Halloween Fun at the Fermentation District

Last year Parlor Sports hosted a Halloween Party and we had a lot of fun at it.  This year they didn't throw the party so we had to figure out something else to do.  Our friend suggested the Halloween event at the Fermentation District in Everett, specifically the party at Nightshift Brewing.

Being the "elders" that we are, we went out for dinner around 7:00 with an estimated time of arrival of 8:30ish at the brewery.  I figured that "no one" goes out early on Halloween and we wouldn't want to be the only ones there.  Clearly, I'm out of touch because when we arrived at Nighshift the line was snaking down the block, complete with Gronk's Party Bus, and the wait was going to be well over an hour.  The Fermentation District features another brewery, Bone Up, and a distillery, Short Path Distillery, so we had options.

We tried Bone Up but it's so small, and again the line was pretty long, so we made our way over to Short Path.  Short Path features gin, rum, and triple sec.  We all got different cocktails and found seats at one of the picnic tables.  The cocktails were ok, I think they could've used more high quality ingredients, but the spirits themselves were good.  We played some crazy card game they had.  The tasting room was cool and one of the employees gave us a lot of information on the backstory of the distillery which was neat.

The Fermentation District is definitely an up and coming area worth revisiting!