2016 ACBW New Orleans Schedule of Events

All right! New Orleans area, here's what's happening for ACBW. Please let me know what I've missed (or messed up) so this can be the most up to date resource for all beer drinkers on this crazy week!

If y'all are up in Northwest LA, check out this list of events put together for the Shreveport-Bossier area.

Even though ACBW doesn't officially start till Monday (thereby justifying my own lateness in getting this put together, heh) there are several events this weekend.

Saturday, May 14 

Noon-7 p.m. Technically the weekend before ACBW, Gnarly Barley’s second anniversary party at the Hammond brewery will see the first tapping of the brewery’s double IPA, Big DIPA. It will be on draft along with other specialty beers, and bombers of Big DIPA and Korova will be available for purchase as well. (1709 Corbin Rd., (985) 318-0723; http://gnarlybeer.com/) 

1 p.m. Avenue Pub

Sour beer and cheese pairing. Sour beers include:  Crooked Stave Motif, Crooked Stave Silly Cybies, Crooked Stave Hop Savant Galaxy, Crooked Stave Hop Savant Centennial, Crooked Stave Nightmare on Brett Street Cherry, New Belgium Loves Felix apple whiskey sour, NOLA Blood Orange Rose Hips sour, NOLA Guava Pear Lowerline, and WiseAcre Berliner Weiss. St. James shows up at 3 p.m. with tips to pair sour beer with cheese. Tasting ticket: choose 5 (6 ounce pours) for $24 or purchase beer a la carte.

6 p.m. Bulldog MidCity (5135 Canal Blvd., (504) 488-4180; http://bulldog-midcity.draftfreak.com/)
"Hoppy Saturday Night" featuring more than 15 hoppy beers including Brooklyn Defender and Urban South double dry hopped Holy Roller.

Sunday, May 15

11 a.m. Bulldog Uptown (3236 Magazine St., (504) 891-1516)
3rd annual Founders brunch starting with a fruit cup pairede with All Day IPA, followed by brunch served with a flight of 2014 KBS, 2016 KBS, Backwoods Bastard and Sumatra Brown ale. Tickets: https://squareup.com/store/draftfreak

2 p.m. Avenue Pub

Featuring the folks from Urban South and a special keg of double dry hopped Holy Roller IPA with Galaxy & Simcoe.

Monday, May 16

**Every day, all day - ALL 504 Craft Beer Reserve growler fills are $3 off, May 16-22**

All day at World of Beer Warehouse District
Featuring Great Raft Brewing on draft
Rolling out new seasonal "Summer Plates and Pints" menu

5 p.m. Chimes Covington

Oskar Blues Crowler night. Discounted prices on all Oskar Blues Crowlers.

6 p.m. Ale on Oak 

NOLA flight night. Four five-ounce pours of different NOLA beers: Brass Funky Berliner Weisse, Hurricane Saison, Hey! Collab Coffee Saison, and Mecha double IPA for $8. (also available by the pint) Red beans and rice will be served with the flight as well, $10 for the flight and red beans.

5 p.m. Barley Oak

Bike Night with New Belgium Brewing, featuring a Crazy Creek chair raffle and Heavy Melon IPA

6-9 p.m. Junction 

Hoppy Monday with Brewed & Distilled
$1 off specialty regional IPAs: Bayou Teche / Giant Hop for Mankind (137 IBU Double IPA), Tin Roof / Rusted Rye IPA, Chandeleur / Big Smack Double IPA, Santa Fe / Black IPA

6 p.m. Bulldog MidCity

"Midnight Monday." Two different flights of dark beers to choose from, including Goose Island Bourbon County and St. Arnold Pumpkinator.

7 p.m. Bulldog Uptown

"Fixing the Monday Blues." Saint Arnold Brewing's Boiler Room special edition brewed with raspberry and brettanomyces as well as the newest edition to the Bishops Barrel series, a barrel aged Belgian quad with figs.

7 p.m. Barley Oak

Featured brewery: Oskar Blues, with G"Knight and the NOLA Brewing collaboration beer, the Wolf and the Lamb.

7:30 Cooter Brown's

Urban South night with double dry hopped Holy Roller, Charming Wit, and regular Holy Roller IPA.

8-10 p.m. Finn McCool's

Second Line night featuring Route 47 Red IPA release and pint glass giveaway.
 

