Lost Forty Brewing sets opening date

Lost Forty Brewing, 501 Byrd St., Little Rock, which started rolling out its Lost Forty Pale Ale and Bare Bones Pilsner earlier this month, has set a Saturday and Sunday soft opening for its Pint & Pantry tap room, co-owner Scott McGehee confirms, with a partial opening to the public Wednesday Dec. 24 (yes, that’s Christmas Eve) and a full-scale opening Friday Dec. 26.

McGehee and Amber Brewer, marketing director for Yellow Rocket Concepts, the parent company of Lost Forty, ZaZa Wood-Fired, Big Orange, Local Lime and the pending Heights Taco & Tamale Co., say the taproom will offer sit-down service. But it will not be a full-service restaurant in terms of its menu offerings — a selection of made-in-house “Munich beer hall food meets the Delta”-style bar snacks including six appetizers and six sandwiches and entrees that McGehee says are “aimed squarely at craft-beer lovers.”

The list includes bratwurst with house-made mustard, kielbasa with peach marmalade, a Gulf shrimp gumbo and smoked brisket in barbecue sauce with a cabbage-green tomato slaw and Texas toast (all of Pint & Pantry’s breads will come from either Boulevard Bread Co. or Arkansas Fresh).

Christmas Eve hours will be 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; regular hours, starting Dec. 25, will be 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday). They’ll offer a 4-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday happy hour with discounts on beer and growlers; Wednesdays will be “growler fill” day.

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