The Beak is Back -- with live music, as Bank Street Brewhouse celebrates NA 1 Night Stand this Saturday, August 29.

The Beak is Back ... and I wrote a press release to mark the occasion!

On Saturday, August 29, NABC’s Bank Street Brewhouse is participating in the inaugural NA 1 Night Stand, a beer walk through New Albany’s revitalizing downtown -- and we're celebrating with Beak's Best and live music.

The Beak is Beak’s Best, NABC’s session-strength American Bitter, which is named in honor of globetrotting historian and educator Don "Beak" Barry. Beak’s Best will be available all day Saturday at the special price of $3.25 for a 20-oz pint.

Like its namesake, Beak’s Best is fond of traveling (albeit in kegs) and will be available in September for distribution in Louisville through River City Distributing, and in Southern Indiana through Cavalier Distributing and NABC. In fact, the Beak debuted in Louisville today at three pubs (and Bob's Old 15-B at a fourth): New Albanian Brewing Co. in Louisville.

We call Beak’s Best an “American Bitter” because of the Cascade hops. Otherwise, there is a thoroughly English underpinning, both in terms of malt and yeast. It's one of the original NABC recipes, dating back to 2002. Our other NABC staples will be on draft, too: Elector, Bob's Old 15-B and Tunnel Vision, among others.

On Saturday during NA 1 Night Stand, there’ll be music on the North Patio, soon to be known as the WCTU Memorial Patio*:

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Clint Ackerman, solo acoustic covers. Clint's appearance takes on a whole new urgency since news broke today that Oasis, the British rock band that both Clint and I adore, is breaking up.

8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: The Outfit, free jazz from Louisville, and a group (guitar, bass and percussion, I believe) that I'm very much looking forward to hearing for the first time.

Remember also there is no finer kitchen on the Sunny Side than Chef Josh Lehman’s and his crew's, and it will be open until 10:00 p.m. as always, serving the innovative cuisine that has garnered so much acclaim since Bank Street's opening in March, 2009: Chef Josh and his staff are the MVPs of Bank Street's first six months.

Bank Street Brewhouse is helping to redefine downtown New Albany. Come down on August 29 and see how ... and support NA 1 Night Stand.

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* To me, it’s hallowed ground, and begs for the erection of an historical marker, because for at least a half-century prior to being razed in 1955, the house that stood at 417 Bank Street was the headquarters of the New Albany chapter of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Now it is the Bank Street Brewhouse’s patio and parking lot. The WCTU helped give us a ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, and we’re enjoying pints of ale where members once advocated for the legislation of morality.