06 May 2011

Random Beer Roundup - The TFN4 Edition


Hey everybody, Tailgate for Nothing 4 is this Saturday!!!  We hope you will be there sharing good food and beer.  If you can't make it and are on the Northeast side of Indianapolis, you should definitely check out the Beer Sellar, which will be hosting beer from 15 of Indiana's breweries.  50 taps, all local (more info below)!

The next two Saturdays are also filled with awesome events, Chef JJ's Eggfest is May 14th and the Illiana Mayfest is on May 21st up in Crown Point.  Check them out if you can.

Congratulations to Doug Wissing, author of Indiana: One Pint at a Time, for being a finalist in the regional category of the Independent Book Publishers Association’s annual Benjamin Franklin Awards.

If there is something coming up that is not listed, we would love to hear about it. News, reviews, info, etc., to share for our next Random Beer Roundup can be submitted to hoosierbeergeek@gmail.com. Don't see your favorite craft beer establishment? Let them know you'd like to see them here! Work for an establishment that serves craft beer? We want to hear from you too!

********This post may be updated during the day ***********
Hoosier Beer Calendar
Events are subject to change


From the Breweries
From Roger at New Albanian Brewing Co. in New Albany:
Information is still evolving about Urbain's visit, but here's what I know:

http://potablecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/04/office-hours-is-back-april-25-may-9.html

http://potablecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-things-urbain-during-his-visit-to.html

From Andrew at Ram Restaurant and Brewery in Downtown Indianapolis/Fishers:
Viva Agave
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. In celebration, we have a specialty release to be known as “Viva Agave!”, which will combine our seasonal Glacier Peak Pale with raw agave nectar. The honey-like sweetness from the Agave merges perfectly with the hoppy, dry base in our seasonal pale ale. Salud! (No growlers)

137th Kentucky Derby – Special Release
With the “Greatest two minutes in sports” set for this Saturday, we have a specially prepared release for your enjoyment. At 4 p.m., during the broadcast of this premier horse racing event, each location will tap one keg of one of our fall seasonals, NUTorious Brown, set aside and aged in a bourbon whiskey barrel from Kentucky’s own Evan Williams Distilling. This beer combines a strong chocolaty base with equal helpings of vanilla and whiskey extracted from the barrel. (No Growlers)

On Tap Now – Downtown and Fishers
Big Horn Maibock – Malty German Maibock with a slightly sweet finish
Glacier Peak Pale – refreshing American Pale dry-hopped with Cascade hops
Spring Fever – Light, blonde ale infused with Jasmine and Lemon Peel

On the Horizon
Bettor Bitter – Standard Bitter from our Homebrew Competition winner, William Tilt
Batch 1000 – Imperial Rye Pilsner

From Clay at Sun King Brewing in Indianapolis:
2 Wheels 1 City
Saturday, May 7th @ 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Indianapolis City Market
IndyCOG & Sun King bring you an afternoon of Bicycles and Fresh•Local•Beer at the City Market.  Food, Fun & Interesting Bicycle Competitions

Chef JJ's EGGfest / Firefly Wheat Tapping
Saturday, May 14th 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Chef JJ's Back Yard - 1020 Broad Ripple Ave
$25 for Adults gets you Unlimited Sampling of fresh, grilled food from 30+ Big Green Egg Grilling Teams, 1 Drink Ticket and Live Music from The Woodstove Flapjacks!

AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEK

3 Kings Tapping @ Tomlinson Tap Room
Monday, May 16th @ 6:00 p.m.
3 Floyds & Sun King will both be on hand to tap our CollaBEERation   
Only 240 Glasses Available!
Sun King & 3 Floyds Take Over MacNiven's
Tuesday, May 17th @ 6:00 p.m.
Come enjoy 6 beers on tap from each brewery INCLUDING the ONLY 2 Kegs of Wee Muckle (Scottish Wee Heavy) that did not get gently placed into 23 year old Pappy Van Winkle Barrels!

Sun King Invades Flatwater
Wednesday, May 18th @ 6:00
Flatwater on the Canal
A full spectrum of Sun King On Tap All Night!

Fistfull of Hops IPA Tapping AT Sun King
Thursday, May 19th 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the Tasting Room
Food from Fermenti Artisan / Live Music TBA

At the Bar
From Jordan at Beer Sellar in Indianapolis:
Beer Sellar Indy has had a great week of local tapping parties in support of Local Craft Beer. Special Thanks to New Albanian, Flat 12, Sun King, and Upland for coming out this week.
Friday May 6th we will be featuring Three Floyds. 
Saturday is our big event with Beer Sellar goes local. We will have over 50 beers from 15 different Indiana Breweries. The event is from 1-7 and then we will have live music starting at 7.
The following list is the beers and breweries that we will have:

Barley Island Brewing Company, Noblesville, Indiana
Sheet Metal Blonde
BarFly IPA
Dirty Helen Brown Ale
80 Shilling Scotch Ale
Whose Ear Imperial Red 
Sun King Brewery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Sunklight Cream Ale
Wee Mac Scottish Ale
Osiris Pale Ale
Bitter Druid E.S.B.
Naptown Brown
Ring of Dingle
1887
Indiana Landmarks Wit
Maibock

Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, Indiana
Wheat Ale
Dragonfly IPA
Helios Pale Ale
Rad Red Amber Ale
Preservation Pilsner
Double Dragonfly Imperial IPA
Ard Ri Imperial Ale
Maibock Bavarian Lager
Infinite Wisdom Belgian Triple
Bourbon Barrel Ard Ri
Nut Hugger Brown
Replical Double Imperial Stout
Amber BOTTLES

