12 packs of Sierra Nevada's Beer Camp Across America beers are now available at both Keg Liquors locations.

Yesterday we learned that on Wednesday, June 1, The Exchange pub + kitchen will be teaming with Sierra Nevada Brewing Company for a Surf & Turf Tap Takeover.

It's all part of New Albany Craft Beer Week, recognizing the great things that happen when America's craft beer scene meets New Albany's independent restaurants and bars.

What's most intriguing about the Surf & Turf Tap Takeover is the opportunity to enjoy draft versions of six Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America collaboration beers. 

We partnered with 6 regional brewing teams to create an incredible collaboration: 31 brewers together making 6 different beers for a one-time-only variety pack.

BCAA Family Values Imperial Brown Ale with Cocoa
BCAA West Latitude Session Rye with Hibiscus
BCAA Stout of the Union Robust Stout
BCAA Moxee-Moron Imperial Session IPA
BCAA Sweet Sunny South Southern Table Beer
BCAA Pat-Rye-Ot Revolutionary Pale Ale

As of 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, both locations of Keg Liquors have these variety packs in stock (12 x 12oz bottles; two each of six styles).

Supplies are limited, so if you want to get a sneak preview, now's the time ... and don't forget that the 11th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale takes place in New Albany on Saturday, June 4.

Keg Liquors (New Albany)
4304 Charlestown Road
New Albany, IN 47150
Telephone: 812.948.0444

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday 10am to 10PM
Friday - Saturday 10am to 11PM
Closed on Sunday

Keg Liquors (Clarksville)
617 East Lewis and Clark Pkwy
Clarksville, IN 47129
Telephone: 812.283.3988

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday 9:30 AM to Midnight
Friday - Saturday 9:30 AM to 1AM
Closed on Sunday

About The Keg
Keg Liquors has been family owned and operated by two generations and has been serving the Kentuckiana area since 1970.

Our focus is on specialty items, such as craft and imported beers, boutique wines, specialty liquors. We are not a big box store, nor do we pretend to be. What we can offer you are honest pricing, great service and knowledge you just won't find in most other places.

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New Albany Craft Beer Week Calendar, 2016

Sunday, May 29
Boomtown Ball & Festival
New Albanian Brewing Company’s Houndmouth Ale will be available for purchase.

Tuesday, May 31
Beer dinner at Gospel Bird with Falls City Beer (details TBA)

Wednesday, June 1
Surf & Turf Tap Takeover (Sierra Nevada and The Exchange)

Thursday, June 2
Monty PINT-thon Night at Floyd County Brewing Company

Saturday, June 4
Keg Liquors Fest of Ale
100+ Breweries, 7 Craft Beer Distributors, 8 Fine Wine Distributors, over 250 craft and import beers, wine, food, charity raffle and more.

Saturday, June 4
The official Keg Liquors Fest of Ale after party will take place at The Exchange pub + kitchen.


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New Albany Craft Beer Week: It's a celebration of small, independent and traditional in brewing, and the community.

New Albany Craft Beer Week: It's a celebration of small, independent and traditional in brewing, and the community.

In recent years, New Albany’s new generation of food and drink establishments has played a major role in putting the “boom” back into our town.

So, earlier in the year when Keg Liquors announced it would be relocating its popular Fest of Ale to New Albany’s Riverfront Amphitheater on Saturday, June 4, it offered the perfect opportunity to celebrate the continuing rise of craft beer in New Albany.

After all, Keg Liquors is the top-rated bottle shop for beer in the whole the state of Indiana, according to RateBeer.

And, craft beer has come to be a staple offering at the majority of New Albany’s food and drink establishments.

Accordingly, the New Albany Restaurant and Bar Association (NARBA) is delighted to announce a new promotion aimed at reinforcing the economic, cultural and flavorful contributions of America’s craft brewers.

It’s New Albany Craft Beer Week, running from Sunday, May 29 through Saturday, June 4.

Many such beer weeks are honored in America. They vary in size and scope, and range across districts, cities and states, but there is relative uniformity in the concept.

