Beer Events January 31, 2013

NABC Posts Gravity Head Beer List

Written by John Wurth

This year’s Gravity Head is shaping up very nicely. Well done, Mr. Baylor and Co. Read the full post from the Potable Curmudgeon here.

Here’s the list I stole:

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%
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%