Hello! My name is Bob, and I am in Toronto right now! I am homesick for my favorite saison-forward brewery, and so I am writing this week’s Amory’s Tomb Newsletter! Let’s jump right in:
FEATURED EVENTS
Mass Beer Week Returns Saturday, March 7th to Saturday March 14!
Each year, the Massachusetts Brewers Guild celebrates Mass Beer Week in early March. In last week’s newsletter we covered the first half of the week, including the Kickoff on March 7th and the Brewer’s Brunch on March 8th, as well as Allen’s Obnoxious Acid Rock Industry Night on Tuesday March 10th. If you want to learn a bit more about those events, sift through your inbox (or spam??) to find last week’s newsletter.
Here’s what’s happening for the balance of Mass Beer Week
Wednesday March 11th: Homebrew Demonstration in the Beer Garden
If you are like me, you’ve probably whined to Allen more than once about how we still don’t have any Saison I: The Classic on tap. Allen’s response when I last gave him grief? “Fine, you want Saison I, you make it yourself!”
And he wasn’t kidding! Those brown paper bags of grains stacked up with the other merch down the back hallway of the Taproom are homebrew kits with the ingredients you need to make your own Saison I.
So on Wednesday March 11th, as part of Mass Beer Week, Rick will be demonstrating how to make your own in the Beer Garden! It’s like a magician telling you how they do their tricks!
LATE ENTRY Thursday, March 14th: Bergo & Tube Nacht!?
Editors here — we just confirmed a last minute B-E-R-G-O and Tube night with our good friends Underberg America. We’ll have food and drink pairings, prizes and games featuring our favorite bitter in a bottle, Underberg.
Friday March 13th: Screams & Suds presents a Snow Beast Horror Movie Viewing in the Taproom!
It’s Friday the 13th of Mass Beer Week. Of course Amory’s Tomb is going to be screening a (public domain) horror movie!
AT’s friends from Screams & Suds will be onsite showing Snowbeast from 1977. Here’s the summary from IMDB:
“In this made for TV film, an enormous and angry bigfoot creature begins to terrorize a Colorado Ski Resort during a winter carnival, by eating several skiers.”
I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing this one, but since it was originally made for TV, I wouldn’t think it’d be too gory. On the other hand, the whole “eating several skiers” thing also tells me this isn’t exactly a fun-for-the-whole-family experience. (Editor’s note - Sensitive viewers may this film a bit gory, but it is quite tame by horror movie standards)
March 14: 80’s Après Ski Party in the Beer Garden
Amory’s Tomb’s big blow out to close out Mass Beer Week will be an 80’s Themed Après Ski Party in the Beer Garden. (Yes, you can get your beers inside, too.)
Come dressed in your best 80’s style ski attire! I’ve seen photos of what Allen, Rick and Justin will be wearing and all I can say is wow. Just…wow.
You don’t need that kind of clothing to attend. Me? I am highly confident I actually remember more of the 1980’s than Allen, Rick or Justin, but I don’t have anything that looks like their après ski gear. I have literally 1 sweatshirt from the 80’s that still more-or-less fits me, so that is what I will wear!
Better yet, there will be a handful of eighties inspired dance sets from some of the beer garden’s favorites, and DJ Paul Michael Jeffries will be perform selected works (1980s - present) by outsider songwriter Chad Specter, among others.
Who’s Chad Specter? I have no earthly idea! But what would you expect from an 80’s themed party at Amory’s Tomb - a selection of Prince and Madonna tunes? (For the record, I think a selection of Prince and Madonna tunes would be amazing!)
DRAUGHT UPDATE
People Love That Oat IPA!
The Amory’s Tomb IPA draught drought ended a few weeks ago with the introduction of Rolling Through Outer Space. RTOS is a 6.7% Oat IPA described by AT as follows:
“[An] oat forward IPA brewed with Blue Ox Malthouse floormalted pale and oat malts, and Aurora Mills & Farm flaked oats alongside Anchovy, Strata®, and Mosaic Cryo® hops. Sweet notes of tropical fruit, berries, and watermelon backed by dank citrus and resinous pine.”
My first thought when I read this was, “Oat forward? Does that mean it’s going to come with a few Cheerios floating in it? You know, like how at some places they drop a few real blueberries in a blueberry ale draft?”
Thankfully, the answer to my idiotic question is no. Rolling Through Outer Space doesn’t really taste like oats. It just tastes like a really good citrusy, piney IPA. And at the risk of angering Allen, I might even say it’s a little bit hazy. It’s certainly more cloudy than, say, the Italian-style pilsner!
Whatever the oats are doing to this beer, I’ve had Rolling Through Outer Space a few times now, and have really enjoyed it each time. If you like IPAs, you won’t be disappointed. Furthermore, if you have a friend who likes craft beer but might recoil at some of the more exotic options on the AT Taproom menu, you can bring them along on your next visit and be confident they will enjoy RTOS!
Rolling Through Outer Space is available on draught in the Taproom, and is also available to-go in cans. Hope Allen and Rick brewed enough of this one to have it available for a long time!
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Here’s what’s coming soon for Amory’s Tomb
March 4 Wheat & Water Crafted Doughz
March 7 Mass Beer Week Kickoff Party
March 8 Mass Beer Week Brewer’s Brunch
March 13 Taproom Screening of “Snowbeast” with Scereams & Suds
March 15 Full Irish Breakfast
March 25-28 NERAX 2026 Festival in Boston
Mass Beer Week looks totally bonkers! See you there!
