Stone's Throw Brewing Block on Rock is on Saturday, July 30th

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Stone’s Throw Brewing Holds Block on Rock

3^rd Annual Birthday Celebration on July 30 Benefits Historic Preservation

Little Rock, AR, July 21, 2016 – MacArthur Park neighborhood nano-brewery Stone’s Throw Brewing announced details for their third annual Block on Rock Birthday Bash today. The street festival is a celebration of the brewery taproom’s opening in 2013 and involves local food trucks, breweries, a distillery, bands, and community groups. Block on Rock is on Saturday, July 30 from 4:00-10:00pm on the two blocks north of the brewery’s 9^th & Rock St. location.

“Block on Rock has become the biggest event of the year for Stone’s Throw. We get to throw a great party for our friends and neighbors, showcase the great food trucks that set up at the brewery, and share a drink with our friends in the local beverage industry all while getting down to some great music in our beautiful historic neighborhood!" -Ian Beard, Managing Partner Stone’s Throw Brewing

Admission to the block party is $5. Discounted armbands are available at the Stone’s Throw taproom for $3 from July 26-29. A portion of all gate revenue, alcohol, and food sales are donated to Preserve Arkansas, the only statewide non-profit organization focused on preserving Arkansas’s architectural and cultural resources. The previous two Block on Rock events have raised over $6000 for the group.

“Preserve Arkansas is thrilled to help celebrate the third birthday of Stone’s Throw Brewing on July 30! Not only is this a fun way to spend a Saturday, a portion of the proceeds from the Block on Rock Birthday Bash will benefit Preserve Arkansas’s education and advocacy efforts, which are designed to preserve Arkansas’s most important historic properties. Come celebrate Stone’s Throw Brewing’s adaptive reuse of a historic building in the MacArthur Park Historic District and support the statewide historic preservation efforts of Preserve Arkansas!" -Rachel Silva, Executive Director Preserve Arkansas

1200 people attended the first Block on Rock in 2014 taking planners completely by surprise. In 2015 organizers added a second block to accommodate more people, food trucks, and vendors. A stage was constructed for the musical acts, more volunteers helped with entry at the gates, other local breweries were invited, and more necessities like extra restrooms were included. The improvements lead to significantly shorter waits for food, drinks, and toilets despite attendance increasing to over 2000 last year. 

“The first year was crazy. We sold more food in a couple of hours at Block on Rock than we did the whole time we were at Riverfest. This year I think we’re all planning on serving big numbers and we’ll be ready for them. After the Main Street Food Truck Festival this was the most trucks you found in one place last year.” -Justin Patterson, Owner The Southern Gourmasian

Block on Rock 3^rd Birthday Bash publicity flier.

Both the 700 and 800 blocks of Rock St., located adjacent to the brewery, will be closed off for the event. Entrance gates will be located along Rock at the intersections of 7^th, 8^th and 9^th Streets.  The stage and musical acts are sponsored by Road Runner convenience stores and are located just a few yards northwest of the brewery on Rock St. The Smittle Band performs at 5:00pm followed by the Big Dam Horns at 7:30pm; trees and buildings provide ample shade in the afternoon, and festival goers are encouraged to bring chairs. Beer is available in the brewery taproom and at an outdoor Stone’s Throw bar on the 700 block of Rock St.; food trucks and other beverage options will be available in the same area.

“Every year Block on Rock gets bigger, and every year we make improvements. This year’s festival builds upon the lessons learned from the past two and promises to provide quick and efficient service throughout so attendees can focus on having a good time.  We’re excited to have Road Runner sponsoring our stage this year with two local favorites: The Big Dam Horns and the Smittle Band. It will be the party of the summer!”  -Theron Cash, Managing Partner Stone’s Throw Brewing

Stone’s Throw Brewing is the product of four guys—Theron Cash, Brad McLaurin, Shawn Tobin and Ian Beard—who met in the local homebrew club, the Central Arkansas Fermenters. After doing most of the work themselves to turn a century old building in Little Rock’s MacArthur Park Historic District into a production facility, they began brewing operations on July 4, 2013 and opened an onsite taproom on August 1, 2013. Stone’s Throw Brewing specializes in small-batch, artisanal beers that are both creative and drinkable.

The Stone’s Throw Brewing taproom & biergarten is open to the public Tuesday-Thursday, 4:00-9:00 pm, Friday 4:00-10:00pm, Saturday 12:00-10:00 pm, and Sunday 11:00 am-9:00 pm. The taproom features locally made bar snacks and a rotating selection of food trucks. The brewery sponsors weekly events including #HOPSandHOPE every Tuesday with beer sales benefiting charity, all night happy hour and the #BetterWithBeerFreeMovie series on Wednesdays, #ArkiePubTrivia at 6:30pm on Thursdays, new beer releases every first Friday of the month (and most other Fridays as well), free brewery tours at 1:00pm and beer infusions at 4:00pm on Saturdays, and beer to go during regular business hours including Sundays. 

