Indiana Beer News - August 29

Oaken Barrel's new seasonal is called Wamm Bamm Blonde Ale.

Barley Island has brought out Bittersweet Belgian-style IPA. 7.3%, 60 IBU.

The Louisville Brew at the Zoo in a 3-minute movie. Turn off the sound. link

North Dakota's barley crop "is projected to produce 24.8 million bushels of the crop, down sharply from 43.5 million bushels a year ago." article

Last month CAMRA reported "A drought in southern England and northern Europe and this could reduce the 2011 crop from between 20 to 50 percent. There won’t be enough Maris Otter for home consumption and any exports will have skyrocketing prices." Order plenty now.

Which reminds us: Great Fermentations annual grain sale runs from Aug 29 to Sept 17. Then it's CIDER TIME again. Cider specially blended for making hard cider. An early blend will be available starting Sept 24th and a late blend on Oct 29th. GF will have cider making seminars at 9am on both of those Saturdays.

Drought? Not in New Hampshire's back yard. Alchemist Pub & Brewery in Waterbury Vermont is flooded. Get it? Waterbury? article

“Disaster strikes Waterbury. The Alchemist Pub and Brewery was ruined in a once in a generation flood on Sunday night August 28, 2011. While the cannery is fine and on target to open this coming Friday, the Pub will be closed for the foreseeable future. With our endless thanks and gratitude to our loyal and returning friends, customers and fans, we will be back. Stay tuned…”

The quite large Long Trail and the Flat Street Brewpub in Vermont have also been flooded.

 
Long Trail Brewery (from BA)

Slate takes on the Alcoholic Beverage Institute's attack of mandatory ignition interlocks for everyone in a press release. Slate's article - (thanks Fred)

Sam Adams new variety 12-pack includes Bonfire Rauchbier. Want to try this one. The other 5 are Harvest Pumpkin Ale, Octoberfest, Irish Red, Black Lager and (yawn) Boston Lager.

In other SA news: "Help from The Boston Beer Company’s new microloan program for craft brewers, Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, made MateVeza Morpho Herbal Ale possible. The organic ale was brewed with yerba mate, hibiscus flowers and bay leaves. A collaboration with Mill Valley Beerworks, MateVeza’s newest limited release is an ode to the Morpho butterfly of South America.

Morpho Herbal Ale is modeled after gruits, unhopped beers from the middle ages. Gruits rely on a mixture of herbs to provide the bitterness resulting in zero hop bitterness. Morpho Herbal Ale’s bitterness is provided entirely by the yerba mate and bay leaves, providing a completely new and refreshing take on the style. “In a craft beer climate dominated by ales that push the limits of hop bitterness, Morpho Herbal Ale is a rare creature,” said Jim Woods, MateVeza founder and president."

Indiana Beer News - August 26

Scott Bort says Shoreline's "A little sharp, but Seven Red ale doesn't fall flat"

The CFF Festiv-Ale last Saturday in Indy raised over $43,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Kyle Alberda of Fort Wayne got second place in the Pilsner Urquell Inaugural Master Homebrewer Competition. article

Huh? How did lager beer come to be? After pondering the question for decades, scientists have found that an elusive species of yeast isolated in the forests of Argentina was key to the invention of the crisp-tasting German beer 600 years ago. When the team brought the yeast to a lab at the University of Colorado and analyzed its genome, they discovered that it was 99.5% identical to the non-ale portion of the S. pastorianus genome, suggesting it was indeed lager yeast's long-lost ancestor. "The DNA evidence is strong," said Gavin Sherlock, a geneticist at Stanford University who has studied lager yeast but was not involved in this study. But Sherlock wondered how S. eubayanus could have traveled the nearly 8,000 miles from Argentina to Germany. "We all know that in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue," he said. "Lager was invented in the 1400s. It's not really clear how that progenitor would have gotten from South America to Europe." article with ugly, ugly picture.

