Thursday, June 5, 2014 
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Beer Breakfast &
Roots Fest!
Morris 09
Millers River Morris Help To Celebrate The Summer Solstice

Dear Friends,
 

REMEMBER when we were miserable?  Is there any one of us who remains unscathed from that deep, deep, deep valley of a winter through which we recently traversed?  Do I project?  Not even those skiers among you, and snowboarding aficionados and you mountain climbers - even all of you, at least silently, slyly, exhaled a sigh of relief at that first thaw (when was it, last week?).

 

I was beginning to think that peepers and orioles were exotic species I might find only in a coffee table book; not one of my coffee table books because I burned all of them this past winter just to stay alive and spare the furniture.  I thought that perhaps I had missed the nuclear explosion (too numb to hear it, wrapped up in blankets and couldn't see it) that caused a year of winter. I was actually preparing my survivalist notes and putting together a Mad Max ride and was maybe going to go out and shoot it up somewhere.  I hadn't seen my neighbors in months.  My children stopped talking and my wife never got out of bed; I was afraid even to check her breathing.  The cold would keep her I knew, if she had passed.

 

So, now, for it be warm and green, is, for me, difficult not to dwell on almost constantly.  I just love this stuff.

 


Let it be known that I am color blind; red-green, a common malady attributable to the x chromosome and sex linked; meaning mostly men get it.  Yet, so encumbered as I am, my favorite colors are grass green, leaf green, toad and frog green, summer slime green and tight tight t-shirt green.   

 

I love the warmth.  Let's not let it get away too quickly.  There is fun to be had.  We have two big things going on.
Solstice Party & Beer Breakfast #7
Saturday, June 21, 8 AM till 10 AM
Millers River Morris Men 9 AM

Breakfast Buffet & First Beer $13
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First 75 People Receive Commemorative Pilsner Glass

 

WHEN's the last time you had a beer at 8 AM? Don't ask me, I won't answer, but for most of you, I think the answer is "last year at the 6th Solstice Party & Beer Breakfast". This is the only time it is impossible to feel bad about a bit of the drink so early in the morning - for most of us. We will have the usual; Espresso Stout, Orange Hef, all of our other beers, and a bangin' breakfast buffet.

 

The first 75 people in the door will yet again receive the Solstice Party and Beer Breakfast 12-oz commemorative pilsner glass. And all people in the door will receive their first beer as a part of the price of entry.

 

The really interesting thing, you may recall, is the performance set for 9 AM by the Millers River Morris Men.  We will dance the Morris and maybe you will learn a thing or too. Search me, why you would! Let's get this freaking summer under way. I'm still cold.

Uptown Roots Music Festival

Friday, June 27, 7 till 10 PM

Saturday/Sunday, June 28/29, Noon till 7 PM

 

15 Bands, Craft Beer, Kid Friendly, Food from area restaurants, Craft Vendors

 

In The Parking Lot Across From The Ale House

 

 www.uptownrootsfest.com 

 

 

IT happens sometimes to certain small, rare, lucky cities - as it has recently in Gardner - that a critical mass of interested and motivated and starry eyed people intersect to create an unlikely result that goes beyond what one might expect of such a small place situated somewhere between happenin' and not-really-much-going-on.

 

Said collaborators decided that Gardner could sure use a three-day music festival in a parking lot, at the beginning of summer, the essence of which would be described as roots, folk 'n' rock. Upon this decision, the newly formed committee, post haste and forthwith, set out to contact all kinds of people with interest, talent, love of Gardner and a bit of moxy, to bring this festival to the fore. It is now called the Gardner Uptown Roots Music Festival. And it is happenin', like Gardner.

 

What're you doing end of June? Please visit www.uptownrootsfest.com to find out. Our very slick and laying-it-all-out-in-lavender website is sure to draw you in. We have clips, pics, information and soon, a parking map. It's what the people want!

 

Try this clip from Saturday night's Adam Ezra.  

 





LET THE MUSIC SPEAK!
DAIGLE'S Brewery Tours
   

Weekly Brewery Tours
Saturday, 1 PM

Reservations
(For Now): Ryan@GardnerAle.com


WE now have our very own, in-house beer nerd and beer marketing specialist, Ryan Daigle, knower of all, glad hand in the brewery and spokesperson for the Ale House's brewing operation.

Ryan, affectionately known to many as "Daigle" will be offering brewery tours for free which will involve edifying commentary and elucidating show & tell; not to mention a sample or so of our beers.  Contact Ryan directly at his email to set one up.  Eventually, as this becomes well'er known, you will be able to just stop in and tour without reservation.   What reservation would you have anyway? 
Lake Dennison 5K
   
 

The North Country Quad Series Presents
The Lake Dennison 5K
June 28, 10 AM

This is the second race of our four races and there still is time to join the series!  It is only $65 for the three remaining races.  Run For A Beer is up next, at the Oktoberfest and we finish in November with the Pumpkin Run and Series Party at the Wildwood Farm in Westminster.  Visit our Quad Series website for details and to sign up for one or all three races.  

 
Ah Ciao!
It is with great pleasure that I wake up each day.  I wish the same for you!

 

 

ciao

 

Thanks for being there!

 

 

Rick Walton

Always Here

 

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SATURDAY, June 21

Solstice Party & Beer Breakfast

8 AM till 10 AM
Featuring The Millers River Morris Men

 

FRI-SUN., June 27-29

UPTOWN ROOTS
MUSIC FESTIVAL

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