Allow me to start off this week’s
entry with a sincere, heartfelt apology for completely dropping the ball on
last week’s missing Lafayette
blog. Such a level of disappointment
had, until last week, only been experienced by past girlfriends. So look at the bright side, you’re now in
fairly exclusive company.
Ok, enough dwelling on my
failings as a blogger. Believe it or
not, Lafayette
is full of good stuff going on this week.
We’ve got firkins going on at the Lafayette Brewing Company on Thursday
and People’s Brewing on Friday. In
addition, People’s has a special tapping going on this Saturday. Details for these can be found further down
the column.
In the mood for a little Zombie
Dust? This tasty offering from
Three Floyds can be found on tap exclusively at the Lafayette Buffalo Wild
Wings. You heard me, Buffalo Wild
Wings. Additionally, they feature beers
from People’s, Flat 12, Sun King, Triton, Bell ’s,
New Belgian, Sierra Nevada , Sam Adams, &
Leinenkugel.
The big shindig beer event of the
weekend, TAP at TAF: A Craft
Brew Fest, takes place on Saturday the 28th from 2pm to 6pm and features
beer from: Half Moon Brewery, Flat 12, Das Big Dawg Brew Haus, Four
Horsemen, Triton, Barley Island Brewing Company, Three Pints Brewery, Power
House Brewery, and Lafayette’s own, People’s Brewing and the Lafayette Brewing
Company.
The event is a fundraiser for the
Tippecanoe Arts Federation and highlights “the growing interest in craft beers
and craft or microbreweries.” TAP for
TAF will also include activities that involve brewing demonstrations, food
pairing opportunities, and opportunities for developing a palette for
tasting. Tickets for this event are
available at People’s Brewing, Lafayette Brewing Co., and the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation Box office, as well as online.
For more information, follow this link:
http://www.tippecanoearts.org/TAP.html
So, TAP for TAF
ends at 6pm and your evening is only getting started. Where could you possibly go to satisfy your
insatiable appetite for craft beer? The
Black Sparrow (http://www.blacksparrowpub.com/)
and Flat 12 Bierworks offer up a solution for quenching your undying
thirst. At 7pm, Flat 12 will be offering
up a special tapping of Big Black Dog 68 Rye Stout, Cuttlefish Cuvee, and a
special surprise. Log into Facebook and
let them know your coming at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/368792489829628/
Here is what’s happening at our
local breweries this week:
Lafayette Brewing Company - http://www.lafayettebrewingco.com/
Currently on Tap: Star
City Lager, East Side Bitter, Tippecanoe Common Ale, Pipers Pride Scottish Ale,
Digby’s Irish Stout, Nuggles XXX Old Ale, Jupiter Pils, & Michinook American Pale Ale
Featured Beer: Jupiter Pils
is a medium bodied, crisp and refreshing German pilsner, light gold in color,
with grainy malt and distinct floral hop notes.
It’s flavor is crisp and bitter with some grainy characteristics from
the malt and is balanced by it’s hop flavor, featuring noble German hop
bitterness. Slightly higher carbonated
with a rather dry finish, the Jupiter Pils features pilsner malt and German
grown Tettnang hops. ABV – 5.4%, IBUs –
44
April Firkin: 85 Ale double dry-hopped with Xythos
hops. LBC features a firkin (say that
fast 10 times) on the 2nd floor on the last Thursday of the month.
People’s Brewing
Company - http://www.peoplesbrew.com/
Currently
on Tap: Farmer's Daughter Wheat Ale,
Aberrant Amber, Newman's ESB, Hoodlum Pale Ale, Mound Builder IPA, & Mr.
Brown
Firkin
Friday: Mound Builder IPA
dry-hopped with Galena
hops
**Special
Tapping this Saturday**
“Batch 100 "Captain Black Strap
Stout" - We have been sitting on this beer for a while, it's an American
Imperial Stout brewed with Flaked Oats, Honey malt, Chocolate, Black, Caramalt,
Smoked malt, and Black Strap Molasses. Roasted flavor with hints of
Molasses in this black colored Stout.” 9.0% ABV, 86 IBUs
Jason C.
“Let
no man thirst for lack of Real Ale.”
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