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28 March 2014

Random Beer Roundup: The 'Brackets, Shmackets' Edition

Hoosier Beer Calendar

Events are subject to change



The Brewers

Triton Brewing in Lawrence:

TRITON HOUSE BREWS
Fieldhouse Wheat, Sin Bin Belgian Pale Ale, Four Barrel Brown, Magnificent Amber Ale, Deadeye Stout, Railsplitter India Pale Ale, Palesplitter Pale Ale, Pink Ribbon Saison, Three Tine Triple, Bee Java Brown, Alt Lang Syne, Bourbon Barrel Alt Lang Syne (2013), Grand Citra Station, Headsplitter­­ Imperial IPA and Double Deadeye Imperial Stout, Java Double Deadeye, Barrel Aged Alt Lang Syne (2013) (Sour) 
GUEST BREWS
New Day Meadery Barrel Aged Cherry Mead, Widmer’s Omission Lager and Widmer’s Omission Pale Ale

TRITON BREWING EVENTS
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30-8:30pm - College Night Beer Tasting at the Indiana Ice Game! Come taste some delicious Triton Beer and cheer for our “Hometown Team,” the Indiana Ice!
Wednesday, April 2, 6-10pm – Triton Beer Dinner at Sahm’s Place Beer Dinner featuring Triton Beers paired with Sahm's Place (East 65th Street) phenomenal cooking. Join us for a great menu paired with Railsplitter IPA, Three Tine Tripel, Pink Ribbon Saison and Deadeye Stout.
Thursday, April 3, 5pm – Hatchblower Pepper IPA Tapping! Titled after Gus Grissom’s nickname, who was inducted into the US Army Air Forces here at Ft. Ben, this IPA is flavored with green pepper, chipotles and jalapenos! Warming, fruity, peppery, fresh and delicious! (7% ABV; 70 IBU’s; Scoville Units: reasonable) With @KGSliderStation!
Saturday, April 5, 2014, 2-6pm - TAP at TAF TAP is an exclusive fund raising event for the Tippecanoe Arts Federation and provides the funds to offer arts programs and services to the 14 county region the Arts Federation serves in North Central Indiana. Join us at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation (638 North Street, Lafayette, IN, 47901)! Cost of tickets is VIP - $35.00; General Admission - $25.00; and Designated Drivers - $5.00. For more information, http://tippecanoearts.org/TAP.html.
Friday, April 11 (6-10pm)-Saturday, April 12 (1-8pm) - 22nd Annual Peoria International Beerfest at Exposition Gardens. This two-day festival combines the best of local food, music and craft beer! Proceeds from the Peoria International Beer Festival enable the Jaycees to support local charities and community projects throughout the year. For more information, tickets, etc..:www.peoriabeerfest.com
Saturday, April 12, 12-5pm – 4th Annual Blue Chip Casino Brewfest at The Stardust Event Center at Blue Chip Casino. Join Triton and other top microbreweries from around the nation as we gather to showcase unique flavors & different brews. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com or you can visit the Blue Chip Box Office! General Admission: $40; VIP Session: $75; Brewmaster: $99; Or, Designated Driver: $15. http://www.bluechipcasino.com/whats-new/events/4th-annual-blue-chip-brewfest
Saturday, April 12, 4-7pm - The Bloomington Craft Beer Festival at Woolery Mill makes its 4th appearance! Bloomington Craft Beer Festival is the proud winner of the 2013 “Best Festival” award from VISIT BLOOMINGTON. An impressive array of Indiana craft beer (150+ selections) served in the awe-inspiring Woolery Mill. Live music makes it lively, and great local food (available for purchase) makes it delicious too! General Admission $35 & Designated Driver $10. For more information: http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/events



Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co in Indianapolis:

Thr3e Wise Men Current Beers:
· Snow Bunny Blonde
· Two Lucys Blackberry Wheat
· Bulldog Brown
· Hubbard & Cravens Porter
· Rocky Ripple Pale Ale
· Golden Zoe IPA
· Centennial Martyr Double IPA
· Seasonal: Daddy's Juice Session IPA
· New: Omar's Revenge Green Tea Honey Kolsch

Current Hand Pull:
· Hubbard & Cravens Porter with Kenyan Coffee

Promotions:
· Are you a VIP Member? It is FREE to join! Become a member and after every 9 Growler Fills of Thr3e Wise Men Beer we will add $10 to your VIP Card.

Upcoming Beers:
· April: Hoppy Pale Wheat
· Tapping April 29th

Upcoming Events:
· Saturday April 5th: TAP at TAF in Lafayette, IN | 2:00pm - 6:00pm
· Saturday April 12th: Brewers Guild of Indiana Bloomington Beer Festival | 4:00pm - 7:00pm
· Are you planning a beer event and would like to have Thr3e Wise Men involved? Well let us know by emailing Ryan Kellerman.

Where to find our beer:
· New location: Beef 'O' Brady's in Granger, IN just tapped our Snow Bunny Blonde. Make sure to make it out and try a pint.
· We are in over 50 restaurants & bars around the state. You can check out ourwebsite for a full list of locations.
· Would you like to see Thr3e Wise Men at your favorite restaurant or bar? Well thenlet us know so we can reach out to them.


The Ram


Mug Club Monday (4/7/14)
Don't forget that the first Monday of every month is Mug Club Monday. All Mug Club Members get 50% off all food for parties of 8 or less.

NCAA Tournament:
 Be sure to come see us during the Midwest Regionals, AKA the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 on 3/28 and 3/30.
Brewer's Dinner, April 17th at Downtown location: 



Daredevil Brewing Co:

If you are a fan of our winter special releases then you should enjoy them where you find them at your favorite local bar & restaurant because we have shipped the lasts kegs of Muse Belgian Golden Ale, J.W.P. American Stout and Carnival Saison.

Our limited release Rip Cord Double IPA returned this week and can now be found at the following locations (or delivered and soon to be tap'd) and more coming every day
* Bloomington: The Tap
* Fishers: Rockstone Pizza
* Indianapolis: Ambrosia, Sahm's Place, Siam Square, The Mousetrap, Tomlinson Tap Room
* Lafayette: Black Sparrow
* West Lafeyette: The Pint
* Zionsville: Patrick's Kitchen & Drinks

Upcoming events
* Bloomington Craft Beer Festival, Saturday, April 12

Looking to find our beers? We try to keep draft locations up to date on website and post frequently to our Twitter and Facebook pages on can and draft locations across the state. We have more than 30 new locations to enjoy a Lift Off IPA since our update last month. Here is a list of some of the new locations, and if you know a place we should be just let us know.

