Misc News – Mar 14

Lots of tappings this week. Coincidentally, many involve an Irish Red.

• Tues, Mar 16 - Tapping of Irish-American Red at Alcatraz, Indy. 6pm
• Tues, Mar 16 - Tapping of the last keg of New Albanian / O'Fallon / Schlafly C1 at Charlestown Pizza Company's Third Anniversary Party. 6-11pm
• Wed, Mar 17 - Tapping of Irish Red and induction of members to the Big Woods Stout Drinkers Society. Nashville
• Wed, Mar 17 - Tapping of O'Mordha Irish Red and more St. Patrick's Day stuff at Brickworks Brewing. Hobart
• Sat, Mar 20 - Brewfest Fort Wayne 2010. 2-6pm. $15/$20.
• Sat, Mar 20 - Barrel Aged Tapping of 6 or so beers. Ram Fishers. Noon - 4:30.

Mad Anthony's Good Karma IPA is in the final four of the Brewing News National IPA Championship – We'll find out if it wins outright next week. The competition is now Firestone Walker's Union Jack. Then it meets the winner of Coronado Brewing's Islander IPA vs Fat Heads' HeadHunter IPA.

Chairman of the Indiana House Public Policy Committee, Trent Van Haaften's days are numbered. As this session ends, he is headed toward a run for the US Congress from the Evansville area. article He's been a fair person and has not demonized the beer business in Indiana.

Thomas Jefferson, Beer, Monticello. Jefferson advocated using a bushel of malt for every eight or ten gallons of strong beer, noting that "public breweries" produce fifteen gallons from every bushel, which "makes their liquor meager and often vapid."