Misc News – June 15

Bob Mack reviews Barley Island Barfly IPA.

True Brew is in the warehouse in Bloomington and you'll be able to pick it up any day now. Your favorite brewpub should have copies and Rita should have a booth at the Indiana Microbrewers Festival. Author Rita Kohn has a long schedule of events planned including the a tasting and signing at Powerhouse/Viewpoint Books in Columbus, the Indiana History Museum, and more.

You'll also be able to buy Tickets ($35) to the Microbrewers Festival starting Friday at all Indiana Breweries and at the Crown Liquors stores in Avon, Fishers, Noblesville, 86th and Township Line, 62nd and Allisonville Rd., US 31 South, 96th and Michigan Rd., and Downtown Indy. The VIP tickets ($50 that get you in an hour early) are only available online (where you can also buy the normal tickets).

Breckenridge will have it's Regal Double Pilsner (7.7%) available in Indiana in about a month.

Great Divide Belgica, Double Wit, 16th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA, and Hoss Rye Lager are out any day now. A new Wood Aged IPA, a Tripel and Smoked Baltic Porter will come in August. The brewery in Denver just added 50% to their capacity.

Stolen from Ludwig Roars, the complete Beer Festival Calendar Blog: "Pete Crowley, the award-winning brewmaster at Rock Bottom in Chicago, has moved on to another Windy City brewery, the Haymarket Pub & Brewery. Crowley and his partners hope to have the new brewery up and running by the end of this summer. The brewery is located at the southeast corner of Randolph and Halsted west of the Loop. That is the exact location of the 1886 Haymarket Affair. . ."

Steve Williams has the job you want. He's the Official Beer Taster of London. It even pays, sort of. article

The next Nobel Prize candidate: Philadelphia bar installs Self Serve Tap. article

@Lukafer: Welcome to Indy.

Misc News – Nov 30

The Indianapolis Star says Indiana microbrewers want to sell beer on Sundays. Lafayette's Ron Alting "said he would introduce a bill for the microbreweries in the upcoming legislative session and plans to hear it in the Senate Commerce and Public Policy Committee he chairs. He said he'd ask fellow lawmakers and lobbyists not to amend it to apply to any other issue -- especially Sunday sales at grocery and convenience stores."

New Albanian, Schlafly, and Ofallon are collaborating this week in St. Louis on an Oak Aged Dry Hopped Smoked Rye Pale Ale named C-1.

A Good Head, Rita T. Kohn, Book - Barnes & Noble. Need we say more except that it's actually named True Brew. Preorder of course. Publication date is said to be February 16th but don't bet the farm on that. IU Press's release date is actually July 1, 2010.

Chicago's Downtown Marriott has bee hives on the roof. On purpose. 200,000 bees. They have gathered 200 pounds of honey and Half Acre Brewery has turned it into Rooftop Honey Wheat.

Kid Rock American Badass Beer. "Crisp, refreshing and smooth as a traditional lager can be. Delivers a nice hit of carbonation at first and finishes with a slight citrus note. This is a highly approachable beer that delivers a bright lager flavor without even a hint of aftertaste. Cascade hops light up the aroma while balancing the brew. Brewed for maximum appeal and slamability. Midwestern malted barley and hard, red winter wheat from Michigan, transform water from the Saginaw Aquifer into a beer that's a true American lager and truly Badass." Slamability?

Save the earth. It's the only planet with beer.