UPDATED: Opening night lineup for Lupulin Land 2005 on Friday, October 7.

Here's the list of probable starters for Lupulin Land, 2005, which begins Friday, Oct. 7 at Rich O's Public House/Sportstime Pizza/New Albanian Brewing Company.

CASK-CONDITIONED ALES -- MOST, BUT NOT ALL, FROM LOUISVILLE AREA BREWERIES.

With the aid of a cask breather, we'll try to keep the hand pump working throughout the first two weeks of Lupulin Land 2005.

1. (CHANGE) Friday, Oct. 7: NABC Elector Ale.

NABC Hoptimus Double IPA was not cask-conditioned -- sorry for the confusion! Instead, it will be pouring in regular keg form.

When Elector is gone: Bell’s Two Hearted Ale (firkin).

Friday, Oct. 14: Bluegrass Brewing Company (St. Matthews) Professor Gesser’s Mind Numbing Ale

Before the 14th or after, depending on readiness and sales: BBC Beer Company American Pale Ale (APA)
Browning’s Brewery (single varietal) ESB

AMERICAN MICROBREWS (AND ONE IMPORTED LAGER) THAT WE DISPENSE YEAR-ROUND.

Available before, during and after the annual hop festival.

2. Alpha King
3. Arrogant Bastard Ale
4. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale (keg)
5. Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
6. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

GUEST AMERICAN MICROBREWS FOR LUPULIN LAND 2005.

7. Avery IPA
8. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
9. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
10. Dogfish Head ApriHop
11. Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA 2004
12. Great Divide Hercules Double IPA
13. NABC Hoptimus Double IPA
14. Rogue (John’s Locker Stock) Glen
15. Rogue I2PA 2003
16. Two Brothers Hop Juice Double IPA

IMPORTED BEERS.

17. Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (Nitro) (Scotland)
18. De Dolle Ara Bier (Belgium)
19. Jever Pilsener (Germany)
20. Poperings Hommel Bier (Belgium)

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IN THE BULLPEN

Local cask-conditioned ales (preceding)
Oaken Barrel Super Fly IPA
Rogue Dry-Hopped St. Rogue Red
Sierra Nevada IPA
Previously unannounced, but Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale is on the way.

INTRODUCING A VERY SPECIAL GUEST:
RANDALL THE ENAMEL ANIMAL.

“Randall, a Dogfish head invention, is an organoleptic hop transducer module –- a three-foot-long, cylinder-filter packed with a half a pound of whole leaf hops that we affix to the beer line leaving a keg.”

We have purchased a Randall from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, and will equip him for action beginning on October 7.

The Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA is the first Randall pour (Friday night, October 7).

For more detailed descriptions, see the Lupulin Land press release.