Daredevil Brewing Co. | Current beers available

Lift Off IPA: Our flagship beer available year round in cans and on draft.
A bounty of American Hops delivers the signature clean and crisp finish of a perfectly balanced West Coast style IPA.

Rip Cord Double IPA: A limited release beer available on draft.
An abundance of American hops balanced with a hint of malt to produce an exhilarating experience of intense hop flavors and aromas of citrus, floral and resin that combine to provide a satisfying crisp finish. 
J.W.P. American Stout: A winter special release and our anniversary beer available on draft. Forged from the combination of nine grains and American hops to deliver a huge bouquet of aromas and abundant flavors of rich, silky espresso in an expressive American Stout with the spirit of the Wild West. 
Carnival Saison: A winter special release Belgian Saison style available on draft. A creative and artistic balance of spicy phenols, fruity esters, noble hops and Belgian malts with a classic dry and thirst quenching finish. 
Muse Belgian Golden Ale: A winter special release Belgian style ale available on draft. A creative and artistic balance of spicy phenols, fruity esters, noble hops and Belgian malts with a classic dry and thirst quenching finish.


Flat 12 Bierwerks in Indianapolis
First Friday’s at Tom Tap:
First Friday events are happening all over Indy, and it can be pretty hard to choose where you want to spend it. So, here is your chance to start it off early, NOON to be exact. Stop in Indy’s City Market and venture up to the Mezzanine Level of the Historic Market House (south west corner) and check out Tomlinson Tap Room. For April’s First Friday – next weekend – we will be tapping a version of our collaboration beer with Black Acre. So, what is this tasty beer you should ask for? Find out here.

Contest currently in progress at Flat 12:
Have you stopped by the Taproom lately? If you’ve not, pencil it into your weekend plans. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to tell us WHAT YOU WANT TO DRINK! That’s right, a few weeks ago we challenged you to put your thinking caps on and submit your own wacky ideas for a beer. So, what do we plan to do with these ideas? In May/June we will pick 8-10 ideas and brew them for this year’s Indiana Microbrew Festival at Opti Park in Broad Ripple on July 19. Want to get a jump start? Click here for more info and to view the layout of the submission form.

Keep a look out on:
· Indy: Pub Club at Elbow Room Pub. On April 2nd Flat 12 will be the beverage of choice. For more information and how to purchase tickets click here.
· Nashville: We are participating in the East Nashville Beer Fest for the 2nd year in a row. But, with the festival sold out we’re not stopping there. Check out the full list of events leading up to the festival here.
· Bloomington: Bloomington Craft Beer Week is also right around the corner. We plan to have events at Nick’s and Yogi’s leading up to the festival, plus lots of opportunities to order a pint of Flat 12 at local restaurants. Check out our running list here.

In The Taproom




Bars, Restaurants, Carryout, & Distributors

Shoefly Public House:
We are excited to introduce a bottle list!
BELLS Hopslam - Imperial IPA
Consecrator - Doppelbock
BOULEVARD/SMOKESTACK
Chocolate Ale
FOUNDERS Imperial Stout
GREEN’S Amber Ale (gluten free)
Dubbel (gluten free)

GREEN FLASH Le Freak - Belgian IPA
Palate Wrecker Ale
LIPS OF FAITH Yuzu Imperial Weisse w/ Yuzu Juice

NEW ALBANIAN Hoptimus Imperial IPA
NEW DAY Breakfast Magpie

NEW HOLLAND Dragons Milk Bourbon Barrel Stout
3 FLOYDS Blakkr Imperial Black IPA 22 oz, IBU 85, ABV 9.99%)

ROGUE 25th Anniversary Integrity Ale (Blonde Ale)

STONE Matt’s Burning Rosids Imperial Cherry-Wood Smoked Saison

VIRTURE The Mitten Barrel Aged Cider
And be sure to check out our ever rotating tap list. Lots of delicious local choices!



Goose The Market
New on the Goose shelves...
Don Quixote's nightmare in a bottle: dreamy Moulins d'Ascq Ambrée, a certified organic Flemish pale ale.

Underground brew: Sierra Nevada's Kellerweiss is in the Goose cellar (how appropriate)

Punny and now portable: New Day Meadery's ciders in bottles!

APRIL SHOWERS BRING SOURS
Save the date! Thursday, April 3, 5:30-7:30pm: a FREE tasting at Goose the Market featuring Goose Island's Lolita, New Holland's Blue Sunday, Boon Kriek & Gueze, plus Rodenbach Grand Cru and Vintage 2011

Thirsty before the next Random Beer Roundup? Check Goose the Market's facebook & twitter feeds for weekly #BeerHaul announcements.


Yogi's Bar & Grill in Bloomington:



Patrick's Kitchen  in Zionsville
Craft beer currently at Patrick's Kitchen:
Bloomington Brewing Co. Amarillo Pale, (tasty fresh), Also BBC's Batch 1000 a Belgian strong dark, Bier's Roggensnizzle, (rye dunkleweiss), Flat-12 Upside Down Blonde, and their Milk Stout, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel, Mojo Risin from Boulder, Sun King's outstanding Dominator Doppelbock, Taxman's Tasty Trippelle, and as usual La Trappe's Quad.


Union Jack Pub in Broad Ripple:
  • As always we have 21 ever evolving lines so check out our lineup soon!



Lino's Coffee in Speedway:
Here's an update of events at Lino's:
https://www.facebook.com/LinosSpeedwayIndiana/events
Fri., Mar. 28 - Board Game Night with Boards & Brew and Sun King
Fri., Apr. 11 - Mead Tasting with New Day Meadery
Fri., Apr. 18 - Pint Night: Cutters Brewing
Fri., Apr. 25 - Pint Night: Bloomington Brewing Co.


Beer & Fundraising Events



Brews & Boutiques
Thursday, April 24th
6 - 9 pm
The Bier Brewery


Indiana Girls Pint Out & theCityMoms have joined forces to plan a night of fashion and beer at The Bier Brewery.