The average pint (20oz) of beer in the UK now costs over £3. Consumption is down 11% in the last 7 years and the alcohol tax is up 35%. article

Headlines:

Driver of Motorized Beer Cooler Charged With Drunk Driving - Australia of course.

14 household uses for beer. But they missed a 15th - drink it. 

SABMiller makes hostile $10 billion bid to take over rival Foster's

Suspicious package turns out to be beer cooler 

Dig into Indiana!

The second annual Dig-IN will be going on this Sunday, August 28th from 12-5.  

 This festival is a collaboration of local chefs, farmers, wineries and breweries 

partnering up to share with Hoosiers

 the wonderful local products and food available in Indiana!

During the festival: wine, food and most important beer will be available to sample. 

 There is also education on cooking and information on food and wine/beer pairings as well.  

However.. since here at Indiana Beer we are all about the beer.. I'd like to show you what breweries will be available at Dig-IN:

Sun King Brewery
New Albanian Brewing Co.
Brugge Brasserie
Figure 8 Brewing
Black Swan Brewpub
Upland Brewing Company
Crown Brewing Company
Flat 12 Bierwerks
Oaken Barrel Brewing Company
Barley Island Brewing Company
Mad Anthony Brewing Company

These 11 breweries alone are worth the $20 in advance ticket and $30 ticket at the door. (To purchase tickets please go online at www.digindiana.org)

I know I'll be hitting up all of these breweries at least once during the festival.

This is my first Dig-IN.. I'm going as a volunteer working at the front gate, so I'll be making my rounds after my shift.

If you come to the festival and you see me at the front gate,  make sure to wave and say hi! 

Bier Brewery - August Update

As an north east side girl and a new blogger to IndianaBeer .. I thought I'd start out the fun times by showing some love to Bier Brewery

First off on tap this week : August 24th - August 28th
Biersicle / Fruitcup Surprise
Oranjunkle / Barley Buddy Brown
Weizengoot
Witbier
Redrum
Belgian Dubbel
Calypso IPA
Rye IPA 

The lineup varies week to week.. all being easy to drink, smooth beers. Even the IPAs, to me.. and I am not a hoppy kind of lady.  

This week I highly suggest going down and trying Redrum. It is an Irish Red Ale.. very soft on the tongue. With an IBU of 20.8 and ABV of 5.6%.  I tend to lean towards the porters and stouts as it is.. so of course I fell in love with Redrum and bought a growler to take home. 

Not only is Redrum a new addition to Bier Brewery, but they have a new logo. Bier in the form of Indiana on the front and drink craft beer on the back (will add pics later) 

Later this week I'll be wearing my new shirt to Hoosier Beer Geek 's 5th anniversary party along with my beer knee highs (oh yes.. I have knee highs that say beer along the side) 

So please go to Bier Brewery ... and taste the awesomeness.

"Introduction to Brewing" Class - Fort Wayne - August 24

If you are interested in learning how to brew beer, here is your chance to attend a FREE class this Saturday, August 27th, from 2p.m.-5p.m. at Hops & Harvest (www.hopsandharvest.com) located at 4616 E. Dupont Rd., Suite O, (260)918-3035. You can RSVP by calling the phone number listed or via email to taya@hopsandharvest.com.

Indiana Beer News

Yogi's in Bloomington will turn EIGHTEEN TAPS over to Bell's Beers on August 30, starting at 5:00 PM

Triton Brewing hopes to brew next week. Meanwhile, they hope to open with guest beers only about September 3.

Flat 12 Indy currently have 2 porters (Tangerine Porter which is very lightly spiced, their normal Pogue's Run Porter) and 1 milk stout on tap. Their Walkabout Pale with Australian Galaxy hops was very popular among a gathering of recent beer lovers.

