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 Discontinuing Masks
As of Tuesday, March 30, the governor rescinded the statewide mandate for mask wearing. He also said that people should respect businesses that choose to keep the COVID-19 mandates in place. Gravity BrewWorks is eliminating mandatory mask wearing for now, although the staff and some patrons may still wear them. Please give them space. If you're unsure or have any questions, please call ahead of your visit. This goes for any attraction, or restaurant, or brewery. And yeah, that hand-washing stuff still applies!
As of Tuesday, March 30, the governor rescinded the statewide mandate for mask wearing. He also said that people should respect businesses that choose to keep the COVID-19 mandates in place. Gravity BrewWorks is eliminating mandatory mask wearing for now, although the staff and some patrons may still wear them. Please give them space. If you're unsure or have any questions, please call ahead of your visit. This goes for any attraction, or restaurant, or brewery. And yeah, that hand-washing stuff still applies!
Limited Bottled Guinnevere Available in Central Arkansas
We've made a short bottling run of our Guinnevere Strong Golden Belgian-Style Ale, and delivered it to a couple of places in central Arkansas - Colonial Wines and Spirits, and Yancey's on Kavanaugh. We're still feeling our way in bottling - a little new to us. While this run certainly won't be the last, it's certainly limited, so get it while you can!
We've made a short bottling run of our Guinnevere Strong Golden Belgian-Style Ale, and delivered it to a couple of places in central Arkansas - Colonial Wines and Spirits, and Yancey's on Kavanaugh. We're still feeling our way in bottling - a little new to us. While this run certainly won't be the last, it's certainly limited, so get it while you can!
Let's Get Ready to Gumbo!
Another bowl extravaganza is coming up this Thursday, Sept. 16, and this time it's featuring gumbo! Just like the previous bowls, local cooks got together and created the dish. The serving begins at 4 pm and runs until 7 pm, or when the food runs out. Suggested donation is $5.00, and all proceeds benefit the Stone County Recycling Center.
Another bowl extravaganza is coming up this Thursday, Sept. 16, and this time it's featuring gumbo! Just like the previous bowls, local cooks got together and created the dish. The serving begins at 4 pm and runs until 7 pm, or when the food runs out. Suggested donation is $5.00, and all proceeds benefit the Stone County Recycling Center.
Work Progresses on the New Gazebo
A long while back we discussed adding a gazebo and decided to put it at the northeast corner of the fenced in area. Adrian, Judy, Brent, Rex, Tony, and Bill began work a few weeks ago, barking, sanding and finishing oak beams and posts that Kevin cut in the spring. We have all eight posts and rafters in place, plus bedrock and native stone for the floor, anchored with sand and gravel around the whole structure. While there are some aesthetic items to finish and a few other touches (like mowing) the gazebo is pretty much done. We plan on adding some sort of seating later on but haven't decided what we'd like to put in.
Collaboration Brew With Central
Arkansas Fermenter Members
For the past few years Gravity has done a Pro-Am collaboration brew with the members of Central Arkansas Fermenters. This year we selected gose, a salty tart German brew. It was a tough choice of the nine entrants. Our winners were John Matejka and Melissa English, who came up for a rare Sunday brew session. This was a new beer style for all of us! In the photo, Melissa, Bill, and John check the pH of the wort sample. We had fun, and hope they did too. The brew is in the fermenters now, and will be unveiled at Little Rocktoberfest on September 25 at War Memorial Stadium. Thanks to CAF and all the brewers who entered the gose competition.
Successful Tap Takeover at Point Remove Brewing
The good folks at Point Remove Brewing in Morrilton hosted the first tap takeover of the year, with proceeds benefitting the Arkansas Brewers Guild. We had some fine beers and brewers represented, and the Point Remove staff was great. Patrons kept them pretty busy during the the tap takeover. A big thank you to all the breweries that sent or brought beer, and to the Point Remove folks for doing such a fabulous job!
Support your local breweries!
Here in Arkansas, the Arkansas Brewers Guild represents the state's breweries through legislation, events, fundraisers, and media. Because of COVID-19, our Guild couldn't hold the usual tap takeovers, Oktoberfest, festivals, etc., for 2020 and well into 2021. We need your help in fundraising to keep Arkansas beer-friendly. We've created a video at https://youtu.be/CuFGl4-50H8 and media events on the ABG website and Facebook, as well as a donation site at https://arkansas-brewers-guild.square.site/. Take a look and please help out if you can!
Here in Arkansas, the Arkansas Brewers Guild represents the state's breweries through legislation, events, fundraisers, and media. Because of COVID-19, our Guild couldn't hold the usual tap takeovers, Oktoberfest, festivals, etc., for 2020 and well into 2021. We need your help in fundraising to keep Arkansas beer-friendly. We've created a video at https://youtu.be/CuFGl4-50H8 and media events on the ABG website and Facebook, as well as a donation site at https://arkansas-brewers-guild.square.site/. Take a look and please help out if you can!
A New Beer - Flandemonium Flanders Red Ale
Flanders Red ale is sometimes called the “Burgundy of Belgium”, with its usual deep amber to ruby brown color. We've discussed making this style of beer since we had our first taste way back when. Flandemonium is tart, reddish brown in color, and has a cherry aroma. It was aged in Rock Town barrels for 8 months and packs a wallop at 8%.
Flanders Red ale is sometimes called the “Burgundy of Belgium”, with its usual deep amber to ruby brown color. We've discussed making this style of beer since we had our first taste way back when. Flandemonium is tart, reddish brown in color, and has a cherry aroma. It was aged in Rock Town barrels for 8 months and packs a wallop at 8%.
More Changes at Gravity
We've made a lot of changes at Gravity. We've done a little expanding inside, and put up a pavilion using cedar posts made from trees on the brewery property. Eventually it will be enclosed to make the tasting room bigger. We also made an addition to the brew house, and we got the garage door moved to the outside of the new space. So while we still have a few things to move in - like all that grain - we're using the new space. This gives us a bigger grain room, another walk-in, keg cleaning space, packaging space, and a dock for truck deliveries. We recently added a bottling machine to our gadgetry, so that eventually we'll be able to offer bottled Gravity brews to our patrons.
We've made a lot of changes at Gravity. We've done a little expanding inside, and put up a pavilion using cedar posts made from trees on the brewery property. Eventually it will be enclosed to make the tasting room bigger. We also made an addition to the brew house, and we got the garage door moved to the outside of the new space. So while we still have a few things to move in - like all that grain - we're using the new space. This gives us a bigger grain room, another walk-in, keg cleaning space, packaging space, and a dock for truck deliveries. We recently added a bottling machine to our gadgetry, so that eventually we'll be able to offer bottled Gravity brews to our patrons.
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, Blacker 'n Ale, and Blacker Shade of Ale into some of those barrels. We tapped the last of the bourbon barrel Blacker'n Ale for our anniversary this year. We put our Abbey Normal Belgian Stout into two Rocktown 15 gallon barrels, as well as some of our Oat of Sight Oat of Mind Scottish Ale into two 25 gallon barrels. Look for more of these barrel aged beers to come on tap.
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, Azacca, Comet, and Sabro. Next up, Motueka, a New Zealand cross.
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, Azacca, Comet, and Sabro. Next up, Motueka, a New Zealand cross.
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; there'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.