The idea is to educate and disseminate craft beer consciousness, with an ulterior motive of letting consumers know more about places that serve it, and the people who make it all possible.

Anchoring New Albany Craft Beer Week on either side is the city of New Albany’s Boomtown Ball & Festival on Sunday, May 29, and Keg Liquors Fest of Ale on Saturday, June 4.

New Albany’s independent restaurants and pubs are encouraged to schedule tastings, beer dinners and special releases during the period of May 29 through June 4.

Known events at press time are listed below; others will appear as they’re announced on the New Albany Craft Beer Week blog: http://nacraftbeerweek.blogspot.com/

For some craft beer background, according to the Brewers Association, “An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional.”

• Craft brewers are small brewers.
• The hallmark of craft beer and craft brewers is innovation. Craft brewers interpret historic styles with unique twists and develop new styles that have no precedent.
• Craft beer is generally made with traditional ingredients like malted barley; interesting and sometimes non-traditional ingredients are often added for distinctiveness.
• Craft brewers tend to be very involved in their communities through philanthropy, product donations, volunteerism and sponsorship of events.
• Craft brewers have distinctive, individualistic approaches to connecting with their customers.
• Craft brewers maintain integrity by what they brew and their general independence, free from a substantial interest by a non-craft brewer.
• The majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a craft brewer.

With three operational brewing companies (Donum Dei Brewery, Floyd County Brewing and the New Albanian Brewing Company), New Albany now has more breweries than at any time since 1907 – and not to forget our friends at River City Winery, one of Indiana’s few urban wineries.

Throughout New Albany, and especially downtown, great craft beer selections have become the norm. Eateries like Big Four Burgers, Dragon King’s Daughter, The Exchange and Feast BBQ (to name just four) always have ample craft beer selections drawn from Indiana (120+ breweries), Kentucky (21+) and America (4,000) as a whole.

New Albany’s new generation of restaurants and bars is independent, unique and locally focused. Not coincidentally, these are the characteristics that define America’s craft beer revolution.

Come down, have some fun – and always remember to drink responsibly.

Cheers!

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New Albany Craft Beer Week Calendar, 2016 (Revised 05/21/2016)

Sunday, May 29
Boomtown Ball & Festival
New Albanian Brewing Company’s Houndmouth Ale will be available for purchase.

Tuesday, May 31
Beer dinner at Gospel Bird with Falls City Beer (details TBA)

Wednesday, June 1
Surf & Turf Tap Takeover (Sierra Nevada and The Exchange)

Thursday, June 2
Monty PINT-thon Night at Floyd County Brewing Company

Saturday, June 4
Keg Liquors Fest of Ale
100+ Breweries, 7 Craft Beer Distributors, 8 Fine Wine Distributors, over 250 craft and import beers, wine, food, charity raffle and more.

Saturday, June 4
The official Keg Liquors Fest of Ale after party will take place at The Exchange pub + kitchen.

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Newspaper recognizes local "suds-selling savants." Next, it's a pink slip for headline writers.

Previously my reaction to RateBeer's annual list was dissected, though this feature in the local newspaper's entertainment insert focuses more on Keg Liquors.

It's worth a read, but the headline ... peee-you.

The full article can be read at issuu:

Crafting a Culture: Local suds-selling savants recognized statewide, by Matt Koesters (News and Tribune)

Don't forget that the 2016 Keg Liquors Fest of Ale will move to the waterfront in New Albany.

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Keg Liquors Fest of Ale will move to New Albany's Riverfront Amphitheater in 2016; the 11th annual edition slated for June 4.

(cross-posted from NA Confidential)

Saturday, June 4th remains the date for the 11th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale, but the 2016 edition of the festival will be held at the Riverfront Amphitheater in New Albany.

Here's the press release from Todd Antz.

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Fest of Ale on the move.

New Albany, Ind. (February 2016) – After 10 successful years in Clarksville, the Keg Liquors Fest of Ale is changing venues. The 11th Annual Fest of Ale will be held on June 4th, 2016 at the New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater.

