Events and Specials
This page lets you know what's happening at Gravity BrewWorks - specials, events, advisories, alerts, updates - and things related to beer and brewing. Check back often!
Gravity's 500th Batch of Beer
We'll be making our 500th batch of beer at the end of May, and we decided that our Guinnevere Belgian Strong Golden would be that 500th beer. We haven't made this beer in a few years! We're revisiting our earlier recipe and modifying it a bit with specialty grains and different yeasts. In honor of this personal milestone, we just might break out the specialty glasses!
Lyon College Class Tours Gravity
Dr. Dave Thomas brought part of his Lyon College class to Gravity BrewWorks to tour the brewery and talk with the brewers on fermentation and some microbiology. They arrived in time for the last part of the brew day, as Bill put in the last hop addition. Tony did some explaining on grain and recipes, before Bill began the chilling and transfer process. That's Bill on the platform of the brewhouse, discussing chilling with the students. Thanks to Dr. Thomas and his students for coming out for a visit. it was fun - at least for us, since we don't have to worry about an exam!
Dr. Dave Thomas brought part of his Lyon College class to Gravity BrewWorks to tour the brewery and talk with the brewers on fermentation and some microbiology. They arrived in time for the last part of the brew day, as Bill put in the last hop addition. Tony did some explaining on grain and recipes, before Bill began the chilling and transfer process. That's Bill on the platform of the brewhouse, discussing chilling with the students. Thanks to Dr. Thomas and his students for coming out for a visit. it was fun - at least for us, since we don't have to worry about an exam!
Twin Lakes Homebrew Club Visits Gravity, Rapp's, and Norfork Breweries
We had a great visit on Saturday with the folks in the Twin Lakes Homebrew Club. They set up a Brew Bus tour to visit all three of the breweries in north central Arkansas. They met at Rapp's Barren, sampled brews, of course, then headed south to Gravity. The weather was good, and they had beers (more of course), enjoyed the nice weather and visited with Bill in the brewery and Mary and Tony in the tasting room. They headed to Norfork once the weather turned cloudy, where they had more brews before they loaded up for Rapp's and Mtn. Home. Thanks for stopping in, folks - it was great fun!
We had a great visit on Saturday with the folks in the Twin Lakes Homebrew Club. They set up a Brew Bus tour to visit all three of the breweries in north central Arkansas. They met at Rapp's Barren, sampled brews, of course, then headed south to Gravity. The weather was good, and they had beers (more of course), enjoyed the nice weather and visited with Bill in the brewery and Mary and Tony in the tasting room. They headed to Norfork once the weather turned cloudy, where they had more brews before they loaded up for Rapp's and Mtn. Home. Thanks for stopping in, folks - it was great fun!
Bowers Cook Shack Due for Repairs
Rex and Michelle Bowers tell us that their food trailer needs some work done on it, so it will NOT be open for business until further notice. While we'll miss them, and wish a speedy repair, patrons are always welcome to bring their own food and snacks to the brewery.
Sierra Nevada Resilience Tapped Out at Gravity
Thanks to our helpful and thirsty patrons, Gravity was able to send over $700 to the Camp Fire Relief Effort fund in Chico, California!
Resilience IPA was formulated by the folks at Sierra Nevada Brewing, and brewed and kegged by the crew at Lost 40 Brewery in Little Rock. Thanks to everyone who stepped up to help out the Camp Fire victims!
Thanks to our helpful and thirsty patrons, Gravity was able to send over $700 to the Camp Fire Relief Effort fund in Chico, California!
Resilience IPA was formulated by the folks at Sierra Nevada Brewing, and brewed and kegged by the crew at Lost 40 Brewery in Little Rock. Thanks to everyone who stepped up to help out the Camp Fire victims!
Gravity Beers and Whiskey Barrels
After the success of our Abbey Normal Belgian Stout and our Humble Beginnings Porter aged in Heaven Hill and Jim Beam barrels, we got more local with the barrels. Recently Billy got some homegrown kegs from Rock Town Distillery, and we put our Kilt Me Softly Scottish Ale into one of the 15 barrel size. Yes it was wonderful, and yes, it's all gone. On Dec. 11, 2018, we put our Blacker Shade of Ale into both a small Rock Town and a Heaven Hill barrel, and we're looking forward to the day we tap these! We also put our Blacker 'n Ale in a Rock Town and a Heaven Hill barrel on February 12, 2019. We've tapped another Bourbon Barrel Humble Beginnings Porter, just in time for St. Patrick's.
