CBC Anniversary Party

From the e-mail they sent:

Greetings!

I hope you were able to get your week off to a good start. Whether you were working, watched the marathon or had the day off, I hope you made the best of a rainy day.

Spring has sprung and though the forecast isn't filled with 60 degree weather, I'll take the coming sunshine any day. Springtime also marks a time to celebrate here at CBC. This year we're celebrating our 26th year in business!

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We're celebrating our 26th Anniversary on Saturday, May 2nd all day long with live music, excellent beer and food. We'll open the doors at 11am and keep the good time going (and great beers pouring!) until closing time.
Though the official beer list has yet to be announced, Will and the Brew Crew have promised some very special offerings including many perennial favorites. And as has become the tradition, we'll have our outdoor beer garden set up all day and our patio grill going from 4-10pm. Jimmy Ryan & Hayride will be joining us again out on the patio from 7-9pm.

There's no cover and no tickets to buy. Bring yourself, your family and friends to help us celebrate another great year here at Cambridge Brewing Co.

For more information as it becomes available, check the event page on our website.

Cheers!

Laura

 

Would be awesome if their website was working.....

 

Always one of the best days of the year.

 

Hi Gang!
Our website is back up and running. Sorry about that.
Tomorrow we'll post the beer list and food menu on the website.
But heck, I can also just post it here, right?
We would love it if you could come and celebrate with us this Saturday.
I'll be there all afternoon, and we'll have great food and awesome tunes from our friends Jimmy Ryan and Hayride in the evening. Please be sure and say hello!
26 Beers and 26 years. Wow!
Thanks for supporting us, we really appreciate the opportunity to do what we love, and share it with people who love well-made, delicious beer.
Cheers!

~Will

CBC’s 26th Anniversary Party!

Saturday May 2, 2015

On Tap at the Main CBC Bar

1) Regatta Golden – CBC’s Cream Ale. Light, crisp, über-refreshing. 4.2% $5.50 Pils

2) Cambridge Amber – Our flagship American amber ale since 1989. Notes of caramel and a hint of chocolate, malt-forward and balanced. 4.7% $5.50 Pint

3) Tall Tale Pale Ale – Our all-American pale ale. Bright and snappy with floral and citrusy hop notes balanced by clean malt character. 5.7% $5.50 Pint

4) Charles River Porter – Our awesome Robust Porter. Full-bodied with deep dark roasty and chocolate flavors. You’ll love this dirty water! 6% $5.50 Pint

5) Übergang - Toasted lager, deep gold, made with German Munich and Crystal malts. Rich toasty and bread-like aroma with spicy Tettnang hops. 5.9%$6 Pils glass

6) Spring Training I.P.A. – Vernal IPA, with Ahtanum and Palisades hops for fresh floral enjoyment. Cheers to warm weather (if it ever arrives)! 6.3% $6 Teardrop

7) Topaz I.P.A. – Oat malt IPA featuring Australia’s Topaz hop which offers cut grass and juicy lychee fruit. Oats offer a soft round palate for the juicy hops! 7% $6 Teardrop

8) On Cask! Charles River Porter - Dryhopped with East Kent Goldings.One of our all-time favorite beers when served from the handpump. 6% $5.50 Pint

9) Bannatyne’s Scotch Ale ’13 – Traditional strong malty Scotch ale, with a recipe handed down through the Clan of Bannatyne for centuries. 9.2% $6.50 Teardrop

10) 25th Anniversary Double Amber ’14 - We literally doubled the malt and hops in our Amber, then aged it in Turkey Shore rum barrels. Delicious! 9% $6.50 Snifter

11) YouEnjoyMyStout ‘11 – Vintage barrel-aged Imperial Stout mellifluously combines rich roast & chocolate with oak, toast, and spirit. 10.25% $6.50 Snifter

12) Lush Life ’14 - Belgian quadruple ale fermented with cherries and raspberries in Napa Valley merlot barrels. Elegantly fruity, yet fun and funky. 8.8% $6 Flute

13) Indiscipline ‘14 – Ninkasi (OR) collaboration beer, barrel-fermented with Brett, then dryhopped. Bright, fruity, floral, awesome. 5.5% $6 Flute

14) Biere de Miel ’14 – Saison brewed with local MA raw honey. Wildflowers, spices, and garden herbs lead to an exceptional dry, yeast-accented finish. 8.5% $6 Tulip

15) Dubble Nickels ’14 – Named for the seminal album by the Minutemen. Belgian brown ale, notes of dark fruit, plums, raisins, caramel, and spicy yeast character. 8.5% $6 Tulip

16) Blunderbuss Barleywine ’14 – aged in WL Weller barrels, this huge beer notes rich caramel, burnt sugar and toffee, hints of coconut and vanilla, spicy hops, and lingering spirit and oak. 13% $6 Snifter