Tuesday, May 17

All day at World of Beer Warehouse District
Featuring Samuel Adams/Boston Beer Co. on draft

4 p.m. Avenue Pub

Barrel Aged Draft Night - featuring New Belgium Bourbon aged Blackberry barley wine. Green Flash Silva stout 2015, Founders KBS 2015 and KBS 2016, Great Raft Pappy Barrel aged Old Mad Joy 2015 and Heaven Hill barrel aged Old Mad Joy 2016, NOLA Brewing (aged in Avenue Pub barrels) Russell’s Reserve Barrel Aged Irish Channel Stout, Old Forester Barrel Aged Irish Channel Stout, and Buffalo Trace Barrel Aged Irish Channel Stout, Yalobusha Testify 2015, Southern Prohibition Barley Legal – bourbon barrel aged barley wine 2016, Mississippi Fire Ant aged in Smooth Ambler barrels, and barrel aged Ragana. Tasting tickets are $19 ( plus sales tax), choose 7 four ounce pours - Tasting ticket required to get pours of KBS until 10 p.m., all other beers can be purchased a la carte through out the evening.

5 p.m. Ale on Oak

St. Arnold Boiler Room and St. Arnold Boiler Room + Brett and Raspberry go on tap.

5 p.m. Chimes Covington

Locals Night Part One featuring releases from Lazy Magnolia, Covington Brewery, and Bayou Teche.

5 p.m. Barley Oak

“Yappy Hour” with St. Arnold Brewing, featuring Icon Green experimental pale ale and Ale Wagger.

6 p.m. Bayou Beer Garden (326 N. Jeff Davis Pkwy)

Finch's Brewing night, with three popular beers and some special surprises.

6-9 p.m. Junction

Fruit Forward Tuesday with New Belgium Brewing
$1 Off Fruit Forward Offerings from New Belgium: Juicy Mandarina IPA (Hop Kitchen Series), Heavy Melon Watermelon Lime Ale, Transatlantique Kriek Cherry Sour 

6 p.m. Bacon and Beer night at the Bulldog MidCity, with four different types of swine (praline bacon, peppered bacon, pork belly, and canadian bacon) to pair with the Bulldog’s 61 beers on tap. (5135 Canal Blvd., (504) 488-4180; http://bulldog-midcity.draftfreak.com/) 

6 p.m. Blackened Brew (112 W Thomas St., Hammond, (985) 393-0169)

Cicerone vs Sommelier dinner- Gnarly Barley beer vs. wine 5 course dinner. $45/ticket, call 985-393-0169.

7 p.m. Barley Oak
Featuring Abita beers including Big Easy IPA and Bourbon St. Chocolate Stout

7 p.m. Bulldog Uptown

New Belgium night with Belgian Golden collaboration with Hoften Dormal, the Hop Kitchen series Botanical IPA, and this years La Folie sour on tap.

7 p.m. Cooter Browns

Brewed & Distilled night with Bayou Teche Giant Hop for Mankind, Tin Roof Hoppy Wheat Ale, and Chafunkta Dew Drop II.

7:30 p.m. NOLA Brewing beer (Hurricane Saison, Hey! Collab Coffee Saison, Dry Hopped Lowerline, Hog Tied, and Brown) paired with St. James Cheese in the latter’s new Warehouse District location. Tickets are $25, must be purchased in advance through the St. James website. (641 Tchoupitoulas, 504-304-1485; https://www.stjamescheese.com/)

Wednesday, May 18 

All day at World of Beer Warehouse District
Featuring New Belgium Brewing on draft

5 p.m. Ale on Oak

Founders KBS (and other bourbon barrel aged beer TBD) on tap. 

5 p.m. Barley Oak

Gnarly Barley Big DIPA and Peanut Butter Porter

6 p.m. Bulldog MidCity is having a Founders KBS (Kentucky Bourbon Stout) vertical tapping, with vintages of KBS from 2014, 2015, and 2016 all on draft. (5135 Canal Blvd., (504) 488-4180; http://bulldog-midcity.draftfreak.com/) 

6 p.m. Gordon Biersch is holding a Brewers Dinner. Please call to make your reservations by 5/17/16. Always 4 hours of free validated parking. (200 Poydras St., (504) 552-2739; http://www.gordonbiersch.com/locations/new-orleans?action=view)

6 p.m. NOLA Brewing tap takeover at Cochon Butcher. (930 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 588-7675; http://www.cochonbutcher.com/)

6 p.m. Cooter Brown's

Featuring NOLA Brewing's Russells Reserve Barrel Aged Stout, Hurricane Saison, and Desire Raspberry Sour.

6-8 p.m. Blue Oak BBQ (900 N. Carrolton Avenue)

Second Line pint glass giveaway.