Current beer selection, food truck schedules, and upcoming events can be found at www.stonesthrowbeer.com, on Facebook at StonesThrowBrewing, Twitter @stonesthrowbrew and Instagram @stonesthrowbrewing.

The following is the list at press time of vendors registered to participate in the Block on Rock 3^rd Birthday Bash on July 30.

Food:
Black Hound Bar B Q
Fork in the Road
Hot Rod Wieners
Katmandu Momo
Loblolly Creamery
Luncheria Mexicana Alicia
Roxy's Twisted Sandwiches
Slader's Alaakan Dumpling Co.
Solfood Kitchen Coop
The Southern Gourmasian

Drink:
Blue Canoe Brewing Co.
Bubba Brew's Brewing Co.
Damgoode Brews
Diamond Bear Brewing Co.
Lost 40 Brewing
Rock Town Distillery
Stone's Throw Brewing

Groups & Causes:
Arkansas Arts Center
First Lutheran
First Presbyterian
Preserve Arkansas
Little Rocktoberfest
St. Edward's Catholic

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St. Edward's Catholic

Stone’s Throw Brewing is located in the MacArthur Park Historic District at the corner of 9^th & Rock Sts in downtown Little Rock.

​25% of festival admission and Stone’s Throw Brewing sales will benefit Preserve Arkansas, the only statewide non-profit organization focused on preserving Arkansas’s architectural and cultural resources.

​The Block on Rock 3^rd Birthday Bash is Saturday, July 30 from 4:00-10:00pm on the 700-800 blocks of Rock St. in downtown Little Rock. 1200 people attended the first in 2014, and over 2000 came in 2015. Photo Courtesy Lisa Burnett.

​Road Runner convenience stores are the proud entertainment sponsors of the Block on Rock 3^rd Birthday Bash. The Big Dam Horns (pictured here) return for a second year at 7:30pm on July 30, with opening act the Smittle Band at 5:00pm.

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Historic Arkansas Museum Celebrates 75th Year With A Special Beer

Historic Arkansas Museum’s 2nd Friday Art Night features Historic Neighborhood

July 8, 5 – 8 pm

LITTLE ROCK (June 28, 2016) – Historic Arkansas Museum, a museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, will open its historic grounds during 2nd Friday Art Night on July 8 from 5 to 8 pm. There will be live music by The Pickoids and Historic Arkansas Museum’s 75th anniversary beer, developed by Stone’s Throw Brewing, will be released. This special 2nd Friday Art Night will feature the museum’s original historical exhibit, the museum’s grounds—a preserved remnant of Little Rock’s oldest neighborhood, saved from demolition by museum founder Louise Loughborough and opened to the public 75 years ago in July.

Guests are invited to travel back in time during this historic happy hour as they explore historic gardens and encounter costumed interpreters in the Woodruff Print Shop, Brownlee Kitchen and in Little Rock’s oldest surviving structure—the Hinderliter Grog Shop (c. 1827). Visitors can experience living history by meeting Mr. Hinderliter in the Grog Shop, make wax seals in the Print Shop and sample a unique pioneer drink in the Brownlee Kitchen. Guests who visit each site will win a Historic Arkansas Museum car decal and will have a chance to win a special prize.

George Bros. Historic Arkansas Ale – by Stone’s Throw Brewing

Little Rock’s first brewers were German-born Alexander and Henry George who operated a biergarten in the mid-1800s on Rock Street. For the museum’s 75th anniversary, Ian Beard, Theron Cash and Leah Lambert of Stone’s Throw Brewing drew on their own research and that of the museum’s Arkansas-made team to create a tribute beer similar to a 19th century George Bros. brew. The George brothers came from a warm region of Germany which suggests that their beer would have been similar to Belgian-style farmhouse ale. Additional research revealed which brewing ingredients would have been available to the George brothers. With the addition of wild Arkansas yeast harvested by Grant Chandler (Lost Forty Brewing) from plums in Dunbar Community Garden, this 75th anniversary ale is an Arkansas-made ale of historic proportions!

Currently on exhibit:
• Illustrations by Sally Nixon
• Robert Lemming & Louis Watts
• Hugo & Gayne Preller’s House of Light
• A Diamond in the Rough: 75 Years of Historic Arkansas Museum
• We Walk in Two Worlds: The Caddo, Osage and Quapaw in Arkansas (permanent)
• The Knife Gallery (permanent)
• Historic Homes (permanent)

Historic Arkansas Museum is open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1 - 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission to the galleries and parking are free; admission to the historic grounds is $2.50 for adults, $1 for children under 18, $1.50 for senior citizens. The Historic Arkansas Museum Store is open 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Historic Arkansas Museum is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, which was created in 1975 to preserve and enhance the heritage of the state of Arkansas. Other agencies of the department are Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Arkansas Arts Council, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and Old State House Museum.