four seasons.
everybody's wonderin' 'bout our dome. we don't call it a dome. as we think that makes it sound sorta like a human experiment or an antarctic field site. and it ain't really the way it'll feel when we're done designing it. ... really, it's an appalachian hippie farmer pizza den. post punk queer belgo-french wild-woman hut. the littlest conservatory in illinois. a southwestern steppe shed. a british-columbian surf shack. wabi sabi in kobenhavn.
anyway. if you, like so many breweries and social media influencers, like taking field trips just for the pics. we got you covered. it's free to hang in for now. but we'll start taking reservations in the next week or two.
see you now and then.
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the 8th 1st.
so. we first turned 1 sometime in november 2012. but, you know, obama's reelection overshadowed it. we had a party. a text message party. me bryan and nick. and we were probably each drinking beers alone at our houses. some david lynch movie on in the background. or spacemen 3. or a barking pup or two.
we next turned 1 in nov/dec 2013. when the life's pursuit was officially finished. though it didn't see formal release until the new year.
we next turned 1 at the end of 2014. but copacetic was so lime-y we could hardly drink our own beer.
we next turned 1 at the end of 2015. just after the white light/white heat concert at the empty bottle. what the bottle sound techs still called the loudest show in the history of the bottle. thanks mike hilger. thanks bill satek.
we next turned 1 at the end of 2016. whitney was everywhere. our wild identity was finally set free. we were settling into our blendy wildy selves.
we next turned 1 at the end of 2017. our bungalow fully laid out on paper. puncheons and barrels and foeders ordered.
we next turned 1 at the end of 2018. but then, we were mere weeks away from opening bungalow. and so we knew we were due for a little reset.
on jan 31, 2019, we opened bungalow. 7+ years after starting this modest thing.
on feb 6, 2020, we'll celebrate. technically for the 7th time. our 8th birthday. but in many ways our very first. and shit. we know damn well that we could never have done this without the immense support we've gotten over the course of the last decade from so many restaurant folks. and with that in mind, we're giving our menu to those friends. we'll have beers from is/was. lo rez. and whiner. we'll have cocktails from apologue/letherbee. food from cellar door provisions. lula cafe. bang bang pie. honey butter fried chicken. wherewithall. and then. our dear old friend mickey neely. the lovely, talented man who helped us open our bungalow this time last year. who now makes knockout food at ludlow liquors. part of the broader industry family that, as we've said, has supported us for so many years.
we'll also have our solera saison. half-a-decade in the making. and, you know, a fruited version too. or some other such wild shit.
thurs. feb 6. please come. and if there's some bev or food you miss, let us know. we just may bring it back over the course of february.
A TUNE BREAK>