's gonna be in the 70s? In November? BEER GARDEN FOREVER
And speaking of cool music-related shenanigans, we're hosting a music marketplace on Saturday! But this is no ordinary music marketplace, because it's targeted toward all y'all who make music (and/or people who want to play around with musicmaking stuff)! We've got SJC Drums here with a demo of some of their custom drums and Source Audio will be here with a buncha pedals and for those of you who want to get more into the Music Listening Experience we've got Light of Day Records in the house (again) for a "vinyl summit" which is mostly collector tips, care advice, and a general Q&A and also they'll have a vinyl popup shop if you wanna grab some vinyl and we're gonna have El Colombiano Coffee in the house slingin' some hot java and Decimation Deli will be in the house makin' sandwiches all afternoon and the point is that it's gonna be a hoot and you should check it out!
Let's get loud!
And then on Sunday we've got our regularly-scheduled sushi class taught by the delightful Chef Harold but you've heard me talk about that a couple times so we don't need to go into too much detail on that except to say that it's completely rad and the sushi is great.
And while we're on about next week, we've got another Simpsons Trivia Night next Thursday and we're pickin' things up at Season 10! We'll have a few beers and a few laughs and maybe some laughably ridiculous prizes and it's gonna be a good time!
And then starting next Friday and ending Sunday it's Pulpo Day! We're releasing our beloved chocolate orange imperial stout (El Pulpo) and we wanted to "do it up proper" so we're throwin' a shindig! We're gonna be tapping this year's variants of El Pulpo (regular and barrel-aged) and also a buncha cellared/vintage El Pulpo (both barreled and otherwise) and if you want a more "in depth" experience then Liz and Jared are hosting private tastings of El Pulpo (plus maybe a couple other goodies) and anyway that's a bit of a ways into the future but we're stoked as heck and we hope you'll join us!
And while we're on about next week, we've got another Simpsons Trivia Night next Thursday and we're pickin' things up at Season 10! We'll have a few beers and a few laughs and maybe some laughably ridiculous prizes and it's gonna be a good time!
And then starting next Friday and ending Sunday it's Pulpo Day! We're releasing our beloved chocolate orange imperial stout (El Pulpo) and we wanted to "do it up proper" so we're throwin' a shindig! We're gonna be tapping this year's variants of El Pulpo (regular and barrel-aged) and also a buncha cellared/vintage El Pulpo (both barreled and otherwise) and if you want a more "in depth" experience then Liz and Jared are hosting private tastings of El Pulpo (plus maybe a couple other goodies) and anyway that's a bit of a ways into the future but we're stoked as heck and we hope you'll join us!
PULPO! Poopo! Poblano! Pebble! Pwelpo!
Oh! Also! If you're more of a "local history" sorta person, we're gonna be at The Hartshorne House next Saturday doin' a beer and cheese thing, so come on out if you wanna get historical with us! Grab a ticket here: CHEESE PARTY
FYI, ticket sales close this Saturday!
* This might actually be the first time we've had a metal band request a fruit beer, which is pretty rad. Bonus fun fact: the working title for this beer, which was taken from one of their songs, was "Baptized in Boiling Phlegm" but it turns out there are... difficulties in using a name like that for a beer.
** We're trying something a little new with prizes at the moment, so the current stock is less "crap that Jared bought off the internet" and more "crap that Jared bought at Dollar Tree when he realized we were almost out of prizes." It makes more of a difference than you'd think.
** We're trying something a little new with prizes at the moment, so the current stock is less "crap that Jared bought off the internet" and more "crap that Jared bought at Dollar Tree when he realized we were almost out of prizes." It makes more of a difference than you'd think.
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