The atmosphere is casual, the menu pizza-driven and the beer, whether house-brewed or guest, award-winning ...
… at our original north side location.
It’s where it all began in 1987 as Sportstime Pizza, later incorporating Rich O’s Public House (1990) and NABC’s Research & Development Brewery (2002).
Thought-provoking free movies in Prost!
The following is from Carol Tvaroh, who belongs to an organization called Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan (HCHP). On at least one previous occasion, the group screened a video (Michael Moore’s “Sicko”) in Prost, at the Public House. They asked to come back with a series of documentaries and we’re delighted to accommodate them.
The schedule of upcoming films is as follows …
Feb. 20th – THE LAST MOUNTAIN (about mountain-top removal coal mining)
Massive profit allows Big Coal to wield incredible financial influence over lobbyists and government officials in both parties, rewrite environmental protection laws, avoid lawsuits and eliminate more than 40,000 mining jobs. (Official selection 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
April 2nd – GASLAND (about fracking) Winner Special Jury Prize 2010 Sundance Film Festival for best US documentary.
GASLAND documents Josh Fox’s cross-country odyssey to investigate the controversial process of hydraulic fracturiing to obtain natural gas. Fox was recently arrested while trying to record a Senate hearing on “fracking” for a followup documentary.
April 16th – SICKO (why the US health care system isn’t working for most people)
An accurate and scathing indictment of America’s failing health care system by award-winning film-maker, Michael Moore.
May 21st – Robert Greenwald’s KOCH BROTHERS EXPOSED – The 1% at its very worst
This movie is timely, since the Koch’s and ALEC are now in the news, and the Koch brothers are working hard to suppress, or at least to discredit the movie.
It documents some of the ways in which the Koch brothers have manipulated government with the power of their billions of dollars, and caused untold damage to the nation, the people and the and the planet. All in the name of greed, for money and power. This is a “must see” movie.
June 11th – PRAIRIE GIANT – a biopic about Tommy Douglas and his struggle to establish Canada’s health care system.
Our Cellarmen’s Recommendations
Recommendations/Draft Specials for the Pizzeria & Public House:
Stone Old Guardian
Stone Old Guardian Belgo
Cheers,
Eric Grey, Cellarman
Bottle Specials:
De Dolle Extra Export
Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison
Stone 2011 Double Bastard
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Our Cellarmen’s Recommendations …
Recommendations/Draft Specials
Crown Brown
Upland Ard Ri
Cheers,
Eric Grey, Cellarman
Bottle Specials:
De Dolle Extra Export
Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison
Stone 2011 Double Bastard
Category: Draught Offerings, NABC Pizzeria and Public House |
NABC’s thunderous business hours this Saturday, April 21
NABC will be on hand with Elector and Bob’s Old 15-B for the 5th Annual Craft Beer Extravaganza for Thunder Over Louisville, presented by Buckhead Mountain Grill and Rocky’s Sub Pub under the big top on the northern shore of the Ohio.
Meanwhile, NABC’s on-premise locations will be keeping the following hours:
Bank Street Brewhouse: Normal business hours (11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.)
Pizzeria & Public House: The Pizzeria will observe regular hours (11:00 a.m. – midnight), but the Public House will open at 5:00 p.m.
Roger A. Baylor, NABC
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Our Cellarmen’s Recommendations
Recommendations/Draft Specials
Stone Old Guardian
Stone Old Guardian Belgo
Cheers,
Eric Grey, Cellarman
Bottle Specials:
De Dolle Extra Export
Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison
Stone 2011 Double Bastard
Category: Beer, NABC Pizzeria and Public House |
Session Head preview for Saturday, April 7
For NABC’s first-ever Session Head this Saturday (known elsewhere as Session Beer Day, but we have our own oddities to perpetuate), we’ll be taking a minimalist approach – with no pun intended.
From Gravity Head to Session Head in six weeks and 3.5% less ABV.
