In this edition of Publicanista!:
I. PUBLICAN’S CHOICE: HOOSIER DADDY ART SHOW 3.0 IN THE PROST ROOM THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
II. NABC BREWING NEWS: CRAFT BEER AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE IN DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY.
III. RECENT NEWS AND ARTICLES AT THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON’S BEER BLOG.
IV. DRAFT BEERS: OUR LIQUID, DAILY BREAD, ON TAP AT RICH O’S AND SPORTSTIME.
V. MASSIVE BOTTLE LIST OVERHAUL UNDERWAY.
VI. CALENDAR OF EVENTS, HOURS AND RELATED FACTS.
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I. PUBLICAN’S CHOICE: HOOSIER DADDY ART SHOW 3.0 IN THE PROST ROOM THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
NABC's Hoosier Daddy Art Show is scheduled for Mother's Day Weekend (May 10th,11th & 12th). This third edition in the Prost wing of the building gets under way on Thursday.
I can’t tell you how proud I am of our employees, who’ve done every bit of the heavy lifting necessary to mount these productions. Just this past Sunday I found myself in conversation with a person who was lamenting the state of the nation’s youth in the current day and age. I've generally never agreed with such pronouncements, and judging from the way our twenty-somethings have handled responsibility when it comes to these art shows, I’m here to tell you that the criticism is misdirected.
Of course there’ll be beer, too.
Here's the preview from guiding light Kevin Dennis.
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Hoosier Daddy Art Show
Mother's Day Weekend
May 10th,11th & 12th
Thursday - Movie Night!
Soft opening of the art show with a collection of films to watch.
"Welcome Back," a full length film by a crew in Louisville."
Darfur Diaries," a documentary about the Darfur region of Sudan.
A collection of film shorts by Teddy Goman, i.e. "Good cop/Bad cop."
Friday - ART and Music
Come check out some really talented artists and musicians. Music will be in the main room at Prost starting at 7:30 p.m.
Music Lineup - Ben Traughber ... Daniel Brown ... Jared Williamson and Tommy Potts ... Pokey La Farge
Saturday - A mix of it all
Music, movies, a glass blowing expo, and much, much more! There will be a guest speaker at 4 p.m. talking about the Darfur documentary, and glass blower Daniel Holland. Music starts at 8:30 p.m.
Music Lineup - Stephen Powell ... Andy Kaiser/Scott Shamel and friends ... Ben Traughber
Here is a list of a few of our artists: Lauren Heavrin, Mary Anne Tonini, Josh Gilley, Jeannie Bodney, Whitney Harrell, Tony Beard (NABC’s graphic artist), Glen Brown, Michael Nicolas, Nathan Fessel - and the list goes on and on ...
We have over 20 artists scheduled to be in the show! The art shows here at NABC are getting bigger and better each time. This would not happen with out your help. Thank you for your support! If you are curious about future shows or want to try and arrange a solo show ... please contact Kevin Dennis - absurdier@wildmail.com
Hope to see you there!
II. NABC BREWING NEWS: CRAFT BEER AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE IN DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY.
The New Albanian Brewing Company is very pleased to report that we continue our support of revitalization in downtown New Albany. As many readers know, like many other downtown business districts, New Albany’s has been moribund for decades, but recently a diverse cross-section of people have been working hard to recast the area into a distinctive borough within the greater Louisville metropolitan area. At NABC we’re completely supportive of locally owned destination businesses, walkable and livable surrounding neighborhoods, beercycling, and all the virtues that flow from creativity and uniqueness in beer and life.
NABC’s contribution to the cause comes in the form of locally handcrafted draft beer, which now is now available at the following downtown establishments – but not in the city of Louisville. We want discerning Kentuckians to spend their beer money here, right?
Bistro New Albany (founded April 2006) offers fine dining in the historic New Albany Inn hotel building at 148 E. Market. BNA has an excellent patio in temperate weather, and four or five NABC beers always on draft.
Connor’s Place, with relaxed sports bar ambience and casual dining in a historic building at 207 E. Main Street, is the newest downtown entry, and slated to open Friday, May11. Former BNA partner Dave Himmel has another knockout outdoor seating area and two or three NABC beers always on tap.
The Speakeasy has a scheduled opening date of early June, 2007, and will be a bar, eatery and musical venue specializing in jazz and the blues. It is located in yet another historic commercial building at 225 State Street – just a stone’s throw from New Albany’s Scribner Place redevelopment project, which includes a YMCA and natatorium (completion should be in 2008). At least two NABC beers will be on tap at the Speakeasy.
Beer as an agent of change? Believe it.
III. RECENT NEWS AND ARTICLES AT THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON’S BEER BLOG.
Here are recently posted articles:
Alpha King and Croupier? I’m not King Solomon ...
NABC's Hoosier Daddy Art Show this weekend ...
Stop by Connor's Place on Saturday ...
BBC’s David Pierce profiled in the May issue of Louisville Magazine.
IV. DRAFT BEERS: OUR LIQUID, DAILY BREAD, ON TAP AT RICH O’S AND SPORTSTIME.
Our NABC beers.
Brewed in New Albany by NABC’s Jesse Williams, with much assistance from Jared Williamson.
For more information about NABC beers, go here.
Bob's Old 15-B ... We're calling it a robust, brown Porter precisely because style definitions were meant to be bent.
Community Dark ... Based on English Mild, and our light-bodied dark quaffer. 5% abv.
