2009 April

This year we tried to do something different with Dark Lord Day and with the sale of Dark Lord.  We instituted the “Golden Ticket” plan to help the day go smoother.  As we said on the F.A.Q. page:

Hopefully with this new ticket system both of these problems (cutting in line and scalping bottles)  will be greatly reduced. Since there will be no sell out risk for anyone that has a ticket, there will be no point in trying to cut in line (which people did in the past to try to beat the sell out) and buying scalped bottles (which many did in the past because they came too late and Dark Lord bottles were already sold out). We can’t completely eliminate either of these problems but we think that this Golden Ticket system will go a long way towards reducing their occurrence.

So not only is this a benefit to john.q.darklord minion, but we used this as an opportunity to raise money for local charity.

But as soon as the tickets started to hit your houses they also started to show up on Ebay and Craigslist.  We don’t pretend we can tell you what to do with your personal property.  Once that ticket is in your hands it’s obviously yours to do whatever you want with it.  However, going out of your way to personally profit from this situation is at best scummy and worst just plain douchey.  Three Floyds does, in no way shape or form, condone scalping golden tickets. Besides, you don’t need a ticket to come down, enjoy beers from all over, eat BBQ, listen to bands, and have an amazing time with thousands of beer fans.  The ticket just allows you to buy some bottles of beer.  So please come down, rock out, and make DLD ‘09 the best one yet.

Sincerely, The Brewery Staff

p.s. The Chicago Reader agrees, “[You]People Are Insane“

Stephanie Izard, of Top Chef fame, came by this past February and did a short segment for her website.  Check it out here:  Three Floyds, The Tasty Life, Episode 1

Stephanie Izard, of Top Chef fame, came by this past February and did a short segment for her website.  Check it out here:  Three Floyds, The Tasty Life, Episode 1

John Byrne from the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana says that, “On closer look, alcohol tax hike is a bitter brew.”

p.s. we are mad scientists.

Okay, here’s how it’s going to work.  We will do our best to keep the list up to date and accurate but we can’t promise you 100% that it will always reflect what is absolutely coming out of the taps at the current second.  If your day is going to be ruined because a beer you think is on tap because of the blog really ran out or isn’t there please use common sense and make a phone call to the pub and speak to a human being that can verify what you want is actually pouring.  That being said, keep an eye on the blog to see when new pub batches come on and special guest draughts.

Three Floyds Draught:

Alpha King Pale Ale- A bold yet balanced American pale ale with slight caramel sweetness and aggressive citrus hoppiness  *Our Flagship beer     68 IBU  6% a.b.v.  $5 Imperial Pint

Gumballhead – An American wheat beer with a refreshing and crisp citrus finish.  This delicious seasonal is brewed with boatloads of Amarillo hops.  30 IBU  4.5% a.b.v. $5 Imperial Pint

Robert the Bruce- A full bodied Scottish-style ale with a well rounded malty profile and roasted biscuit-like notes  24 IBU 6.5% a.b.v.  $5 Imperial Pint

Pride and Joy – A smooth medium bodied session beer with citrus hop aroma and finish.  *Our invention of an American Mild  42 IBU 5% a.b.v.  $5 Imperial Pint

Dreadnaught IPA – An Imperial India Pale Ale with an intense citrus hop aroma, a huge malt body, and a crisp finish   100 IBU 9.5% a.b.v. $5 half-pint

Behemoth- Intense ale, brewed to wine strength.  Floral and citrus notes blend with robust maltiness producing a complex and warming beer  80 IBU 10% a.b.v.   $7 snifter

Rabbid Rabbit – This Franco-Belgian style farmhouse ale, with it’s effervescent malt body and light straw color, is augmented by spices creating a complex frothy beverage   20 IBU  8% a.b.v.  $5 Tulip

Calumet Queen- A light bodied, crisp, refreshing Kolsch-style beer, golden color  20 IBU 5% a.b.v. $5 Imperial Pint

Hyena!- A Belgian pale ale brewed with American hops and fermented with Chouffe yeast   35 IBU 6% a.b.v. $4 footed ale

Guest Draught Beer:

Avery New World Porter – A traditional black porter, with a surprise twist – it’s dry-hopped!! We’ve expanded the porter category a bit, adding a delightful, dry hop aroma to blend with the sweet caramel and chocolate characteristics of a Robust Porter. $5 half-pint  6.7% a.b.v.

Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Red Ale- Flemish burgundy, Old Bruin bottled by Brouwerij Van Steenberge.  Deep ruby hue, creamy beige head, mild fruity undertones, puckering tartness, dry, ultra-crisp, thing bodied, big oaky nose.  5.5% a.b.v. $6 Tulip

Murphy’s Stout – One of Ireland’s premium dry stouts, with a smooth and distinctive dry flavor.  4.3% a.b.v. $4 Imperial pint

Victory Prima Pils – Heaps o’ hops are hiding under the full, frothy head of this elegant Pils. All German malt subtleties linger beneath a long dry finish of this classy quencher. 5.3% a.b.v.  $5 pint

Gouden Carolus Tripel- In spite of modern brewing technology, this beer is brewed according to ancient traditions. It unites, now as in the past, the best products of our soil: rich barley and fine hops.. It’s refined character, with a pure and rich taste, will captivate you. It is matured at length in cellar and bottle, and is guaranteed to be brewed only from pale malts. It is traditionally top-fermented and is 100% pure. The Gouden Carolus Triple has a unique colour and a full flavour due to its well-balanced hopping.  9% a.b.v. $7, footed ale

Kasteel Rouge- Strong, tart, cherry beer, created by maturing Kasteel Bruin with sour cherries and liquor used to make ‘Mon Cherie’ chocolates for at least 6 months.  8% a.b.v.  $6 footed ale

Chimay Triple – A golden Belgian ale with fruity notes to compliment the touch of bitterness that melts in your mouth  8% a.b.v. $8 goblet

Bells Expedition Stout – The vintage port of American stout.  A good ale for the cellar,  Well suited for November storms and trips across the Sahara.  10.5% a.b.v. %5 half-pint

Maredsous 10 – A Belgian Style Trippel, Golden beer with a characteristically fresh bouquet and sweet after-taste.  10% a.b.v. $6, footed ale

Chouffe Houblon- Unique balance between intense IPA & Belgian triple, malty body, distinctive dryness, expressive fruitiness    9% a.b.v. 59 IBU $6 snifter

Klokke Roeland- Belgian strong dark amber ale from Brouwerij Van Steenberge  11% a.b.v. $5 snifter

Okay, here’s how it’s going to work.  We will do our best to keep the list up to date and accurate but we can’t promise you 100% that it will always reflect what is absolutely coming out of the taps at the current second.  If your day is going to be ruined because a beer you think is on tap because of the blog really ran out or isn’t there please use common sense and make a phone call to the pub and speak to a human being that can verify what you want is actually pouring.  That being said, keep an eye on the blog to see when new pub batches come on and special guest draughts.

 

Three Floyds Draught:

Alpha King Pale Ale- A bold yet balanced American pale ale with slight caramel sweetness and aggressive citrus hoppiness  *Our Flagship beer     68 IBU  6% a.b.v.  $5 Imperial Pint

Gumballhead – An American wheat beer with a refreshing and crisp citrus finish.  This delicious seasonal is brewed with boatloads of Amarillo hops.  30 IBU  4.5% a.b.v. $5 Imperial Pint

Robert the Bruce- A full bodied Scottish-style ale with a well rounded malty profile and roasted biscuit-like notes  24 IBU 6.5% a.b.v.  $5 Imperial Pint

Pride and Joy – A smooth medium bodied session beer with citrus hop aroma and finish.  *Our invention of an American Mild  42 IBU 5% a.b.v.  $5 Imperial Pint

Dreadnaught IPA – An Imperial India Pale Ale with an intense citrus hop aroma, a huge malt body, and a crisp finish   100 IBU 9.5% a.b.v. $5 half-pint