We've lined up quite a list of fashion trucks and vendors to pepper you with some fun spring things, wardrobe staples and styles, including:

retro 101
ellen & elvin
Genie's Closet
Bizzy's Mobile Boutique
Boho Pretty
GrowlerGirls
TheBrickShirtHouse
GIFIHZDesigns

This list will continue to grow as the event nears. Also joining us to show off some stylish spring 'dos will be The Beauty Lounge of Carmel.

Hungry? Perfect. Our friends at Scratchtruck will have you covered.

Bring friends, your wallet {credit cards will be accepted!}, your appetite and your fun-lovin self to this unique event.

We will also have a number of giveaways throughout the evening that will require you to have a Twitter account. Follow @thecitymoms and @INgirlspintout on Twitter to get started!

This event is open to the public so grab a girlfriend {or 2 or 3…} and swing on over for an evening of brews & boutiques!


And MORE from Girls Pint Out!
Beer Education: The Making of Green Tea Kolsch
Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co.
Tuesday, April 15th
6:30-9 pm

You may have been on a brewery tour before, but this one is different! Scotty's Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Company's special tapping for April will be their Green Tea Honey Kolsch - and head brewer Keely Thomlinson will be walking us through the process of how that particular beer is made.

The fun doesn't stop there! After the tour, we'll be sampling through some of the 3WM line-up to talk about the hops that are used in each and difficulties in finding and buying hops in an ever growing craft beer market.
But wait...there is more! We'll be making a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT at the event. Bonus: pints are only $2.50 on Tuesdays. You really don't want to miss this!

RSVP here


Bloomington Craft Beer Festival in Bloomington


April 17th, 4:00-7:00pm
An impressive array of Indiana craft beer (150+ selections) served in an awe-inspiring venue make Bloomington Craft Beer Festival the midwest’s must-attend spring festival. Live music makes it lively, and great local food (available for purchase) makes it delicious too!
General Admission 4:00 to 7:00, $35. GA tickets are available at Big Red Liquors (all Bloomington stores, but call ahead for availability) or online.

Early Bird 3:00 (one hour early!) to 7:00. EB tickets are available online only.

Designated Driver $10. DD tickets are available online or at the gate (the only tickets sold at the gate). DDs may enter with their parties, whether GA or early gate.
- See more at: http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/events/details/bloomington-craft-beer-festival1#sthash.SNIHulmS.dpuf



Upland Brewing Company Sour + Wild + Funk Fest

Tickets for the third annual Upland Brewing Company Sour + Wild + Funk Fest are on sale now at www.uplandsourfest.eventbrite.com. This year's festival will take place Saturday, May 17th from 2pm-6pm at the historic Indianapolis City Market, preceded by a VIP Sour lecture and private tasting from 12:30-1:30pm, and with a Secret Barrel Society members-only party to follow in the building's catacombs from 7pm-9pm. For more information on our Secret Barrel Society, check out secretbarrelsociety.comVIP tickets can be purchased for $75, and will include VIP lecture, lanyard, commemorative T-shirt, swag bag and access to the VIP lounge including food and private bathrooms.

General Admission tickets are $45 and include light snacks, with the City Market's artisans open to sell heavier fare throughout the festival. General Admission attendees will also have the option to buy a T-shirt on the website during ticket purchase for an additional $15. Cutters Brewing in Bloomington



Anderson Brewfest


Hello Brewers and Craft Beer Connoisseurs!
We would like to invite you to the inaugural Anderson Brew Fest!

When: June 7th from 1pm-5pm
Where: Anderson Town Center Plaza


Tickets are available online via Eventbrite: http://www.andersonbrewfest.com/
$30 Now-June 7th, $10 Sober Driver

We still have room for some local craft brewers to showcase their best brews! We're also looking for sponsors. Please email shanna@andersonbrewfest.com for more information. And be watching the website for updates. You can also check out our Facebook page for up to date information: https://www.facebook.com/AndersonBrewFest




Sun King Brewing Fifth Anniversary party:

June 28th, Grapefruit Jungle tapping! Live music, great beer and food...get your tickets now! 






Master of Beer Appreciation classes Booking summer classes now!

Beer MBA Classes - More Than Just a Tasting
This is a unique opportunity for people at all knowledge levels to learn more about the World's Classic Beer Styles. As we sample each beer, we'll briefly discuss its origin, history and what makes it unique. This is a fun experience. Don't miss it!

  • Designed for Everyone (must be 21 years of age)
  • Flexible Schedule - Take Any Class in Any Order (after attending a Class 1)
  • Take All 3 Classes and Get Your "MBA Certificate"

Only $50 per 3-hr Class (includes free samples of all beers)
Discounts available:
Sign up for all 3 classes for $135 total
Call for group discounts
Beer Vacations Follow the link to learn more, new trips added!
Guided Beer Vacations to Belgium and Germany!


Take a Dream Trip to Belgium or Germany where nearly everything is planned and coordinated for you! Visit the Famous Breweries and the Best Beer Bars in the World, all led and guided by Ron Smith, a recognized Beer Expert that will help explain even more about the legendary beer styles, history and cultures.
Learn more now!
Belgium 2014 - Brussels, Brugge and Antwerp!
Germany 2015 - Munich, Bavaria and Bamberg!
Learn more below and be sure to sign-up for our email list so we can notify you of our upcoming trips and classes. For any additional information, don't hesitate to contact us atBeerMBA@MarketWiseSolutions.com or call 317-564-4898 and ask for Ron Smith.