Against the Grain Brewery, in downtown Louisville, just across the river hopes to open in the former Browning's Brew Pub in the ball park -- renovations well underway with opening in early October. Two brewers formerly of

Indiana Beer News - August 23

What's doing this weekend:

• Thurs, Aug 25 - Grapefruit Jungle Tapping at Sun King, Indy. 6pm+
• Thurs, Aug 25 - Sun King tasting at Keg Liquors, Clarksville. 5-8pm. Tapping at Rocky's Sub Pub, Jeffersonville 8:15+ 
• Fri, Aug 26 - Bier Prost. Horseshoe Casino, New Albany. 6pm+. $35. $50/couple.
  Sat, Aug 27 - SWIRCA Southern Indiana Brewery, Winery & Spirits Festival, Evansville. 6-10pm 
• Sat, Aug 27 -Hoosier Beer Geeks Anniversary Party. At Sun King, Indy. $30 incl samples, food, glass, etc.
• Sat, Aug 27 -Brew at the Zoo. 4-9pm. Louisville. $45/$89
• Sat, Aug 27 -Chicago Heritage Craft Brewfest. Noon-4pm. $20/$25
• Tues, Aug 30 - Book Signing for Hoosier Beer. 6:30 boring speech. 7:30 Pub Quiz. Turoni's, Evansville
• Wed, Aug 31 - Book Signing for Hoosier Beer. 6:30 boring speech. 7:30 Pub Quiz. New Albanian's Public House (Grant Line Rd). No charge.

Scenes from HBG's trip to Great Taste of the Midwest: Indiana invades Wisconsin. NABC's pictures include a Michigan road trip: Great Taste Roadtrip 2011: Thursday, August 11 - August 12 - August 13 - August 14 - August 15 - August 16 - August 17.


Mike Sale writes: Brew Bracket is back! The tournament of craft brews returns to the Indiana State Fairgrounds this fall, with an event featuring Stouts on the afternoon of Saturday, October 8th. Come join us to taste 16 different Indiana Stouts and vote for your favorites in a blind, head-to-head comparison. Tickets are available at www.brewbracket.com ($35 participant and $7 for DD). Only 400 tickets will be sold.




Great Fermentations annual grain sale runs from Aug 29 to Sept 17. Full pricing won't be on their web site until; the sale starts.

Indiana Beer News - August 19

Press release: "Upland Brewery is thrilled to be the only Indiana local beer to be served this upcoming football season at the Lucas Oil Stadium located downtown Indianapolis. Not only that, Upland is excited to be hosting an “Official Tailgate of Upland at the Patio @ High Velocity Bar in the JW Marriott of Indianapolis.  Join us every home pre-game for $3.50 drink specials, land some free Upland gear and football gear, and get to know your community Upland reps! This official Upland Tailgate party will take place before every home game! The tailgating will begin THIS Friday (August 19) @ 5pm. Looking forward to meeting you all!"

Figure 8 Brewing has already outgrown their brewery in Valparaiso and looking to move into the downtown area. At least that's what all the rumors say.

We'll let STL Hops provide the Great Taste of the Midwest pictures since we weren't there.

Hoperatives looks at Radlers. blog

Shelton Bros. importers have some new some new beers in their portfolio that will hit Indiana soon.

• Shizuoka Natsumikan (Summer Mikan) Ale - " a grapefruit-like citrus fruit that is tart and sweetly sour in flavor and wonderfully aromatic"
• Ise Kadoya IPA
• Kulmbacher Oktoberfest
• Haandbryggeriet Hesjeøl (Multigrain Harvest Ale) - a fruity and floral ale with a slightly smoky and spicy flavor.  Made from barley, oats and rye, and fermented with a special wild house yeast.
• Haandbryggeriet Norwegian Wood - smoky farmhouse brew.

