WEEKLY ROUNDUP April 22, 2026
Hello! My name is Bob. I just flew back from California, and boy are my arms tired! That may be the worst joke ever created, and to atone for writing such garbage, I’m also writing this week’s Amory’s Tomb Newsletter. Here are this week’s updates:
FEATURED MERCH
Check Out Malen Anderson’s Artisanal Merch in the Taproom!
Have you had a chance to peruse the Taproom’s merch display yet? It’s behind the bar on your left as you walk down the hall towards the restrooms. If you haven’t, I’d encourage you to take a look because there’s some really cool stuff there.
In particular Malen Anderson is offering some of his handmade wares. Malen works with metal, leather and other materials to create really cool stuff. He even forges his own knives, though sadly there no knives on offer in the Taproom. (Yet. We can all dream!)
First up, I’m sure you’ve noticed those nice leather coasters in the Taproom with the AT logo stamped into them. Malen made those! Coaster 4-packs are available in the Taproom. I’ve had leather coasters from another brewery for a long time, and now they are all discolored and hard. Hey, I spill beer sometimes, don’t judge! It’s time for new ones, and I am going to buy Malen’s.
Stamping a logo into leather is easy. (Or at least, I imagine it to be easy. I’ve never done it!) How about stamping the AT logo into metal? Also available in the Taproom are metal bottle openers that Malen stamped the logo into. I already bought one of these things, and it is hard to describe how awesome it feels in your hand.
This isn’t some dumb novelty bottle opener. There’s a real heft and strength to this opener. I fully expect that my bottle opener to be the last bottle opener I will buy for the rest of my life. It feels like it could open anything. Some people have even sabered the cap off of a bottle with this bottle opener, though I can’t say I’d recommend that!
Finally, Malen has a couple of bottle bags on offer in the Taproom. These things are gorgeous. They are made of waxed canvas and leather with studs holding the different pieces of the back together, and leather AT logo on one side. There’s room for up to 6 beer bottles. Honestly, this bag is so well-built that you could probably put 6 bottles of cement in the bag and it would hold!
The coasters, bottle opener and bottle bags are all designed and crafted by Malen, and all very much look like the handmade artisanal products they are. Check them out!
DRAUGHT UPDATE
It’s Getting Warmer. That Means It’s Almost Time to Take a Ride Down the Farm Road!
It’s April, the sun is shining (sometimes), you can be outside without a parka and gloves (most of the time) and you’re thirsty for good craft beer (always). It’s time to hit the Beer Garden or maybe the new Taproom! Better yet, it’s time to show your friends the hidden beer gem in Maynard you visit all the time.
There’s just one problem. Your friends don’t really like farmhouse beer, or at least they think they don’t. Maybe they like a lager, maybe they’re into hoppy, hazy beers, maybe they like dark beers. But they are skeptical, if not downright afraid, of beers with “weird” flavors.
If the above describes your situation, Allen and Rick have you covered. Farm Road is about to return to draught! Farm Road is an ideal entry point for the saisonophobe in your life! It is indeed a farmhouse ale - it’s name is Farm Road, after all - but it is very approachable. At 4.6% it’s a table saison that is perfect for any situation. It’s steeped on lemon peel and fermented with wildflower honey, resulting in a crisp and light beer.
If you bring a friend to Amory’s Tomb who professes to dislike saisons, start them off with a Farm Road. I think your friend will like it, and pretty soon they’ll be on to Saison I: Classic. And then before you know it they’ll be bugging Justin to go look for an old bottle of A Quiet Place for Weavers in the fridge!
Farm Road isn’t just for converting people to saisons. It’s a great beer for those of us who are already into saisons, too!
Editor’s note: Farm road needs a few more days in the tank, but we have tons of great beer flowing in the taproom. Last week we released our historic inspired stout collaboration with Hook Norton , Stories of Our Youth, on draught only, as well as a new bottle offering, Unholy Communion.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Here’s what’s coming soon at Amory’s Tomb
April 22 Wheat & Water Crafted Doughz (food truck)
May 2 Spring ArtWalk with Ben’s Raclette, Asleep in a Box
See you soon at the Tomb!