14 March 2014

Random Beer Roundup: The 'Don't Drink Green Beer' Edition

Hoosier Beer Calendar

Events are subject to change



The Brewers

Triton Brewing in Lawrence:

TRITON HOUSE BREWS
Fieldhouse Wheat, Sin Bin Belgian Pale Ale, Four Barrel Brown, Magnificent Amber Ale, Deadeye Stout, Railsplitter India Pale Ale, Palesplitter Pale Ale, Three Tine Triple, Bee Java Brown, Alt Lang Syne, Bourbon Barrel Alt Lang Syne (2013), Grand Citra Station IPA, Headsplitter­­ Imperial IPA, Nitro Midnight Rail Black IPA and Double Deadeye Imperial Stout, Java Double Deadeye Stout & Barrel Aged Alt Lang Syne (2013) (Sour)
GUEST BREWS
Founders Porter, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, New Day Meadery South Cider, Widmer’s Omission Lager and Widmer’s Omission Pale Ale
TRITON BREWING EVENTS
Saturday, March 15,3:30-6:30pm, Plainfield Discount Liquors Triton Tasting Event, 5975 Cambridge Way, Plainfield, IN. A fun little sampling in Plainfield! Join us in your neighborhood!
Thursday, March 20, 5-10pm, join us with KG’s Sliderstation as we release our newest Seasonal Four-packs and to tap the Pink Ribbon Saison! Pink and white peppercorn and coriander make this a very special treat!
Saturday, March 22,6:30-8:30pm, Triton Beer Sampling at the Indiana Ice Game, Pan Am Plaza! Root on our Ice and enjoy a Sin Bin or other fun Triton Brewing Beer!
Thursday, April 4, 6:30-8:30pm, College Night Beer Tasting at the Indiana Ice Game! Come taste some delicious Triton Beer and cheer for our “Hometown Team,” the Indiana Ice!


Cutters Brewing in Avon

The brewery will operate under normal hours this week, 1-5 pm Saturday/Sunday and until 6 pm during the week.
Currently on tap at the brewery:
Lost River Blonde, Monon Wheat, Half Court IPA, Floyd's Folly Scottish, General Brown's Sour, Bank Robber Belgian Brown, Pentagon Porter, Rye on the Scarecrow Double Rye IPA, and Knobstone Pale Ale.  
Special Events: 
On Monday, March 17, come celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a brand new Cutters beer, Redline Amber Ale, at The Brockway Public House in Caramel. This is a beer specially made for CuttersRT, a racing team that is attempting to enter a fully funded non-corporate car into the Indianapolis 500 operated by Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. They'll have a car on site and will be there to chat with anyone interested around 3:30. You can even find out how to get your name on a car in the Indy 500! 
On March 26, Cutters will be taking over the taps at The Sinking Ship in Broad Ripple. Tap list will be announced soon, so keep an eye on our Facebook page.



Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co in Indianapolis:

Are you ready for St. Patrick's Day? We are at Thr3e Wise Men! We will have $3 pints and $20 101oz Table Top Taps for the day!


Thr3e Wise Men Current Beers:
· Snow Bunny Blonde
· Two Lucys Blackberry Wheat
· Bulldog Brown
· Hubbard & Cravens Porter
· Rocky Ripple Pale Ale
· Golden Zoe IPA
· Centennial Martyr Double IPA
· Seasonal: Daddy's Juice Session IPA
Current Hand Pull:· NEW: Hubbard & Cravens Porter with Kenyan Coffee
 Upcoming Beers:
 · March: Green Tea Honey Kolsch
· A very light easy drinking beer made with German Pilsner and local wild flower honey and Hubbard & Cravens Green Tea. ABV: 5.4% IBU: 25
· Release Date: Tuesday March 25th
· April: Hoppy Pale Wheat
Upcoming Events: 
· Saturday April 5th: TAP at TAF in Lafayette, IN | 2:00pm - 6:00pm
· Saturday April 12th: Brewers Guild of Indiana Bloomington Beer Festival | 4:00pm - 7:00pm
· Are you planning a beer event and would like to have Thr3e Wise Men involved? Well let us know by emailing Ryan Kellerman.
Where to find us:· Are you looking for our beer? Well we are in over 50 restaurants & bars around the state. You can check out our website for a full list of locations.
· Would you like to see Thr3e Wise Men at your favorite restaurant or bar? Well then let us knowso we can reach out to them.



Daredevil Brewing Co:

If you are a fan of our winter special releases then you should enjoy them where you find them at your favorite local bar & restaurant because we have shipped the lasts kegs of Muse Belgian Golden Ale, J.W.P. American Stout and Carnival Saison.

Our limited release Rip Cord Double IPA returned this week and can now be found at the following locations (or delivered and soon to be tap'd) and more coming every day
* Bloomington: The Tap
* Fishers: Rockstone Pizza
* Indianapolis: Ambrosia, Sahm's Place, Siam Square, The Mousetrap, Tomlinson Tap Room
* Lafayette: Black Sparrow
* West Lafeyette: The Pint
* Zionsville: Patrick's Kitchen & Drinks

Upcoming events
* The Tap, Bloomington, Thursday, March 20th. Rip Cord Double IPA release party and tap takeover. Join us as we pour Lift Off IPA, Rip Cord Double IPA, Carnival Saison
* Shoefly Public House, Indianapolis, Friday, March 21st: Rip Cord Double IPA release party and tap takeover. Join us as we pour Lift Off IPA, Rip Cord Double IPA, Carnival Saison and J.W.P American Stout
* Bloomington Craft Beer Festival, Saturday, April 12

Looking to find our beers? We try to keep draft locations up to date on website and post frequently to our Twitter and Facebook pages on can and draft locations across the state. We have more than 30 new locations to enjoy a Lift Off IPA since our update last month. Here is a list of some of the new locations, and if you know a place we should be just let us know.

Daredevil Brewing Co. | Current beers available

Lift Off IPA: Our flagship beer available year round in cans and on draft.
A bounty of American Hops delivers the signature clean and crisp finish of a perfectly balanced West Coast style IPA.

Rip Cord Double IPA: A limited release beer available on draft.
An abundance of American hops balanced with a hint of malt to produce an exhilarating experience of intense hop flavors and aromas of citrus, floral and resin that combine to provide a satisfying crisp finish. 
J.W.P. American Stout: A winter special release and our anniversary beer available on draft. Forged from the combination of nine grains and American hops to deliver a huge bouquet of aromas and abundant flavors of rich, silky espresso in an expressive American Stout with the spirit of the Wild West. 
Carnival Saison: A winter special release Belgian Saison style available on draft. A creative and artistic balance of spicy phenols, fruity esters, noble hops and Belgian malts with a classic dry and thirst quenching finish. 
Muse Belgian Golden Ale: A winter special release Belgian style ale available on draft. A creative and artistic balance of spicy phenols, fruity esters, noble hops and Belgian malts with a classic dry and thirst quenching finish.

