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Final List for Bell's 30 Taps at the Indy Beer Sellar on June 22 (alphabetically):

Amber, Best Brown Ale, Cherry Ale, Cherry Stout, Double Cream Stout, Debs Red, Expedition, Golden Rye, Harry Magill's, Hell Hath No Fury..., Hopslam, IPA, Java Stout, Kalamazoo Stout, Lager, Oarsman, Oatmeal Stout, Oberon, Pale, Poolside, Porter, Raspberry Ale, Rye Stout, Smoked Stout, Third Coast Beer, Third Coast Old Ale, Two Hearted, Wedding Ale, 2006 Eccentric Ale, Bourbon Barrel Double Cream Stout.

$15 at the door. Gets you 5 sample tickets, and a Bell's tasting notebook. Use your sample tickets wisely, some beers will not be available in a sample pour other than with a sample ticket. The official start time is 5 pm. but doors are open at 2. Not all beers will be pouring at 2, to try to make all beers available to everyone coming out, some will not begin to flow until 5.

The first Great American Beer Festival back in 1982 had just 22 breweries. This year there should be more than 400.

Anchor Boulder - now Rockies Champale – closed Coors Falstaff - Ft. Wayne – closed Genesee - now High Falls Geyer - Frankenmuth – closed Heileman – closed Huber – now contracted at Minhas Hudepohl – closed Koch - Not Boston's Koch - closed

Latrobe Leinenkugel - now part of Miller F.X. Matt Rainier – closed River City - Sacramento – closed August Schell Schmidt - Philadelphia – closed Sierra Nevada Stevens Point Henry Weinhard – closed Yuengling

Indiana brothers create National Man Day "Drink a beer, eat an 18-ounce steak and watch all the Rambo movies back-to-back from a new recliner where you can scratch yourself in manly places. Just get out there and be a man, but don't expect a greeting card."

Think of a growler as a glass doggie bag.