“Moving the event was a tough decision, but we felt that we had outgrown the space we were using at St. Anthony’s,” said Todd Antz, owner of Keg Liquors. “St. Anthony’s has been very generous with their facilities and support over the years, and we could not have grown the event to the size it is today without their help.

"We felt that the event was becoming a bit too taxing for their neighbors and parishioners, and that it was best for both parties if we moved on. We’ve always had a great relationship with St. Anthony’s and look forward to working with them in any future opportunities that may come up. I can’t thank everyone at St. Anthony’s enough for their support over the last 7 years of hosting our charity event. We could not have done this without them.”

The New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater, located below East Main Street at the foot of Pearl Street, is home each spring and summer to numerous free concerts, productions, festivals and other events.

The move to the Riverfront Amphitheater will allow the Fest of Ale to expand in size, provide more parking, as well as having access to all of the great restaurants and businesses in downtown New Albany.

“The Fest of Ale has always been a grassroots festival that promotes independent breweries and businesses, so moving the event to an area that has reinvigorated itself with all of the great shops and restaurants made perfect sense to us,” continued Antz. “The City of New Albany was very excited to help us with the event, and we look forward to working with them to make this the best Fest of Ale ever.”

Tickets for the 2016 Fest of Ale will go on sale at the beginning of April.

Keg Liquors
Keeping Kentuckiana Beer'd since 1976
http://www.kegliquors.com

617 E. Lewis and Clark Parkway
Clarksville, IN 47129
812-283-3988

4304 Charlestown Road
New Albany, IN 47150
812-948-0444

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Fest of Ale in SoIn.

This week's edition of SoIn includes a diagram of this year's Fest of Ale grounds and a preview of the annual Keg Liquors celebration for the benefit of the Crusade for Children. 

It's that time again: The 7th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale is Saturday, June 2.

I haven't taken time to tout Fest of Ale simply because it is unlikely that any beer lover within a hundred mile radius doesn't already know about metro Louisville's finest annual beer fest.

The seventh edition is Saturday, June 2. It seems like only yesterday that I was hanging on for dear life to the tent in hopes we wouldn’t be staging a beer-soaked revival of the Wizard of Oz. With all due respect to Todd, the St. Anthony's location is aesthetically superior to the parking lot on Lewis & Clark. The church basement might come in handy, although this year, the weather forecast is looking good.

NABC will be there with Rosa, our draft truck, dispensing these beers: Black & Blue Grass, Naughty Girl 2012, Oaktimus, Propagator Dopplebock and Yakima Rye IPA (in the Hop Tent).

Here's the rundown.

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7th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale
June 2nd, 3 - 7 PM

What is the Fest of Ale? It is a charity beer festival to help raise funds for the WHAS Crusade for Children.

The 7th annual Fest rolls around on Saturday, June 2, from 3-7 p.m. For the fourth year, it's on tap for St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 320 N. Sherwood Ave., Clarksville, Ind.

More than 40 breweries and four craft brew distributors will serve samples of more than 150 craft and import beers, and six fine wine distributors will serve wine samples. The St. Anthony's Men's Club will cook up hamburgers, hot dogs, brats and the like.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 on the day of the event. They're available now at Keg Liquors, 617 E. Lewis & Clark Pkwy., Clarksville; or their New Albany location at 302 Pearl St, New Albany; or online at http://www.kegliquors.com/fest_of_ale.html.

The Keg's store in New Albany inches closer.

Pardon me while I say: Whoo-Hoo.

Part-time positions for the New Albany store currently are being filled ... you can apply at The Keg in Clarksville.

Todd Antz 1:07pm Oct 27 We are getting closer to opening our New Albany location for Keg Liquors. I've made a couple of pages here on Facebook, which is a great place to see our new products and upcoming events. Here is the link if you are interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KegLiquorsNA/ Keg Liquors New Albany Keep your eyes open for a new Keg Liquors location in the heart of downtown New Albany coming fall o...

