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Saturday, October 8th, 2022
11am-11pm

We promised not to host another Darkness Day until we could sell bottles ourselves. Well, the time has come, the laws have changed, and we’re planning a party for the ages. Celebrate this year’s Darkness release with a full day of FREE live music, plus activities, tastings, special releases, and a surprise or two along the way.

BEER

The OG cult classics are coming back: Wet, Fiery Hell, One Man Mosh Pit, and 16 Grit. Catch timed tappings throughout the day of rare offerings, exciting sneak peeks, Surly staples, and a myriad of vintage Darkness.

On Draft

2022 Darkness

2022 Barrel-Aged Darkness

Parker Heritage 10yr Heavy Char Bourbon barrel aged Darkness

Wet

One Man Mosh Pit

Prodigal Sunrise

Lemonade Switchblade

Oktoberfest

Furious

Controlled Chaos

Logic Bomb

Before I Die

Grapefruit Supreme

Fiery Hell

16 Grit

Hell

Pizza Party

Petit Ami

Rosé

Warp Zone

Available To-Go

One Man Mosh Pit

Fiery Hell

16 Grit

Wet

Prodigal Sunrise

Battle Vest

Shutter Shades

Digital Wizard

Proving Ground

Buffalo Skull

Timed Tappings

2022 Darkness Variant Sneak Peak: Lumberjack Breakfast, 11am

2022 Darkness Variant Sneak Peak: Ginger Snap, 11am

2022 Darkness Variant Sneak Peak: Raspberry Chocolate Torte, 11am

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Irish Coffee, noon

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Black Forest, noon

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Coquito, noon

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Bourbon Barrel-Aged with Cold Smoked Cherries, noon

Darkness 2007, 2pm

Darkness 2008, 2pm

Darkness 2009, 2pm

Darkness 2010, 2pm

2019 Mole Darkness, 4pm

2018 Fernet Darkness, 4pm

2020 Vietnamese Coffee Darkness, 4pm

2019 Double-Stuffed Darkness, 4pm

Vintage Cellar Raid

Barrel-Aged Darkness (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Darkness (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Cherry Bourbon Vanilla Darkness

Fernet Darkness

Double Stuffed Darkness

Mole Darkness

Old Fashioned Darkness

Misanthrope

Pentagram

Double Barrel-Aged Pentagram

SeVIIn

Eight

Nein

Ten

Barrel-Aged Ten

2013 Smoke

MUSIC

You can’t have Darkness Day without music. Metal, punk, rock, loud, local, national. All day long and all for the low, low price of FREE. Check out the line-up here:

Schedule

God Came from Space 11am

Dumpster Juice 12pm

No Encore 12:45pm

Impaler 1:15pm

Desperate Acts 2:15pm

Bad Planning 3pm

Black Widows 4pm

Flatfoot 56 5:30pm

Radkey 7pm

Face to Face 8:30pm


We’ll have music indoors as well! We’re hosting three killer DJs for a Dark Wave dance party from 5-11.

Tekk Nikk
Dedicated Enemy
Hyperkarma

STUFF TO DO

Free Darkness Themed Flash Tattoos by @bunnyakahk

Meet the Darkness artists

Live screen printing

Shop with local vendors

Corpse Face Painting

Vintage bottle sampling

Plus much more

PRESALE

THE PRESALE HAS ENDED! THERE WILL BE A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF BOTTLES AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON SATURDAY. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. ARRIVE EARLY IF YOU WANT ONE.

FAQ

The short answer: A beer release. The awesome answer: A kick-ass party celebrating our Russian imperial stout with live music, rare beer tappings, dance parties, live tattooing, plus a bunch of other rad stuff that we’d rather keep a secret.

Nope! All free, all day.

Bottles will be available all day on October 8th. Pick up from the brewery begins at 11am!

No, you must be present on October 8th to pick up your pre-orders.

2022 Darkness Variant Sneak Peak: Lumberjack Breakfast

2022 Darkness Variant Sneak Peak: Ginger Snap

2022 Darkness Variant Sneak Peak: Raspberry Chocolate Torte

We’ll also have special day of variants for you to sample from our brewers:

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Irish Coffee

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Black Forest

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Coquito

Brewer’s Darkness Variant: Bourbon Barrel-Aged with Cold Smoked Cherries

We don’t have a Surly-organized camping/bottle share this year. The relatively recent change in the law didn’t give us the time needed to lock that down. We will have security, parking and porta-potties for those arriving early on Friday night/Saturday morning.

Eddie Wolfe (_electricyeti_) – Eddie and other darkness artists will be around signing bottles and selling art.

Well behaved pets are allowed outside on a leash. No animals indoors, please. All service animals welcome.

Absolutely, may we suggest hearing protection though.

Nope. We’ll have plenty of options for you.

We highly recommend ride share, biking, or public transit as our parking lot fills up quickly. Otherwise, there’s plenty of street parking in our neighborhood.

Any bottles remaining after the pre-sale will be available to purchase during the event.

Cash and credit are accepted. IOUs not accepted.

Plenty! Both restaurants will be open as well as the Surly food truck.

Yes, the Beer Hall and Pizza Upstairs will have regular service.

For sure, come and go as you please.

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