Success!

Wow.

Holy shit.

​That just happened.

Admittedly, the banner would have been a lot funnier had our landlord not done a spectacular job tidying up our half of the parking lot (it's waaaay less shady now!), but we couldn't resist this reference after all we've been through!

Special thanks to the friends 'n family that came out and helped drink two styles off the menu before we even opened!

These people were all here on purpose! 

We opened! And it went even better than we dared hope! The taproom was bustlin', the beer flowed like wine, and everybody had a good time!* It's still kind of unbelievable to us - we've spent so long just lurking by ourselves in the fermentation cellars that we almost didn't know what to think when we saw people lining up to drink our beer! But it's basically the best feeling ever - we've been smiling for so long that we're starting to get sore (and incidentally, if you're constantly wearing a wide-eyed shit-eating grin, you usually get a seat all by yourself on the bus no matter how crowded it is). 

And, of course, we have a jillion people to thank for this unrivaled success. First and foremost are the latest additions to the Bone Up Crew - Ben and Nic - who started out their tenure here with a heapin' helpin' of Trial By Fire, and they handled it like friggin' champs! And let's not forget our slightly-less-official crew members: Catyie and John and Steph, who were instrumental in ensuring that things ran like clockwork (or as close as we get to "clockwork" around here). 

And that's not all! The fine folks over at Bit Bar were generous enough to loan us some games to make the wait bearable (sorry kids - those ain't permanent), and as the icing on the cake Bonetown Burgers had some delicious eats for y'all! ​

It pays to have neighbors who hoard old-school games.

It's the beginning of a bone-tiful friendship (sorry Jared).

It was one hell of a day, is what we're getting at, and we very much appreciate the efforts of everybody who made it such a success. 

So if you made it out to try some tasty beers - thank you for coming out! We were/are overwhelmed and overjoyed with the sheer number of people that wanted to come out to our weird little brewery and drink our beers! We've put a lot of ourselves into this place** over the past weeks/months/years, and we are just pleased as pie that y'all like coming here and drinking our beers!

That's it. We're starting a table art Wall O' Fame.

Flights are meant to be shared! Photo credit @jilldanielle.

But enough about opening day. That joyous occasion is in the past, and we must look forward, not backward. As some of you may have heard/noticed/experienced, we made a last-minute, largely-unannounced decision to be open on Sunday (and we had tasty fresh-baked pretzels). So I guess we're open on Sundays now!*** With baked goods! Cool! 

We're peddlin' soft pretzels from Fat Boyfriend Bakery in Malden! They're delivered to the taproom fresh from the oven, and even come with Extra Naked beer cheese! Hell yes.

And speaking of us being open for more hours, we're looking to expand our front-of-house team. So if you or anybody you know is looking to work for the coolest brewery around, then I don't know what to tell you because they probably aren't hiring. But if you/they wanna work for us dorks, check out our new Jobs page and/or drop us a line!

And! There's more! We've got a new beer that's gonna be released this weekend! It's an IPA whose Secret Details will be revealed as soon as we remember to update the damn beers page, so keep your eyes peeled. ​

For this beer I feel like we should have some sort of story about harmony and balance and the fundamental interconnectedness between spirituality and electrical engineering, but the name is actually just an acronym for the ingredients we used.

* As far as we could tell, anyway. 
** Metaphorically, of course. Though there were a few construction projects that got an accidental blood sacrifice. 
***If you do come on Sundays, keep in mind that we are brewing in the back. It gets a little toasty.