Crown Brewing

Upland Brewing organized the second annual Sour Wild Funk Fest, the Midwest’s premier wild ale festival, on Saturday, May 11, at Developer Town in the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis. Approximately twenty breweries were represented including many Hoosier breweries, brewers from Ohio, from Illinois, from Michigan and some national powerhouses like New Belgium and Sam Adams. This years attenance was reported to be up substantially from last year but the crowd never felt like a 'throng.' Here's our take from the two of us who attended:

Crown Brewing in Crown Point, IN has tapped their Bourbon Barrel Aged Industrial Porter http://www.crownbrewing.com/.

Dash-In located in downtown Fort Wayne has tapped Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout.  More information about this beer and Dash-In can be found at https://www.facebook.com/DashInfortwayne.

Trion Tavern in New Haven, IN has tapped these beers since October 19th: 

   Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale by Lexington Brewing Co.

The first thing that people say to me when I say that I'm a beer blogger is "You must drink a lot of beer".  Yes and no. I'm selective about the beer I drink. However, in some aspects, I do drink a lot of beer.

So, what have I been drinking lately? Let's see!

1. DigIN 

Crown Brewing, http://www.crownbrewing.com/, has the following guest beers available:

Upland Wheat
Three Floyds Gorch Fock
Goose Island Pere Jacques
Sun King Cream Ale
Flat 12 Porter
Flat 12 Amber
Crispin Hard Apple Cider

Also, they have the second Crown throwback beer on tap, the Bohemian Export Pilsner.

Congratulations to the Indiana breweries taking home WBC awards yesterday.

Category 41: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 44 Entries - Bronze: Dominator Dopplebock, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Category 61: Belgian-Style Dubbel, 39 Entries - Silver: Belgian Dubbel, Bier Brewery, Indianapolis, IN

Category 64: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale, 41 Entries - Gold: Batch 333: The Velvet Fog, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

It is that time again!  We have two pairs of tickets to give away for this festival that is quickly approaching, thanks to our friends at Crown Brewing!

Currently on tap at BakeStreet Streethouse http://www.bakerstreetfortwayne.com/ are the following beers:

Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA, Dark Horse Scotty Karate, Bell's Oberon, and 3Floyds Gumballhead.

Trion Tavern in New Haven, IN has tapped the following beers since April 13th:

Rabbid Rabbit by 3 Floyds, Hoptimum by Sierra Nevada, Infinite Wisdom, by Upland, 18th Anniversary by Great Divide, and Bent Rim by Mad Anthony.

The anticipation is brewing (horrible pun intended) for Dark Lord Day 2012.  The annual April event has not been publicized by the brewery and details are hard to get.  The only thing I know for sure is that it will be on a Saturday, it will probably be horribly planned, and the only way to get the news is to follow them on Facebook, Twitter, or visiting the brewery's website.  Unless I've missed something horribly, nothing has been spoken since early January when we were told, "stay tuned."

On January 28, the Brewers of Indiana Guild will stage the fourth annual Winterfest, which will of course feature offerings from Indiana's craft breweries. In honor of Winterfest, we've decided to focus most of our posts this month on Indiana beers.

Today at Dicky's Wild Hare beginning at 3:30p.m. they will be celebrating the addition of five more taps bringing their tap total to 15.  Come out and help celebrate and see what beers they have to offer.  (Must be 21 yrs. of age or older with valid photo ID to consume beer at this establishment)

Also today at 800 Degrees Wood Fired Oven Pizza they will tapping a keg of Bell's Oracle Dbl. IPA at 6p.m.  Also available will be Bell's Oberon and Octoberfest, Hair of the Dog Adam, and Boulevard Collaboration #2 White IPA.