Indiana, especially Three Floyds, make Rate Beer's list.

Rate Beer's Best of 2010 is out. Indiana has some places noted:

• Best Beer Restaurant
  Rathskeller Indianapolis – 50th best in the world.
  
• Best Beer Retailer
  Crown Liquors Fishers – 31st best in the world.
  Keg Liquors Clarksville – 44th best in the world.
  
• Best Brewpub
  Three Floyds – 25th best in the world
  
• Best Beer Bar
  New Albanian Public House – 10th best in the world
  
• Best Beers
  Three Floyds Oak Aged Dark Lord – 2nd best in the US – 4th in the world
  Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord – 3rd best in the US – 5th in the world
  Three Floyds Dark Lord – 4th best in the US – 7th in the world
  Three Floyds Dreadnaught – 20th best in the US – 26th in the world
  Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine – 46th best in the US – 69th in the world
  
• Best Brewers
  Three Floyds – 1st - #1 in the world
  
• Best Beer by Style
  Strong Lager - Three Floyds Decimator Doppelbock – 4th best in the world
  English Pale and Bitter – Three Floyds BlackHeart – 1st best in the world
  IPA – Three Floyds Dreadnaught – 2nd best in the world
  Stout – Three Floyds Oak Aged, Vanilla Bean, Dark Lord – 3rd, 4th, and 5th best in the world
  Strong Ale – Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine – 5th best in the world
  American Amber / Pale – Three Floyds Alpha King – 1st best in the world

Beer Jam / Blues Jam

The little notice in the Calendar for Thirstday, June 11 went "Tapping of Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout and Old Curmudgeon at Chumleys Broad Ripple. 6pm"  but the evening had far more than those two beers. Mike Sprinkle called a RateBeer get-together so about 30 people shared about 30 beers they brought after the spotlight Founders' beers ran out.

Highlights included Espresso Oak Aged Yeti, Ølfabrikken Winter Porter, Du De Ciel Peche Mortel, Southern Tier Imperial Choklat Stout, and more but my notes get fuzzy at this point.

Mike's party ended about 9pm, just in time to catch the first session of the weekly blues jam up the street at Mug Shots. Terrible acoustics, not a great beer list (ask for Red Stripe), but it's not crowded. Governor Davis does the first set and the music is stupendous all night long.

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.