The five Scotty's has made a determined effort to have a great beer list and to have a selection of Indiana beers. Chumley's is nicely following suit and the Lafayette store is almost a mirror of Broad Ripple. The Black Sparrow (warning, music) in Lafayette has mostly bottles but their taps after the Winter Warmer were enough to warm one's taste buds. People's Mr. Brown and Pilsner; Sun King L'Espresso Robusto and Amarillo the Princess Warrior; Three Floyds / Piece Ham on Rye; Founder's Double Trouble; and Dogfish Head 90 Minute.
The Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers doesn't like Walgreen's gobbling 200 liquor store permits in Indiana. Pres. John Livengood makes a good case in "State alcohol license quota system broken".
Granite City is having a national homebrew contest. Winner will be their summer seasonal. $600 cert. for each best of category. April 11-25th.
Jared Williamson of NABC and Josh Davies of Arcadia made a guest appearance at the Livery's kettles for the Benton Harbor brewery's 5th anniversary brew. Jared will tell you all about it. Plus pictures, pictures,
BrewDog wants the record back from Schorschbrau so they've made a 41% ABV Sink the Bismarck. Ships on Feb 22nd. £40 ($62) per 330ml bottle. Plus shipping. Buy it here. article
New Albanian's Bank Street Brewhouse has been named the Indiana Main Street Business of the Year by the Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs. Congratulations. Awards ceremony next Friday. Add your congratulations to Roger Baylor's blog. And yes, he does have a suit.
Can you pass the Alpha Acid Test? We brewed a 60 IBU ale with one hop addition at 60 minutes in the kettle. After fermentation and maturation, we're going to rack this beer into 10 kegs and firkins and dry hop each individual vessel with a different hop variety (technically, 1 control beer and 9 different hop varieties). In an open tasting format, we'll sample the resulting brews to discern the subtleties of each individual hop variety. Sort of an IPA Extravaganza utilizing some familiar and some not-so-familiar hop varieties. Also included in the price of admission: commemorative tasting glass, raffles of Lafayette Brewing Co. merchandise and munchies from our pizza kitchen. Don't miss this unique tasting experience! A limited number of tickets are on sale now.
Also via HBG comes a list of Winter Beers from Cavalier Distributing:
The Bruery 2 Turtle Doves--Brand new this year and limited
Scaldis Prestige de Nuits--Extremely Limited--Prestige aged in Burgundy casks!
Dupont Les Bons Voeux--Extremely Limited
Serafijn Xmas Angel--Limited
Slaapmutske Xmas Nightcap--Limited
Struise Tsjeese--Limited
Mikkeller To/From--Very Limited
Mikkeller From/To--Very Limited
Mikkeller Santa's Little Helper '08--Extremely Limited
Olfabrikken Jule Ale--Limited
Olfabrikken Jule Kloster Ale--Limited
Mahr's Xmas Bock--Limited
Ron Smith is offering 2 Europe Beer Trips this summer. July 16-25 – Belgium. July 29-Aug 7 – Germany. See the details at his BeerMBA web site.
Come see the world-famous Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales. They will be making an appearance on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm, at the Crown Liquors located at 2310 West Southport Road, Indianapolis. Bring your cameras and take pictures of these beautiful horses. This is a great opportunity to get unique family pictures to use on holiday cards.
Look for more collaborations. Sam Adams & Weihenstephan ("innovative" 10%). Boulevard & Orval (Strong Pilsner). And this from a press release:
The Boston Beer Co. is rolling out a new series of beers, the Samuel AdamsBarrel Room Collection, that will be available in a limited number of marketsbut also at its Boston brewery — the first time the brewery has sold beer atits door. The Barrel Room Collection includes New World Tripel (10% abv),American Kriek (Balaton cherries, 7%) and Stony Brook Red (9%), all aged inEastern European oak barrels, originally used to age brandy in Italy andimparting subtle sweet, toasty notes
Finally, a musing. They say it takes three gallons of water to produce a gallon of beer. I contend the entire beer cycle takes way more. For one, there's the water it takes to clean the drinking glass. "What?" you say. Most beer is consumed straight from the can. True. OK, you win that one.
But the biggest consumer of water in the entire system is the flush. A gallon of beer equals 8 pints. Over 10 twelve-ounce beers. Unless you're camping in the woods or playing golf ya gotta flush. Probably 6 times per gallon. At 1 gallon per flush at an efficient urinal that's another 6 gallons of water per gallon of beer.
The GABF is September 24-26 in Denver. They are looking for volunteer workers.
At Crunchy's in East Lansing manager Paul Stewart has banished all non-Michigan draft beer on its 27 taps in favor of locally-crafted brews.
Some guys in Southampton, England started Alcohol In Emergency, a late-night delivery service. The Nanny State has some reservations; mostly semantic . article.
Shiner will be putting out Shine Smokehouse soon. Lew Bryson calls it a summer-weight Schlenkerla Helles-style.
Victory is making Hop Wallop available year-round and replacing it on the seasonal schedule with Yakima Twilight Ale. 8.7% IIPA. YTA will probably be out in the fall.
Ron Smith is offering 2 Europe Beer Trips this summer. July 16-25 – Belgium. July 29-Aug 7 – Germany. See the details at his 
Some guys in Southampton, England started Alcohol In Emergency, a late-night delivery service. The Nanny State has some reservations; mostly semantic . 
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