Winterfest Information

Here's the opening salvo of information about the Brewers Guild of Indianapolis Indiana Microbrewers Winterfest.

Saturday, January 30. 3:00 – 7:00 pm Indiana State Fairgrounds 38th & Fall Creek, Indianapolis Ag-Hort Building Tickets: $30 Brewpubs Barley Island, Noblesville Broad Ripple Brewpub, Indianapolis Brugge Brasserie, Indianapolis Lafayette Brewing, Lafayette Upland, Bloomington Crown Liquors: - Delaware & Ohio - Carmel Dr & Meridian, - 62nd & Allisonville, - 116th & Brooks School, - 146th & Ind 37 Online Tickets You print $33.46 includes ticket fees No tickets at the door

31 Indiana Breweries. Plus 10 Breweries from surrounding states. Plus Bottled craft beers Over 200 different beers to try. Plus Cask Conditioned table with 16 firkins served on gravity. Plus Indiana's Winter ReplicAle, an Oatmeal Stout. Plus World Class Beverages' Malt Shop with 25 Winter Beers. Commemorative tasting glass and Program Guide Food, Music, Games Hoosier Breweriana Exhibit To Benefit

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Now for the legalese:
21 years old and above only. No toddlers. No babes in arms.
No pets. Service Animals OK of course.
No smoking inside the building.
Specifics like the number of breweries are subject to change, of course.
Designated Drivers are $8 $10 $8. This includes complimentary water and soft drinks. Available only at the door. No advance ticket needed.
Major sponsors are World Class Beverages and Crown Liquors. Also sponsored by the Broad Ripple Brewpub.
Sponsors-in-kind include Nuvo, WTTS 92.3, Brewers Supply Group, Great Fermentations, Elgin Water Care, Hop Union, Hoosier Beer Geeks, IndianaBeer.com, Indy Custom Cornhole, Cavalier Beverages, Monarch Beverages, Zink Beverages.
Information at www.brewersofindianaguild.com/festival.html or call Bob Ostrander at 317-856-6092 (after 10am, please).

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Now for the nitty gritty:
The Firkin table from the summer Microbrewers Festival will be repeated with a direction toward winter beers. This will be in an outside beer garden with fire pits.
World Class Beverages' Hopapalooza will be repeated as Malt Shop with about 25 winter beers. They'll be serving from their semi-truck outside the back door.
The Indiana ReplicAle will happen again. This time an Oatmeal Stout.
We know last year's Winterfest was quite crowded. This year we promise much more space. Jason Larrison has laid out the new building with 74 tables inside.
The South-Central Indiana chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America will display a gaggle of old bottles and cans from Indiana breweries going back to Chris Ingermann's great great grand daddy back in the 1800s.
New breweries their first festival Big Woods, Brickworks, Figure Eight, People's, Sun King, and Wilbur Brewing. We guarantee to have beers you have never tried before.
Out-of-state breweries that have responded already are Bell's and Rust Belt of Youngstown, OH. Also expected include Bluegrass, Left Hand, Magic Hat, Sierra Nevada, Stone, and Two Brothers.
World Class, Cavalier, and Zink will provide tables and tables of beer as normal. Thanks, guys.
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