Three Floyds Brewing, Munster, Indiana
Alpha King
Arctic Panzer Wolf
Cerveza Mysterioso
Gumball Head
Jinxproof
Pride and Joy
Rabbid Rabbit
Topless Witch
Robert the Bruce BOTTLES

New Albanian Brewery Company, New Albany, Indiana
Beaks Best
Elector
Mt. Lee
Hoptimus
Flat 12 Bierwerks, Indianapolis, Indiana
Half-Cycle IPA
Glazed Ham Porter
Amber
Upside Down Blonde

Bloomington Brewing Company, Bloomington, Indiana
Ruby Bloom
Double Hopped
B-Town Brown

Peoples Brewing, Lafayette, Indiana
Hopkilla
Mr. Brown
Amber
ESB

Oaken Barrel, Greenwood, Indiana
Indiana Amber

BIER, Indianapolis, Indiana
Cascadian Light Ale
Belgian Blonde
Wilbur Brewery, Martinsville, Indiana
Country Mellow
Summer Ale

Crown Brewing Company, Crown Point, Indiana
Crown Brown
Black IPA

Mad Anthony,Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Pale
Aurbun Lager

Bee Creek Brewery, Brazil, Indiana
Clay County Coffee Stout
Hooiser Honey Wheat BOTTLES

Mishawaka Brewing, Mishawaka, Indiana
Four Horsemen
Seven Mules Kick Ass Ale Bottles

Its going to be an awesome event. Hope to see everyone out.
From Patrick at Patrick's Kitchen and Drinks in Zionsville:
Who knows for sure what is on and what will be....eh?
Right now and for the week, we will have Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout on Nitro...Sun King Cream Ale, Flat 12 half cycle...then it gets iffy...Founders Double Trouble should blow soon to be replaced Friday by Stone Ruination, we also have Sun King's Landmark Wit, which was hard to get but easy to drink...don't forget on Wednesdays we have a $3 beer.
We did an event on Saturday night with People's Brewing Chris Johnson and their American Wheat was delicious,..go to the brewery to try it, and as always Chris was a pleasure to spend time with.

From Lauren at Scotty's Brewhouse in various locations:
Scotty's Brewhouse Muncie-
· Gaffel Kolsch

Scotty's Brewhosue Indy Northside-
· Three Floyd’s Artic Panzer Wolf
· Upland Infinite Wisdom Triple
· Kentucky Bourbon Brown Ale (We are giving glasses away with this as well)

Scotty's Brewhouse Downtown Indy-
· 3WM Porter

Scotty's Lakehouse-
· 3WM IPA

Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co.-
· Falconer’s Flight Double IPA

From the Liquor/Homebrew Stores
From Joe at Crown Liquors:
This week we have only received half our shipment - the rest is coming tomorrow, so there will be new things on Friday - you'll just have to come in and see! We have also transferred a few new/vintage items from our Southport Road store (which is closing this week, by the way) - most notably some new Belgian giftsets.

This Friday from 5 to 8PM we will sampling:

BELL'S - Oarsman (German-Style Wheat Beer)
WIDMER BROS. - Rotator X-114 IPA
LINDEMAN'S - Pomme (Apple Fruit Beer)

New beers this week include:

Come in and find out!
From the Distributors/Reps
From Greg at Cavalier Distributing
NEW IN STOCK

Clipper City Heavy Seas Dubbel Cannon Belgian IPA: Limited seasonal release, 6pks & draft,
Eel River Earth Thirst Organic Double IPA: One-time, limited release, 22oz btls

Great Divide Chocolate Oak-Aged Yeti & Anniversary Wood-Aged Dbl IPA: Limited release, 22oz btls & draft.

Great Divide Colette Saison: Seasonal release, 6pks & draft

New Albanian Solidarity Porter: Available for the 1st time in 22oz btls!

Stevens Point Nude Beach Summer Wheat: Limited seasonal release, 6pks

Stevens Point 2021 Black Ale 12pk Cans: New evereryday package

Two Brothers Dog Days Dortmunder-style Lager: Seasonal release, 6pks & draft

Tyranena Scurvy IPA (brewed w/orange peel): Seasonal release, 6pks & draft


UPCOMING CAVALIER EVENTS

5/11 North Coast Brewing Tasting @ Barley Island Broad Ripple; 6:30 -

5/14 Nick's Liquors Tasting 4-6

5/21 Illiana Mayfest 1-6

5/24 North Coast Brewing Dinner @ Monon Food Co.; 6pm; $25

6/30 Craft Beer Tasting @ Chalet 3 in Elkhart; 4-6

Upcoming/Current Events
WHO: Chef JJ’s Back Yard, Sun King Brewing Co., GrayBull Wines
WHAT: Chef JJ’s Eggfest
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat., May 14
WHERE: Chef JJ’s Back Yard, 1040 Broad Ripple Ave., (317) 602-3828, ChefJJs.com.
COST: $25 per person, children 12 and younger free

Located in the parking lot that surrounds his private dining and event facility, Chef JJ’s Back Yard, Chef JJ’s Eggfest will feature food grilled by 30 teams on 30 different Big Green Eggs, an Iron Chef-style grilling challenge, Fresh•Local•Beer, and organic wine. Also, Sun King will tap a seasonal beer (Firefly Wheat) at the event!  Music by the Woodstove Flapjacks

JJ’s Back Yard will also offer egg-cellent discounts on Big Green Egg grills and accessories. Tickets are only $25 per person and include unlimited food and one drink ticket for adults of legal drinking age. Children 12 and younger will be admitted free of charge and there will be a play area for kids.

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