Trion Tavern – New Haven

503 Broadway St.
New Haven, IN,
260-493-2265

In downtown New Haven, on the east edge of Fort Wayne, there's a new kid on the block. Family-owned for a thousand years until the cook, Greg Jacquay, bought the place and installed 45 taps.

There's no web site yet, so we'll send you to RateBeer for 10 other reviews.

Good food, pool tables help give it a small-town bar atmosphere. But that atmosphere includes smokers and smoking.

My only other complaint would be the complete and utter lack of prices. With a range from $3 for Mad Anthony IPA to $10 for a Bourbon County Stout, there's a range worth checking out before ordering.

Fort Wayne Events, News and Recent Tastings

There are numerous beer tastings being held around town on the following dates:

Dec. 4, 10, 11, 12, and 18 (see Calendar for location and time).  These tastings are all free so bring along a family member, friend, neighbor, co-worker and introduce him/her to the craft beer scene.

Reminder, Granite City Food & Brewery will have a Mug Club party on Monday, December 7th, tapping Batch 1000.
News:  Brian Spaulding of the Fort Wayne MASH Homebrew Club has informed me that Stefan Kelley is no longer the contact person for the club.  The new information is as follows:

   info@mashfortwayne.com and http://www.mashfortwayne.com/

Trion Tavern (New Haven) now has Unibroue Maudite and Delirium Noel on draft and 800 Degrees (Fort Wayne) has Dogfish Head Indian Brown and Boulevard Wheat on draft.

Tastings:  Mad Anthony's has a couple of new brews that I recently sampled: The Mad Anthony Hop X which is a very hoppy tasting beer with a smooth texture, citrus, pine hops aroma and flavor.  This is definitely a beer for those that enjoy hoppy tasting beers.  The other new beer at Mad Anthony's is Mad Anthony Smoked Amber.  Given the name of this beer, I automatically thought this beer would have a very smoky aroma and flavor, but hence it did not. I found this beer to only have a hint of smoke in the aroma and flavor which was much to my liking.  It is a very crisp, clean beer and very easy to drink.  I would consider this to be a good session beer.

Recent Tastings and News

Recently had the Granite City Wags Wheat beer which had a malty, wheat, mildly hoppy and citrus aroma with a crisp, citrus, wheat, lightly spicy, malty and hoppy flavor. Clean on the palate and very drinkable. A nice refreshing beer on a warm Indiana summer day and definitely worth a try!

Mad Anthony has a new Altbier available which is malty, mildly hoppy and clean and easy on the palate. Another refreshing beer on a warm Indiana summer day and worthy of a try.

There is a new S & V bottle shop located at 9960 Illinois Road, Fort Wayne (260-432-2181). I met with Ryan Merrell, Manager, and this store has 14 shelves of craft beer and 29 cold cases of micro and macro beers which is the largest in Fort Wayne according to Ryan. A Grand Opening will take place at a later date. Today from 4p.m.-6p.m. at this store Five Star Distributing will be pouring free samples of Fat Tire, 1554, Skinny Dip, and Sunshine Wheat.

Fort Wayne Events Updates

Some of the beers that will be available tomorrow evening, June 25th, at Belmont Beverage located on Dupont Road, Fort Wayne, are: Spaten Premium Lager, Spaten Optimator Dark, Spaten Dunkel, Franziskaner Hefe Weiss, Bells Oberon, Leinenkugels Summer Shandy, Leinenkugels Red, Leinenkugels Wheat, Miller Chill, Blue Moon Honey Moon, Flying Dog In Heat Wheat, Ommegang Wit, Duvel Ale, Goose Island Honkers Ale, Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale, and Honey Brown.

Here is an update to an earlier post for The Indiana Tech 3rd Annual Alumni & Friends Beer Tasting taking place in Fort Wayne, IN on Friday, June 26th from 6:30-9:30p.m. - Some of the beers that will be available are: Five Star Distributing - New Belgium Fat Tire, Upland Amber Ale and Helios Pale Ale, and Southern Tier Iniquity Imperial Black Ale, Aalco is offering Stella Artois, Shock Top, Boddingtons Pub Ale, Beach Bum Blonde Ale, Mad Anthony is featuring their seasonal hit, Summer Daze, along with Blonde, Auburn, Pale, IPA, Porter, and Raspberry, Granite City will be pouring Northern Light Lager, Brother Benedict's Bock, Duke of Wellington IPA, Broad Axe Stout and Blueberry, and Warbird will be pouring T-6 Red Ale, Mustang Gold Ale, Thunderbolt Wheat, and Warhawk Pale Ale.

Fort Wayne News

Upcoming Beer event at Belmont Beverage - June 4th (6-9p.m.) Lima Road - Cookout and beer samples from Mad Anthony, Warbird, Three Floyds, Upland, Bells, Spaten, Franziskaner, Leinenkugels, Buffalo Bills, and AB along with reps from World Class Beverages, Five Star Distributing, Aalco Distributing.

Here is an update on the latest beers that have arrived at Belmont Beverage (Lima Road) - Three Floyds Blackheart English Style IPA, Dogfish Head Fort, Great Divide beers St. Bridget's Porter, Titan IPA, Hercules Double IPA, Yeti Imperial Stout, and Old Ruffian Barleywine, Hoppin Frog Silk Porter and Bodacious Black & Tan, Nogne-0 Brown Ale, Imperial Stout, and #100 Barleywine.

