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Fall, 2005 News
Snake Dog IPA: 5.8%, 48 IBU's
Pale Ale (Doggie Style): 5.3%, 36 IBU's
Old Scratch Amber Lager: 5.4 %, 22.5 IBU's
In Heat Wheat: 5.1%, 12 IBU's, Unfiltered with Perle hops
Road Dog Porter, 5.5%, 26 IBU's
Tire Biter Golden Ale, 5.1%, 17.5 IBU's, Brewed with a proprietary yeast
12-25 MERRY CHRISTMAS!
12-20 A new Indiana Beer! Warbird Brewing Company has introduced its second beer, P-47 Warbird Wheat, to draught accounts in Indiana. A German-sytle Hefeweizen, the beer is brewed exclusively with premium German family maltster Weyermann wheat and Pilsner malts, Hallertau hops and German yeast. This is German beer that just happens to be brewed in America. The beer is served unfiltered with yeast, a soft easy-drinking soft beer with paradoxical great complexity. Soft aromas of bready banana and clove lead to a medium-bodied true weizen with light citrus, a hint of vanilla, and a fleeting fresh peach finish. The Bavarian blue and white lozenge flag marks the tall skinny tap handle, modeled after the control stick in the back of our T-6 Texan. When owner Dave Holmes was deployed from Germany during the first Gulf War, his unit’s “The Boys from Syracuse” F-16 fighters proudly bore the blue and white tail flash- making it a natural choice to identify the beer. Distributed in the Indy area by Rhoades Beverage, ask for it at your local spot. If you want to see it in a can, be sure to contact the brewery!
Matthew Hill
Squadron Commander
Warbird Brewing Company
142nd Brewing Squadron
194th Brewing Wing
12-14 Hello everyone. I'm sending out this invitation, to all who might be interested in joing a few of the local BA's (Beer Advocates) at a gathering this Saturday, at 5pm. To those who may not know what I'm talking about, the Indy BA's try and get together every couple of months just to drink beer and socialize. We've had beer auctions, with the money going to BA. Last year we had a gift exchange, with a twist. Which really turned out good. So if anyone is interested in coming on out and joining the festivities, we will be meeting up at the Downtown BW3's. You are invited, but not required, to bring a beer gift for the beer exchange. Now on this you can bring anything you happen to have. It doesn't have to be a special beer, but then again it can't be crap either! We will do as we did last year. The wrapped beer will be set on a table. Each person who contributes will be pick a number out of a hat. The person with #1 will go first, and so forth until all the beer is selected. Oh yea I forgot the most important part. Stealing will be allowed...If you see a beer that someone else has that you want...well you can take it. But don't get attached to what you pick, because you might not have it long. Sound like fun? Of course it does! Would I put on a boring party? ....don't answer that. -Mark Mahon (mark@indianabeer.com)
12-13 Thirsty Traveler Bob Ostrander checks in from England, again, after another month of beer travels. Click here!
12-12 Join NINE G Brewing Company and be the first to try our craft beers at our launch party. Voodoo, Dokter and our entire team will be there as we tap NINE G kegs for the first time.
Wednesday December 14, 2005
4 p.m. until the beer is gone
The Vine Restaurant
103 West Colfax Avenue
South Bend, Indiana
The Launch Party will be the first time NINE G will serve "Bitchin' Betty Citrus Wheat" and "Wingman Amber Ale". The cost is $15 per person which entitles you to 2 beers, a commemorative beer glass, and munchies. You will also have a chance to win some bottles of Nine G brews to take home. The Vine will be donating a portion of the ticket sales to RiverBend Cancer Services.
Invite your friends and fellow microbrew drinkers, and join us Wednesday evening for great food and the best craft beer you've never tasted before!
