20 December 2013

Random Beer Roundup - The Holidays Are Better With Beer Edition


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The Brewers

From Matt at Cutters Brewing

Our holiday hours will be as follows:

Christmas Eve--Open until 2 pm
Christmas Day--Closed
December 26--Open from 1 pm until 6 pm
New Years Eve--Open until 6 pm
New Years Day--Closed

All other days will be regular hours, weekdays until 6 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 1 pm until 5 pm.

On tap at the brewery right now:  Lost River Blonde, Monon Wheat, Half Court IPA, Floyd's Folly Scottish, Empire Russian Imperial Stout, Pentagon Porter, General Brown's Sour Brown Ale, Pumpkin Porter, Vanilla Bean Infused Empire, and Anniversary Belgian Brown Ale.  Growler fills start at just $6, and holiday gift certificates are available. 
From Ryan at Thr3e Wise Men Brewing


We have now tapped our Old 59 Barley Wine! It has been aging for over a year now. Come by and enjoy a 10oz snifter of this delicious beer for only $5.50.

Here are the other beers that we are pouring at Thr3e Wise Men:
· Snow Bunny Blonde
· Two Lucys Blackberry Wheat
· Bulldog Brown
· Hubbard & Cravens Porter
· Rocky Ripple Pale Ale
· Golden Zoe IPA
· Centennial Martyr Double IPA
· Old 59 Barley Wine
· Up Next: King Solomon’s Imperial Stout which will be tapped on Tuesday December 31st.

Our list of great establishments pouring our beer keeps growing. One of our newest locations is The Gathering Bistro & Pub on the Northside of Indianapolis. You can find a full list of locations on our website.

Are you a bar/restaurant owner and interested in Thr3e Wise Men Beer? Let us know and we will come speak with you about our great list of beers and support that we can offer.

2014 is approaching fast and we know that beer events are being planned. If you are interested in having Thr3e Wise Men be at your event please email Ryan Kellerman @ rkellerman@thr3ewisemen.com.

From David at Triton Brewing

TRITON HOUSE BREWS 
Fieldhouse Wheat, Four Barrel Brown, Magnificent Amber Ale, Deadeye Stout, Railsplitter India Pale Ale, Sin Bin Belgian Pale Ale, Dillinger’s Extorter Porter, Nitro Dillinger’s Extorter Porter, Gingerbread Brown, Headsplitter­­ Imperial IPA, Midnight Rail Black IPA, Nobody’s F’Alt Oktoberfest &Three Tine Triple
GUEST BREWS
Against The Grain Brewery’s Bitter As Appropriate, Against The Grain KY Ryed Chiquen, Crispin Hard Cider, Country Boy Brewing Right Good Wheat with Blackberries, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, Moinette Belgian Blonde, New Day Meadery Southcider, Widmer’s Omission Lager and Widmer’s Omission Pale Ale
TRITON BREWING EVENTS 
Tuesday, December 24, Christmas Eve, Triton Brewing will be open for Holiday Growler fills, 2-7:30pm!

Wednesday, December 25, Triton closed! Merry Christmas from your friends at Triton Brewing Company!
Thursday, December 26, 5pm, Alt Lang Syne Tapping with KG’s Slider Station

Tuesday, December 31st, New Year’s Eve, Triton Brewing will be open for Holiday Growler fills, 2-7:30pm!
Wednesday, January 1, Triton closed! Happy New Year from your friends at Triton Brewing Company!

From Valerie at Flat 12 Bierwerks:  

Anniversary #3

01/04/2014
11:00 am - 8:00 pm

We’ll open the doors an hour early. We’ll throw a tent over the biergarten. Then we’ll fill it with friends and neighbors and some great beer. Tapping – a limited edition Winter Cycle Double IPA (in bottles, too). The beer line-up? It will be extensive and full of surprises including a barrel-aged area and cask table. We’ll have music by Coolidge plus Scribble Food Truck and Caveman Truck to pair your beer with an all-around good time.
Save the date! Fat Tuesday celebration on March 4th.



From Dan at Great Crescent Brewery in Aurora: 



Right now at the taproom we have on Blonde Ale, Chocolate Porter, Cherry Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Coconut Porter, Bourbon's Barrel Stout, Dark Lager, Langtree Lager (Classic American Pils made with locally grown corn) and IPA. We are getting ready to get Coconut Porter back on tap on shelves, it is shceduled to be bgrwed early next week.
New accounts in Indiana are Big Red and Sahara Mart in Bloomington.
The new canning line is finally up and working as advertised.

Bars, Restaurants, Carryout, & Distributors

From Ryan at Scotty's Brewhouse:
All Scotty’s stores are still pouring Thr3e Wise Men’s Mount Crumpit Christmas Ale. Come and get it while it’s still available. It is going fast!

Scotty’s Brewhouse 96th street Indianapolis has now tapped Sun King’s Malus Pi! Come and get a pint of this very tasty fruit beer on Thursday for only $2.50.