The idea is to inaugurate a tradition, and then see where it goes from here in the years to come. We’ll have three of our own beers on tap at the Pizzeria & Public House and Bank Street Brewhouse:
Community Dark … English Mild, 3.7% abv, year-round
(Extra)Ordinary … English Ordinary Bitter, circa 4% abv, spring seasonal … regular pour at the Pizzeria & Public House, and cask-conditioned at BSB
Tafel … Belgian Table/Session Ale, 4% abv, year-round
At the Pizzeria & Public House, in addition to the three NABC beers, there’ll be three other American-brewed craft beers sourced just for the occasion:
Flat12 – 12 Penny Scottish … Scottish Export, 3.4% abv
Crown Brewing Brown … English Brown, 4.1% abv
Kentucky Ale Light … Kolsch, 4% abv
Of course, Upland Wheat (Belgian Wit; 4.5% abv) and Guinness Draft Stout (Dry Stout; 4.2% abv) are on tap every day at the Pizzeria & Public House, and they fit, too.
The pours will be full Imperial pints (duh), and when the three guests are gone, they’re gone. Thanks to Lew Bryson for fighting the session fight.
Roger A. Baylor, NABC
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Spotted this one in the Public House walk-in …
… but you’ll have to ask Eric when it’s scheduled to appear.
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Session Beer Day is Saturday, April 7
David Pierce brought this to my attention earlier in the week and I can’t think of a craft beer concept that appeals to me more at the present time. Props as always go to writer Lew Bryson, who has been pushing this session consciousness notion for a while now.
Session Beer Day, April 7!
I suggested to the members of the small (but rapidly growing) Session Beer Project page on Facebook that we should make April 5th (4.5) or April 7th (Little Repeal Day, when 4.0% ABV beer became legal before repeal of the 18th Amendment) our day, Session Beer Day. We could ask for session beers at our favorite bars, and brewpubs, and suchlike, invite people to try them, gin up plenty of social media whoopee, and all dat.
This is just like the good old days, planning on the fly. Not a lot of hype and hooey, just great beers with a loose theme, and the opportunity to educate. It’s been too long, indeed.
NABC can offer three of its own beers for Session Beer Day, and we’re looking to see what can be foraged nearby. I had a delicious light pilsner (circa 3.7% abv) at Against the Grain on Monday afternoon. There’s Kentucky Light, a Kölsch coming in at 4% abv. Any other locals?
NABC’s everyday Community Dark (English Mild) is 3.7%, and our year-round Tafelbier is 4%. Coincidentally, we already planned the seasonal (Extra)Ordinary to be on tap at sub-4%, right around the beginning of April. That makes three sure drafts for Session Beer Day. Throw in two or three more, and we have a miniature tap takeover by the full pint pour.
This points to the ultimate irony: With our 14th annual Gravity Head strong beer fest (listed kegs at 8%+) now winding down, what better to follow it than the polar opposite? Having the chance to follow Gravity Head with Session Head on Session Beer Day – to me, that’s priceless.
Roger A. Baylor, NABC
Here are the parameters as defined by Lew Bryson.
The Session Beer Project exists for one reason: to promote the brewing, provision, and enjoyment of session beers. Session beers are:
► under 4.5% alcohol by volume
► flavorful enough to be interesting — no light beers, please
► balanced enough for multiple pints
► conducive to conversation
► reasonably priced
In brief, low-alcohol, but not low-taste. It’s deliberately vague. The great thing about session beers, especially the ones that come in under 3.5%, is that you can enjoy several beers, and still have a BAC of under 0.04. If you really like drinking beer, session is the way to go!
SBP was started in January of 2007 by beer writer Lew Bryson for two reasons. First, to spread the word about session beers so more people could enjoy them. Second, to better Lew’s chances of finding good session beers to drink.