Visit our web site for more information: www.ninegbrewing.com
12-8 INDY: In the spirit of small, independent, neighborhood grocery stores with great beer, Cork's Marketplace returns. Located at 49th and Pennsylvania, and happily under new ownership, Cork's has returned to past and has brought back the great beer and wine selection of old. The beer choices run the gamut, from dometics on up, with an emphasis on the up. Selections from Bells, Upland, Ommegang, Rogue, Oaken Barrel, Three Floyds, and Avery start the craft side. From outside the States, Unibroue, Spaten, Samuel Smith, Lindemans, and Kronenburg lead the way.
12-7 INDY: Deano's Vino is back in business! Deano moved his store from it's location in Fountain Square over to Massachusettes Avenue, on the North end near R Bistro. Many of the much loved antics will occur there, as Deano brings is personal style to the Ave. The food is great, there's wine aplenty, and the beer options are awesome, and well priced. Two Hearted, Kronenburg, and Turbo Dog on draft right now, but those are subject to change. The bottled beer selection starts with Deano's affinity for the "Lawnmower" retro beers, but runs all the way to Unibroue's Trois Pistoles and Delirium Tremens.
12-6 THC's Winter Warmer will be Feb 11. $25. music, food, Indiana beers, Tripel, Dubbel, Porter, free taxi... For more info click here
12-4 The December Publicanista has been published. Click here for beer musings from New Albany
12-2 Mark Mahon visits Bluegrass Brewing Company and Uptown Brewery
12-1 The downtown BW3's has....The Randall. They have it hooked up to a keg of Dogfish Head 90 min IPA. For those that don't know what a Randall is check out the following: http://www.horsebrass.com/brasstacks.html So if you're a hophead, stop in and find out what it's like to have the enamel stripped off your teeth. It's oh so good.
11-22 Bob samples some English beer. Click here.
11-21 There will be a beer tasting at Cabana Joe's in Madison, IN Today. Click here for more Information
11-20 Three Floyds' Behemoth Barley Wine is now available now at Kahn's in Carmel for $22.99/bottle. IABV 10.5%. A massive American Barley Wine; caramel-sequel and hoppy appeals
AWARDS
1997 Bronze Medal Fall Beer Tasting Chicago Beer Society
1998 Gold Medal World Beer Championships
1998 Silver Medal Real Ale Fest Chicago
1999 Gold Medal Indiana State Fair
2000 Gold Medal Indiana State Fair
2000 Bronze Medal Real Ale Fest Chicago
2002 Gold Medal Indiana State Fair
2002 Silver Medal Real Ale Fest Chicago
2003 Silver Indiana State Fair
11-17 We're baaaaack! Finally some great news for Indiana Beer...
Three Floyds opens brewpub in Munster!!! It's been years in the making, but the 75-seat pub at Three Floyds Brewing Co. is open and ready for business. Rather than taking out a loan for the expansion, the Floyds -- Nick, Simon and their father, Michael -- chose an unusual method to raise the necessary cash for the brew pub. They sold stock in their company. Click here to learn more!
11-9 Barley Island BrewMaster Jon Lang has "Snickerdoodle Java Stout" on tap at Barley Island Brewing Company. Snickerdoodle is a popular coffee flavor, roasted at Noble Coffee & Tea in downtown Noblesville. The gourmet coffee beans are cold-brewed, then infused into a keg of Brass Knuckles Oatmeal Stout. If you miss the Snickerdoodle keg, the next Java Brew will be the return of last year's Black Magic Java Stout. Cask conditioned Bourbon Barrel-Aged Oatmeal Stout is currently on the beer engine.
11-4 The Broad Ripple Brewpub is celebrating its fifteenth year on the 14th November - the day we opened our doors back in 1990. To celebrate all pints will be $2 on both the 14th and the 15th. On the 14th we'll be tapping our 15th anniversary beer, created especially for the event by our brewer Kevin Mattalucci. Also, t-shirts commemorating the occassion and designed by local artist Todd Kennedy, will be available. We great night is guaranteed for all.
11-3 Elves unwanted in Connecticut! Damn anti-publicans!
