Photo Post: Phoenix Theater Brew Ha Ha

Some of you were there! Any favorite beers? Did you enjoy yourselves?

Photo Diary - Indianapolis Colts Tailgate, Week One

The original idea for this diary was to walk the parking lots around Lucas Oil Stadium, check out what people were drinking, and take photos of those folks who were breaking the football beer tradition by drinking beer that wasn't mass produced and foreign owned. It seemed like a decent idea at the time.

As I made the walk from our South and Delaware Street tailgate headquarters towards the N.K. Hurst parking lot, I quickly realized that it wasn't going to be as easy as I had expect. Miller Light? There's a LOT of Miller Light out there. Bud Light? Same thing. The occasional Coors product? Sure. Anything else? Not until I got to the Barley Island sampling tent.

Are you out there, Colt-loving craft beer fans? What are you drinking on? Where are you hiding? I'd like to try this again soon - hopefully with better results.


How we roll: At least one opposing team inspired beer choice - Three Floyds (Gumballhead) is a lot closer to Chicago than Indianapolis - then a bottle of BBC Jefferson Reserve, Schlafly Coffee Stout, North Coast Brother Thelonius, and Founder's Breakfast Stout. I expected colder weather.


Rodney represents Chicago with a bottle of Goose Island Honker's Ale


Primo Tailgate Dining


Beats walkin'


Jason's pre-game face


Jason's long lost brother


Not everyone in our party is on the Hoosier Beer Geek program... Yet.


Leiny is closer to the right track


An entrepreneur near our tailgate has started a business of issuing day-passes to porta-potties. $3 covers you for all day. And this is the stamp that proves you've purchased a pass. When I asked to take a picture, the gal asked "you know what this is for, right?"


While we're on the subject, this is pretty much what you can expect for beer choice near the stadium. Unless..


What's this? Four yellow taps in the shadow of Lucas Oil Stadium?


Barley Island and World Class Beverages brought out four kegs of their finest for free samples of true Indiana beer. They set up shop just south of the stadium in the N.K. Hurst parking lot. The Indiana beer theme will continue all season long, so you can look forward to free samples from other great Indiana breweries at all Colts home games.


"We match!" "We DO NOT match." "We do too match!" "Shut up and help me with the cooler."