Feast of Fall Beers this Thursday at Keg Liquors.

From Keg Liquors ... and just think, soon events like this will be taking place in downtown New Albany.

Join us on September 29th from 6 - 9 PM as we hold our 6th Annual Feast of Fall Beers. This is one of our biggest beer tastings of the year, and brings together 3 different craft beer distributors with over 20 different Octoberfest, Pumpkin, and other fall beers.

Buckhead Mountain Grill on the River will also be present with samplings of their house made Beer Cheese & Pretzel Bread, along with Lane's Mini-Beer Brats with a special Sriracha sauce drizzle.

Here is a sampling of many of the beers we will be tasting:

• Sun King Oktoberfest
• New Albanian Strassen Brau
• Against the Grain Smoked Marzen
• BBC Oktoberfest
• Spaten Oktoberfest
  
• Paulaner Oktoberfest
• Sam Adams Octoberfest
• Shipyard Pumpkinhead
• Hoppin Frog Double Pumpkin Ale
• Southern Tier Pumking
• Sierra Nevada Tumbler
  
• Weihenstephaner Festbier
• Leinenkugel Oktoberfest
• New Belgium Hoptober
• Hofbrau Oktoberfest
• Upland Oktoberfest
• Bells Octoberfest
• Rivertown Oktoberfest
• Ayinger Oktoberfest
• Schlafly Pumpkin Ale
• Schlafly Oktoberfest
• Berghoff Oktoberfest
  
• Sprecher Oktoberfest
• and many more!

This event is free and open to the public (21 and older!)

Naughty Girl bombers on sale at ...

Fest of Ale recaps: A good time was had by all, it seems.

Praise for Fest of Ale, which was held on June 4th in Clarksville, Indiana.

From Steve Coomes at www.InsiderLouisville.com:
Fest of Ale 2011 featured region’s best of ales, fantastic crowd

From Jason Lyvers at www.louisville.com:
Keg Liquors Fest of Ale Recap...all I can say is YUM! [Lville Beer]

The 6th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale is Saturday, June 4th, 3 - 7 p.m.

(From the tireless beer maven, Todd Antz)

What is the Fest of Ale?

It is a charity beer festival to help raise funds for the WHAS Crusade for Children, with 40+ Breweries, 4 Craft Beer Distributors, 6 Fine Wine Distributors, over 150 craft and import beers, wine, food, a charity raffle and more!

We've continued to improve the festival year after year. This year, we have added even more wine, and we have also added several new breweries to the mix.

Date: June 4th from 3 - 7 p.m.
Location: St. Anthony's of Padua, 320 North Sherwood Avenue, Clarksville, Indiana 47129-2798

Cost: $25 advance, $30 day of show

For more details and to buy tickets, check out the events website at http://www.kegliquors.com/fest_of_ale.html

NABC Bottle Release Party at Keg Liquors this Thursday, March 31.

From the web site of the 44th best beer retailer in the world comes this notice of NABC's bottle release celebration this coming Thursday evening.

New Albanian Bottle Release Party ... March 31st, 2011

Join us on March 31st from 5 - 8 PM as we welcome our friends from New Albanian Brewing Company and help them launch their newly bottled beer. Bottles of Elector, Hoptimus and Elsa von Horizon will be available for sale, and discounted for the day of the event. Chef Josh Lehman from the New Albanian Bank Street Brewhouse will be creating some different appetizers for the event, and New Albanian personnel will be on hand to celebrate this great event.

Indiana Beer Week tasting at Keg Liquors this Thursday, July 15.

(From Todd Antz at Keg Liquors)

Indiana Beer Week Tasting this Thursday from 5 - 8 PM

Here is all the information about this week's tasting:

Join us on July 15th from 5 - 8 PM as we celebrate Indiana Beer Week with a beer tasting of microbrews from across the state. Here is the lineup:

# Barley Island Dirty Helen
# Barley Island Flat Top Wheat
# Mishawaka Seven Mules Kickass Ale
# Mishawaka Four Horsemen
# Oaken Barrel Razzwheat
# Oaken Barrel Indiana Amber
# Upland Double Dragonfly IPA
# Upland Bad Elmer's Porter
# We'll also have two different brews donated by our friends at the New Albanian Brewing Company as well.

