Indiana Beer News – Jan 25

Sun King has received the new “generic” cans that the TTB approved last year. These can have a paper label applied to designate which specialty/seasonal beer is inside. First up: Johan the Barleywine.

New Albanian's Public House has published the menu for NABcieged which starts today and runs till the beer is out, probably sometime in February. This seasonal celebration features 34 NABC beers from Scotch Black Grass to Oaked Ancient Rage kept back for just such and eventuality. See you on the couch.

The Winterfest  is this Saturday and the program is online for inspection. They’ve outdone themselves with a 56-page booklet detailing the breweries and the beers to be served. Here’s an example page. Kudos to the Hoosier Beer Geeks who are running the show for the tons of work that went into this masterpiece.

 

 

Northern Ireland brewery Clanconnel is coming to Indiana according to the Belfast Telegraph (there’s no limit to how far we’ll go to find Indiana beer news). article Their three beers are Weavers Gold, McGrath’s Irish Red, and McGrath’s Irish Black.

Locally Buzzed, a Beer movie featuring Michigan has had a couple of good screenings and is now available on DVD.

New Belgium’s Skinny Dip won’t show up this April. Instead Somersault Ale with Centennial hops will be the spring seasonal for a couple of years.

They say Barley production in Europe was down 13% last year, helping to bring ingredient prices up possibly 10%. article that doesn’t say much more