Howdy-do kids and squids! We're gettin' all elbow-deep in the preppin' and the plannin' for our big ol' birthday party, and boy howdy are you all gonna have to hear about it (this week, and also pretty much every week for the next two months) but that's all well and good because this week we've got some real actual details which we kind of didn't last week. But first: beer.
A ridiculous beer with a ridiculous name, no less!
And it's not just any beer! This beer just so happens to be our five hundredth batch and since we like to celebrate silly milestones around here we figured we'd make a (modestly to very) silly beer! This time around we took the recipe for Extra Naked and doubled all the ingredients* and it's called Birthday Suit and it's gonna be in cans on Friday and you should come drink some!
Pictured: the first in several attempts to procure the silliest birthday present for the taproom over the summer.
And speaking of things that relate to birthdays, our birthday party is coming up in just two short** months! And we've got most of the band lineup locked down by now, so we'll get right to gabbin' about tunes!
Blood Built Empire, 2019
We're kickin' things off on Friday (August 27th, which happens to be the actual anniversary date) with two of the heaviest bands in our lineup: Lesser Glow and Blood Built Empire! We toyed with the idea of having a third band on Friday (and we haven't completely ruled it out yet), but we gotta stop the music by 9:30 (per city ordinance or whatever) and it would be kind of ridiculous to have a metal band playing at like five pm on a Friday. But even though we've "only" got two bands booked (which is still twice as many bands as we had at our first anniversary party) we're predicting this night will be pretty intense and we pretty much can't wait!
Weisstronauts, 2019
And moving on to Saturday (August 28th) we're bringin' in a whole buncha bands! The list includes some that are new to us (or at least new to performing at our birthday party), and some old favorites and it's definitely gonna be the widest range of genres over the course of the weekend. We're not totally set on the set order yet, but you'll get to hear some sounds from The Weisstronauts (who are the only band that's played at every one of our birthday parties) and Organ Meats and The Guilloteenagers and Blue Manic and The Electric Heaters and it's gonna be so much fun!
DnA's Evolution, 2019
And then to wrap things up on Sunday (you guessed it - August 29th) we figure that people*** might not be the brightest-eyed or bushiest-tailed so we're mostly bringin' in the soothingest sounds we can in the form of Sunken City and The Weisstronauts (for the second day in a row!) and The Electric Heaters (for the second day in a row!) and also DnA's Evolution for that part of the day where you're all like "hell yeah man, I'm gonna rally!" right before you go home and take a nap for six hours.
And even with so many rad bands in our lineup, we're still gonna do the thing we always do and brew a dang ol' beer for every band! We're jazzed as hell that all these bands signed up to be a part of this weekend that is - frankly - a bit ridiculous, so we figured the best thing we could do is give y'all the proper beverage pairings for all these tunes! But we won't be gettin' into all those details just yet and it's definitely not because we don't yet know what the beers will be.
* Except the water. We didn't really need that much more water.
** As opposed to most of the months last year, which were somehow simultaneously eight years long and eight seconds long.
*** Mostly us, tbh
* Except the water. We didn't really need that much more water.
** As opposed to most of the months last year, which were somehow simultaneously eight years long and eight seconds long.
*** Mostly us, tbh
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