I can only imagine just how much anticipation has been building for my
first official blog covering the Lafayette area craft beer scene. I could sit here and list a myriad of clever
reasons as to why I have neglected my newly appointed duties in bringing you
news from the greater Lafayette region, however, let’s just chalk it up to
equal parts work, play, and laziness.
So, let’s get down to
business. My primary focus will be to
provide weekly updates on our two Lafayette breweries, the Lafayette Brewing
Company and People’s Brewing Company. At
my absolute laziest, I plan to provide a tap rundown and a featured beer for
each of the breweries. Additionally, I
hope to include information regarding any upcoming special events that either
or both places may be involved.
As a secondary goal, I plan to
provide coverage of other Lafayette area establishments that have made the
effort to fill their coolers and taps with quality craft beers. A few places should be familiar to some while
others may take a few of you by surprise.
Overall, I suppose my sweeping
goal would be to steer anyone reading this blog to any number of the area’s
fine establishments so that they may imbibe in a pint of their favorite craft
beer.
Whew, now that that’s out of the
way, here are the tap lists for the Lafayette Brewing Company and People’s
Brewing Company that I promised earlier.
Lafayette Brewing Company - http://www.lafayettebrewingco.com/
Flagship beers: Star City Lager, East Side Bitter, Piper’s
Pride Scottish Ale, Tippecanoe Common Ale, & Black Angus Oatmeal Stout
Specialty & Seasonals: Fuggles XXX Old Ale (just tapped), Electric Chair Espresso Black Angus Oatmeal
Stout, Star City Marzen, Digby’s Irish Stout, and Wildcat Amber
Featured Beer: Wildcat Amber – This is an American style amber ale that is a
rich, amber color with a robust nose of both malt and the citrus aroma of
classic American hops. A hoppy, modestly
strong amber ale, features bold flavors of nutty
malt character followed by a burst of lemony
hop flavor and bitterness. This brew
boasts the use of pale, caramunich, crystal, and chocolate malts, along with
cascade and Chinook hops. ABV 5.6%; IBUs
65
People’s Brewing
Company - http://www.peoplesbrew.com/
Flagship beers:
People’s Pilsner, Moundbuilder IPA, & Aberrant Amber
Specialty & Seasonals: Newman's ESB (just tapped), Farmer’s Daughter Wheat,
& Hoodlum
Pale Ale
Featured Beer: Hoodlum Pale Ale
– This classic American style pale ale is a well balanced beer with a dry
hop character. All Mt. Hood hops were
used in the boil and in dry-hopping the beer after fermentation. American base malt and a touch of caramalt
give this beer its body and straw color.
Finally, People’s used their HopBack on this beer, running the wort
through whole leaf Mt. Hood hop cones,
to give the beer a bolder hop aroma and mouthfeel.
ABV ~5.4%
IBUs~42
Jason C.
“Let
no man thirst for lack of Real Ale.”
1 comment:
I've neglected Northwest Indiana, so I totally understand. But, yeah for beer!
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