6-9 p.m. Junction
Meet the New Kids featuring Urban South Brewing
$1 Off Urban South Offerings: Charming Wit Belgian Style Wit with Grapefruit Peel, Orange Peel & Coriander and Double Dry-Hopped Holy Roller IPA

6:30 p.m. Gnarly Barley Korova Krawl starting at Barrel Proof with a Mojo Coffee infused Korova pin and regular Korova on tap and ending at Courtyard with Peanut Butter Porter. There will be a ticket and any customer that gets punches for all four beers will get an Imperial Korova snifter glass to keep.

6:30 p.m. Chimes Covington is holding its fourth annual ACBW beer dinner featuring a five course dinner and beers from Chappapeela Farms, Saint Arnold, Founders, The Bruery, Bells, and Wiseacre Brewery. The cost is $55 plus tax. Reservations will be sold in advance. (19130 Rogers Ln., (985) 892-5396; http://www.thechimes.com/restaurants/3)

7 p.m. Bulldog Uptown
Pint night featuring Bayou Teche Giant Hop For Mankind, Chafunkta Dew Drop II: #BiggestSmallBeerEver, and Tin Roof Hoppy Wheat

7 p.m. Barley Oak

Featuring Chandeleur Brewing

8 p.m. St. James Cheese Company Warehouse District

Beer and cider pairing with JK Farmhouse Cider

8 p.m. Mid City Yacht Club

Featuring NOLA Brewing's Hurricane Saison, 7th Street Wheat, and Mecha double IPA

Thursday, May 19 

All day at World of Beer Warehouse District
Featuring St. Arnold Brewing on draft

4 p.m., Avenue Pub

Saisons and Sweets, with bottle pours of Jester King Ambree, Biere de Miel, and Mad Meg; Blackberry Farms Saison w/ Hibiscus, Winter Saison, Spring Saison, and Nobel Cuvee dry hopped 2015; and Chappapeela Farms Saison. New Belgium Le Terroir 2015 will be on draft. Pair with Olive & Sinclair candies.

5 p.m. Great Raft tap takeover at Ale on Oak, with Great Raft Mayhaw sour, double hopped commotion, and dry hopped Kolsch, Near and Far, on tap. To pair with the beers, Ale will serve beef sliders braised in Commotion Pale Ale. (8124 Oak St., (504) 324-6558; http://aleonoak.com/) 

5 p.m. Chimes Covington

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America tapping. Six beers featuring 31 breweries. The beers will be available individually or by the flight.

5 p.m. Barley Oak

NOLA Brewing featured, including Hurricane Saison, Oskar Blues collaboration beer the Wolf and the Lamb, and a surprise keg.

6 p.m. Beignets and Beer pairing at Bulldog MidCity, featuring classic, fruit, crawfish ettouffe and cinnamon beignets. Just pick a beer and pair it up.

6-9 p.m. Junction
$1 Off KBS Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout and Founders Tap of the Moment

6:30 p.m. Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse Louisiana Beer Dinner is 5 courses of food paired with a local beer. Price is $55 plus tax and gratuity. (716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; http://www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com/) 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Bayou Beer Garden

Participate in the nationwide ACBW toast at 7pm with J.K Farmhouse Cider owner Bruce Wright, and try JK's Scrumpy on draft and the release of JK's Summer Cider.

7 p.m. Copelands Mandeville is hosting a beer dinner with pairings from Lazy Magnolia, Chafunkta, Covington Brewhouse, and Tin Roof. Brewers will be on hand to discuss their beer and the pairing. (680 North Highway 190, (985) 809-9659; http://www.copelandsofneworleans.com/details-covington-la) 

7 p.m. Bulldog Uptown

Featured beers: Brooklyn Brewing's Old Fashioned and Defender; Urban South Double Hopped Holy Roller

7 p.m. Barley Oak

Featuring Covington Brewhouse's Rock n Roll Saison 

7:30 p.m. Courtyard Brewery
Five course Saint Arnold Bishop's Barrel vertical tasting and cheese/charcuterie/chocolate pairing. Tickets for Bishop's Barrel #9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 pairings are $35 and available from the brewery. There will also be some small batch offerings from Saint Arnold on tap as well.

Friday, May 20

All day at World of Beer Warehouse District
Featuring Lagunitas Brewing on draft

1 p.m. Avenue Pub
Brandy and Beer. Copper & Kings brandy aged in these beer barrels: Against the Grain Fanny Mc Baw, Sierra Nevada Smoked Porter, Three Floyds Dark Lord, and Oskar Blues Goodnight barrels. There are deeply shared roots between Copper & Kings and craft beer. These brandies were aged in barrels that also aged beer. They are each uniquely different. (Note: it's the brandies that are featured at this event, there is no Dark Lord available, just a brandy aged in on of the barrels of it.)