Indiana Beer News - August 16

This week in beer:

• Thurs, Aug 18 -  Grand Opening of Four Horsemen Tasting Room. South Bend. 3pm
• Thurs, Aug 18 -  Sun King Pale Rider Tapping. Captains Cove at Victory Field. 6:35pm. Dave Colt will throw out the first pitch.
• Thurs, Aug 18 - Book Signing for Hoosier Beer. Flat 12 Bierwerks, Indy. 4-7pm
• Fri, Aug 19 - Nine in-store samplings around the state. See indianabeer.com/calendar.html for details.
• Sat, Aug 20 -  BW3 Presents Festiv-Ale to Benefit the CFF. 200 S. Meridian St. Indy. 4-8pm. $40/$50 incl food.
• Sat, Aug 20 -  Black Swan Brewpub's Inaugural Brewery Bash and tapping of Inaugural Old Ale.
• Sat, Aug 20 - WAMM Fest, Greenwood. 11am-8pm. Barley Island, Upland, Oaken Barrel, Sun King.
• Sat, Aug 20 -  United Way 2011 Kickoff with Indiana craft beer and wine. Century Center. South Bend. 5-10pm. $15/$20
• Sat, Aug 20 -  Beginning brewing class. Great Fermentations, Indy. 9am

Three Floyds collaboration labels approved. Probably will be bottled someday.

 

Jordan Gleason, Holly and Justin Miller, and Matt Johnson of Black Acre Brewing Co. came to the Bookmamas signing of Hoosier Beer and brought a Saison, a dry-hopped Citra Pale Ale, and a Brown with rich coffee notes from roasted malt. Thanks folks.

Indiana Beer News – Aug 13

Here’s today’s new FFF label. ==>>

Flat 12 Bierwerks' Axis Hefe will be the featured beer of IndyFringe. On tap at Mass Ave bars and Fringe Festival Outdoor Stage "Club Fringe". Aug 19th, 20th and 26th, 27th.

About 25 people attended the first Hoosier Beer book signing and pub quiz at the Black Swan Brewpub. The Peppers (below), Angie, Jimmy, parents, and Devin Tudor upheld Plainfield’s honor in a squeak over Hoosier Beer proofreader Josh Dials and friend. Congratulations.

Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout will be released in 750ml bottles. Don’t know when.

Meet Richard Dubé, the brewmaster of the Moerlein Lager House in Cinci. article

Alaskan Brewing will expand into Wisconsin before Labor Day. press release

Great Britain halved the excise tax (duty) on beer of 2.8% ABV or less starting in October. Now bring on the milds.

“Professional quality beer in 7 days, just like a modern Brewery.” the WilliamsWarn ferments for only $5,660.

Indiana Beer News – Aug 10

This week in beer:

• Today, Aug 10 - Tapping of Happy Pils. Rock Bottom, 86th St. Indy. 6-6:30pm
• Tomorrow, Aug 11 - Tapping of El Jefe Hefeweizen. Rock Bottom, Downtown Indy. 6-6:30pm
• Tomorrow, Aug 11 - Tapping of Apricot Wheat. Flat 12 Bierwerks
• Tomorrow, Aug 11 - Inaugural Book Signing for Hoosier Beer. 6:30 boring speech. 7:30 Pub Quiz. Black Swan Brewpub, Plainfield. No charge.
• Fri, Aug 12 - Monthly Friday Night Club meeting. Great Fermentations, Indy. 5:30pm. Owen Lingley from Wyeast Labs will be there and will answer questions.
• Fri, Aug 12 - Sun King tasting. Kahn's, downntown Indy. 5-7pm
• Fri, Aug 12 – Liquor store tastings including:
• Beer Tasting. Cap n' Cork, Covington Plaza, Ft. Wayne. 5-7pm
• Beer Tasting. Liquor Locker, Evansville. 4-7pm
• Beer Sampling. Norma's Fine Wines. Indy. 6-8pm
• Beer Tasting. Moggers Restaurant, Terre Haute. 5:30pm
• Beer Tasting. Vine and Table, Carmel, 3-7pm
• Beer Tasting. Crown Liquors, Downtown Indy. 3-7pm; Carmel, Fishers, US31 & Shelby, and 106th & Michigan. 4-7pm
• Beer Tasting. 21st Amendment, Broad Ripple. 5pm.
• Sat, Aug 13 - Beginning brewing class. Great Fermentations, Indy. 9am
• Sat, Aug 13 - Book Signing for Hoosier Beer. 1:30pm. Bookmamas, Irvington, Indy
• Sat, Aug 13 - Art of Beer Festival, Benton Harbor, MI. $25/$30

