It's a day early, but let's roll with it.
We've added the
Sun King and
Flat12 contingents, as well as two each from People's Brewing and Upland. There have been a handful of cuts; another year's aging for them. Listed selections for Gravity Head 2013 are organized by style category, not national origin, as defined by the Beer Judge Certification Program: www.bjcp.org
Links to detailed listings: Sun King (Tapped Feb. 22); Founders, Flat12 and NABC (tapped March 8)
Vintage dates are given only for those beers we can certify to be at least a year old by 2/22/13, and anywhere from 12 to 18 listed beers will be on tap at any given time after Gravity Head gets under way on Friday, February 22. We try our best to inform you, but know that taps can change suddenly.
In the coming days, we'll be releasing as much of the program information as possible here, and there'll be a .pdf of the Daily Gravity Form posted on-line for your convenience in printing. I'm telling you this because owing to prohibitive expense, it is
unlikely that we'll be physically printing the Daily Gravity Form this year, although the format is unchanged, and you're free to use your own paper and toner. It may be just the impetus we need to get an app under way.
Following are the 62 (don't remind me that I swore we'd have only 50) strong beers being acquired for Gravity Head 2013: The Return of the Living Gravity Dead. This isn't a costume ... it's a way of life.
00. SUN KING – STYLE UNTO ITSELF
Sun King Batch 666: Sympathy for the Devil 11%
Sun King Batch 777: Touched By An Angel 10%
Sun King Big Iron 10%
Sun King Dominator 8%
Sun King Timmie 10%
Sun King Wee Muckle 8%
5E. EISBOCK
Kulmbacher Eisbock “Bayerisch G’frorns” (2010) 9.2%
9E STRONG SCOTCH ALE (WEE HEAVY)
Big Dawg Claymore 180 Shilling Scotch Ale 12%
Dark Horse Scotty Karate 9.75%
13F RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
BBC (Shelbyville Road) Tsar Bomba 12.5%
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (2011) 10%
Flat12 Pinko Russian Imperial Stout 10.3%
Founders Imperial Stout (2011) 10.5%
Great Divide Yeti (2011) 9.5%
Stone Imperial Russian Stout (2011) 10.8%
Victory Storm King (2011) 9.1%
14C IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Bell’s Hopslam 10%
Flat12 Highway to Hops 10%
Flat12 Winter Cycle 9.3%
NABC/De Struise/LBS B’Urban Trotter (2011) 9.2%
People’s Space Cowboy 9%
Upland Double Dragonfly 9.1%
16E. BELGIAN SPECIALTY ALE
Ellezelloise Hercule 9%
Urthel Samaranth Quadrium 11.5%
18C. BELGIAN TRIPEL
Schlafly Tripel 10%
19A. OLD ALE
Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale 9.8%
19B. ENGLISH BARLEYWINE
Harpoon Barleywine (Leviathan Series) (2011) 10%
North Coast Old Stock Ale 11.9%
Upland Winter Warmer 8.5%
19C. AMERICAN BARLEYWINE
Bell’s Third Coast Old Ale (2011) 10.2%
Rogue XS Old Crustacean Barley Wine (2011) Circa 11%
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barley Wine (2006) 9.6%.
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine (2012) 12%
21A. SPICE, HERB, OR VEGETABLE BEER
Flying Dog Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout (nitro) 8.9%
Founders Breakfast Stout (2011) 8.3%
Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti 9.5%
Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti (2011) 9.5%
Southern Tier Jah-va 10.6%
21B. CHRISTMAS/WINTER SPECIALTY SPICED BEER
Haandbryggeriet Bestefar 10%
22C. WOOD-AGED BEER
Against the Grain/De Molen Bo and Luke 14%
Flat12 Bourbon Barrel Winter Cycle Double IPA (2012) 9.4%
Flat12 Pinko RIS KGBaylor (Pappy Van Winkle) 11%
Flat12 Pinko RIS Nitro (Pappy Van Winkle) 10.5%
Founders Backwoods Bastard (2012) 10.2%
Founders Bolt Cutter (15th Anniversary) 15%
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti (2011) 9.5%
J. W. Lees Vintage Harvest Ale … Lagavulin Scotch (Islay) barrel-conditioned (2011; cask-conditioned) Circa 11.5%
NABC IX — Ninth Anniversary Ale (2010) Circa 9%
NABC Bourbondaddy (2012) 9.5%
Schlafly Oak Aged Barleywine (2010) 10.2%
Southern Tier “Oak-Aged Imperial” Back Burner 9.6%
23. SPECIALTY BEER
Bell’s This One Goes to 11 11.4%
Brooklyn Brewmaster’s Reserve: The Companion Ale (2011) 10%
Harpoon Triticus Ale (Leviathan Series) (2011) 11.5%
NABC/O'Fallon/Schlafly C2 Collaboration Ale (2010) 10.7%
NABC Stumble Bus (2012) 11.2%
NABC Turbo Hog (2012) 9.5%
Samichlaus Bier (2010) 14%
Stone Double Bastard Ale (2011) 10%
Three Floyds/Mikkeller Boogoop II 10.4%
Three Floyds/Mikkeller Risgoop 10.4%
Upland Ard Ri Imperial Red 9.3%
26B. BRAGGOT
People’s Ardelle Christmas Ale 8.5%