On June 25th, (7-9p.m.) Belmont Beverage (E. Dupont Road) will be having a beer event (a list of beers will be forthcoming) along with hors d'oeuvres.

The Fort Wayne Locals, comprised of members and non-members of RateBeer.com along with some homebrewers, gathered this past Saturday evening to share a lot of good brews and some homebrew as well. There were fourteen (14) attendees which is our 2nd largest turnout yet. Who says this area doesn't enjoy craft beer?? If you are interested in joining us at our next gathering, please let me know.

Fort Wayne and other North news

I recently had the distinct opportunity of drinking the Brooklyn Local 2 from Brooklyn Brewery of Brooklyn, NY at J.K. O’Donnell’s Irish Ale House (Fort Wayne) and here are my notes about this wonderful beer - Corked and caged bottle. Small tan head with excellent retention, one ring of lacing, opaque, no visible carbonation, and a dark brown hue. The aroma came together very nicely-malt, caramel, dark fruits, spicy, and some notes of honey. The flavor was not to be outdone-malty, caramel, some notes of honey, dark fruits, spicy, and the ABV was present but not overly so at 9%. Tingly mouth feel and medium bodied. A very, very nice beer indeed! Nicely balanced and a sipping beer for sure. More than worthy of a try, would drink this again if it comes my way, and this is not a beer to be taken lightly.

Some news taken from the latest Mad Anthony Brewsletter

• “Mug Club members! Join us Wednesday June 3rd for the tapping of our summer seasonal, "Summer Daze Wheat." This beer is brewed with a hypnotic blend of wheat, honey, caramel malt, and various natural aromatics. This annual ale is substantial in character yet remains light, crisp, and refreshing. All mug club members are invited to join us from 5-7pm as we tap the first keg of the season and as usual there will be complimentary food.”
• “Stop by the newest Mad Anthony location in Elkhart IN and check out their newly opened Beer Garden. This is a great spot to enjoy a hand crafted beer while enjoying great atmosphere, sunshine, and great food. The Elkhart location is also accepting reservations for their banquet room. Able to accommodate parties up to 60 people, we can provide a customized menu, large screen tv, AV equipment, which makes this the perfect location for a large party or that perfect place to host your business meetings.”
• “This years Mad Anthony Golf Outing and Octobeerfest will be held on the weekend of Sept 18th & 19th. This years golf outing will be held on Friday at Bridgewater East Golf Club and The Octobeerfest Celebration will be held on Saturday the 19th from 2 - 6PM. Watch for more details as they become available.”
• “Each brew we do in our production brewery yields 32 kegs or 496 gallons of Hand - Crafted Ales. The production brewery is averaging 2 brews per week.”

Crown Brewing (Crown Point, IN) currently has on tap:Special Force Ale which is an American Style IPA, Smokestack Amber Ale which is an American Amber Style Ale, Celtic Pride Irish Stout, and Crown Town Brown Ale.

Ft Wayne and other news from the North

J K O'Donnells Irish Ale House (Fort Wayne) - Now has Ommegang Rare Vos on tap and this Friday they will have a case of Brooklyn Local 2 for consumption. According to their Bar Manager, Fritz Hoffman, they will have the only case of this beer in Northeast Indiana. This reporter will definitely be making a visit to J.K.’s for both of these beers on Friday!

The Trion Tavern (New Haven) - The next twenty (20) taps were installed this week and beginning June 1st the tap list will include the following beers per Greg the owner:

Oberon
Alpha King
Brugge Tripel de Ripple
Southern Tier Unearthly
BBC Jefferson’s Reserve
Red’s Rye
DFH 90 Minute
Bells Best Brown
Bells Two Hearted
Bells Hopslam
Victory Hop Wallop
BBC Nut Brown
Lindeman's Framboise
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence
Delirium Tremens
Brooklyn Monster
Founders Porter
Breckenridge 471 IIPA

Also, to celebrate the addition of the above-mentioned beers, the following list of beers will be tapped on June 1st:

Two Brothers Cane and Ebel
Founders Cerise
FFF’s Dreadnaught
DFH 120 Minute
Mad Anthony IPA
Warbird Shanty Irish
Ommegang
Rouge Grand Cru
FFF’s Blackheart

A list of the latest offerings at Belmont's (Lima Road, Fort Wayne):

Brugge Black, White
3 Floyds Brian Boru Irish Red Ale, Broo Doo Harvest Ale, Rabbid Rabbit Saison, Behemoth Barleywine
Dogfish Head Red & White, Palo Santo Marron Brown Ale
Hoppin' Frog IPA, Boris the Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout
Moylans IPA, Moylander Double IPA
Avery Mephistopheles Stout, The Beast Grand Cru Ale, New World Porter
Dark Horse Perkulator Dopplebock, Fore Smoked Stout
Van Steenburge Gulden Draak
Konig Ludwig Weissbier
Guinness 250th Anniv. Beer
Bells Lager of the Lakes
New Belgium 1554 Black Ale, Fat Tire Amber Ale, and Mothership Wit Wheat Beer

Crown Brewing is celebrating American Craft Brew Week by offering $3 pints from May 11-17.