Misc News – Jan 12

Convenience Stores to Verify Ages of All Alcohol Buyers. The Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association (IPCA) is asking for voluntary checking by their members. Have signed up 450 stores. Mostly to support SB 189 which contains Sunday sales and convenience store cold sales.

HBG's survey says the opening of Sun King was the "favorite Indiana craft beer development of 2009". So here's The Rise of Sun King by Mike.

Tastes:

• Broad Ripple Brewpub Hopcicle – Summit APA dry hopped with more summit. Lots of base, lots of alcohol, and lots of summitness. 7.7%.
• Broad Ripple Brewpub Wee Alec Scottish Ale – Kevin's annual December present for the regulars. On the handpull. Creamy head, creamy mouthfeel, creamy malt chocolate caramel sweet balanced creaminess. Thins a bit when warmer. 7.7%
• Rock Bottom, 86th St, Indy Trippel Trouble - It's back this year with all the cotton-candy finish that made it the 2008 Indiana State Fair Gold Medal winning Belgian Strong Ale. 8.4%

Take note the Downtown and North Rock Bottom's will no longer have their tappings on the same night. North is moving to Wednesdays.

Ram has half price growlers all month.

New Albanian's Poor Richard's Ale "Old Lightning Rod" Colonial Strong Ale debuts Sunday, January 17 at the Bank Street Brewhouse. Just in time for Ben's 304th birthday.

The C1 – a collaboration of NABC, Schlafly, and O'Fallon's will be tapped at the Bank Street Brewhouse on Thurs, Jan 21. At the Public House on Fri, Jan 22. And a little bit will come north to the Winterfest.

Good Grief. New Albanian has Lots of stuff going on in January.

Bill Watch: Evansville: IN lawmakers consider approving the sale of some Sunday beer.

Heineken is going to buy FEMSA's beer business. Mexico's second-larges brewer (after Grupo Modelo – Corona) makes Dos Equis and Tecate. No big deal for us since Heineken was already the importer for FEMSA.