5 p.m. Cooter Brown’s
Abita Jockamo Jazz Funeral. The Pinstripe Brass Band will lead a Second Line down St. Charles Ave. leaving from and returning to Cooter Brown's. They will continue to play music once they return as the last Jockamo is poured. Big Easy IPA will also be on tap as the heir to Jockamo's.” (509 S Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9104; http://www.cooterbrowns.com/)

5 p.m. Ale on Oak
40 Arpent new Orange Blossom ale and specialty bourbon aged vanilla milk stout.

5 p.m. Chimes Covington

Locals Night Part Two featuring a cask from Abita and beers from Lazy Magnolia, NOLA, Tin Roof, and Great Raft.

5 p.m. Barley Oak

Featuring Parish Brewing, with a cask of Ghost in the Machine Double IPA

6-9 p.m. Junction
Collaboration Night with NOLA Brewing
$1 Off Featured NOLA and NOLA Collaboration Beers: NOLA / Oskar Blues: The Wolf & The Lamb / Dry-Hopped Double Pilsner, NOLA / Left Hand Brewing: Hey! Collab / Coffee Saison, and the NOLA Specialty Brew of the Moment

6 p.m. Bulldog MidCity

"Pucker Up, It's Friday!" with sour beers including Evil Twin Sour Bikini, New Belgium Transatlantique, Destihl Counter Clockwise, Destihl Flanders Red Ale, Santa Fe Beret Noir Sour Black Ale, Great Raft Brewing's Mayhaw (Golden Sour)

7 p.m. Bulldog Uptown

Terrapin Night, featuring Anniversary Ale (tart Belgian red) and the only keg of Big Hoppy Monster in the state.

7 p.m. Barley Oak

Featuring Founders KBS and Mango Magnifico

Saturday, May 21 

11 a.m. Burning Crawfish Festival at Bayou Teche Brewery

Bayou Teche hosts the first annual “Burning Crawfish Festival,” which brewery co-founder Karlos Knott says is “similar to Burning Man, but with a decidedly Cajun twist.” Four Louisiana bands playing everything from zydeco to rock will be on hand all day, and of course, there will be the lighting of the ceremonial lighting of the giant wooden crawfish as the central spectacle.

2 p.m. In lieu of a free for all Grand Tasting this year - the Pub will be closing for a staff trip to Belgium for 2 weeks starting on May 26, and the manpower to staff and recover from the event won’t be available - owner Polly Watts is bringing out some of her most cherished and rare barrel aged bottled beers. St. James Cheese Company will be on hand to lead a cheese pairing class for barrel aged beers. (1732 St Charles Ave., (504) 586-9243; http://theavenuepub.com/) 

3 p.m. Barley Oak

Taco pairing with Tom Conklin from Chappapeela Brewing

4 p.m. Ale on Oak

Parish specialty blueberry Canebrake cask

6-9 p.m. Junction
Meet the New Kids featuring Second Line Brewing
$1 Off Featured Secondline Taps: Secondline Batture Ale, Secondline Route 47 Red IPA

7 p.m. World of Beer Warehouse District
Oskar Blues Revue Party - several Oskar Blues beers featured on draft, including the specialty seasonal American Summer Hoppy Wit, also utilized in several recipes in the new Summer Plates and Pints menu.

Sunday, May 22

10:00 am – 2:00 pm: Pelican House Bayou Teche Beer Brunch
Enjoy a delicious Sunday Brunch with locally sourced foods from Acadiana and beers from Bayou Teche Brewing. (2572 Citiplace Ct, Baton Rouge)

11 a.m. Cooter Brown’s is hosting a New Belgium beer brunch. Chef Eric Theard will create a few specialty brunch items made to pair with New Belgium’s Juicy Mandaria Hop Kitchen, Lips of Faith with Hof Ten Dormaal Golden Ale, Heavy Melon Watermelon and Lime Ale, and possibly a Love Sour. (509 S Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9104; http://www.cooterbrowns.com/)

11 a.m. - 2 p.m. NOLA Brewing Tap Room BBQ Beer Brunch. Pair the smoked stout brewed by the ladies of NOLA Brewing for #BiggestSmallBeerEver with Neil McClure's brunch dishes: slow cooked ribs with house made grits and a barbecue choron sauce, pulled pork benedict, and brisket hash and eggs topped with Bearnaise sauce. There will also be Beer-mosas and Bloody Beer Marys.

3-7 p.m. Junction

Sunday afternoon ACBW wrap-up with 40 Arpent
$1 off featured 40 Arpent beers: 40 Arpent Orange Blossom Opossum, 40 Arpent New Basin Stout, and 40 Arpent Specialty ACBW Brew

3 p.m. Barley Oak

Live accordion music, a cask, and A Giant Hop For All Mankind with Bayou Teche's Karlos Knott.