I. PUBLICAN'S CHOICE: GRAVITY HEAD PROCUREMENT IS FINISHED.II. CASK-CONDITIONED REPORT: NABC FIRKINS APLENTY.
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. NEW ROTATING BOTTLED BEER LIST POSTED.
VI. CALENDAR OF EVENTS, HOURS AND RELATED FACTS.
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I. PUBLICAN'S CHOICE: GRAVITY HEAD PROCUREMENT IS FINISHED.
Okay, that's it. Procurement for the tenth anniversary, Leap Year Gravity Head that begins on Friday, February 29 is finished for all intents and purposes. There's something old, something new ... you know the drill. As befits the occasion, there'll be a record number of total and never-before-tapped beers. Work proceeds on t-shirts and programs. The updated list is here: Gravity Head 2008 update.
Get ready.
II. CASK-CONDITIONED REPORT: NABC FIRKINS APLENTY.
Now pouring: Phoenix Kentucky Komon (11-10-07)
After Phoenix is gone, the following cask-conditioned NABC firkins will be poured with the hand pump in the order listed. The date at left indicates when the beer was brewed.
04-05-07 Malcolm's Old Setters Ale
11-20-07 Bonfire of the Valkyries (oaked)
11-10-07 Phoenix Kentucky Komon
12-19-07 Old Lightning Rod (Poor Richard’s Ale) (oaked)
Note also that a cask-conditioned firkin of WinterCoat Vildmose (Denmark) is being shipped to us to replace the standard keg that proved to be unavailable for Saturnalia. It may be inserted into the preceding rotation as circumstances dictate.
Also note that a gravity-pour pin might be popped atop the cask cabinet whenever Jared feels like it.
For more information, go here: NABC cask-conditioned firkins aplenty in coming weeks.
III. RECENT NEWS AND ARTICLES AT THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON’S BEER BLOG.
Calendar check: Monday, February 25 Schlafly meet ‘n’ greet with stouts and munchies.
Beer dinner at Stratto’s Italian Bistro this Thursday.
Prost 2008: Surges, conundrums, and another place to be seated.
Operation Progressive Pint: Current progress.
IV. 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.
Elector ... Making Democracy pointless since 2002; English malt, American hops. 7.2% abv. Double Red?
Flat Tyre ... Lovibond got you down? That's okay -- just improvise. It was intended to be brown, and now it's amber.
Hoosier Daddy ... revised hopping, somewhere in the range of Imperial Red. Circa 7% abv.
Kaiser 2nd Reising ... The most renowned brewery in 19th-century New Albany was owned by Paul Reising, a German immigrant who set up shop at the corner of Spring and West Second. Like other continentally trained brewers in America, Reising found it necessary to adapt Old World recipes to New World ingredients. Expensive imported German hops were reserved for aroma and flavor, while less delicate homegrown varieties provided the bittering. American six-row barley replaced European two-row, and some corn was thrown in for good measure. The result was your great-grandfather’s pilsner.
Mt. Lee ... California Common ("Steam"), named for the Hollywood mountainside with the famous sign. First brewed in 2006.
Phoenix Kentucky Komon ... Retro style indigenous to Louisville; dark, smooth with a touch or roast, and sour.Old Lightning Rod ... Colonial-style old ale like Ben Franklin might have enjoyed.
Guests from near and far (market pricing).
ON TAP NOW: Everyday staples.
Note that Alpha King will now often be rotating with Bell’s Two Hearted Ale. Why? Go here.
Guinness Stout
Lindemans Framboise
Pilsner Urquell
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Smithwick’s Irish Ale
Spaten Premium Lager
Sprecher Root Beer (non-alcoholic)
Upland Wheat
ON TAP NOW: Rotating selections (limited engagement).
Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale
In the bullpen (ready for duty when called upon to serve).
Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout
De Glazen Toren Saison d' Erpe Mere
Delirium Tremens
Einbecker Heller Bock
V. NEW ROTATING BOTTLED BEER LIST POSTED.
Read and print the everyday list here: NABC's bottled beer menu .pdfVI. 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.
2008 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, February 29, 2008
Leap Year Gravity Head Number Ten
'Nuff said for now. The tenth anniversary of Gravity Head is slated to begin on the 29th of February, so make designated driver and bunking arrangements now.
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Credits:
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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