11-2 Matt Bryant from Lafayette reports "Went to Chumley's yesterday for the first time in months to find a new, very detail beer menu with some great additions. Also had a description of each style available...was very impressed. Along with that was a list of Rotating Taps, including:
Bell's Cherry Ale Aug-Sep (Still on tap Oct 31)
Paulaner Oktoberfest Sep-Oct (didn't see that one)
Warsteiner Oktoberfest Sep-Oct ("")
Breckenridge Avalanche Ale Oct-Nov (didn't appear to have been tapped yet)
Also was very impressed and excited about this...tried the Strong Ale which was delicious....
For a limited time, Rogue Brewery of Oregon, one of the most celebrated
breweries in the world, is brewing up some special beers in honor of their 15th
anniversary. Chumley's is proud to be one of only 30 retail outlets in the U.S.
to offer these beers.
Rouge will send us 2 kegs per month of their latest creation. These
"upscale" brews will run the gamus of styles - including amber ale, strong ale,
oyster stout, schwarzbier, and pilsner - to name a few.
To help entice you and your friends to try these premium beers, we created
the "Blow the Rogue" special. If the keg runs out while we are pouring your
pitcher, you get that pitcher free plus a new pitcher, a $10 gift card, and $5
for your server.
Up the street at LBC, Piper's Pride will be on cask in the near future.
11-1 Bob heads to Belgium for beer. Again! Click here
10-31 Matt Dunn Stops in at Rich-O's to sample the beer and atmosphere. Click here!
10-26 There will be a Beer Dinner with Ken Price of Oaken Barrel on November 3 at 6pm at The Corner Wine Bar in Broad Ripple. $49. Click here for info
10-25 Mark reports from the Great American Beer Festival. Find out why Ted Miller and wife from the Brugge Brasserie have much to celebrate. Click here!
10-24 From Rich-O's: If you're just tuning in, we recently acquired a device known as a cask breather, which enables us to serve cask-conditioned ales more often and to keep them fresh for as long as it takes to deplete them, rather than facing time constraints when tapped and served the traditional way. For the 2005 Lupulin Land Harvest Hop fest, our friendly local brewers undertook to cask-condition firkins of their ales, and these will be appearing on the hand pull on a more or less daily basis for as long as they last. TAPPED TODAY: Cumberland Brews Matt's Red (two-row barley and aromatic malt; three Nugget hop additions in the kettle, and dry-hopped with Nugget).
10-20 Thirsty Traveler Bob Ostrander samples some beers in West Germany
10-18 Jeremy Cowan of Shmaltz Brewing company, visits MacNiven's for a local release of HE'BREW The Chosen Beer. Click here for a report of more tastings!
10-12 Mike DeWeese pays stylistic homage to Oktoberfest. By Mike DeWeese. Grab a beer and click here!
10-11 Fred Bueltmann Co-founder of New Holland Brewing will be here October 19 @ Dick's Barbecue on 96th street, 7 pm, $25 for 7 beers and dinner! Call Dick's for more info
10-10 Jeremy Cowan, the founder / creator of Hebrew Beer will be at Mac Nivens on Friday 10/14/05 for a Hebrew Happy Hour from 7:00 to 9:00! The Jewbelation Ale, a very limited ale with 9 malts, 9 hops and 9% ABV brewed to celebrate the 9th anniversary of Hewbrew beer will be featured on tap as well as the Genesis Ale in the bottle! check out the website www.hebrewbeer.com
10-7 This week Barley Island Brewing Company began shipping their seasonal Brass Knuckles Oatmeal Stout in 12 oz bottles. Brass Knuckles is a full-bodied, smooth dark ale with a mealy texture from the use of oats. With a thick creamy head and malty richness from the dark roasted grains, this ale weighs in at about 5.0% abv.
10-4 Backroads Brewery Open House 2005 contributed by Thomas Webster. Click here! (10-2-05)
10-3 Bob has reared his head back in Bavaria. He sends us his latest installment with Oktoberfest as the centerpiece. Click here to check out his beer travelogue!
