Misc News – Mar 1

The Hoosier Beer Geeks get the scoop on the upcoming Beer Baron / Thr3e Wise Men / Scottys / Lang / DeWeese / Waldman brewery at Broad Ripple Ave and the Monon Trail using the closed Warbird equipment. Read it there or from Scott Wise's viewpoint at the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Upland has started taking reservations for Kiwi, Raspberry, and Persimmon lambics and Dantalion dark wild ale. You can claim one bottle of each and pick them up between Mar 29 and Apr 12.

Jon and Adrian at the Ram will host two barrel aged beer tappings. Fisher's location on Sat, Mar 20. Downtown – Mar 27. Both from Noon to 4:30pm. A half dozen or so each time. Buttface, Irish Stout, and Porter in Woodford Reserve. Cream Ale in Buffalo Trace, Breakfast Stout in Jack Daniels, Irish Red in Jameson. Etc. They have so much they may even sell growlers.

From Gina's Random Beer Roundup we learn Powerhouse has a Dark Wheat on tap, BRBP has $3 pints on Mondays. And lots more such as Mike DeWeese's cellar list.

Craft beer business thrives in Michigan.

Stan Hieronymus looks at Brewing on the high seas – now and then.

2010 Beer Drinker of the Year award goes to Alaskan resident.

"It’s the year 2010. A plague of unbalanced, exaggeratedly hoppy beers have wiped out millions of palates in the United States since 1996. Only a small percentage of the population’s discriminating palates have survived to this point. Many beer drinkers are now forced to live without the ability to taste malt." Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey: a game-changing IPA.