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Lafayette Brewing Company
 Lafayette's brewpub with a great kitchen making sandwiches, pizza, and pub classics. Music almost every night up in the non-smoking second floor game room is possibly Purdue's best stage for local bands. Owner Greg Emig is one of the pioneers of the Indiana beer renaissance. He was the first brewer at the first Indiana brewpub - the Broad Ripple Brewpub. 3 years later came the LBC. Then in 2000 the Emig family built The Aberdeen brewpub in Valparaiso.
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Basics
622 Main St.
Lafayette
765- 742-2591
Web site
email
Opened in 1993.
Owner: Greg Emig
Head brewer: Christopher Johnson.
| Mon - Tues |
11am - midnight |
| Fri - Sat |
11am - 1am |
| Sunday |
Closed |
| Second Floor |
| Wed |
5pm - 2am |
| Thurs - Sat |
5pm - 1am |
Directions: 3 blocks east of US 231 and 2 blocks north of Ind 26 in downtown Lafayette. See map.
Casual dress.
Pizza, sandwiches, and dinner entrees.
Reservations not taken.
Private room available.
Cigarette (only) smoking at the bar.
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Awards
World Beer Cup
2004 - Silver - East Side Bitter
2001 - Silver - East Side Bitter
2001 - Bronze - Eighty Five
1999 - Silver - Piper's Pride Scottish Ale - Rauch beer
1998 - Silver - Black Angus Oatmeal Stout
1999 - Silver - Smokehouse Porter
1998 - Silver - Big Boris Barleywine
Indiana State Fair
2007 - Gold - Tippecanoe Common Ale
2006 - Silver - FrankenBoris Barleywine
2004 - Gold -Piper's Pride Scottish Ale
2004 - Silver - Prophet's Rock Pale Ale
2004 - Silver - Black Angus Oatmeal Stout
2004 - Silver - Eighty Five
2003 - Silver - Whitetail Wheat
2003 - Silver - Prophet's Rock Pale Ale
2001 - Silver - Eighty Five
1999 - Silver - Piper's Pride Scottish Ale
Lafayette Journal and Courier
1006 - Best Live Music Venue
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Suitability factors:
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| Sitting at the bar |
Boisterous just about any time of day. Kept nicely dark. |
| On a date |
THE place to hear local musicians. Check their web site for up to date calendar. Kept romantically dark. |
| Out with the guys |
Only 1 TV in the place - but it's a bigun. Kept dark to see the TV. |
| Business dinner |
Stop in after work or schedule. meeting room for the day. |
The upstairs music hall is a non-smoking venue with limited seating per fire code. If they have advance ticket sales for an event there, don't hesitate to call to reserve a place. They don't use Ticketmaster.
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Representative Beer Menu
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IBU |
ABV |
| Whitetail Wheat |
50% malted wheat. Northwest hops. Subtle.
Served with lemon. |
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17 |
4.2% |
| Prophet's Rock Pale Ale |
American pale ale with crystal malt and
Cascade hops. |
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32 |
4.4% |
| Eastside Bitter |
ESB with caramel malt. Dark copper with
plenty of American hops. Simple ale. |
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38 |
5.3% |
| Piper's Pride Scottish Ale |
Crystal, chocolate, and smoked malt.
Silver medals at 1999 WBC and Indiana State Fair. The malt sweetness at
the start is matched by the malt smokiness in the finish. |
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30 |
5.7% |
| Eighty-Five |
American IPA. Massively hopped with Cascade and
Centennial. Grapefruit aroma. Scours the enamel on your teeth quite
effectively. |
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85 |
6.2% |
| Black Angus Oatmeal Stout |
10% of the grain bill is oatmeal. American
hops. Roasty and smooth but not thick. 1998 WBC silver medal. |
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Seasonals: Smokehouse Porter, Big Boris Barleywine,
Heritage Trail Amber Ale, Digby's Irish Stout, Weeping Hog IPA, Christmas
Ale, Tippecanoe Common Ale (A creamy IPA).
$3.50 per 20oz pint. ($3.75 specials and
cask conditioned)
$1.85 per 10oz half pint ($2 specials and cask conditioned)
Samples: 85˘
Wednesday: $2.50 pints. Open mic night.
Thursday: $2 pints for mug club members
Growlers (1/2 gallon): $9. Refills are
$8.
Ask what's on the handpull.
Some bottles and an occasional guest beer on tap.
Ask about the mug
club if you're going to stop in weekly.
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Representative Food Menu
| Appetizers |
$4 - $6 |
| Soups / Salads |
$4 / $7 |
| Wraps, burgers, and sandwiches |
$5 - $7 |
| Pub fare (fish and chips,
shepherd's pie) |
$10 - $11 |
| Pizza |
$9 - $10 |
| Entrees: Small menu with some
steaks, fish, and pasta. |
$12 - $18 |
Children welcome downstairs w/
special menu.
"Unattended children will be towed at owner’s expense." |
$5 |
Daily special entrees. $11 - $20
Appetizers are $2 off during happy hour
(4-7pm Mon-Fri).
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Check out McCord Candies & Soda Fountain on the corner and the Standard station at 6th and South St. The Lafayette Theater next door is being renovated in 2004. The previous brewery in Lafayette (the Lafayette Brewery, Inc.. known as Theime & Wager prior to Prohibition) closed its doors in 1953. The LBC is the spiritual home of the Tippecanoe Homebrewing Circle.
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