Misc News – May 17

It's American Craft Beer Week and there are LOTS of things all over the state on the Calendar. Way too many to list here.

$35 admission tickets for the Microbrewers Festival, July 17th, are now on sale.
Interesting article on why 3-way licenses are cheaper now in Muncie. article
RIP Deano's Vinos.

John  Kerry and Mike Crapo have bills in the U.S. house and senate which will reduce the federal excise tax from $7 to $3.50 / bbl on the first 60,000 bbls produced by a brewery. That's about 10¢ a gallon or a penny a pint. Won't help us consumers much but Indiana breweries could each save from $600 to $30,000 per year. article

Police in Nottingham have recently closed pubs for any reason they could find. This includes displaying a copy of the pub's license instead of the original.

Cavalier has picked up Stevens Point Brewery and will bring Indiana 6-packs of Blegian White, Cascade Pale*, Burly Brown, 2012 Black, Special Lager* and Nude Beach Summer Wheat*. *Also available in cans.

Continuing the theme, New Belgium's Skinny Dip Belgian this year supports savethecolorado.org. Complete with downloadable poster. Staying classy, we'll just reproduce the naughty bits.


John Holl tells us about Sierra Nevada Beer Camp. Enter their contest to spend two days brewing in Chico, CA, this September.