10-2 Mark Mahon offers some news prior to his trip to the Great American Beer Festival. Click here
Great American Beer Festival Winners from Indiana Announced! Those of you who have been following Indianabeer know that we have praised a couple of these beers up and down the past few months... Congratulations go to...
Oaken Barrel's Alabaster Wit, Silver (Belgian style White, Wit/Wheat)
Brugge Brasserie's Tripel de Ripple, Silver (Belgian Style Abbey Ale)
Big horn/Ram's Detonator Doppelbock, Bronze (German Style Strong Bock)
9-30 Bloomington Brewing Company is releasing it's Java Porter on October 1! "Brewer Floyd Rosenbaum is gearing up for the cool fall months with Bloomington favorite Java Porter. Java Porter has a complex coffee aroma and flavor with good body and excellent balance. Complete with a dry finish and aftertaste, Java Porter is complemented by local coffee roaster Partridge & Quigley's Sumatra Blue Ling Tong."
9-29 From a beer spotter in NE Indiana.... "As I was the one who initiated getting Pier 32 in Hamilton, IN included on your site ( I have no affiliation with them what-so-ever), I thought I would update you on their vastly improved beer selection. Still only 4 taps, but on my recent visit (9-10-05) one of them was Pax Whitte from Belgium. The bottle selection has greatly expanded to include many new beers such as, Rochefort 10, Chimay Blue, St Bernardus 12, Three Floyds Brian Brou Red and Gumball Head, Dogfish Head Midas Touch Golden, as well as selections from Arcadia, Bells, Dark Horse, Founders, New Holland, and many many others. As far as I know Pier 32 is now the only place in NE Indiana to have Rochefort, including liquor stores. Pier 32 is now by a wide margine the best beer bar in NE Indiana. Add to this above average food, and a beautiful location on Hamilton Lake, and you have a really fine establishment indeed."
9-27 Bell's will be celebrating Wheat beers with a series of unique recipes and takes on 5 wheat ales. The series will begin distribution in October with "Wheat 2" and will continue every couple of weeks through "Wheat 4," "Wheat 6," "Wheat 8." This series of beers will be unique beers all based on the same yeast. Yeast from "Wheat 2" will be harvested to fuel "Wheat 4" and so on through "Wheat 8."Bell's "wheat fest" will culminate in a special recipe called "Wheat Love."Stay tuned for more details about these exciting beers.
9-23 "On Thursday October 13, 2005, there will be a multitude of Cavalier Distributing suppliers with a multitude of beer to sample at a trade show Cincinnati Ohio. There will be a van or two from Indianapolis heading that way in the afternoon. So please let me know if you would like to attend to we can line up transportation.
Or if it is easier for you to go directly to Cincinnati please let me know and I will get you directions.
I hope to have a good turn out from Indiana.
Mat Gerdenich,
Cavalier Distributing Inc.
317-358-1970
9-21 Saison at Upland Brewery reported by Matt Dunn!
9-20 If you have'nt read the Indiana law on brewing and consumtion, now might be an opportune time
9-18 The fall newsletter for the Central Indiana Beer Appreciation Society has been published. Click here
9-14-05 Hello I thought I would tell you about our new store. We are located in Muncie In. Off McGalliard acrossed from K-Mart. We carrie complete line of Beer & Wine brew kit's and Brewers stuff needed. Just thought you would like for the folks out there to know they don't have to drive to Indy any more when they can get all there stuff right here in Muncie
The Wine-N-Vine.
1524 E. McGalliard
Muncie In. 47303
Ph.765-282-3300
Fax line 765-282-3400
9-12-05 Mark is heading to the Great American Beer Festival! Check out his preliminary report by clicking here!
9-10 Bob checks out some Belgian Beer.... IN BELGIUM!
