It's Krampus Season!

Well hello there! Now that we've weathered the storm of turkey (and/or politely nodding through conversations about the importance of "essential oils," whatever those are) and we've weathered the storm of "not all that much snow but people got all bent out of shape about it anyway" we're gearin' up to "get down to business" and we daresay business is tasty!

And first up on that ol' tasty train is cheese! Thassright, we're doin' up another night of cheese flights on Wednesday (er, today) featuring the funky fromage from Vermont Creamery! And never you fret, if you so happen to miss out on these flights, we'll have the very same cheeses available by the wedge* for the rest of the month!

And speaking of things that are back again, we happened to have a smattering of leftovers from Pulpo Day and we've been patiently waiting this whole time for a draft line to open up so we could tap 'em and that time is right now! We'll be tappin' up one Vintage Pulpo after the other for the next week or two (currently on tap: El Pulpo 2017) so if you happened to miss one on the big day, swing on through!

Speaking of big things and/or days, some of you might remember Krampus (our Biere de Noel, not the creature that assaults children in the name of Christmas Cheer) from last year and it's fine if you don't because it's back on tap! Right now! And it gets even better because we've also got Krampus that we aged in a peach brandy barrel for six months or so and that's available in bottles on Friday (and on tap eventually)! So if you're all-in on this "holiday" nonsense or if you're maybe not totally sold on Santa, you should come on out and get festive with us!

Movin' right on along, this week's trusty Thursday cask is the triumphant(?) return of an old favorite: Shut Up Kelly! It's delicious and that's pretty much all you need to know!

Also on Thursday we've got the return of our monthly metal trivia: Audio Triviality! Our dashing host is pretty big on seasonal themes, but not always big on telling us in advance what the themes are going to be, but given the amount of merriment (drinking) and family time (which necessitates drinking) that happens this time of year, we're gonna go ahead and assume that the theme is "shame." Anyway it'll be fun and you should come hang out!

Movin' along into the weekend, this week we're startin' our Holiday Market Series on Friday! Long story short, we're tryin' to draw some attention to all the cool local vendors that we work with and so every week we're focusing our attention on a new Merch Friend (and maybe shamelessly self promoting a bit) and this week it just so happens that we've also got NEW MERCH! We've wanted cool dog merch for a while but we kinda got burned by our vendor-to-be last year (long story, or at least it's a boring one), but this year Beast Coast stepped up to the plate and we've got these sweet bandanas! Check 'em out!

And to go with all this sweet swag (and to take the edge off your holiday gift buying, should you be the "shops in bars" type), we've got a full lineup of fun and/or tasty times this weekend! 
-on Friday we're releasing Barrel Aged Krampus (we mentioned this, but it bears repeating because that beer is hell of tasty)
-also on Friday we've got Boston HotChix in the house with some spicy chicken goodness
-then on Saturday we've got The Bacon Truck comin' by with, um, bacon
-then on Sunday we're bringin' in the folks from Beast Coast Design (the very same folks who made our sweet dog bandanas) and they're settin' up shop with a buncha swag!

Oh! And! It's a new month which means new coloring contest winners! Adequate job, everyone!

Our winner, @kltapp

* Given how soft some of their cheeses are, we're using the term "wedge" very loosely here