The smoke has cleared, the dust has settled, and I believe the following to be the most accurate listing of Gravity Head beers for 2009. All are in stock or have been ordered through our reputable suppliers. This does not mean all will arrive. I have tried to place them in style categories to the best of my ability. Note that barrel-aging is a category that takes precedence over the specific style being conditioned in wood.
Tomorrow I hope to have a Gravity schedule of events, which customarily coincides with the month of March and its various celebrations and basketball games.
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For the 11th edition of Gravity Head, we have inaugurated the practice of grouping the selections by style category, not national origin.
Vintage dates will be noted only if the kegs are more than one year old by February 27, 2009.
American unless noted.
* never before poured at the Public House.
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BARLEY WINE (AND TWO WHEAT WINES)
Avery Hog Heaven … 9.2%
*Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine … 15.04%
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine … 10.2%
*Mad River JBC (John Barleycorn) … circa 9.5%
New Holland Pilgrim’s Dole Wheat Wine … 10%
Rogue Old Crustacean Barley Wine (Batch 6530; Jan. 2003) … 11%
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barley Wine 2008 … 9.6%
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine (12-13-07) … 9.9%
Three Floyds Behemoth Blonde Barley Wine … 12.5%
Two Brothers Bare Tree 2007 … 11%
BARREL CONDITIONED
Allagash Curieux (Bourbon Barrel Aged Tripel) … 11%
*BBC (Main & Clay) Olde Ale (2008; French oak red wine barrel aged Queen’s Knickers) … circa 9%
*BBC (St. Matthews) Knob Creek Aged Russian Imperial Porter … 12.0%
*Bell's Bourbon Barrel Aged Expedition/Double Cream Blend … circa 9%
*Founders Backwoods Bastard … 9.2%
*Harviestoun Ola Dubh Highland Park 18-year (single malt barrel aged) (firkin) … Scotland … circa 11%
*Harviestoun Ola Dubh Highland Park 40-year (single malt barrel aged) (firkin) … Scotland … circa 11%
JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale (Lagavulin barrel-aged) (2008) … United Kingdom … circa 11.5%
*L'Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien (aged in oak barrels formerly used for red wine and grappa) … Switzerland … 15.5%
*Left Hand Oak Aged Imperial Stout (Heaven Hill brandy) … 10.4%
New Holland Dragon’s Milk (bourbon barrel aged) … 9%
Regenboog 't Smisje Calva Reserva (E. Dupont calvados barrel aged Kerst) … Belgium … 12%
Regenboog 't Smisje Grand Reserva (Michel Couvreur whiskey barrel aged Kerst) … Belgium … 12%
BELGIAN-SYLE DIVERSE STRONG ALES
*Baladin Al-Iksir Demi Sec … Italy … 10%
De Dolle Dulle Teve … Belgium … 10%
*Het Anker Cuvee Van de Keizer… Belgium … 11%
*Schlafly Tripel … 10.78%
*Strubbe Keyte Dobbelen Tripel … Belgium … 9.2%
IMPERIAL IPA/DOUBLE IPA
*Avery Ale to the Chief … 8.75%
Bell’s HopSlam (three kegs) … 10%
Boulder Mojo Risin’ Double IPA … 10.5%
Dogfish Head Burton Baton … 10+%
*Founders Double Trouble IPA … 9.4%
Stone Double Bastard 10-19-2006 … 10%
Victory Hop Wallop … 8.5%
IMPERIAL PORTER/BALTIC PORTER
Bluegrass Brewing Company Kick in the Baltic Porter … 9%
*Left Hand Smoke Jumper Smoked Imperial Porter … 9.2%
*Rogue XS Imperial Porter … 8.2%
NABC Solidarity … 10%
*Thisted Brewery Limfjords Porter … Denmark … 7.9%
*Two Brothers Red Eye Coffee Porter … 9.2%
IMPERIAL RED
Upland Ard-Ri … circa 9%
IMPERIAL STOUT
Alvinne Podge Belgian Imperial Stout … Belgium … 10.5%
Avery The Czar … 10.77%
Bell's Expedition Stout 10-23-06 … 10.5%
*Ducato Verdi Imperial Stout … Italy … 8.2%
*Founders Breakfast Stout (10-01-07) … 8.3%
Left Hand Imperial Stout … 10.4%
NABC Thunderfoot (2008) … circa 11%
Stone Russian Imperial Stout 2/6/08 … 10.8%
*Stone Twelfth Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout 9.2%
*Struise Black Albert Belgian Royal Stout … Belgium … 13%
Thornbridge St. Petersburg Imperial Stout (firkin) … United Kingdom … 7.7%
OFF THE WALL
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA … 20%
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron (Holy Tree Brown) … 12%
Stone XI – 11th Anniversary Ale … 8.7%
OLD ALE
Burton Bridge Thomas Sykes Old Ale (firkin) … UK … 10%
JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale … UK … 11.5%
NABC Malcolm’s Old Setter’s Ale 2007 … circa 12%
SCOTCH/WEE HEAVY
*Moylan Double Kilt Lifter … 11%
STRONG LAGER
*Hofstetten Granit Bock (stone lager) … Austria … 7.3%
Samichlaus Bier … Austria … 14%
*Samichlaus Bier Helles … Austria … 14%
*Sierra Nevada Double Debockel … 9.4%
QUADRUPEL
Avery “The Reverend” … 10%
*Browning’s Quadrupel … circa 10%
Koningshoeven Quadrupel … Netherlands … 10%
Regenboog ‘t Smisje BBBourgondier … Belgium … 12%
WINTER SEASONAL
*Borgo 25 Dodici … Italy … 9.5%
*Ducato Krampus … Italy … 8%
De Dolle Stille Nacht … Belgium … 12%
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