This tasting is free and open to the public (21 and older) so invite your friends!

Reminder: The remarkably local Fest of Ale is this Saturday, June 5.

It's a truly local beer festival, conceived and staged right here, growing slowly and steadily over the years, and with no apparent need for outside intervention. For the whole story, hit the Fest of Ale page at Facebook.

Get your Stone on at Keg Liquors this Thursday.

From Todd Antz at Keg Liquors. At the Keg Liquor Facebook page, there is a link to the article Todd wrote for Clark County Focus about spring beers.

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Stone Brewing Company Beer Tasting

Join us on Thursday, April 29th from 5 - 8 PM as we welcome Stone Brewing in for a special tasting. Here is what we will be tasting:

* Stone - Arrogant Bastard
* Stone - India Pale Ale
* Stone - Levitation Ale
* Stone - Old Guardian
* Stone - Ruination IPA
* Stone - Smoked Porter
* Stone - Sublimely Self Righteous Ale

This event is free and open to the public (21 and older)

Calendar check: 5th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale is Saturday, June 5.

Follow the bouncing link to the Facebook page for the 2010 Keg Liquors Fest of Ale. It will be the fifth edition of the fest, and will take place on Saturday, June 5 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Anthony's of Padua in Clarksville.

"5th Annual Holiday Insanity Beer Tasting" at Keg Liquors on December 3.

Todd Antz's annual holiday beer tasting falls on the night before Saturnalia begins at the Public House. I've placed an asterisk by the bottled selections below to indicate the ones that will be coming on draft during NABC's fest. Sample them at the Keg, then have a pint when they come on line. I will.

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Keg Liquors
5th Annual Holiday Insanity Beer Tasting
Thursday, December 3
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Another of our great traditions. We conclude the year’s beer tasting schedule with a bang, featuring Holiday and Seasonal beers from around the world. Here is the lineup for this year's tasting:

Stegmaier - Holiday Warmer
Berghoff - Winter Ale
*Breckenridge - Christmas Ale
*Boulder - Never Summer Ale
*Great Divide - Hibernation Ale
Affligem - Noël (Christmas Ale)
Corsendonk - Christmas Ale
*Bell's - Christmas Ale
Bell's - Winter White
*Schlafly - Christmas Ale
Schlafly - Winter ESB
Samuel Smith - Winter Welcome
Anchor Brewing - Our Special Beer 2009
*Three Floyds - Alpha Klaus Porter
Sam Adams - Winter Lager
*New Belgium - 2 Below
Magic Hat - Winter Howl
*Pyramid - Snow Cap
*Clipper City - Winter Storm
Hoppin Frog - Frosted Frog Christmas Ale
Boulevard - Nutcracker
Leinenkugel - Fireside Nut Brown

This event is free and open to the public (21 and older of course!)

Beer Event Watch: BBC (Shelbyville Road) Beer Tasting at Keg Liquors, October 29.

Submitted by Todd Antz, owner of Keg Liquors (Keeping Kentuckiana "Beer'd" Since 1976) at 617 E. Lewis & Clark Parkway in Clarksville. I'm holding out for Kiwi fruit in the Randall, but we'll have to wait and see.

Join us on Thursday, October 29th from 5 - 8 PM as our friends from BBC Shelbyville Road stop in for the next in line of our "locals only" beer tastings. Jerry and Sam will be in with a great lineup of their beers, and an appearance by a Randall the Enamel Animal, that we will use as a surprise infuser of one of their beers. Will it be hops? Will it be coffee? Or maybe another surprise ingredient will be used.