Indiana City

For the St. Patty's Day weekend, we'll have Irish Hill Red Ale on tap. It's a traditional Irish Red with sweet malt and subtle hops. It's 4.5% ABV and 14 IBU. Irish Hill is the neighborhood we're in which gets it's name from the earlier days of Indy when this part of the city was quite literally the Irish neighborhood. Brew footage:

http://vimeo.com/88114349

We've also just released two great new beers:

Tribute Pale Ale
5.8% ABV • 58 IBU
This smooth light-bodied everyday pale ale is full of dank hop flavor and grapefruit aroma.

Black Lantern, Black IPA
7.0% ABV • 68 IBUA beer for the brightest of days and the blackest of nights. Black Lantern combines dark roasted malt flavor with bright herbal, earthy pine hop aroma. Its well-balanced and aggressively dry-hopped.

ON TAP this week:
Yacht Rock, Wheat Ale
Shadow Boxer, Oatmeal Stout
Red Collar, Imperial Amber
Forefathers Rye, Roggenbier
Tribute Pale Ale
Black Lantern, Black IPA
Beast of Laureys
IPAPI Double IPA
Irish Hill, Irish Red

YES! That's 9 beers!

MIMI'S TABERNACLE

BOURBON BARREL BREAKFAST STOUT
• Available Now •

 

We brewed Mimi’s Tabernacle with pure maple syrup, chocolate and oats. Then we infused it with locally roasted coffee beans and aged the finished beer in a Kentucky bourbon barrel. The end result is a rich barrel-aged Breakfast Stout with a smooth bourbon finish. Mimi would love that this bold, expressive beer is named in her memory.
Cheers to Mimi!
8.0% ABV • 55 IBU • 57 SRM
Exclusively available in 750ml bottles from the brewery.
$20 per Bottle






Tin Man Brewing Co. in Evansville:


New on Tap
Rosenweiss is a delicious wheat beer infused with rose petals that is brewed from a traditional German recipe. The slight hint of rose adds a lovely uniqueness to this refreshing beer. 6% ABV/ 15 IBU



Flat 12 Bierwerks in Indianapolis:
Indy Eleven & Flat 12 Sponsorship Announcement: 
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the brewery last night (3/11) for the announcement. Check out our recaphere. If you missed it, Indy Eleven announced our new partnership with the team. Attached is our official press release for the partnership. Please feel free to share it. With this partnership, Flat 12 will be official local craft beer of Indy Eleven in 2014 and available at the sporting venue’s concession. The brewery will also partner with Indy Eleven’s avid supporter group,The Brickyard Battalion, to build and celebrate that community of supporters and its team. 
Black Acre Collaboration Beer Release: 
First up this Thursday (3/13) is the release of the collaboration beer between Black Acre brewers and ours. The beer is appropriately named Crap Shoot Indiana Common for the Kentucky Common beer style. However, the collaboration process was anything but common. To determine the ingredients for this beer the brewers sat down to a game of dice and let the odds determine the fate of the recipe. The result is this week’s beer thirty release. Check out more details of the collaborationhere
Reel-to-Reel: 
Following the beer thirty release is this month’s Reel-to-Reel. If you have not attended one of these events yet be sure to mark your calendars for this one. IU Libraries Film Archives will be here with a selection of the best of their 48,000+ retro educational films on 16mm complete with projector to give it that old school feel. The topics range from grooming to dating, to drugs and alcohol, and as you can imagine, are comical by today’s standards. More details about the eventhere plus an excellent article from IU Newsroomhere.  
Keep a look out on:
 · Louisville, KY: Holy Grail is tapping our spring seasonal, Nunmoere Black ABA at 4pm on March 12th! More infohere
· New Albany, IN: Our good friends in New Albany have again invited us to Gravity Head. We’ll be there on March 14th as part of a Flat 12/Founders/NABC showcase. Check out what we will have with ushere
· Indianapolis, IN: St. Patrick’s Day is Monday. We will be at the Elbow Room again this year pouring pints of the delicious Irish Amber - aged in Jameson barrels. However, there’s a limited supply so be sure to come early. More details on the event here.
RSSIn The Taproom



Bars, Restaurants, Carryout, & Distributors

Shoefly Public House: 
  • Tapping party w/ Daredevil Brewing Friday, 3/21, 7-10pm. They'll feature Rip Cord with a few others.


Aristocrat
Bier Brewery & the Aristocrat Pub
Dinner Tap Takeover
Thursday March 27th 6:30pm
7 Beers 
5 food pairings & dessert
$30 per person
5212 N College Avenue Indianapolis IN 46220
(317) 283-7388
aristocratpub.com



Goose the Market
On the shelves at Goose the Market...
Naked timber? Foliage-free forest? Saucy sapling? Even better, it's Bare Tree '13 from Two Bros.
And since we're already in the woods...it's Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree.
Should Indiana move its forces to the border? With brew like this, the 'illini may be looking to expand the empire... It's Illinois Imperial IPA from Goose Island.
Where were you last night? Dark Horse says you don't have to answer that: Plead the 5th.
Sneak peek: Arcadia Ales hit the Goose cellar early next week!
Save the date! Thursday, April 3, 5:30-7:30pm "April Showers Bring Sours:" a FREE tasting at Goose the Market featuring Goose Island's Lolita, New Holland's Blue Sunday, Boon Kriek & Gueze, plus Rodenbach Grand Cru and Vintage 2011.
Thirsty before the next Random Beer Roundup? Check Goose the Market's facebook & twitter feeds for weekly #BeerHaul announcements.



Yogi's Bar & Grill in Bloomington:



Trion Tavern in New Haven

St. Patrick's Day Party 
Our 58 taps always include the Irish favorites; Guinness Stout, Harp Lager, and Swithwick's Irish Red Ale, but we're also going to reintroduce Dogfish Head's World Wide Stout and Three Floyds Live a Rich Life. We tapped these very special beers recently and the feedback was tremendous. These are some huge beers that you won't find just anywhere. 
So, if you're looking to swill green beer and party like it's your last day on earth - we're not for you. If you want to enjoy St. Patrick's Day with some of the best beers on the planet, then come to the Trion for our St. Patrick's Day Party for Adults. 
St. Patrick's Day is Monday March 17th, come to the Trion for amazing craft beers.



Union Jack Pub in Broad Ripple:
  • As always we have 21 ever evolving lines so check out our lineup soon!



Champps Indy-northside




Check out the tap list and special Hoosier
brews available!