9-9 In Indy the 21st Amendment chain has recently added two more Dogfish Head labels, giving them four in 8 or 9 stores. They have 60 and 90 minute, as well as RaisonD'Etre and Indian Head Brown. They also have three Upland labels priced7.49 and 7.99. Three Floyds, Abita, Oaken Barrel, Spaten, and Franziskaner are also staples. Sam Smith, Youngs, Lindemans, Chimay, Delirium, and Unibroue are also available.
The stores at 56th and Illinois, 86th and Ditch, and 151st and 31 have really made strides. Past what I already mentioned, they also have Rogue, Flying Dog, Red Seal, Anderson Valley, Singha, Anchor, Ayinger, St Peters, Corsendonk, Allagash, New Holland, Westmalle, Piraat, and Melbourne Brothers, among others.
9-6 Shoreline Brewing opened their doors on Monday August 29th! Their beer lineup includes Beltane Scottish Ale, Benny’s American Pale, Foggy Loggy Lager, Don’t Panic English Pale Ale, Singing Sands Oatmeal Stout, and Queen Mum IPA.
Sam Strupeck , the brewmaster, said their "official grand opening celebration" will be early October and feature a well aged Barley Wine. Also in the works is a mug club, Shoreline growlers, and a Region Rat Red Ale.
For those beer lovers who are also train buffs, check out their official logo which looks just like the South Shore logo.
The brewery, which is open daily and serves a eclectic selection of food, is located at 208 N. Wabash St., Michigan City, Indiana Phone: 219- 879-4677.
9-5 The Brewers of Indiana Guild website has a new look, but it's a shell of what it once was, and there is no contact information other than an address pointing to the Broad Ripple Brew Pub. It's difficult to piece together what's going on within the Guild itself, but apparently another website domain, www.indianabrewersguild.org has been registered (that's different than the link above) and there is apparently some confusion as to who, or what, exactly, the Guild "is." Will there be two Guilds? Apparently the coordinator of this year's BIG festival held in Optimist Park did not get paid for his/her services. Perhaps that has something to do with it? Stay tuned as the soap opera unfolds and we report the real story. Meanwhile email webmaster@indianabeer.com if you have information on this developing story.
9-4 Back Roads Brewery is having an open house: "Our 9th annual open house is slated for Saturday September 24, 2005 from 1 to 5. Entry fee $10.00 Must be at least 21 to enter. Please mark your calendars. Special Guests Shoreline Brewery (Michigan City) and Three Floyds (Munster). Entertainment by Ein Prosit (20 piece Umpa Band) Food by Colima Mexican Restaurant Our Fall beer this year will be a Robust Porter and will be released during our September 24th Fall Event."
9-3 "We were planning a Beer Dinner downtown at the Marriott on September 24th, but just yesterday we decided that we'd have to cancel it. We don't have the brewers in place for it and the timing seems difficult. We had also been planning for the Chimay Head Brewer to visit Indy this month, but that has also been cancelled as Paterno Wines (the Midwest US Chimay importer) will not be bringing Chimay draught in as expected. Chimay draught (Cinq Cents) is expected to be in Indiana in early 2006. In other news, we hear that Abita Brewing will be without electricity for some time so I don't expect much beer the rest of the year from them, if any. I'm sure other Louisiana brewers are affected, like Dixie, etc.
Other items of potential interest - Three Floyds thinks the next batch of Dreadnaught will be out around the first week of January, 2006. Kahn's Fine Wines on Keystone is planning a lengthy series of free beer tastings every Monday evening prior to the start of the Monday Night Football game. Each tasting will feature a brewer or brewery rep. They will start with Ken Price for the Thursday, Sept. 8 opener, then Veronica from Bell's, Jeff from Barley Island and I'll attach the schedule for the rest, as I can't recall them all. The plan is to have every Monday night football broadcast have a corresponding tasting." -Bob Mack of WCB
9-2 Check out a very big ad, perhaps the biggest beer advertisement in history! Very cool... Thanks Mark
9-1 "THe Liquor Stop in Highland, Indiana has been sold. I just spoke to the previous owner. Robin (you list him as the beer guy on your website) left about 2 weeks ago.
