I. PUBLICAN'S CHOICE: STONE BREWING'S GREG KOCH TO VISIT RICH O'S ON MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20.
II. DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY "WORLDS OF FLAVOR BAR-B-Q AND MUSIC FESTIVAL" THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 18.
III. NABC BREWERY NEWS: GREAT TASTE OF THE MIDWEST WAS A BLAST.
IV. RECENT NEWS AND ARTICLES AT THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON’S BEER BLOG.
V. DRAFT BEERS: OUR LIQUID, DAILY BREAD, ON TAP AT RICH O’S AND SPORTSTIME.
VI. NEW BOTTLED LIST IS ON THE STREET.
VII. CALENDAR OF EVENTS, HOURS AND RELATED FACTS.
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I. PUBLICAN'S CHOICE: STONE BREWING'S GREG KOCH TO VISIT RICH O'S ON MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20.
Greg Koch – CEO & co-founder of Stone Brewing Company – will be the guest of honor for a meet ‘n’ greet at Rich O’s Public House on August 20. The approximate timing of the event will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., but the Prost special events wing will be open from 5:00 p.m.
There will be drawings for several door prizes, including a gift certificate to BadaBoomz Ale House & Grill in Indianapolis and a selection of vintage Stone beers pulled from the Public House vault.
As for beer: 11 different Stone beers on tap all at once, available in specially priced 10-ounce portions, all night long.
Read the list here: It's on! Meet Greg Koch at Stone Brewing Night: Monday, August 20, at the Public House.
II. DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY "WORLDS OF FLAVOR BAR-B-Q AND MUSIC FESTIVAL" THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 18.
I'd have let readers know more about this event sooner, but for a variety of reasons advance notice just wasn't possible.
My own busy schedule, coupled with the annual "Beer and Sweat" homebrewing party in Cincinnati on the same day, served to dissuade me from organizing a "World of Flavor" beer segment as a portion of the proceedings, but at least NABC beers will be on tap at three of the four downtown restaurants, and there's always next year to make the fest grow.
Read more: Coming to downtown this Saturday (August 18): Worlds of Flavor Bar-B-Q and Music Festival.
III. NABC BREWERY NEWS: GREAT TASTE OF THE MIDWEST WAS A BLAST.
Unbelievable fest, great people, a progressive community and a prolific biking infrastructure. Follow the links below for photos and commentary. I can't wait 'til next year!
Play ball: Madison Mallards take the Louisville Bats to school -- and Bats ingloriously flunk out.
Great Dane Duck Blind at the Madison Mallards game.
Spiles away at the Great Dane.
Great Taste views from Madison.
Greetings from the People's Republic of Madison.
Great Taste of the Midwest program ad, 2007.
IV. RECENT NEWS AND ARTICLES AT THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON’S BEER BLOG.
Here are recently posted articles (Madison articles grouped above):
Sandkerwa NA, an homage to Bamberg’s beers, begins Friday, August 31.
It's on! Meet Greg Koch at Stone Brewing Night: Monday, August 20, at the Public House.
Charlie Papazian? Spare me, will you?
Calendar check: FOSSILS homebrewing and beer appreciation dates for late summer and autumn 2007.
Paul Reising brew crew, New Albany (Indiana), late 1800's.
BadaBoomz: Great beer choice in downtown Indianapolis.
We had a spare keg, so ...
Update: Beer hunting by motor coach in the Pacific Northwest.
V. DRAFT BEERS: OUR LIQUID, DAILY BREAD, ON TAP AT RICH O’S AND SPORTSTIME.
Our NABC beers.
NABC began brewing in 2002, and we’re proud to be New Albany’s first active brewery since 1935. From very deep within the confines of NABC’s garage brewery, Jesse Williams and Jared Williamson conjure 8-barrel batches of regulars, old favorites and new formulations.
Always check the blackboards to see what’s on tap. 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 dedicated to the workers at the Caesars Indiana riverboat casino in nearby Harrison County.
Elector ... Making Democracy pointless since 2002; English malt, American hops. 7.2% abv. Double Red?
Hoptimus ... Massive and assertive. Stern. Double IPA. Silver medal winner at the 2007 St. Louis Microfest.
Mt. Lee ... California Common ("Steam"), named for the Hollywood mountainside with the famous sign. First brewed in 2006. It has been lightened in gravity and a.b.v. by roughly 10% for the current first summer of 2007 batch.
Kaiser 2nd Reising ... Our version of a pre-Prohibition pilsner, as once was brewed in places like New Albany by German immigrant brewing companies like Paul Reising.
Guests from near and far (market pricing).
ON TAP NOW: Everyday staples.
(Alpha King will now often be rotating with Bell’s Two Hearted Ale . Why? Go here)
Sprecher Root Beer (non-alcoholic)
ON TAP NOW: Rotating selections (limited engagement).
Browning's Brewery She-Devil India Pale Ale
Rogue "John's Locker Stock" Anniversary Ale - Brewer 2007
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barley Wine
In the bullpen (ready for duty when called upon to serve).
Rogue "John's Locker Stock" Glen Ale (redux)
Rogue "St. Rogue" Dry Hopped Red
VI. NEW BOTTLED LIST IS ON THE STREET.
The new, updated bottled beer list has been published and can be viewed here. Note the expanded Belgian and French sections.
By next week, I hope to have a new listing of non-list blackboard specials and one-offs.
VII. 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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Saturday, August 18
Worlds of Flavor BBQ and Music Fest in downtown New Albany on August 18.
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Monday, August 20
Stone Brewing's Greg Koch at the Public House
It's on! Meet Greg Koch at Stone Brewing Night: Monday, August 20, at the Public House.
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Saturday, August 25
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. Read more here: Sandkerwa NA, an homage to Bamberg’s beers, begins Friday, August 31.
We'll be debuting a New Albanian Brewing Company beer in honor of the occasion: Happy Helmut, named for a merry trinket salesman with whom I once drank numerous half-liters of Spezial in Bamberg. There's a percentage of smoked malt from Bamberg's Weyermann malting house, and some rye in the grist. California Common yeast is used, and Tony's working on the artwork.
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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.
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