Papa's in Culver, Indiana

ON TAP AT PAPA'S IN CULVER: 
BELLS HOPSLAM 
SUN KING WEE MAC SCOTTISH ALE
SUN KING SUNLIGHT CREAM ALE
GREENBUSH BROTHER BENJAMIN
BELL'S TWO HEARTED ALE
BELL'S AMBER ALE
BLOOMINGTON BREWING CO RYE IPA
SCHLAFLY WINTER ESB
SOUTHERN TIER EURO-TRASH PILSNER
UPLAND WHEAT 
GREEN FLASH PALATE WRECKER IPA 
FLAT 12 LACTO-MATIC MILK STOUT 
FOUNDERS IMPERIAL STOUT 
POWERHOUSE MOM'S NEW BOYFRIEND 
CUTTERS FLOYD'S FOLLY 
HACKER PSCHORR 
CHIMAY TRIPLE 
FOUNDERS BACKWOODS BASTARD 
NEW HOLLAND DRAGON'S MILK 
FAT HEAD HEAD HUNTER IPA
BLUE MOON 
DOGFISH HEAD INDIAN BROWN ALE 
LAGUNITAS IPA 
BROOKLYN LAGER 
SIERRA NEVADA RUTHLESS RYE IPA 
GOOSE ISLAND 312 URBAN WHEAT 
GREENBUSH STAR CHICKEN SHOTGUN 
BITBURGER GERMAN PILSNER
  
ON DECK:
UPLAND COASTBUSTERS IPA 
BOULEVARD POP-UP SESSION IPA



Lino's Coffee in Speedway:
Here's an update of events at Lino's:
https://www.facebook.com/LinosSpeedwayIndiana/events
Fri., Mar. 14 - Pint Night: Upland Brewing Co.
Fri., Mar. 21 - Pint Night: Flat 12 Bierwerks
And of course, $3.50 craft pints every Wednesday.



Beer & Fundraising Events



Social Hour with the Mentoring Women's Network at Triton Brewing




Thursday, March 27th 6-9 pm

Triton Brewery


Mentoring Women's Network is, "an organization for professional women. Our mission is a community of empowered women supporting one another personally and professionally through mentoring relationships and our vision is the largest and most effective mentoring organization for women in the nation." (mentoringwomensnetwork.com)

Join Girls Pint Out and the Mentoring Women's Network at Triton Brewing Companyon March 27th for a social/happy hour. Triton's Pink Ribbon Saison will be on tap, and we'll get a behind-the-scenes tour of the brewery.



Upland Brewing Company's 2014 Shamrock Beer 5K Run/Walk
2014 Shamrock 5K Beer Run is Bigger and Better!!!
Saturday March 15, 3:00pm
Georgia Street, Downtown Indy
What do you get, you ask?
Shirt (Expect to see green)
Beer (3 ounces five different times & pint at the finish)
Customized Bib (Choose your bib-name wisely)
Pint Glass (Full of an Upland brew at the finish)
Medal (Can you say Awesome?)
Nearly Sold-Out Once sold-out, we will allow Late-Registrations, however they will not receive medals or pint-glasses. Please register soon.
Upland will be pouring the beer this year. The silly run begins with a toast and 3 ounces of Upland Wheat . You then enjoy another Upland beer each kilometer (give or take a few meters). When you finish, you receive your medal and a pint-glass of Upland. Several varieties available.
Register Here


Upland Brewing Company Sour + Wild + Funk Fest

Tickets for the third annual Upland Brewing Company Sour + Wild + Funk Fest will be on sale at www.uplandsourfest.eventbrite.com on March 10. This year's festival will take place Saturday, May 17th from 2pm-6pm at the historic Indianapolis City Market, preceded by a VIP Sour lecture and private tasting from 12:30-1:30pm, and with a Secret Barrel Society members-only party to follow in the building's catacombs from 7pm-9pm. For more information on our Secret Barrel Society, check out secretbarrelsociety.comVIP tickets can be purchased for $75, and will include VIP lecture, lanyard, commemorative T-shirt, swag bag and access to the VIP lounge including food and private bathrooms.

General Admission tickets are $45 and include light snacks, with the City Market's artisans open to sell heavier fare throughout the festival. General Admission attendees will also have the option to buy a T-shirt on the website during ticket purchase for an additional $15. Cutters Brewing in Bloomington

26 December 2013

The 2013 Hoosier Beer Geek Beer of the Year

Jim writes:

Every December since 2008, we've looked back at all the beers we've had during the year so we can pick our Beer of the Year. Our method for picking the HBG Beer of the Year is unscientific. We don't limit our picks to beers we've reviewed as a group, which is probably a good thing since we don't review beers much anymore. Nor do we limit our picks to Indiana beers; indeed, you'll see that this year's list of favorites includes a mix of beers from Indiana and elsewhere. We also don't limit our picks to new releases; some of us inevitably pick old favorites just because we want to. And we each have different tastes, so we always end up choosing a wide variety of beers each year.

So here's how the process works--

Each of us picks our top five beers along with three beers in the "honorable mention" category. To rank the beers, we award 5 points for each first-place vote, 4 points for each second-place vote, 3 for each third-place vote, 2 for each fourth-place vote, 1 for each fifth-place vote, and 0.5 for an honorable mention.

And which beer ended up in the top spot? You'll probably be happy to see that it's an Indiana beer, but you might (or might not) be surprised by the brewery. This beer won our votes by a pretty substantial margin, which means that almost all of us were impressed by this beer.

This year's Hoosier Beer Geek Beer of the Year is...





Bloomington Brewing Company's 10-Speed Hoppy Wheat

We first had 10-Speed at the Tomlinson Tap Room during one of our monthly Pint Nights. Most of us hadn't had any BBC beers beyond their flagship brew, Ruby Bloom Amber. We were wowed when we finally tried 10-Speed; it was laden with tropical fruit notes and was crisp and refreshing. We're not exaggerating when we say that Three Floyds Gumballhead now has a rival for the best well-hopped wheat beer in the state. At a later Pint Night, we had a cask version of 10-Speed that was dry-hopped with Mosaic hops and infused with grilled pineapple. We adored this version of 10-Speed and were left wishing we could get it year-round. Come May 2014, when 10-Speed is released again (well, we hope it'll be released again), 10-Speed will be in our beer rotation through the spring and summer.

