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Growlers: New Year's Day Beer Brunches, Lost Forty IPA Series, Flyway Strong Cider

Current local beer recommendation: Cumulocitron Oat Cream IPA from Rebel Kettle Brewing Company (available from the taproom in 4-pack cans) This week has a few new releases on tap around town as well as some different hours for the holiday. Let’s start with today’s release at Lost Forty Brewing, where the brew team is ringing …

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Growlers: Huge Rebel Kettle Release, Joe Mains at Diamond Bear

The week before Christmas is usually quiet around Central Arkansas, but that’s not the case this week. Let’s start at Rebel Kettle Brewing Company, which has a jaw-dropping surprise release this weekend. On Saturday at 11 a.m., the brewery is releasing a four-year vertical of its annual RedRumPum in 12-ounce bottles. Lucky customers will get …

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Growlers: Lost Forty Holiday Hangout, Flyway Flying Duck Party, 5 Brews 5 Bites Returns

Lost Forty Brewing kicks off the first week of December with a truly whimsical creation. Today’s Freshcut Monday (I’m only typing this once) is Peanut Butter and Banana S’morest Queen Milk Chocolate Stout. This Inception-style variation on a variation takes the S’morest Queen stout released two weeks ago and adds peanut butter and banana to …

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Growlers: Rebel Kettle Triple Release, Flyway Bulleit Free Range

Thanksgiving week is here, which usually means a quiet week without much happening. That’s not the case this year, starting with Rebel Kettle and an insane Black Friday line-up. The brewery is releasing three beers that day to go with its Black Friday brunch menu. First up is Mouthful of Cookies, the second pastry stout …

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Growlers: Cheers to John the Beer Snob, Lost Forty S'morest Queen

It’s a pretty quiet week in Central Arkansas’ beer scene, but there are still a few items to let you know about. Today at 4 p.m., Lost Forty Brewing’s Freshcut Monday release is S’morest Queen, a variation on the brewery’s popular Forest Queen Milk Chocolate Stout. S’morest Queen takes the base chocolate stout recipe and …

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Growlers: Flyway Beer Dinner, Rebel Kettle C Street, Lost Forty Ice Day

Flyway Brewing has a busy week ahead with a couple of events and some old favorites back on tap. On Wednesday, it’s the Flyway for the Birds beer dinner with Audubon Arkansas, featuring five dishes with wild bird meat on the menu. Each of the five courses is paired with a Flyway brew, which should …

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Growlers: Brewers Guild Tap Takeover, Stone's Throw Kentucky Waterfall

This week’s big beer event is the quarterly tap takeover from the Arkansas Brewers Guild at Stone’s Throw’s new Stifft Station taproom. Every three months, the guild brings beer from brewers all over Arkansas to one brewery to promote the state’s beer scene and allow people to try some brews they couldn’t get otherwise. Almost …

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Growlers: Lost Forty Double Release, Rebel Kettle RedRumPum

The beer party in East Village this weekend was impressive, and now both breweries are continuing with big releases this week. It starts today with Lost Forty Brewing, which held its annual Festival of Darkness Nighty Night release party on Saturday. Today’s Freshcut Monday is a double release of Nighty Night and Wolf Bite Dark …

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Growlers: Festival of Darkness, Hell Camino Concert Top Busy Beer Weekend

East Village is the epicenter of the Little Rock beer scene this weekend with two huge events happening at the same time just two blocks away from each other. Lost Forty’s Festival of Darkness and Nighty Night 2019 release party kicks off Saturday at 5 p.m. More than two dozen breweries from around the state …

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