More Beer For Your Mouth!

​Well hell and hot dang! It's been another whirlwind week as we keep on brewin' up beer and haulin' it around town for you thirsty folks (with occasional pauses to drink some of said beer). Starting this Friday, we're going to have all four of our inaugural ales out in the wild for you to enjoy, both on draft and in growlers! 

Speaking of growlers, we'd like to thank Kappy's (and our friend Rich in particular) for hosting us for a tasting/growler pop-up this past Saturday; I daresay the event was a rousing success! And just as importantly, we'd like to thank everybody who came out to drink and purchase our beer! Having never done one of these events before, we had a bit of a suspicion that the bulk of the people attending the tasting would be confused and/or hungover passers-by who'd never heard of us, but we were wrong! We met a bunch of very nice people who came out just to see lil' ol' us! And dang but that is just the best feeling - we've spent so much of the last few* months with our collective noses to the grindstone that it's just so great to get out there behind the counter, share our beer with you, and watch them faces of yours crack into smiles! 

Cold beers, warmed hearts

Now, while we did sell out of our stash at Kappy's (for now), you can still get your growl on at a select few stores in the Boston area. Look for us in the coolers at City Liquors in East Cambridge and Giles Fine Wine (they have locations in Arlington, Medford, and Woburn), and if you're lookin' for some fresh-filled vessels to celebrate America Day with this weekend, and you're in Boston proper, get your bad selves on over to Social Wines in Southie on Friday, and grab up the growlers we'll be dropping off!

Fun fact: if you return your empty growler back to the store you bought it from (Ben at City Liquors is hammin' it up here), they'll give you the deposit back and return the growler to us, which is mighty nice! Or just hang onto that sucker and bring it to the brewery for refills once we're open!

And, since it's been a while, we should get to the Question That's On Everybody's** Mind: when the hell are we gonna open the taproom? And I hope you're looking for a vague answer, because that's the best we can do! When we last talked about this, the dirt hole/pile in our lot had been transformed into a glorious concrete loading dock, and things were lookin' up for gettin' the outside of the building up to code!*** This was a confusing but welcome change of pace for us. But then, as we've grown accustomed to, progress just sort of stopped once things were a little more than halfway done (this happens frequently enough that we now just refer to it as "catching contractor-itis"). To say the least, it's been a bit of a thorn in our collective side,**** so we are making a conscious effort to focus on the positive (making beer! You know, that thing we started this company for?).

But! Things are moving again! We've got railings going in on the dock and the handicap ramp, which means that (once they're done) we'll try to start reopening the "when can we open" conversation with the city! 

Pictured: safety! (looks good though, right?!)

* Does "fifteen" still count as a few?
** Well, everybody that pays attention to the progress at our brewery (both of you). 
*** For the record, we're waiting on the go-ahead from the building department, who has some sort of obsession with people being able to get in and out of our building safely. And while we do agree with that viewpoint, we wish it had been explained to us before we got all these pamphlets stressing the importance of regular tetanus shots. 
**** You could call it "frustrating" in the same way you could call the moon "sorta far away."