This is the first year we've picked a BBC beer as our beer of the year, and we're guessing that it may happen again in the future based on our experiences with their beers. Our congratulations go out to the BBC crew!

Other Indiana beers received votes from us in our 2013 Beer of the Year poll. Specifically, offerings from Bier, Black Acre, Flat12, Fountain Square, Iechyd Da, New Day Meadery, The RAM, Sun King, Three FloydsUnion, and ZwanzigZ pleased our palates this year.

So without further ado, here's our list of all beers that received votes, ranked in order of points received. Indiana breweries are in italics, along with the city in which the brewery is located. The states/countries for non-Indiana breweries are also listed.

The Top Five:

1. Bloomington Brewing Company 10-Speed Hoppy Wheat - Bloomington

2. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Barleywine - Illinois

3. (tie) Perennial Abraxas (Imperial Stout) (2013) - Missouri
Sun King Afternoon Delight (Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Doppelbock) - Indianapolis

5. Stiegl Grapefruit Radler (look for #TeamRadler on Twitter; join the team now!) - Austria

The Rest of the Best:

6. (tie) Flat12 Corsair Gin-Barrel-Aged Cucumber Kolsch - Indianapolis
Three Floyds Alpha King (American Pale Ale) - Munster

8. (tie) Baxter Stowaway IPA - Maine
Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout (2013) - Illinois
Union Brewing Company Miami Weisse (Berliner Weisse) - Carmel

11. (tie) Black Acre Citra Pale (Pale Ale) - Indianapolis
Founders Sweet Repute (Wheatwine) - Michigan
New Glarus Berliner Weisse - Wisconsin
Prairie Standard (Saison/Farmhouse Ale) - Oklahoma
Rivertown Ville de Rivere Gueuze - Ohio

16. (tie) Against the Grain Bo and Luke (Imperial Stout) - Kentucky
Iechyd Da Breakfast Cookies Milk Stout - Elkhart

18. (tie) Black Acre Hop Pun DIPA - Indianapolis
Brouwerij Verhaeghe Duchesse de Bourgogne (Flanders Red Ale) - Belgium
The Bruery 3 French Hens (Belgian-Style Strong Dark Ale) - California
The Bruery Melange No. 3 (American Strong Ale) - California
New Glarus Serendipity (Fruit Ale) - Wisconsin
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy (Imperial Stout) - Colorado
Urban Chestnut Berliner Weisse - Missouri

25. Sun King Shake Up (Berliner Weisse-Style Ale/Fruit Ale) - Indianapolis

26. (tie) The Alchemist Heady Topper (Imperial IPA) - Vermont
Bier Pumpkin Porter - Indianapolis
MKE O-Gii (Witbier) - Wisconsin
New Day Gin-Barrel-Aged Shelby Blue Ribbon (Strawberry/Rhubarb Mead) - Indianapolis

30. (tie) Flat12 Lebowski's Kolsch - Indianapolis
Fountain Square Hop Your Face (Imperial IPA) - Indianapolis
Jackie O’s Chuma-Lungma Honey Nut Brown Ale - Ohio
Local Option Bierwerker Schmetterling Gose - Illinois
Local Option Bierwerker American Muscle New World DIPA - Illinois
Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s (IPA) - Colorado
Pipeworks Ninja v. Unicorn DIPA - Illinois
The RAM Double Down (Imperial IPA) - Indianapolis/Fishers
Sun King Dominator Doppelbock - Indianapolis
Sun King Grapefruit Jungle (IPA) - Indianapolis
Sun King Malus Pi (Fruit Ale) - Indianapolis
Sun King/Three Floyds Royal Brat (ESB) - Indianapolis/Munster
Three Floyds Evil Power (Imperial Pils) - Munster
Three Floyds In the Name of Suffering (Black IPA) - Munster
ZwanzigZ Fastenbier Rauchbier - Columbus

In our list, IPAs and Pale Ales are certainly well-represented, and so are Berliner Weisses. This latter choice reflects our belief (albeit not a universal belief among us) that a beer doesn't have to be "big" to be flavorful.

Here are the votes from each Knight of the Beer Roundtable:

Jim:

It's always challenging to pick just five beers, but here are the ones that left me with the best beer memories of 2013:

1. Bloomington Brewing Company 10-Speed Hoppy Wheat. The tropical notes, crispness, and sweet notes in this beer combine to produce a stunner. The cask version of 10-Speed that was dry-hopped with Mosaic hops and infused with grilled pineapple is amazing and now has a place in my top five beers of all time. BBC is a brewery that definitely deserves your attention.

2. Union Brewing Company Miami Weisse Berliner Weisse. Berliner Weisse is one of my favorite styles. Union's offering was unique because it was from a cask. Ever had a Berliner Weisse with a silky mouthfeel? If you haven't, go to Union and give Miami Weisse a try.

3. Black Acre Citra Pale Ale. Black Acre has become my favorite brewpub, and I know I'm not alone in that opinion. Their house beers are always high quality, no matter the style. And if you crave Three Floyds Zombie Dust like I do, you'll find a more-than-worthy rival in Black Acre's Citra Pale.

4. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout. I'm elated to finally have Oskar Blues in Indiana because Ten Fidy is my go-to imperial stout. Why? Because it's hefty without being boozy; it's flavorful yet smooth; and it's packed with lovely chocolate notes. I always have room for a 4-pack in my fridge.

5. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Barleywine. I don't like barley wines, but I love this one. The aging of this beer in a second-use Bourbon County Stout barrel imparts nice chocolate undertones to the bready malt to produce a winner.

Honorable mention:

- Local Option American Muscle DIPA. I may not be metal enough to have the bartenders at Local Option treat me nicely, but damn, is this beer amazing! Next time I visit Local Option, I'll have to wear my Motorhead t-shirt to the pub.
- Sun King Shake Up. Another Berliner Weisse-style ale on my list. Tart, refreshing, lovely. Please make this every summer, Sun King . . . please.
- Stiegl Grapefruit Radler. What's not to like in a grapefruit soda/lager hybrid? Join #TeamRadler before it's too late, kids.