“Three Floyds Zombie Dust: The long-rumored 6-packs are one step closer to fruition. The beer, a single-hop pale ale made with Citra hops from Yakima Valley, Washington, has been on draft for a while now.”

Beer Geeks in Highland seems to have all of Indiana’s Hair of the Dog/Deschutes collaboration #2. They also have Adam and Blue Dot IPA on tap next week.

<<== NABC’s ad in the Great Taste of the Midwest program.

Hoperatives have a pleasant review of Great Crescent’s Dark lager.

Four Horsemen will soft-open in South Bend on August 18th, 3pm. Grand opening party sometime in October.

Pump Clip Parade collects the most terrible, punny, sexist, buttmost, and just plain worst. Reallly now, Caskablanca? Ffiagra though; that’s cute in a Welsh sort of way. ==>>

The Brewers Association says there are 725 breweries in the planning stages. Up from 389 last year at this time. Dollar growth is up 15%.

Oktoberfest starts Sept 17th.

MGD 64 Lemonade has been axed. MillerCoors will even buy back any in warehouses or give distributors $2.50 per case to destroy it. They must really hate it. Now they are test marketing (not in Indiana) Blue Moon Blonde made with Chardonnay juice.

Junior Johnson is selling “moonshine” in the new NASCAR tradition of getting a license and using distributors. Midnight Moon is triple-distilled corn squeezins. Or have some with fruit infused – Apple, Cherry, or Strawberry. Is that NASCAR or what?

Wells and Young’s formed in 2006 as a merger of two respectable London-area breweries. Wells Bombardier and Young’s Bitter are the flagships. Now Young’s has sold its 40% share to Wells for £15m and is moving entirely into the pub-owning business. No doubt, though, Young’s beers will continue to be brewed. article

Indiana Beer News – Aug 6

Figure 8 Brewing has 22oz bombers available in better liquor stores. A recent Kahn’s add lists Where Lizards Dare IPA ($7.99), Solar Collector Pale Wheat ($6.99), Snake Pro Double IPA ($7.99), Ro Shampo Imperial Red ($7.99), Offwidth Double Pale Ale ($7.99), First Ascent Belgo Honey Lager ($5.99).

Oaken Barrel says “We are running out of beer!  Due to the high demands of our customers at the restaurant, Sunday carry out beer sales, and the demand of our beer distributor, we’ve ran out of few beers this summer.  We are in process of expanding our brewery, and plans are in the works to add 3 large fermenters to double our capacity.  Thank you for the understanding.”

Sun King’s Pale Rider will be tapped at the Captains Cove at Victory Field. 6:35pm, August 18th. Dave Colt will throw out the first pitch.

Thr3e Wise Men’s newest seasonals are Long Fang Abbey Ale, 7%; and Centennial Martyr Double IPA, 7.7%.

Fountain Square Brewing is starting construction of the inner walls including the tap room. The “could be open by Labor Day but that’s in a perfect world”.

The Tuxedo Park Brewers homebrew store in Fountain Square, Indy, is starting an in-house homebrew club. MONK – Midwestern Order of Ninkasi" – has about 15 members already.. They also have acquired much of the Wilbur Brewhause consumables including:

• Malt Extract – Organic Pale Malt. $1.50/lb. $85 / 60 pound pail.
• Cases of clean, unused, bottles – $10/case
• Organic Hops – 2009 crop. $1/ounce. Leaf Hallertauer, Fuggle pellets, Nugget pellets.
• A 24-head bottle rinser.