Outside in the BEER GARDEN

17) The Brett Conspiracy - Our 26th Anniversary Beer – Barrel fermented wild ale with oats, raw wheat and buckwheat from Valley Malt. Floral and fruity with notes of pineapple and guava, clean cereal grains, and a super dry finish. Three unique yeast strains contributed to this beer: S. cerevisiae saison strain from Wallonia offers a spicy and dry palate; Brett. custercianus gives bright floral and tropical fruit notes; Brett. bruxellensis trois offers its own fruit and spice and funky notes of fresh hay. We hope you enjoy it! 5.75% $5.50 Petit

18) Remain In Light - Pilsner malt and flaked rice provide sweet cereal notes while German hops add spiciness and balanced bitterness. Cold fermented with German lager yeast, clean with a snappy finish. Just where does that highway lead to? 5.0% $6 Pint

19) Heather Ale ’14 – Our world-famous and award-winning unhopped herbal beer, brewed with fresh handpicked heather flowers, sweet gale, yarrow, and a touch of lavender. Rare and a special release every year! 4.5% $6 Pint

20) Saison Soleil – Biere de Garde with aromatic notes of floral, herbal hops, and clean spicy yeast character. Bready malt, cereal grains and a dry and earthy but bright finish all welcome Springtime! 6.5% $6 Pint

21) Le Saisonaire ’14 – Grisette-style saison with oats, rye, and buckwheat. Hopped with Spalt and Hallertauer, tart fruity, spicy grain flavors bolster spice notes and citrus from our house Belgian yeast. A session beer with Belgian ancestry. 4.0% $6 Pint

22) Hay Is For Horses ’14 – Collab pale ale w/Kissmeyer Beer (Denmark), De la Senne (Belgium) & local farmer Andy Carbone. 1st-cut sweet hay lends fresh grassiness with yarrow, heather, and local honey from Reseska Apiaries. Refreshing floral and herbal notes, smooth palate and a creamy body belie its dry finish. 5.4% $6 Pint

23) OM ’12 - Belgian-style golden barrel fermented with Brettanomyces. Dry but malty palate with flavors of pineapple and peach fruit, creating a harmonious balance of honeyed malt and hop, yeast and flora, and oak character. Bliss, equanimity, and world harmony in a glass. 7.8% $5.50 Petit

24) Lemmy – Motör-oil rich stout oak-aged 10 months. Lemmy’s wort (heh) uses roasted wheat instead of barley, with softer, rounded roast complexity, bitter chocolate, and espresso-roast, and a Snaggletooth of funk from Lacto and Brett. 7.5% $6.50 Pint

25) The Machinery of Night - Blended and barrel-aged dark American Sour. A careful balance of fresh, clean maltiness, aged complexity, controlled oxidation, and soft, natural lactic acidity plays across the palate. Very subtle oak character, hints of wild fermentation, and a smooth, velvety final roastiness all play in the finish of this beer. 6.5% $5.50 Petit

26) Benevolence – This elusive beer returns from our25th Anniversary! A massive barrel-aged beer with huge raisin and dark fruit tones abetted by toast, charred oak, vanillins, spirit, and a balancing tartness. Brace yourself. 13% $6 Petit glass


Thanks for celebrating TWENTY-SIX INCREDIBLE YEARS with us!Please respect beer and drink responsibly.

 

@NTLOPE Thanks much for posting the tap list. Congratulations! I'll be there on Saturday and I'll be dragging along a buddy from Brooklyn. I'm really looking forward to sampling Machinery of Night and Hay is for Horses again!

 

Heh ... I knew Will was a Phish and King Crimson fan, but I didn't know about the Motorhead admiration.

 

Weather forecast has improved, looks to be a nice day to hang out in the beer garden.

 

There's not much that I (and WE) don't like. We've taken beer names from the Dead, RUSH, Talking Heads, Beatles, Phish, Maiden, Wm. S. Burroughs, Minutemen, the Clash, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, De La Soul, heck, that's just off the top of my head.

Inspiration is everywhere! Except, maybe, in a One Direction song.

 

Don't forget Beck - Mellow Gold.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed the pour I had of it last weekend. It reminded me why the drive to CBC from Framingham is so worthwhile.

 

more or less consumed by RAGE that i'm not going to this. i'd make the trek from NYC to boston for each one of like 7 or 8 of those beers.

edit: forgot the "not"; type due to rage.

 

Can you make a beer called Gold Soundz for us Pavement fans?

 

Now that you mention it, we do need a RATM beer.
;-)

 

I've sampled many of those beers over the years (and recent months)....what are some favorites everyone is looking forward to?

@NTLOPE will all 26 be pouring all day (or until the kegs are tapped)? Also, sort of a random question I've always been curious about....what sizes are the flute/pilsner/snifter/teardrop/petit....basically everything but the pint?

I ask more for sobriety reasons than price, I always like to know how much I'm drinking with some of the heftier ABVs.

 

Renegades of Funk?

 

They did do a cover of a song called "Renegades of Funk" that might work with a brett.....

 

^dammit @Sheppard