From Eric at Zink Distributing:
This week I’m excited to talk about Urban Chestnut, one of my new favorite breweries. Urban Chestnut out of St. Louis has been available in Indianapolis since 2010 but only in limited quantities. With their new production facility close to being open and a new focus on supporting the great city of Indianapolis, we’re now able to offer an extended version of their lineup. 
Year Round:
Zwickel (Classic Bavarian Style Lager) - Our flagship lager, pronounced ‘zv-ick-el’, is an unfiltered, unpasteurized, German classic that finishes as a smooth-drinking, vitamin rich (from the yeast), naturally cloudy bier.
Winged Nut (Chestnut Ale) - We affectionately refer to the first beer in our Revolution series of modern, American craft beer, as our unusual little bird. It’s a little on the flighty side @ 5.7% ABV, and it’s a little on the wacky side because we brew it with finely milled chestnuts (genus castanea …for you nut freaks), Willamette hops, and we ferment it with a Bavarian Weissbier yeast strain. All of these nuances contribute to its ‘nutty’ personality. 
STLIPA (Double IPA) - We pronounce it “sta-leep-ah”; you pronounce it how you like. STLIPA, which is the acronym for St. Louis India Pale Ale, is actually a DIPA (Double or Imperial IPA, double the stats of a traditional IPA). We hope it’s a “sleepe” that you’ll include in your set of favorite DIPA’s from one of the best beer cities in the world, St. Louis.
Seasonal and/or One-off:
Erlkonig (Pale Wheat Dopplebock) - This Maifest special is sweet, soothing, and a deceptive delight. So much so that it may deceive thy sight. Should you start to see visions of Elf King fame, heed the warnings from where this beer gets its name. Spelled out clearly in the Goethe poem…Hold on tight to a loved one, and head for home.
Pilgrim 7 (Seven Grain Pale Ale) - Harvesters rejoice! In celebration of the seasons of “Reap‟ and “Thanks‟ we introduce this bounty for your table – a sessionable ale brewed with seven (that’s right) seven different grains; Oats, Sorghum, Wheat, Barley, Emmer, Spelt, and Rye. The result…a tasty, “cornucopia of flavors‟ ale.
Dorfbier (Munich Dunkel) - The Dunkel style is what many refer to as the original beer of Munich and the surrounding countryside and villages (Dorf in German) of Bavaria. This everyday beer ranges in color from amber to dark brown, depending on the amount of Munich and roasted malts used. Ours is a deep reddish brown with a rich malty flavor. The sweetness of the malt is balanced by the use of another Bavarian friend…the Hallertau hop…in this specific case Hersbrucker grown near Wolnzach, Hallertau. 
Harwood Myth (English Brown Porter) - This English-style, brown porter has a nicely rounded, roasted malt flavor. You may detect some cocoa and /or caramel surrounding the bitterness on the sides of your tongue.
Stammtisch (German Pilsner) - Stammtisch is an informal group meeting held on a regular basis – more directly translating to ‘table for regulars’. Our Stammtisch was brewed to celebrate this idea of community and socializing. It’s a traditional German pilsner featuring a blend of Hallertau and Strisselspalt hops, and we think it’s the perfect accompaniment to any friendly gathering. Help us make it a ‘regular’ around here! 
Teufelspakt (Schwarzbier) - Our German black lager honors Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the author of “Faust”, who is rumored to have sustained his life during a bout of sickness by drinking only this style of beer. Some may say that you would have to make a deal with the devil to survive solely on beer.

For more info please visit urbanchestnut.com or zinkdistributing.com.

From Patrick at Patrick's Kitchen & Drinks in Zionsville:
Patrick's Kitchen and Drinks in Zionsville is currently pouring Bloomington Brewing Co. Ruby Bloom Amber, Flat-12 Walkabout Pale, Gaffel Kolsch, Left Coast Hop Juice, Bier's Pumpkin Porter, Sun King's Moonlight Stout (great beer by the way), People's Hop Killa (a deal for the pint), Kentucky Brewing's Bourbon Barrel Ale, Again, the BBC's award winning Rooftop IPA, DareDevil's Carnival (their Saison, and getting rave reviews), as well as our year round offering of La Trappe Quad. We will have their 12 in bottles as well, it is barrel aged...

From Mark at Lino's in Speedway:

Pint Night this Friday, December 20th from 5:30p to 9:00p.
Accumulation White India Pale Ale and Ranger IPA on tap, free New Belgium pint glasses while they last with purchase of a pint and cornhole.
We've just scheduled a tap takeover pint night with New Albanian Brewing, Jan. 17, 5:30PM at Lino's. Event page: www.facebook.com/events/539188492844490/.


From Mike at Yogi's in Bloomington:
 Visit www.yogis.com and check out our updated draft list on the homepage.






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