Here is the lineup:

- Rye 75 - Rye 75 is a tribute to our friends along Interstate 75. The malty sweetness extracted from Canadian pale ale and French caramel malt is balanced by the spicy flavor of German rye malt which composes 30% of the grist bill. In addition to its big malt profile Rye 75 has an assertive dose of American Cascade and Columbus hops lending a citrusy and floral flavor and aroma. This beer has been dry hopped in the keg with more Cascade hops for even greater hop aroma.

- Professor Gesser's Mind Numbing Ale - dry hopped with Simcoe and Cascade, from the otherwise mild-mannered Kansan and self-described social experiment, Jerry Gnagy.

- Luna de Miel Raspberry Mead 0 Historically a meade was made to celebrate the union of a couple and given to them for celebration of their marriage. Truly defined as a braggot, BBC Luna De Miel is a fermented honey ale flavored with a blend of raspberries and blackberries. Luna De Miel is a refreshing change from standard BBC offerings. Luna De Miel is effervescent, fruity, and light, yet warming from its moderate strength.

- Heine Brothers Coffee Stout - This oatmeal stout is brewed with English roasted barley and caramunich malt which gives a roasty and slightly sweet malt flavor. The addition of flaked oats lends creaminess and body to this pitch black ale. The coffee will be added to the hot wort (unfermented beer) after boiling. This will extract good flavor without adding bitterness or burnt flavors. Freshly brewed coffee will also be added to the beer after fermentation is completed and the beer is ready to be served. This will give the freshest coffee flavor and aroma.

and a couple of surprise beers as well.

This is a free event and open to the public (21 and older!)

4th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale is Saturday, June 6.

Straight from Todd Antz's word processor, here's the preview for this year's edition of Fest of Ale, which is coming this Saturday. I've copied it from Todd's announcement at the Louisville Restaurants Forum, and I'm sure he'll comment if there's anything to add.

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30 Breweries, 3 Craft Beer Distributors, 2 Wine Distributors and over 100 beers and wines to be sampled, as well as food, music, and a charity silent auction to support the WHAS Crusade for Children on June 6th from 3 - 7PM.

Cost: $25 advance, $30 day of the event. Online ticket sales are now available via our website

Due to the growing number of supporters for this event, we have outgrown holding this at the Keg Liquors facility. We have partnered up with St. Anthony's in Clarksville to host the event this year. St. Anthony's is located 5 minutes from the store, at 320 North Sherwood Drive, Clarksville, IN

For more information, check out our website.

Breweries attending include:
Barley Island
New Belgium
Magic Hat
Sam Adams
Bells Brewing
Bluegrass Brewing Company (Clay & Main)
Bluegrass Brewing Company (St. Matthews)
Brownings
Sierra Nevada
Powerhouse Brewing Company
Cumberland Brews
Schlafly
Warbird Brewing
Upland Brewing Company
New Albanian Brewing Company
Wetten Imports
Brugge Brasserie
Three Floyds
Victory
Spaten
Franziskaner
Moylans
Hoppin Frog
Dark Horse
Dogfish Head
Lost Coast
Leinenkugel
Pyramid
Eurobrew
Huyghe (Delirium)
Kasteel
Gouden Carolus
Unibroue
St. Bernardus
Weltenburger
Verhaeghe

and many more on the way!

Craft Beer Distributors:
World Class Beverages
Cavalier Distributing
Winding Road Beverages

Wine Distributors:
InVie
Crossroads Vintners

Food will be available from the St. Anthony's Men's Group.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact me at 812-283-3988

Program and beer listings

February 5: Cumberland Brews tasting at Keg Liquors.

Straight from the owner's word processor.

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Join us for a very special event as our friends from Cumberland Brews join us for a sampling of their fantastic beers. Brewer Cameron Finnis will be on hand to pour and talk about all of their great beers.

Here is the lineup:

Pale Ale
Red Ale
Cream Ale
Nitro Porter
Kincardine
What You Saison?
Damn Breaker (Belgian Double)
Bunkass (ESB)

The event is being held from 5 - 8 PM on February 5th and is free to the public (21 and older).

Facebook event listing