Gravity 1/6 Barrel Kegs Now Available
If you've got a kegerator, you can now get a 1/6 barrel keg - 5 gallons - of Gravity beer. Since we put in the bigger system, we can supply those much requested kegs. Of course it's limited to the beers we have available. Customers will need to supply their own tapping equipment. Any questions, give us a call at 870-448-2077, or ask about it the next time you're at Gravity.
If you've got a kegerator, you can now get a 1/6 barrel keg - 5 gallons - of Gravity beer. Since we put in the bigger system, we can supply those much requested kegs. Of course it's limited to the beers we have available. Customers will need to supply their own tapping equipment. Any questions, give us a call at 870-448-2077, or ask about it the next time you're at Gravity.
Twelve Taps and Stopping
We got all our taps through the wall late last year, so now there is space for twelve Gravity beers - yippee!! This means we'll have space for guest taps when we want them, and we still intend to have guest beers - usually in a style that we don't currently make or have in kegs.
In the photo, you can see how the beer lineup looks on the menu board as well as all of our taps. We offer flights of four 4-oz. beers now that we have a bigger selection. So next time you come in, check out the beer menu. Yes, we know it was easier back when we had four Gravity brews on tap. Your choice just got a lot harder!
Hop Drop Series
The Hop Drop brews are a planned series of single-hopped beers. Each beer is an IPA, brewed with less caramel in the west coast style. We use only a single hop or proprietary hop blend in all the hop additions. This really allows you to experience all the bittering, flavor, and aromatic qualities of that particular hop. When you visit the tasting room, try the beer and give us your feedback!
So far we've tried Zythos, then Falconers Flight, both hop blends. Next came Ahtanum, then 5256, an experimental hop. Then we used 7 C's blend, Calypso, Sorachi Ace, Bravo, Mosaic, Simcoe, El Dorado, Summit, Citra, experimental 07270, Denali, Ekuanot, and Azacca.
The Hop Drop brews are a planned series of single-hopped beers. Each beer is an IPA, brewed with less caramel in the west coast style. We use only a single hop or proprietary hop blend in all the hop additions. This really allows you to experience all the bittering, flavor, and aromatic qualities of that particular hop. When you visit the tasting room, try the beer and give us your feedback!
So far we've tried Zythos, then Falconers Flight, both hop blends. Next came Ahtanum, then 5256, an experimental hop. Then we used 7 C's blend, Calypso, Sorachi Ace, Bravo, Mosaic, Simcoe, El Dorado, Summit, Citra, experimental 07270, Denali, Ekuanot, and Azacca.
Gravity is on Facebook
At long last, we have a Facebook page...to all those folks that asked for it. Of course, we kept it simple - look us up at http://www.facebook.com/gravitybrewworks. Note that our name has no spaces; here's another site but it's not our page. So be sure you're on the right page!
Gravity is on Untappd!
We've got a page on Untappd, the social beer site. You can go online and tell everyone about our beers...or anyone else's, for that matter. Look us up at untappd.com, and say something good about us!
We've got a page on Untappd, the social beer site. You can go online and tell everyone about our beers...or anyone else's, for that matter. Look us up at untappd.com, and say something good about us!
Guest Beers
We decided early on to get a few "guest beers" - brews that we don't make ourselves and that many people may not have tried. We had been offering these every week (pretty much); like most things at Gravity, the offerings changed. We've tried beers from Green Flash, Moylan's, and Left Coast, all from California; Prairie, from Oklahoma; Carson Brewing, from Indiana; Horny Goat from Wisconsin; Mother's from Missouri; Moody Brews, Stone's Throw Brewing, and Lost Forty from here in the state, Victory from Pennsylvania, Bell's from Michigan, and Dogfish Head from Delaware. Now that we have more of our own beers on tap, we still plan on having guest beers, but in addition to our beers, not in place of them.
We decided early on to get a few "guest beers" - brews that we don't make ourselves and that many people may not have tried. We had been offering these every week (pretty much); like most things at Gravity, the offerings changed. We've tried beers from Green Flash, Moylan's, and Left Coast, all from California; Prairie, from Oklahoma; Carson Brewing, from Indiana; Horny Goat from Wisconsin; Mother's from Missouri; Moody Brews, Stone's Throw Brewing, and Lost Forty from here in the state, Victory from Pennsylvania, Bell's from Michigan, and Dogfish Head from Delaware. Now that we have more of our own beers on tap, we still plan on having guest beers, but in addition to our beers, not in place of them.
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