Misc News – July 17

Flat 12 Bierwerks gets ink in the Indianapolis Star. Flat 13 gets weird ink at WTHR.

True Brew gets ink in the Anderson Herald Bulletin.

Bill Ballinger gets ink in the Shelbyville News for his repeat as Homebrewer of the Year. Front page coverage no less.

Eric Strader tells us some Founder's Black Biscuit is on tap at the Fiddler's Hearth in South Bend.

Here's Scott Bort's Northwest Roundup featuring Figure 8 and a short requiem for Brickworks.

A bit more about TailGate Beer. It seems owner Wesley Keegan is a 24-year old guy who fresh out of college. With supposedly four employees,; a bunch of hype; good imagination; the ability to write a press release; and 419 Facebook friends. His beer, contract brewed by Airdale Brewing, the Bayhawk brewpub in Irvine, or Skyscraper Brewing of El Monte, is in about 40 pubs in the area and the local Whole Foods.

And Franklin, IN, is thinking about giving him somewhat around $4M to move his brewery. He doesn't even have a brewery. A total of 24 reviews on RateBeer (averaging 2.94) and 4 on Beer Advocate (averaging C) aren't even encouraging. The Hefe and Amber did score in the 30's (BJCP judging) at the California State Fair – the Brown and Blonde scored in the high 20s.

Now he's billing the city of Franklin $107,000 for wasting HIS time. Someone needs to give the Franklin Redevelopment Commission a quick course in reality.

More about Tailgate at IndianaBeer

Oregon Homebrewing Mess Explained, well sort of.

Here's video from the Moscow Beer Festival.