Friday, March 11, 2011

Founders and Cavalier Distributing Day at Gravity Head: Friday, March 11.

Tonight we welcome a visiting delegation of revelers from Cavalier Distributing, the official Indiana wholesaler for Founders Brewing Company. The genial John Host from Founders is coming along for the ride. The group's coming down to Bank Street Brewhouse first, and then will ride to the Pizzeria & Public House, hopefully by 7:00 p.m.

Accordingly, Eric and Ben have filled the taps with six Founders ales originally listed for Gravity Head, and four others -- just because they're there.

Remember: It's Black Friday at the Pizzeria & Public House. wear your 2011 "Gravity's Rainbow" t-shirt and receive a free NABC sticker as well as a chance to win a $20 gift card.

Here's the tap scene as of the start of business on Friday, March 11, and an overall view of how Gravity Head's gone so far. "Gone" is a good way of describing it, because only a handful of beers remain to go on line.

ON TAP NOW

Note: In addition to the Founders listed below, another unlisted Gravity Head qualifier is on tap:

Founders Imperial Stout (13F Russian Imperial Stout; 10.5%)

Also, three more Founders ales are pouring, just for the hell of it:

Founders Centennial IPA (14B American IPA; 7.2%)
Founders Newaygo County Cherry (22C Wood-Aged Beer; 7%)
Founders Red's Rye (23 Specialty; 6.6%)

13F RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Founders Breakfast Stout (2009) 8.3%

14C IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA 12%
Founders Double Trouble IPA 9.4%

19C AMERICAN BARLEYWINE
NABC Jaxon 11%
Rogue XS Old Crustacean Barley Wine (2009) Circa 11%

21B. CHRISTMAS/WINTER SPECIALTY SPICED BEER
Barley Island Humbugger Christmas Ale 9.3%

22C. WOOD-AGED BEER
Barley Island Barrel Aged Muscles From Brussels 10.3%
BBC (Shelbyville Road) Bourbon Barrel Wee Heavy 9.8%
Founders Backwoods Bastard 9.2%
Founders Black Biscuit 10.5%
Founders KBS Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2010 11.2%

23 SPECIALTY BEER
Shmaltz He’Brew Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah (13) 13%
Stone Double Bastard Ale (2009) 10%

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WHAT'S LEFT TO RE-TAP?

These were removed to make room for the Founders Day wave, but there's still beer in them, and they will be tapped again when space permits:

13F Rogue XS Imperial Stout 11%
19C BBC (Main & Clay) Bearded Pat’s Barley Wine (2009) 11%
22C Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout 9.5%
22C Left Hand Oak-Aged Widdershins (2009) 8.8%
22C Sun King Russian Timmie Oak-Aged Imperial Stout 10%

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WHAT'S LEFT TO TAP?

22C. WOOD-AGED BEER
Great Crescent Bourbon’s Barrel Stout 8%

23 SPECIALTY BEER
Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary “Our Brewers Reserve” 9.2%

On St. Patrick’s Day, on Thursday, March 17:
23 BBC (Shelbyville Road) Sam’s 'n' Adam's Bustin’ Lager 8.2%
13F Stone Imperial Russian Stout (2009) 10.8%
23 Upland Ard Ri Imperial Red 9.3%

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RANKS OF THE DEPARTED ... LISTED SELECTIONS

00. THREE FLOYDS - STYLE UNTO ITSELF
Three Floyds Barrel Aged Moloko 2009 (Bourbon Barrel Baltic Milk Stout) 9.5%
Three Floyds Behemoth 2010 (American Barleywine) 10.5%
Three Floyds Owd Engwish Bawley Whine (English Barleywine) 10.5%
Three Floyds Dreadnaught (Imperial IPA) 9.5%
Three Floyds Mikkeller Ruggoop (Rye Wine) 9.5%
Three Floyds Moloko (Baltic Milk Stout) 8%
Three Floyds The Creeper (Doppelbock) 9%

5C. DOPPELBOCK
Sun King Dominator Doppelbock 8.1%

13F RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 18%
Left Hand Imperial Stout 10.4%
NABC Thunderfoot (2010) 10%
Upland Teddy Bear Kisses 10.2%

14C IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Bell’s HopSlam 10%
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA 18%

16E. BELGIAN SPECIALTY ALE
Brugge Brasserie Quadripple 12%
Stone 10.10.10 Vertical Epic Ale 9.5%

18C. BELGIAN TRIPEL
NABC Le Diable Blonde (2010) 10.7%

18E. BELGIAN DARK STRONG ALE
Brooklyn Cuvee Noire 8.7%

19B ENGLISH BARLEYWINE
Boulder Killer Penguin Barleywine 10%
Brooklyn Monster Ale 10.3%

19C AMERICAN BARLEYWINE
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barley Wine (2001) 9.6%

22C. WOOD-AGED BEER
Dogfish Head Burton Baton 10+%
Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout 9.5%

23 SPECIALTY BEER
BBC (Shelbyville Road) Chocolate Wheatwine 10.6%
Bell’s Batch 9000 12.5%
Clipper City Heavy Seas Prosit 9%
NABC/O'Fallon/Schlafly C2 Collaboration Ale 10.7%
Two Brothers Bare Tree (2009) 10%

DEPARTED BONUS UNLISTED SELECTIONS
14C Sierra Nevada Hoptimum 10.4%
22C Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout 9.4%
22C. NABC Willett Bourbon Barrel Chocolate Stout 8%+
22C Upland Bourbon Barrel Winter Warmer 9%+

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SCRATCHES -- WE TRY, BUT EVERY YEAR ...
13F Great Crescent Diabolicale/ReplicAle 8%
14C Ram “In Hops We Trust” 8.5%
18D Barley Island Damien Strong Belgian Golden 8.9%
23 Wilbur Brewhause Country Mellow 8%

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