 Lil' Charlie's beers are $2 on Mondays.Ram has Pie'd Piper Pumpkin Ale and Blue Pride German Pilsner coming up. We saw the manager quietly do the right thing last night so we're copying their Nuvo ad here today. The City of Franklin has officially called off the Tailgate Beer deal. The clown in California never did give them any financial information about the company. article Happy birthday to FOSSILS. They really are old. 20 years old. Gina and Matt tell us of some new brews from Cavalier: Clipper City Great Pumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale. CCGPIPA-Greater Pumpkin (bourbon aged pumpkin). Left Hand Twin Sisters Double IPA. Two Brothers Atom Smasher Oak-Aged Imperial Marzen. Tyranena Brewer's Gone Wild Hop Whore. Tyranena Painted Ladies Pumpkin Spice Ale. Berghoff Oktoberfest. "Two Brothers Atom Smasher Oak-Aged Imperial Marzen"? How long can a beer name go? Can all this fit on one label? No wonder my carpal tunnel is still sore. Great Crescent Brewery's American Pale Ale has organic Blue Agave added during the boil. Wandering to Cincinnati? First check out the Hoperatives to see what they're up to. Rivertown Brewing in Cincy. Here's the Longshot upshot story.
Recycling returns to Broad Ripple. In a project started by Union Jack, beer bottles from these establishments head to bins for melting: Vogue, Broad Ripple Tavern, CT Peppers, Crackers Comedy Club, Barley Island, Naked Tchopstix, Ambrosia, Corner Wine Bar, Usual Suspects/Casba, Brothers Bar and Grill, The Wellington Pub, Red Mango, Old Pro’s Table. article "about 18 percent of all beverages consumed in the United States each year happen in a bar, restaurant or hotel and glass containers make up about 80 percent of the container mix beverages consumed on premise."
What Would Moses Drink? Biblical Archaeology Review looks at "Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?" Read when you have a half-hour to devote to it. You'll also get a chance to laugh at Ray Oliver, Esq in the comments.
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Showing posts with label TailGate Beer. Show all posts
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Misc News – Sept 16
Misc News – July 17
True Brew gets ink in the Anderson Herald Bulletin.
Bill Ballinger gets ink in the Shelbyville News for his repeat as Homebrewer of the Year. Front page coverage no less.
Eric Strader tells us some Founder's Black Biscuit is on tap at the Fiddler's Hearth in South Bend.
Here's Scott Bort's Northwest Roundup featuring Figure 8 and a short requiem for Brickworks.
And Franklin, IN, is thinking about giving him somewhat around $4M to move his brewery. He doesn't even have a brewery. A total of 24 reviews on RateBeer (averaging 2.94) and 4 on Beer Advocate (averaging C) aren't even encouraging. The Hefe and Amber did score in the 30's (BJCP judging) at the California State Fair – the Brown and Blonde scored in the high 20s.
Now he's billing the city of Franklin $107,000 for wasting HIS time. Someone needs to give the Franklin Redevelopment Commission a quick course in reality.
Oregon Homebrewing Mess Explained, well sort of.
Here's video from the Moscow Beer Festival.
Misc News – July 15
Rock Bottom's press release about Liz, Jerry, Tim, and Iain's medals at the State Fair gets ink all the way north in British Columbia.
Remember the TailGate brewery story about them opening a big production brewery in Franklin? First it was a $1,950,000 in grants and $2,300,000 to renovate a building. Then it was "At least one commission member questioned whether the city should be providing funding to the brewer without having seen a business plan or other financial documents." Now it seems to be off – or at least put off. Not only hasn't the San Diego company provided their documentation they've "billed the city nearly $107,000 for travel and accounting expenses as well as lost business." article
Sun King has label approval for a generic beer can. They can then add a second stick-on label to produce cans of seasonal products. They may be the first of many breweries to do this as it does away with the extraordinary price that must be paid to order small batches of printed cans.
Chris Pollard has been hosting Belgian Beer Tours for 15 years. Now he's adding battlefields with beer connections. article
The Michigan Summer Beer Festival is offering guided tours. Cool idea.
Brit News:
Donnington Brewery (right) near Stow on the Wold found a recipe for a beer made in 1865 so they did it again as Founders Ale. 4% with Styrian hops.
Bass has declined from 2M bbls to just 100,000 bbls per year and ABInBev has the brand up for sale. £10-£15M is expected. Boddingtons and Flowers may follow as as ABInBev tries to strip itself of merger debts.
PitStop Brewery claims their The Hop beer (8% ABV) has 323 IBU from "Simcoe, Centennial, Chinook, and extract Isolone". article
The Otley Brewery in Wales is selling Thai bO beer with lime leaf, galangal, and lemongrass.
Great Fermentations passes this on but Do NOT try it with a beer for obvious reasons.
Misc News – April 16 + Microbrewers Festival news
Sun King enticed Dustin Boyer away from Spencer's Stadium Tavern and now has poached Adrian Ball away from the Ram. He'll move the first of May.
Yesterday the news said "The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered TailGate Beer up to $1.85 million in performance-based tax credits and $100,000 in training grants based on the company's job-creation plans. The city of Franklin will consider additional incentives at the request of the Johnson County Development Corp."
Today the news says the TailGate brewery has only initial approval from the city. "At least one commission member questioned whether the city should be providing funding to the brewer without having seen a business plan or other financial documents. The taxpayer-funder Franklin Development Corporation is expected to spend $2.3 million to help renovate a building in the Franklin Business Park for TailGate."
