Misc News – Nov 27

The new Crown Liquors at Delaware and Ohio in downtown Indy is open. You can also get Lafayette Brewing's Tippecanoe Common and Black Angus Oatmeal Stout at most Crowns now.

Broad Ripple Brewpub is celebrating the 2001st batch with 2001 – A Stout Odyssey. A galactic stout aged with oak. Pure black with a thin dark brown head. The wood comes thru along with a touch of sweet treacle.

We're not sure why, but BRBP charges $11 for growler refills. New orders (with the glass) are $12.

Upland news:

Charles Stanley (the only Upland employee taller than Matt Hill) tells us next year's Lambics will include all those done in 2008 (Cherry, Blueberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, Raspberry, Peach, and Kiwi) plus Persimmon.

Upland's solar installation gets ink in Solar Today. "we don't expect people to buy more of our beer because we employ green technologies in the brewing process."

Winter Warmer will come out in 22oz bottles in early December, a first for Upland. Future bombers include the Ard Ri, Infinite Wisdom Tripel  a new IPA – Double Dragonfly. Komodo Dragonfly Black IPA will be a January release.

Upland's Teddy Bear Kisses will be on tap at Shallos in Greenwood starting Dec 3 and at Indy's downtown BW3 later.

The Muncie Herald Bulletin has a review of last Sunday's All Beers Considered.

BrewDog's Tactical Nuclear Penguin "began life as a 10% imperial stout 18 months ago. It was then aged for 8 months in an Isle of Arran whisky cask and 8 months in an Islay cask, making it the brewer’s first double cask aged beer. The final stages involved storing the beer at 120 degrees for three weeks to get it to 32% abv." more info

Microcarbonation: "A process during which the beer is injected with CO2 through smaller, finer bubbles with a high level of precision and consistency. The injection of smaller CO2 bubbles makes it possible to preserve not only the taste of the hops but also the delicate flavours generated by the yeast during fermentation,” explained Karine Brunelle, brewer with Molson Coors." press release