Gravity Head lineup
Thursday morning, March 15 update
ON TAP NOW (11) …
13F RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Bell’s Expedition Stout 10.5%
Stone Imperial Russian Stout (2010) 10.8%
14C IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Bell’s Hopslam 10% (third keg now tapped)
Flat12 Winter Cycle 9.3%
Founders Double Trouble 9.4%
NABC/De Struise/LBS B’Urban Trotter 9.2%
19C. AMERICAN BARLEYWINE
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barley Wine (2009) 9.6%
21A. SPICE, HERB, OR VEGETABLE BEER
Founders Breakfast Stout (2010) 8.3%
22C. WOOD-AGED BEER
BBC (Main and Clay) Bearded Pat’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Barley Wine (2009) 11%
Great Crescent Bourbon’s Barrel Stout 8%
23. SPECIALTY BEER
NABC/O’Fallon/Schlafly C2 Collaboration Ale (2010)(cask) 10.7%
GRAVITY HEAD BONUS UNLISTED KEGS NOW ON TAP (1)
Alltech Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale 8.2%
IN THE BULLPEN (PARTIALS, WILL RETURN) (2)
19C. AMERICAN BARLEYWINE
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine (2010) 12%
23. SPECIALTY BEER
Stone Old Guardian Belgo Barley Wine 12%
GRAVITY HEAD BONUS UNLISTED KEGS IN THE BULLPEN (1)
Sun King Dominator Doppelbock 8.1%
YET TO BE TAPPED (3)
13F RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Upland Teddy Bear Kisses Russian Imperial Stout 10.2%
19C. AMERICAN BARLEYWINE
Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine 10.2%
23. SPECIALTY BEER
Upland Ard Ri Imperial Red 9.3% (March 17)
THEY GAVE THEIR ALL … GOODBYE (37)
00. NEW HOLLAND – STYLE UNTO ITSELF
New Holland Barrel Aged Charkoota Rye 8.4%
New Holland Blue Sunday “Gravity Head Sour Blend” 8.7%
New Holland Charkoota Rye 8%
New Holland Dragon’s Milk 10%
New Holland Envious Circa 8%
New Holland Golden Mean 8.1%
New Holland Imperial Hatter 9.4%
New Holland Silent Night 11%
5E. EISBOCK
Kulmbacher Eisbock “Bayerisch G’frorns” (2010) 9.2%
13F. RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Alvinne Podge Belgian Imperial Stout (cask; 2009) 10.5%
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (2010) 10%
De Molen Cease and Desist (a.k.a. Rasputin, Disputin) 10.7%
Founders Imperial Stout (2010) 10.5%
14C IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Mikkeller I Beat yoU 9.75%
15C. WEIZENBOCK
Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock 12%
16E. BELGIAN SPECIALTY ALE
De Proef Flemish Primitive Wild Ale (Surly Bird) 9%
Founders Blushing Monk Founders Brewing Company 9.2%
18C. BELGIAN TRIPEL
NABC Le Diable Blonde (2010) 10.7%
19A. OLD ALE
Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale 9.8%
19C. AMERICAN BARLEYWINE
Hair of the Dog Fred 10%
Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine 15.04%
Founders Nemesis (2010) 12%
Rogue XS Old Crustacean Barley Wine (2009) Circa 11%
Three Floyds Behemoth Blonde Barley Wine 12.5%
21B. CHRISTMAS/WINTER SPECIALTY SPICED BEER
Haandbryggeriet Bestefar 10%
22C. WOOD-AGED BEER
Founders CBS Imperial Stout (Canadian Breakfast) 10.6%
Founders KBS Kentucky Breakfast Stout (2011) 11.2%
Harviestoun Ola Dubh Old Engine Oil Special Reserve (Conditioned in Highland Park 18-Year-Old Scotch Barrels) Circa 11%
Left Hand Wake Up Dead (barrel-aged; nitro) 10.20%
NABC IX — Ninth Anniversary Ale (2010) 9%
NABC Oaktimus 10.7%
North Coast Grand Cru 12.9%
23. SPECIALTY BEER
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron 12%
Hair of the Dog Adam 10%
Shmaltz He’Brew Jewbelation Fifteen – 15th Anniversary Ale 15%
Sierra Nevada/Dogfish Head Life and Limb (Version 2, 2011) 10.2%
Two Brothers Bare Tree (2010) 10%
BONUS UNLISTED KEGS BLOWN (8)
Flat12 Vulgar Display of Hops 9.7%
Founders Backwoods Bastard 10.2%
Founders Curmudgeon’s Better Half 11.9%
New Holland Marsha Mallow’s Malted Milk Stout 8%
Schlenkerla Eiche (Anstich) 8%
Three Floyds Dreadnaught IPA 9.5%
Three Floyds Stygian Darkness 9%
Three Floyds Topless Wytch 9%
Our Cellarmen’s Recommendations …
Recommendations/Draft Specials
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale
Sixpoint resin American IPA
Cheers,
Eric Grey, Cellarman
Bottle Specials:
De Dolle Extra Export
Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison
Stone 2011 Double Bastard
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