Behemoth- Intense ale, brewed to wine strength.  Floral and citrus notes blend with robust maltiness producing a complex and warming beer  80 IBU 10% a.b.v.   $7 snifter

Brian Boru- Our seasonal Irish Red is brewed with several malts and Amarillo hops, resulting in a rich, caramel ale with toffee, citrus, and pineapple aromas.  *Named after Ireland’s LAST high King.  Slainte!   40 IBU 5.9% a.b.v.  $5 Imperial Pint

Rabbid Rabbit – This Franco-Belgian style farmhouse ale, with it’s effervescent malt body and light straw color, is augmented by spices creating a complex frothy beverage   20 IBU  8% a.b.v.  $5 Tulip

Calumet Queen- A light bodied, crisp, refreshing Kolsch-style beer, golden color  20 IBU 5% a.b.v. $5 Imperial Pint

Hyena!- A Belgian pale ale brewed with American hops and fermented with Chouffe yeast   35 IBU 6% a.b.v. $4 footed ale

 

Guest Draught Beer:

Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Red Ale- Flemish burgundy, Old Bruin bottled by Brouwerij Van Steenberge.  Deep ruby hue, creamy beige head, mild fruity undertones, puckering tartness, dry, ultra-crisp, thing bodied, big oaky nose.  5.5% a.b.v. $6 Tulip

Murphy’s Stout – One of Ireland’s premium dry stouts, with a smooth and distinctive dry flavor.  4.3% a.b.v. $4 Imperial pint

Victory Hop Devil – Menacingly delicious with the powerful, aromatic punch of whole flower American hops backed up by rich, German malts.  Hop Devil Ale offers a roller coaster ride of flavor, coasting to a smooth finish that satisfies fully  6.7% a.b.v. $5 Imperial pint

Gouden Carolus Ambrio- Amber colored Belgian beer with roots in the traditional beer of Mechelen, known as “Mechelen Brown,” balance between malts, fine hops, and spices create a perfect harmony between the powerful taste of brown beers and the freshness of blonde beers   8% a.b.v. $6 snifter

Kasteel Rouge- Strong, tart, cherry beer, created by maturing Kasteel Bruin with sour cherries and liquor used to make ‘Mon Cherie’ chocolates for at least 6 months.  8% a.b.v.  $6 footed ale

Chimay Triple – A golden Belgian ale with fruity notes to compliment the touch of bitterness that melts in your mouth  8% a.b.v. $8 goblet

Bells Expedition Stout – The vintage port of American stout.  A good ale for the cellar,  Well suited for November storms and trips across the Sahara.  10.5% a.b.v. %5 half-pint

Schlenkerla Fastenbier- An unfiltered smokebeer, brewed according to the the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516.  Bottom-fermenting yeast gives the reddish brown lentbeer a natural cloudiness.  Its smokey aroma is already noticeable in the smell, combined with a fine hoppy note.  In the drink the fullbodied, highly drinkable lentbeer shows its strong malty flavor, rounded up with the smokey taste and a light bitterness.  Due to the nourishing yeast, the Original Schlenkerla Lentbeer has the “Brotzeit already included” (German word for afternoon snack)   5.5% a.b.v.  32 IBU  $6 Imperial Pint

Chouffe Houblon- Unique balance between intense IPA & Belgian triple, malty body, distinctive dryness, expressive fruitiness    9% a.b.v. 59 IBU $6 snifter

Klokke Roeland- Belgian strong dark amber ale from Brouwerij Van Steenberge  11% a.b.v. $5 snifter

The end is near!

False prophets, Wars in the Middle East, the formation of the European Union, the Global Recession, Three Floyds creating a blog and twitter page,  all signs point to the end.

But in these not normal times, what are we to do?  Rather than cower in our homes we should forge ahead.  These are not signs of the end times, but signs of future greatness.  Embrace the change and look to the blinding sun on the horizon.

Until the future comes, make sure you are prepared.  Here are some tips on how to protect yourself from sharp weapons.

The future is glorious.  And it’s so bright we are all wearing shades.