Croupier IPA ... Jesse's homage to our casino employee clientele is modeled on the English interpretation, with a few American flourishes.
Elector ... Making Democracy pointless since 2002; English malt, American hops. 7.2% abv. Double Red?
Hoptimus ... Massive imperial IPA.
Kaiser 2nd Reising ... Think of it as your great-grandfather’s pilsner.
Mt. Lee ... California Common ("Steam"), named for the Hollywood mountainside with the famous sign.
St. Radegund ... Successor to Beak's Best; all-English, ESB territory, circa 5.5% abv.
Guests from near and far (market pricing).
ON TAP NOW: Everyday staples.
Bell’s Two Hearted Ale (now rotating with Alpha King. Why? Go here)
Sprecher Root Beer (non-alcoholic)
Upland Wheat
ON TAP NOW: Rotating selections (limited engagement).
Avery Thirteen (Weizen Doppelbock)
Browning's Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout
Clipper City Below Decks Barleywine
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine
Left Hand Oaked Imperial Stout
Rogue "John's Locker Stock" Black Brutal 2007
Rogue "John's Locker Stock" Dad's Little Helper
Shmaltz Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA
In the bullpen (ready for duty when called upon to serve).
Brooklyn Brewery “Brewmasters Reserve” Antwerpan Ale
V. MASSIVE BOTTLE LIST OVERHAUL UNDERWAY.
The Publican apologizes for the time it has taken to implement these changes, which will include dropping a few non-performers, streamlining storage areas, and adding good brands like Gouden Carolus, Kasteel, Grotten Brown and eventually the Malheur and Maredous lines (all from Belgium), as well as more specialized American microbrews -- many in bombers (22 0z).
The basic idea is to transform the bottle list into a collection of beer better suited for the bottle, as in the case of bottle-conditioned ales, while reserving other selections for pouring on draft.
Accordingly, I'm changing the way that draft beers for the guest taps are selected and ordered. The idea is for you not to notice much in the way of change, but to make it easier on the Publican's end by formalizing the rotation so that we see as many brands as possible in the course of the year .
VI. CALENDAR OF EVENTS, HOURS AND RELATED FACTS.
General business hours:
Sportstime Pizza opens at 11:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Rich O’s opens at 3:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and at 1:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. We are not open on Sunday except during special events. The same food and beer is available at all times in both rooms, so you may have lunch and a beer in the Sportstime Pizza dining area during those hours when Rich O’s isn’t open. The brewery is available for a look-see if one of us is around and we’re not busy.
Smoking.
Rich O's: The front dining rooms at Rich O's are designated as non-smoking areas. The bar area and Red Room are open for smoking (cigarettes, cigars, pipes). We strongly discourage clove cigarettes, which are divisive even among smokers.
Sportstime: Smoking is permitted in the entirety of Sportstime Pizza.
Wi-Fi.
Both dining areas are hotspots. Please observe proper etiquette when using our Wi-Fi service, and do not disturb or offend others with the Anheuser-Busch web site or other examples of web-borne smut.
2007 events: 
Weekly on Thursday evening @ 7:00 p.m.
Drinking Liberally (New Albany & Southern Indiana) meets in the Red Room each Thursday. Contact organizer Lacy Davis for details.
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Friday & Saturday, May 18 & 19
2nd Annual Ohio River Valley Folk Festival
Along the Ohio River in Madison, Indiana. NABC poured beer in 2006, and will be doing so again along with friends from Upland, Browning's and Ram/Bighorn (Indianapolis).
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Friday, June 1
(Your name here)Fest begins ... Steve Fest 2007.
It's SteveFest 2007. Read more: Steve Hall is the winner ... and Steve Hall's winning "SteveFest 2007" essay.
To prep for 2008, read the rules for entering: Here are the contest rules for (Your name here)Fest in May, 2007.
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Saturday, June 2
2nd Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale
From Todd Antz at Keg Liquors: "It's back! We are just starting our early planning stages, but our successful Craft Beer Festival will be held on June 2nd this year. Already signed up for this year's festival are: New Albanian Brewing, Bluegrass Brewing Company, Upland Brewing Company, World Class Beverages, Cavalier Distributing, and many more to come. Stay tuned for more information on this event."
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Saturday (TBA), June (TBA)
Lambic by the Glass
A one-day sampling of Belgian lambic, with the Publican as host.
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Saturday, July 21 (changed from the 28th)
Indiana Microbrewers' Festival
Annual funfest in Indianapolis, and a required stop on the NABC summer brewery fest tour.
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Saturday, August 11
Awe inspiring, annual one-day brewery fete in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Saturday, August 25 (tentative)
With Hoptimus, you really can "talk to the animals."
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Friday, August 31
Sandkerwa NA begins
Our first all-German draft festival, inspired by an annual street party in Bamberg, Germany.
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Friday, October 19
Lupulin Land Harvest Hopcoming begins
Love and hoppiness, in all their myriad forms, as dispensed from all available taps.
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Friday, December 14
Saturnalia MMVII begins
Our fourth celebration of the winter solstice, with seasonal and holiday drafts.
Credits:
Thanks to Jim Bell for his photographic prowess, which we share with you from time to time, and which features prominently at the NABC web site.
Readers who aren’t as familiar with our business should go to http://www.newalbanian.com/ for more information.
NABC is a member of the Brewers Association and Brewers of Indiana Guild.
Questions or comments about editorial content should be directed to Roger A. Baylor, who also writes The Potable Curmudgeon and NA Confidential blogs.
THE END.
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