Big Woods Brewing has opened the Big Woods Pizza Co. It’s on Indiana 135, N. Van Buren St, just east of the brewpub, north of Main St. It’s a family place (the brewpub is 21+) and has 2 taps of Big Woods beer – right now Busted Knuckle and Cattail Wheat.

Eric Strader uncovers an effort in Elkhart to start the Iechyd Da Brewing Co. (that’s Welsh)next year. article

Flat 12‘s Axis Hefe is the “featured beer of IndyFringe. On tap at Mass Ave bars and Fringe Festival Outdoor Stage "Club Fringe" and will be served at the Sullivan Hardware Indy Egg Fest – nope, an Egg is a big round BBQ.

Owen Lingley from Wyeast Labs will be joining Great Fermentations for their monthly Friday Night Club meeting and at 5:30pm on August 12th, he will make a short presentation then be available for questions. Attendees are encouraged to bring home brew or wine to share, and we have a special 20 gallon batch of beer split and fermented four different ways to showcase the yeast. Our Friday Night Club always meets on the second Friday of each month from 5-7pm, and is an informal get-together of brewers and winemakers to share information, ideas and beverages.

Triton In Lawrence has signage up now.

St. Peters has some new flavors. Sorgham Beer, Old-Style Porter, Cream Stout, IPA, Fruit Beer-Grapefruit, Organic English Ale.

The Great British Beer Festival has named Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde Mild as the Champion Beer of Britain. 3.7%, Champion Mild of Britain in 2006, CAMRA Beer of the Year, 2002, and not available here (or much of anywhere outside of Essex).

Strained headline of the day: “Coney Island Brewing opens as world’s smallest brewery”. one-gallon. output is bottled.

Upland’s new brewery

Upland is going to move most of the 11th Street brewery equipment a mile south when their new 47,000 sq. ft. facility at 301 W. Grimes is ready next year. 11th Street will be converted to a pilot brewery – a very large pilot brewery.

Current

Future

Current

Future

Main entrance, at right, leads to a line of vessels, some projecting through the roof. The back wall (left) will hold aging kegs. Back left will eventually have a tasting room but that isn’t due until at least mid-2012.

Indiana Beer News – Aug 1

The Beer… Is Good! is a Michiana blog and Andy has visited the Four Horsemen Brewing Co. now being built in South Bend. blog They expect to open in about 2 weeks as a growler and have their beer available in 6-packs and good beer pubs. They will also be contract brewing Evil Genius beer for a Pennsylvania company.

This week:

• Wed, Aug 3 - Upland open house at their new brewery site, 301 W. Grimes Lane. Bloomington 5-7pm.
• Thurs to Sat, Aug 4-6 - Germania Maennerchor Volksfest, Evansville
• Sat, Aug 6 - Beginning brewing class. Great Fermentations, Indy. 9am
• Sat, Aug 6 - Brew Haven Northeast Indiana Craft Beer Festival, Trion Tavern, New Haven. $25/$30. 2-6pm

The Louisville Beer blog is up and running. Find out what John Campbell, John Wurth, and Roger Baylor know about Kentuckiana beer. Roger says “Know your enemy”. Wurth makes a Louisville Brewfest video (better muted).

The Chicago Tribune adds up the new local brewpubs. article

The Detroit Free Press bemoans three-tier distribution in Michigan. article

Buffalo Bill Beer. Which one? Two breweries in Cody, WY are sharing the name after a judge judged neither established their trademark before the other. article They seem to be ignoring Buffalo Bill’s Brewery in CA.

Beer bottle art.