This from the Brewers of Indiana Guild about the Microbrewers Festival (July 17).
Festival Improvements
- Expanded on to the Indianapolis Art Center grounds - almost twice as large
- Two entrances, one north and one south
- $50 and on sale now
- One hour early admission to the festival
- VIP tasting glass
- Separate VIP entrance
- Limited to 500 tickets
- $35 and on sale May 17
- Two available entrances, Opti Park and Art Center
- Purchase Online or at Indiana Breweries or Crown Liquors
- Advance purchase only - WILL BE SOLD OUT THE DAY OF
- $10 and on sale May 17
- Available for day-of sale
- Art Center entrance
Speaking of those VIP tickets, they are available for sale here.
Misc News – April 15
People's Brewing's tasting room will open this next Friday, April 16th. Six taps, growlers. Cool detail: The wood for the bar was contributed by about 40 friends. April 30th will see a grand opening celebration.
Location: 2006 N. Ninth St.
Hours: Starting today, noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
Price: New growlers are $12, $8 for refills.
Grand Opening party, April 30, noon+
They have also announced the 2010 UpCup Homebrew Competition and AHA Rally on May 15th. Entries are due May 7th. Here's the « The Upland Brewing Company
New Albanian is serving its possibly lightest beer ever - Hop-O at 3.5% ABV. "Hop-O was a cereal beverage of less than 1% abv produced by the Southern Indiana Brewing Company during the early years of Prohibition, except that the brewery subsequently was raided, shut down and the owner arrested in 1921 after federal agents determined the alcohol content to be well above 3%."
Oh, it gets better than that:
Indiana Brewer Indicted - He Is Accused of Trying to Bribe Federal Prohibition Agent
Louisville, Ky. March 16. – Indictments charging bribery were returned by a Federal Grand Jury here today against Michael Schrick, former President of the Southern Indiana Brewing Company, and J.H. Booth, both of New Albany, Ind. They are alleged to have attempted to bribe J.L. Asher, Federal prohibition agent, with money and commissions amounting to $100,000 a year to get assistance of that official in transporting illegal beer to Louisville from New Albany. They were released on bond.
Federal agents who said they were concealed in a closet, told the Grand Jury the two men were trapped in Asher's room in a hotel here in January while Schrick and Booth were in the act of paying Asher the first installment of $2,000.
New York Times, Mar 17, 1922
And even better:
Indianapolis, Jan 3 - Judge Albert B Anderson today promised a rigid investigation of alleged promises of immunity from criminal action to high officials of the prohibition division at Washington to Michael Schrick, a brewery owner of New Albany, Indiana. Roy A Haynes, director prohibition enforcement said Mr. Andrews, chief of the bureau of litigation at the department, and John Owen, former campaign, manager of Senator James U Watson and alleged go-between, were named by Schrick today.
Marion (Ohio) Daily Star, Jan 3, 1924
Today's scary headline with little behind it is brought to you by The DePauw: Sunday alcohol sales may create more problems for Indiana citizens than solutions. Seems Hoosiers for Beverage Choices has said "But this points to even more inconsistencies in Indiana law. Now we can go to a microbrewery at 2 a.m. to buy beer, but we can't go to a grocery store."
HBG brings us Scenes From a Beer Dinner: Nøgne Ø at Recess.
Goose Island Fleur will be brewed year-round starting this summer. It is flavored with hibiscus and komnbocha tea.
Ommegang Tripel Perfestion at 8.9% silll be out in May.
Stone's 2010 Imperial Russian Stout hits the shelves next Monday.
Gleaners Food Bank is moving into the old Monarch Beverage warehouse near the Indy Airport.
PBS's Great American Brew Trail will be 23 half-hour programs visiting 26 Michigan breweries. They are now taping. Airs this fall. press release
From the Indy Star: Franklin -- San Diego-based TailGate Beer will establish a production, packaging and distribution facility in Franklin Business Park, creating up to 150 jobs over the next three years. Hiring will begin in 2011. TailGate will receive up to $1.85 million in performance-based tax credits and $100,000 in training grants from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. more from Inianapolis Business Journal
From the Tailgate web site: TailGate Beer is The Unofficial Beer of America’s Unofficial Pastime. It is owned and operated right here in beautiful San Diego, by a 24 year old graduate out of SDSU. Over 2 years old, TailGate Beer strives to become the lifestyle brand that people anywhere and everywhere can identify with. Pony up with a company that is innovative, fresh and categorically unique across the board! TailGate Beer currently has employment and internship opportunities available. Contact TGB for more details.
The now have their Blacktop Blonde, Hefeweizen, Amber Wave, Brown Ale, IPA, and a seasonal Sweet Stout contract brewed and distributed in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Oh, and this: TailGate Beer is more than just a variety of delicious craft brews from San Diego, California. It is more than just an incredibly clever marketing concept that fills a void in the life of tailgating fans everywhere. It’s the whole package! It’s about great fun with good people. TailGate Beer embodies beer drinkers’ deepest fantasies. A beer you can identify with and really drink. Tailgaters take their job seriously and TailGate Beer strives to brew the perfect craft style beers that can be enjoyed swig after swig. Don’t settle for a watered down version of what you really want. Pony up to the beer that is original, drinkable and categorically unique across the board.
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