Weekly Update August 26, 2026
Hello! My name is Bob, and I’ve returned from vacation on Cape Cod tanned, rested and ready! That qualifies me to write this week’s Amory’s Tomb Newsletter!
The Cape is terrific. I go there for the mild weather, the beaches, the ocean, great seafood, great restaurants. But let’s face it, nobody goes to the Cape expecting to find a lot of locally-made farmhouse ale.
So even though I had great time, boy was I glad to be able to return to our favorite farmhouse-focused Metrowest brewery for last weekend’s awesome Dungeon Synth concert! It totally lived up to the billing! Hopefully that wasn’t a one-off!
Enough about the past, though. Here’s this week’s Tomb news:
FEATURED SNACKS
Major Snack Upgrade Underway!!!
You may not have realized it, but Allen and Rick have been low-key expanding their snack offerings over the past few weeks. I’ve placed the current menu into 4 categories
More Tinned Fish
Assuming you are one of the few who does not automatically route these newsletters to your Trash folder, you may recall from a few weeks ago that I wrote about Amory’s Tomb’s tinned fish offerings from José Gourmet. Those have been selling well enough that there are only a handful left, so Allen has ordered more.
José Gourmet has a ridiculously large selection of tinned fish, and Allen has told me there will be a few exotic offerings in addition to the regulars. He wouldn’t divulge everything, but he did tell me that one of the tins will be a port wine and trout paté! Yum!
Charcuterie from Smoking Goose
But what if you are a reverse-pescatarian - someone who eats only terrestrial meat and eschews all fish? Smoking Goose products, a staple of the old taproom, have made their long-awaited return with 2 offerings.
First up is Smoking Goose Stagberry Salame. This is salami is made primarily with elk plus a little bit of pork and dried blueberries. Hence, the name. (Elk + Blueberry = Stagberry) It sounds amazing.
Next is the Smoking Goose Pig & Rabbit Terrine. There’s two things I know about a terrine:
You do not ask exactly how it’s made or what’s in it!
A terrine from a great source like Smoking Goose is guaranteed to taste amazing!
Things I Can’t Eat Because I Only Have 2 Useful Molars Right Now
Allen and Rick also have a whole host of items that sound great to me. Sadly, given my ongoing dental issues I have to pass. If your teeth are better, perhaps you’d like to give these a try, and then taunt me with how amazing they taste:
Smoking Goose Cheddar Bacon Caramel Popcorn - Bacon in popcorn? Why has no one thought of this before??
Olive & Sinclair Duck Fat Caramel - Duck Fat is never not good!
Olive & Sinclair Smoked Nib Brittle - My teeth are brittle, or I’d be all over this one!
Haupt Lakrits [Redacted] Licorice - Covered in chocolate and flavored with Smoked Sea Salt! It has an alliterative two word name where the second word is “Fabulous”! I bet it is!
Haupt Lakrits Hot Swedish [Also Redacted] Licorice - If you are a maniac, go for this one. It’s flavored with strawberries and Carolina Reaper peppers! Be sure to have a full beer ready!
Normal Accoutrements
Finally, there are more normal selections to round out any of the above offerings, or enjoy by themselves while you are downing a draught or two. Various chips and crackers are available, as is something called “Cheez-Its Baked Cheese Crackers”. That sound pretty high-falutin’, but it’s just regular Cheez-Its. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
The above food offerings are a massive upgrade from what’s been on offer until now, and I dare say are even an upgrade over what was available during the heyday of the old taproom.
They do beg one question, though. Sunday Fellowship was put on hold for most of the summer. Well, Labor Day is next week, which means summer is over! (Yeah, yeah, it’s not technically over until September 22nd. Thank you very much, calendar nerd!)
What do you say, Allen?? What’s going on with Sunday Fellowship? Is it coming back?
Editor’s Note: Yes, Sunday Fellowship will be back, and we have additional ideas on the horizon, but we haven’t quite worked out a plan for Autumn yet. The school year came roaring back, and I’m still trying to figure out how to shuffle kids to two different schools and 15 different weekly activities. As soon as we know the who/what/where/when we’ll make an announcement about the return or our favorite food program.
Going a step further, the re-emergence of Smoking Goose on the menu tells me its time for a grassroots movement agitating for the return of the G.O.A.T. of Amory’s Tomb brunch items. That’s right, next you are in the Taproom, just start spontaneously chanting:
Jowl Bacon!
Jowl Bacon!
Jowl Bacon!
Who’s with me on this one?
FEATURED DRAUGHT
A Pan-European Offering on Lukr!
As you likely know if you’ve read this far, Man Bun Pilsner is my favorite AT beer. Apparently many other people also really like Man Bun because, stunningly, Allen and Rick have already run out of their most recent batch of kegs!
The fact that Man Bun Berg and Tubes became all the rage didn’t hurt sales of Man Bun either. In fact, it was in the middle of setting up a round of Berg and Tubes that the last keg kicked.
Fortunately, Justin had the genius idea to put Giōrgü on the Lukr tap. Giōrgü is Amory’s Tomb’s Italian-style pilsner. It’s a really good, crisp beer and now it’s available of the Lukr for a limited time.
That’s right! The Berg and a Tube now features an Italian pilsner with a Romanian name, pouring from a Czech tap, combined with a German digestif! Truly a pan-European experience!
Giōrgü is only going to be on the Lukr for a few weeks and then it’ll be replaced by a more familiar Amory’s Tomb Lukr offering. So get your Giōrgü Berg and a Tube while you can!
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Here’s what’s coming soon at Amory’s Tomb
Sept 3 Wheat & Water Crafted Doughz (On a Thursday!!)
Sept 5 Assabet Craft Beer & Food Truck Fest - Stow, MA
Sept 16 Wheat & Water Crafted Doughz
Sept 19 Maynard Country Fest
Sept 25 SVT Beer in the Barn Wolbach Farm - Sudbury, MA
See you at the Tomb! Jowl Bacon! Jowl Bacon! Jowl Bacon!
