Misc News – Feb 5

Meet John Holl and Nate Schweber. They are touring Indiana for for the next few weeks writing a beer-travel-oriented book "Indiana Breweries" for Stackpole Books. It will join their line of brewery books of Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia-Maryland-Delaware.

John was with the old Indy Star and now writes for Beer Connoisseur Magazine, beernexus.com, andeswines.com, newjerseynewsroom.com, and even the NY Times (with, say, the original 36 Hours in Indianapolis – sorry Mike). Here's his review of Winterfest for Beer Connoisseur.

They point is, all you folk at the good beer places (you know who you are), please welcome them and buy them a beer – their spending their advance doing research. And if there's an open mic, Nate will have his guitar with him.

They'll be at Sun King tonight and Oaken Barrel tomorrow (Saturday). Look for Nate next week in Kokomo, Lafayette, and Da Region. John heads south from the 20th hitting Evansville, New Albany, and Batesville; then to Ft. Wayne, Mishawaka, LaPorte, and the Michigan Winter Beer Festival.

News, missives, and happenings from breweries at Gina's Random Beer Roundup. Including this:

Aside from actual beers, we are excited about the arrival of our Canning Line from Cask Brewing Systems which is slated to show up on February 15th. It will take us a week or so to uncrate, set up, wire, plumb and get it all ready, so we plan to begin canning before the end of the month. We won't be able to release our cans until after we receive our printed cans, but we will keep you posted as to the actual release date of Sun King in CANS..

Sunday: Spencer's Stadium Tavern will show the game, serve Sun King for $3, and let you walk outside to bow to the Colt's cathedral after every touchdown.

Feb 11: Bell's night at Rocky's Sub Pub, Jeffersonville. HEART for Valentines Day. Hopslam, Expedition Stout, Amber Ale, Rye Stout and Two Hearted Cask. If you southerners haven't met Veronica, this is your chance.

Gravity Head kicks off on Feb 26th at the New Albanian Public House and the 60-beer list is posted. 8 to 18%.

The Scotty's Brewhouse folks are opening Scotty's Lakehouse in the Geist area northeast of Indy on March 1st. They promise 90% of their taps and bottles will be Indiana beers.

New to Indiana and showing up soon from World Class: Hair of the Dog Adam, Fred, and Ruth. Bell's Batch 9000 Double American Stout.

Review: Bank Street Brew House in Louisville's Metromix. with slide show.

The TTB has issued volume 3 of The Beverage Alcohol Manual (BAM) Basic Mandatory Labeling Information for Malt Beverages. This will be on the test.

There's a new sheriff in town and he's packing 40%. A special release of SchorschBock from Schorschbräu in Franconia bulked up way past normal ice bock (normal ice bock??) should be. Way past Tactical Nuclear Penguin's 32%. (picture of normal 13% SchorschBock).

Here's the trailer for the Beer Hunter movie due out sometime this year.

Gales Prize Old Ale will be returning this season. We hope they send some stateside.