Hopefully, the new owners will continue the tradition of providing the outstanding beer selection that the previous owners did."
-Laura
8-29 From Cavalier Distributing: "The Stone 9th Anniversary Ale just arrived today (8/29/05) and is in our warehouse ready to deliver. The truck arrived just in time as the release date is 8/29/05!
More good news:
We received a little more of this beer than we have been able to get in the past!!! So if you have not preordered it get with Abe & Nathan and get your orders in!!!!
The link below takes you to the 9th Anniversary page on Stone’s website.
http://stonebrew.com/timeline/2005/9thanniv/ale/
8-25 Our thirsty traveler Bob Ostrander checks in from Amsterdam and manages to fit in a few brews along the way
8-23 Mark Mahon made the rounds and reports on craft beer fests, tastings, and stores
8-22 From our friends at Cavalier Distributing... "There's a new German Pope in town...."
7-26 Do you have what it takes to home brew? Of course you do. Read this article about what it's like to brew a batch of beer by Mark
7-25 Check out this great article on the new South Bend microbrewery
7-23 Our Thirsty Traveler Bob Ostrander checks in from Germany.
And what a thirsty beer traveler he has been!
7-22 Greg Koch, founder and president of Stone Brewing in San Marcos California, has a very cool thing going on over at Stone's website: a vBLOG. That's right, a video blog, a collection of short videos (2-5 minutes) documenting the goings on at Stone Brewing Company. They are really entertaining and you learn a lot about beer in the process. My recent favorite is probably where Greg responds to an attack on his flagship brand 'Arrogant Bastard'. He really lets 'em have it. See it at the top of the page here. There's also a good one about Stone's success in trudging through miles of thick, sloppy bureaucracy simply to call there Russian Imperial Stout a Russian Imperial Stout. That one is second from the top in this page. You'll need quicktime to view the movies.
7-21 A new microbrewery is opening in South Bend with the name "Nine G Brewing Company." They are exclusively a microbrewery, we will not have a restaurant. They will, however, have a tap room that will be open for tours and tastings in the future. Beer will hopefully be ready late in the year.
7-20 Deano's Vino Restaurant and Wine Bar (beer, too!) opened on July 19. Click Here for photos
7-20 In response to Mark Mahon's find in Plainfield, Matt Bryant reports "The Payless (basically same store as Kroger) in West Lafayette had pretty much the exact same selection. The catch is it's not with the rest of the beer...but across the way near the health food and Pharmacy. You have to be looking for it. They pretty much have the exact same beers as posted in the news section. Last I was there, they had Chimay, Sam Smith's, and I believe 3-4 of Lindeman's Lambic's on sale. Also believe they had a couple Upland and Three Floyd's on sale. Those have all been on sale for months. Probably no one knows they're there! Recently got Sierra Nevada's Porter and Rogue's Mocha Porter for about $7-8 a six pack...a steal for me."
7-19 Indianabeer.com was mentioned on the Australian Craft Brewers Podcast! Ok, it's a stretch to say that's our 15 minutes of "fame," but it's kind of cool none the less. Catch the July episode by downloading iTunes from apple.com After launching the program click on podcasts then search for beer. The show will also be posted within a few days on their website.
