Misc News – Sept 10

New Albanian will tap their Wet Knob Hop Harvest Ale on Sept 15th.

Tom Coster's Brickworks Brewing gets ink at the Post-Tribune. It opened very quietly last Saturday. Next time you're in Hobart, stop in. They have Potawatomi Porter and Cornerstone American Pale on tap.

Figure Eight Brewing gets ink at the NWI Times. What's Figure Eight Brewing? It's Tom Uban's new micro he is building in Valparaiso.

Jeff & Bonnie Johnson's Wine-N-Vine homebrew shop in Muncie gets ink in the Ball State Daily News.

"An Indiana man has filed a lawsuit claiming that police forcibly withdrew blood and urine from his body during a drunken driving arrest. ... was shackled to a gurney and had a catheter inserted against his will." A breathalyzer said he was under the limit so a judge actually signed a warrant to try again - rudely. You may want to avoid both the brown acid and Dearborn County. article

Headline: Koval Distillery, Chicago's only craft distillery, produces Bierbrand.

I hope this article, "Chew It Up, Spit It Out, Then Brew – Cheers" is a joke. Either that or Dogfish Head made a test batch of a Chicha – a Peruvian traditional beer made from pre-chewed corn. Off centered for sure.

 

We may be seeing Widmer Brothers Reserve Cherry Oak Doppelbock in a month or so. 22oz bottles. 9%. It was in the first brewed this last spring for use in Widmer beer dinners and festivals. It's "fermented with both red tart and dark cherries then aged on new, toasted American Oak. The result is a dark lustrous brew with up-front malty sweetness and fruit notes, completed by caramel, dark chocolate, and toasted oak undertones.”