Monday, March 19, 2007

Gravity Head lineupdate: Monday, March 19 (updated throughout the week).


(Updated Saturday, March 24 - note that the Schlafly event scheduled for Sat., March 24 is being postponed)

As of Monday morning, March 19, eight business days have been devoted to the Gravity Madness of Gravity Head 2007, and already 15 beers are gone. Counting multiple depletions of smaller sized kegs, that's roughly 19 units in all.

Here’s how the current lineup is looking after the first two weekends of Gravity Head 2007, but first, the errata and inevitable scratches as presently are known.

(1) New Holland Pilgrim's Dole apparently is a scratch -- quite an odd phenomenon owing to reasons that I won't cite ... just odd. But it happens. Coming as a substitute is another Michigan classic, Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA.

(2) Stay tuned later this week as deliveries are made. The situation will be clearer on Thursday.

The following beers are on tap now.

USA

Avery Thirteen (Weizen Doppelbock) 9.3% abv

BBC (Main & Clay) Bearded Pat's Barley Wine circa 10% abv

Bell’s Sparkling Ale 8.9% abv

Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout 9.5% abv

Hoppin’ Frog Boris the Crusher (Bodacious Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout) 9.4% abv

Left Hand Snow Bound Winter Ale 7.6% abv

Mojo Risin' Double IPA (Boulder Beer) 10% abv

Rogue Ten Thousand Brew Ale, 10% abv

Rogue Frosty Frog (John’s Locker Stock #12; Rogue Issaquah Brewhouse) 9.5% abv

Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine (Vintage 2006) 11.2% abv

Upland Ard-Ri Imperial Irish-style Red Ale 9% abv

WORLD

JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale (2006) 11.5% abv

Les 3 Fourquets Brooklynette (La Gnomette Part II) (Belgium) 8.5% abv

Regenboog t’Smisje Dubbel (Belgium) 9% abv

Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf (UK) circa 10.5% abv

Urthel Samaranth Quadrium (Belgium) 12% abv

Here are the beers that already are scheduled to appear at specific times during Gravity Head 2007 (March and April):

POSTPONED - WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL - THE KEG WILL BE HELD.
Schlafly Reserve Oak-Aged Barley Wine 10.6% abv
Representatives of Schlafly will be on hand with other of their beers for sampling in a yet-to-be-determined format.

Saturday, April 7:
BarrelHouse Belgian Style Winter Ale 8.25% abv
Representatives of BarrelHouse and Cavalier Distributing Indiana, including BH brewer Rick DeBar, will be on hand with other BH beers for sampling (including Boss Cox Double Dark IPA) in conjunction with the FOSSILS homebrew club’s monthly meeting in Prost.

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Now, on to the availability update.
As you can see, Gravity Head is going to last for quite some time. These kegs are in the bullpen – on site and ready for tapping:

USA

Bluegrass Brewing Co. (St. Matthews) Mephistopheles Metamorphosis circa 10% abv

Bell's Expedition Stout (keg) 11.5% abv

Bell’s Third Coast Old Ale 10.2% abv

Clipper City Below Decks Barleywine 11% abv

Clipper City Holy Sheet 9% abv

Clipper City Peg Leg Imperial Stout 8% abv

Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA 13.6% abv

Flying Dog Double Dog 10.5% abv

Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine 10.2% abv

Ringneck Brewing Old 21 Imperial IPA 9.1% abv

Ringneck Brewing "FOTB” Barley Wine 10% abv

Shmaltz Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA 10% abv

Stone Double Bastard 10% abv

Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss Wine, 10.2% abv

WORLD

De Dolle Dulle Teve (Belgium) 10% abv

Houblon Chouffe 9% abv

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Some beers are still in transit, and ETAs are provided when known:

WORLD

EKU 28 11% abv (ETA unknown)

Kulmbacher Reichelbrau Eisbock 9.2% abv (ETA unknown)

Regenboog Guido 8% abv (ETA early April)

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These kegs have passed into Gravity Head history:

Aventinus Eisbock (Germany) 12.5% abv

Avery "The Beast" 2006 14.9% abv

Avery “The Maharaja” Imperial India Pale Ale 9.9% abv

BBC (St. Matthews) Leah's Etrange 9.2% abv

Bell's Expedition Stout (firkin) 11.5% abv

Bell's Hopslam Double IPA 9.5% abv

Bluegrass Brewing Co. (Main & Clay) Dank IPA (hand pull) 8% abv

De Dolle Special Extra Export Stout (Belgium) 9% abv

Ettaler Curator Doppelbock (Germany) 9% abv

Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA 2006 13% abv

JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale (Lagavulin Scotch barrel aged; 2005; pin (UK) 11.5% abv

Kasteelbier Brown (Biere de Chateau) (Belgium) 11% abv

Koningshoeven Quadrupel (Netherlands) 10% abv

Left Hand Imperial Stout 10.4% abv

NABC Thunderfoot Imperial Stout 2006 11% abv

Regenboog t’Smisje BBBourgondier (Belgium) 12% abv

Rogue XS Old Crustacean Barley Wine 2002 11.3% abv

Samichlaus Bier 2005 (Austria) 14% abv

Shmaltz Genesis 10:10 10% abv

Stone Imperial Russian Stout 10.8% abv

Urthel Hop-It Belgian IPA (Belgium) 9.5% abv

Scratches:

De Dolle Stille Nacht 12% abv (stolen by East Coast account)

Delirium Nocturnum 8.5% abv (unknown problems)

Gales Prize Old Ale (2005) 9% abv (shipping snafu)

New Holland Pilgrim's Dole 10% abv (shipping snafu)

Ringneck Brewing Im-perle-ial Porter 7.7% abv (unavailable)

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