7-19 If you're in Plainfield drop by Kroger and check out their beer selection (yes, Kroger!):
Flying Dog: In Heat Wheat, Snake Dog IPA, Pale Ale - Unibroue: La Fin Du Monde, Maudite - Chimay: Red, White, Blue label - Sam'l Smith: Organic Ale, Oatmeal Stout, Lager, Pale Ale, India Ale - Lindemans: Framboise, Kriek - Belhaven: Scottish Ale, St Andrews Ale - Paulaner: Lager, Pils, Hefe Weisse - McEwans Scotch Ale - Murphy's Red - DAB: Original, Dark - Spaten Optimator - Hacker Pschorr Weisse - Frasiskaner Hefe Weisen - Hoegaarden - John Courage - Tsintao - Carta Blanco - Upland: Dragonfly, Wheat - Oaken Barrel, Razz Wheat, Red Ale - Petes Wicked Ale - Sierra Nevada: Porter, Wheat, Pale Ale - Rogue Moch Porter - Bells: Kalamazoo Stout, Third Coast Ale, Oberon, Porter, Two Hearted Ale, Amber - Three Floyds, Robert the Bruce, Pride and Joy, Alpha Ki - Dogfish Head Shelter Pale ale - Widmer Bros Wheat - Abita: Turbodog, Purple Haze - Great Lakes: Edmund Fitzgerald: Burning River, Dortmunder Gold, Eliot Ness - Anchor: Liberty, Porter, Steam
7-18 HEY SOUTHWEST INDIANA: Hop in the City is the Schlafly Beer Festival that is held each year at The Schlafly Tap Room in St. Louis. They produce over 40 beer styles each year and hold kegs of each style for a one day festival. This is the first year that they are taking Hop in the City "on the road." They plan to have over 20 Schlafly Beer styles at the "on the road" Hops. October 1st is Hop in the City in New Harmony, IN, or "Hop in New Harmony." The event is being held at the New Harmony Inn and Red Geranium Restaurant. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the day and can be purchased after August 1st at www.schlafly.com. The Inn will also be offering a package including tickets, dinner, B & B.
7-17 3 Floyds gears up to open their very own brewpub. Click here for info.
 7-16 Hey! Put down that Budweiser and grab an all-malt craft beer. July is American Beer Month. Click here for the "official" site
7-15 New event announced: Beer and wine tasting at Market Square Manor in Avon to benefit the Hendricks County Humane Society. 7-9P.M. Tickets $25, available at Crown Liquors. 272-9463
7-14 The 2005 Indiana State Fair Brewer's Cup results have been posted. Click here!
7-12 Michigan. Great Lakes and great beer. Click here to read Part 3 of Matt Dunn's report of a road trip to some of Michigan's best breweries
7-11 Bob checks in with two reports: Southwestern Bavaria breweries and Munich beer!
7-10 Dick's in Avon is offering all American pints for $2.50 through the end of July in honor of American Beer Month. Taps indluded Gumballhead, Robert the Bruce, Upland Wheat, Arrogant Bastard and Bud Lite from what I can remember. -Matt Bryant
7-9 In honor of American Beer month the Ram Restaurant and Brewery is offering half price half gallon Growler fills throughout the month of July. This is the best way to take FRESH Big Horn beer home with you! We will also offer $1.99 Big Horn taster sets all of July. That's right, you get to try all 6 of our choices for a $1.99!
7-8 News from Rich-O's in New Albany: "The first batch of brewer Jesse Williams’s Croupier IPA, his first solo formulation, flew out of here so quickly that I only had a couple of pints of it myself. Now the NABC brew crew has indicated that a firkin of Croupier IPA is ready to be served, so it will be tapped tomorrow (Friday, July 8) for serving at 1:00 p.m. It will be returning on draft during the week of July 11 (not this week, as previously announced). Nugget hops are used for bittering, then Fuggles and Cascades, with Cascades used for dry-hopping. A French 2-row malt is used, providing a slightly different malt flavor than when using our standard Simpson’s Golden Promise.
Meanwhile, ConeSmoker is back on tap. Jesse has studied the recipes for both previous NABC smoked ales, and settled on a tweaked version of the original ConeSmoker: 80% German smoked malt, with the remaining 20% French 2-row; a German/English hop bill (Hallertauer, East Kent Goldings, and dry-hopped with Spalt in the secondary). The result is smokier than Spezial, but lighter bodied than Schlenkerla, with hops definitely in evidence along with the smoke.
If you’re a Bush Hog fan, be aware that we’re down to the last gallons on tap. It will return later in the summer."
7-7 Key West? Hawaii? No! It's a local beer tasting at Cabana Joe's. Bob Mack offers his perspective. Click here!