Final Update for First Annual "Brew Haven" Craft Beer Festival (Trion Tavern-New Haven, IN) - August 1

Here is the final update for this first-time event that will take place on Saturday, August 6th. Come out and sample some good craft beers and support these brewers/breweries efforts in crafting some darn good beers!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Local Festival Offers Unique Opportunity To Taste Craft Beer

July 28, 2011 – New Haven, Indiana – Samples of over 100 different
beers from more than 30 breweries will be poured at the First Annual
“Brew Haven” Craft Beer Festival. Attendees will have the opportunity
to try beers from:

Bee Creek Brewery
Bell’s Brewery
Blue Dawg Brewing/Wild Blue
Boulevard Brewing Co.
Breckenridge Brewery
Brooklyn Brewery
Chimay
Coney Island Brewing Co.
Crispin Cider
Dark Horse Brewing Co.
Flat12 Bierwerks
Founders Brewing Co.
Franziskaner
Goose Island Beer Co.
Granite City Food & Brewery
Lexington Brewing Co.
Lindemans
Mad Anthony Brewing Co.
Magners Irish Cider
Mendocino Brewing Co.
Moylan’s Brewery
New Belgium Brewing
Samuel Adams
Schlafly Beer
Shock Top Brewing Co.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Spaten
Stone Brewing Co.
Sun King Brewing Co.
Three Floyds Brewing Co.
Upland Brewing Co.
Victory Brewing Co.
Widmer Brothers Brewing

More festival information:

Brew Haven is going to be part of Sam Adams' "Beer Lover's Choice"
promotion: attendees will get to taste samples of their as-yet-unreleased
Oaked Ale and Maple Pecan Porter... and then cast their official vote on
which should be added to the Samuel Adams family of beers!! Sam Adams is
only doing this at their Boston brewery and "select events around the
country". Plus, SA is also sending kegs of an Oak-Aged Porter (which they
do not bottle or sell, its for festival only) and the Hallertau
Mittelfrueh version of their "Deconstructed" Latitude 48 IPA (that only
comes in a "limited release" variety pack).

Also on tap:
• New Belgium: 1554 Enlightened Black Ale, Blue Paddle Pilsner, Abbey
Grand Cru and Trippel
• Founder's: Centennial IPA & Porter
• Stone: Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
• Lexington: Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale
• Flat12 Bierwerks: Half Cycle IPA, Upside Down Blonde, and "a one-off
of something special"
• Upland: 3+, TBD
• Sun King: 3, TBD
• Goose Island: TBD
• Three Floyds: at least Gumballhead, maybe another
• Mad Anthony: "a specialty beer" and maybe another

Plus, DOZENS of beers from the rest of the line-up and plenty of
surprises...

This inaugural Brew Haven will feature 6 Indiana breweries and 3 from
Michigan.

Five Star Distributing, World Class Beverages, Cavalier Distributing and
Aalco Distributing are lending their support and will also be present at
the festival. Brewer’s Art Supply will be on hand to help explain the
hobby of homebrewing. Old Crown Coffee Roasters will be serving their own
kind of brew. And finally, the members of M.A.S.H. (Fort Wayne Homebrew
Club) will be pouring 50 handcrafted beers including some that recently
won awards at the Indiana State Fair Brewers’ Cup, one of the nation’s
largest homebrew competitions.

Northeast Indiana’s newest and largest craft beer festival will take place
on Saturday, August 6th from 2pm to 6pm in downtown New Haven, Indiana.
The event is being co-hosted by Trion Tavern and M.A.S.H. (Fort Wayne
Homebrew Club). The festival tent will be located on Main Street just east
of Broadway Street along the north side of Trion Tavern.

Based on the growing popularity of craft beer and pre-sale tickets being
limited to 500, this event is expected to sell out. Tickets can be
purchased at Trion Tavern or through www.triontavern.com. Advance tickets
cost $25 and include: unlimited samples, a souvenir tasting glass, a meal
and water. A limited number of tickets will be sold the day of the event
for $30. Designated driver tickets will also be available for $5 at the
door. A portion of the proceeds will go to the New Haven Downtown
Improvement District. This will be a smoke-free event both under the tent
and inside the bar.

**Must be 21 years of age or older with valid photo ID to sample the beers**