7-3 Indy: Kahn's has the Flying Dog Brewery Gonzo Porter, the tribute beer to Hunter Thompson, now available. Also available Dogfish Head Liquor de Malt. This is a 40oz malt liquor that comes with its own DFH stamped brown paper bag, and instructions on how to drink it! Stone '05 Russian Imperial Stout is now available. And the best news of all Three Floyds Dreadnaught, yes the beer of all beers has been released again. This news comes from Highland, IN. So look for it in the Indy liquor stores in the near future! If you find it let us know where and how much is available.
7-1 From the Anderson Herald newspaper "By the end of September a new restaurant, including a brew pub, live music and outdoor dining could be opened at the Town Center Plaza. The Ghebremichael family of Indianapolis submitted the only proposal to purchase the Town Center Plaza with its two office buildings and two condominiums on Tuesday. The Redevelopment Commission will meet next Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. to give final approval to the sale. With a stage already in place at the Town Center, Ghebremichael said live entertainment will be offered along with outside dining. The family already owns the necessary equipment and plans to open by late September, he said. The unnamed restaurant will offer international foods."
6-30 A look at World Class Beverages' Summer Taster:
Inside are 2 bottles each of these six beers - Bell's Cherry Ale, Arcadia Berry Whit, Rogue American Amber, Anchor Liberty Ale, Pyramid Apricot Ale and New Holland Zoomer
6-29 The National Association Breweriana Advertising (NABA) is holding its 34th annual Convention in South Bend from August 2-7
6-28 Thirsty Traveler Bob Ostrander is on the move! Here he checks out some brewpubs in Hungary
6-27 Thirsty Traveler Bob Ostrander checks in from Slovakia
6-26 Cooking with beer: "Rabbit in Kreik"
6-25 Shallos is hosting a summer beer tasting this Monday, the 27th of June. It's $13 in advance and $15 at the door. World Class Beverages will be pouring Bell's Cherry Ale (brand new), Arcadia Berry White (this may be the only time they will be available at a public tasting, due to extremely limited quantities), Buffalo Bill's Orange Blossom, Three Floyd's Gumball Head, New Holland Zoomer Wit, Bell's Oberon (what's a summer tasting without Oberon?), Piraat, New Holland Mad Hatter, Dogfish Au Courant, Arcadia Whitsun, and Avery White Rascal. Other Indy distributors will be pouring their beers as well! Not like you needed an excuse to get to one of Indy's best beer bars, but if you did, now you have one. Go my children. Drink the good beer.
6-24 Tonight and Saturday: RICH O’S PUBLIC HOUSE PRESENTS: BELGIAN LAMBIC BY THE GLASS II. "If Lindemans Framboise is the only lambic you’ve ever tasted, you’re in for a surprise. "
 6-22 Michigan. Great Lakes and great beer. Click here to read Part 2 of Matt Dunn's report of a road trip to some of Michigan's best breweries
6-21 Thirsty Traveler Bob Ostrander checks out some Austrian Brewpubs.
A visit to the new Rock Bottom in Indianapolis on 86th St. was unspectacular but not disappointing. For this Rock Bottom it was a soft start-up in May, meaning no grand opening and no advertising. Nevertheless they were packed today at 3pm. The same beers as downtown with the same great atmosphere, although a little smaller, whether actual or imagined. We all know the Rock beers are brewed on the premisis according to corporate recipe, but to their credit Rock allows each individual brewer to tweak the recipe to their liking. Nothing over 5.4% ABV was on tap (is this a corporate stay-safe decision?). Oh well, the brewer is only temporary. Soon there will be a new brewer installed and he will have cask conditioned ale on the hand-pull.
6-17 Bob has checked in from Switzerland where he's been hunting brewpubs
Ted Miller at The Brugge Brasserie has brewed what might be the most enjoyable Blonde I've ever, well, enjoyed- a hazy, medium-bodied, effervescent brew with a creamy head whispering banana all the way down. On tap now!
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