Jake:

1. Flat12 Corsair Gin Barrel Cucumber Kolsch
2. Sun King Afternoon Delight
3. Bloomington 10-Speed on cask w/ grilled pineapple
4. Against the Grain Bo and Luke
5. Stiegl Grapefruit Radler

Honorable Mention:

- Local Option Schmetterling Option Gose
- Three Floyds In the Name of Suffering
- New Glarus Serendipity

Kristin:

1. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Barleywine
2. Baxter Stowaway IPA
3. Rivertown Ville De Rivere Gueuze
4. The Bruery 3 French Hens
5. Bier Pumpkin Porter

Honorable mentions: Jackie O's Chuma-Lungma Honey Nut Brown, Sun King's Malus Pi

Matt:

Every year we do this I always struggle with trying to narrow down beers to just five. I had the pleasure of having some really amazing beers this year. I always struggle with "what was the best beer I had this year." Do you rank it based on style or creativity? What about for volumes sake? The beer I consumed the most this year probably needs to be on the list, doesn't it? Here is my list:

1. Three Floyds Alpha King

This beer takes number one for the simple reason of how fantastic a beer it is. I consumed more of this beer this year than any other, and almost always had a sixer in my fridge. This beer is as good as it has ever been, and for me is going to remain at the top spot as long as I drink good beer.

2. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout

Yes, an InBev product made my list. This year's Bourbon County Coffee Stout was one of the very best beers I've ever had. In all aspects of what I look for in a beer, it was almost perfect. This beer had an amazing beginning, middle, and end. The fresh-packed smell of coffee, zero alcohol burn, and toasted chocolate marshmallows was a real winning combination.

3. New Glarus Berliner Weisse

I've always had an affinity for the Berliner Weisse style, and I seek them out if I can get my hands on them. I've had my fair share of beers in the style, but from my first sip of this beer I knew it was something special. Everything in the beer worked in harmony and the first sip was every bit as good as the last. New Glarus always brews amazing beers and this one did not disappoint.

4. Iechyd Da's Breakfast Cookies Milk Stout

I've really been super impressed with all of the beers I've had from Iechyd Da out of Elkhart. This sweet stout was not cloying or over the top sweet, but a very nice and refreshing take on a milk/sweet stout. I'm already looking forward to hitting them up many times at Winterfest this year.

5. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Barleywine

Another InBev product on the my list....(Man, is this guy an asshole or what?) I love English Barleywines and we sadly do not get many here in Indiana. We get some American Barleywines that are really malty DIPA's, but this beer was also nearly perfect to me. The base of the beer was chewy, dark fruits with notes of molasses and figs rounded out with vanilla and oak from the barrel aging. The toffee and caramel back bite gave this beer a near palate overload from start to finish.

Honorable mentions:

- ZwanzigZ's Fastenbier Rauchbier. I am continually impressed with the beers coming out of Columbus's ZwanzigZ, and this smoke beer is no exception.
- Pipework's Ninja vs. Unicorn DIPA. A welcome surprise when I found a bottle in Chicago. This is a citrus lover's DIPA.
- Flat 12's Lebowski's Kolsch. I thought there was no way this beer was going to work, but I'll be damned if it was fantastic and very memorable. More so than that was that I loved the beer.

Jason:

I’m not sure which is tougher… picking out my five favorites of the year or remembering what all I had tasted. Between festivals, tailgates, parties, etc., I have sampled a lot of beers. So I am limiting my top five to beers I consumed a glass, can, or bottle of. And here are the beers that stand out in my mind.

1. Bloomington Brewing Company 10-Speed Hoppy Wheat dry-hopped with Mosaic and infused with fresh grilled pineapple: Set up in a firkin Tomlinson Tap Room, the infused hoppy wheat was love at first site. The regular hoppy wheat is good. It is definitely a competitive alternative to that other hoppy wheat beer from Indiana.

2. Goose Island Bourbon County Barleywine: King Henry is probably my favorite beer of all time. Big boozy beer in a bourbon barrel? Yes please. Bourbon County Barleywine is not as well balanced and blended as King Henry, but damn it is good. Enjoyed on tap at Shoefly.

3. Founders Sweet Repute Wheatwine: Big boozy beer in a bourbon barrel? Yes please. Whoa! Déjà vu! A seriously sweet beer that was happily consumed at Mass Ave Pub.

4. Black Acre Hop Pun Double IPA: I have a hard time drinking at any other place than Black Acre. Their house-brewed beers are great. Their guest list is great. And it is two blocks from my home. The Hop Pun DIPA is one of my favorites of Black Acre’s and it stands out the most right now.

5. New Glarus Serendipity: I get that people like Wisconsin Belgian Red, but it would not make my top five any year. It’s just not for me. So I was not expecting to enjoy Serendipity. But the blend of fruits in this beer makes for a refreshing, flavorful beer. Not often that a fruit beer stands out for me. I want to go to the Old Fashioned in Madison, Wisconsin and drink another glass of Serendipity. And then go and buy a case. Seriously good.

Honorable Mentions:

- Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s: Welcome to Indiana, Oskar Blues! The Deviant Dale’s found a reserved spot in my beer fridge.
- Sun King/Three Floyds Royal Brat ESB: Both breweries receive accolades for their crazy beers. But both do “regular” beers well. And this ESB fits the bill. I love a good ESB.
- Sun King Shake Up: I mention this because this is the second fruit beer that stands out in my memory. I can’t drink a pint glass at a time. A snifter would do. A fun beer that should be served every year at the State Fair.

Gina:

Yikes. I had a hard time narrowing down my picks for this year. My ground rules for picking were only limited to full pours of any beer I had this year.

1. Perennial Abraxas (all variations) - This got my top spot for a couple reasons, the main being that I could have let it and its variations (Coffee, Barrel Aged) dominate half my list, so I compromised.

2. Bloomington 10-Speed - I’ve been so impressed with Bloomington lately. They’ve really been on fire with a wide range of styles and outstanding quality.

3. Stiegl Radler (Grapefruit) - I wanted to drink this more than anything else most of the time. #TeamRadler

4. Urban Chestnut Berliner Weisse - I crave this beer on regular intervals. While I generally love this style anyway, this particular beer held a perfect balance of tart and sweet.

5. MKE O-Gii - I picked up a 4-pack of this while visiting Madison, Wisconsin this summer. This monster beer is infused with Rishi Tea and comes in at 9%.

Oh, honorable mentions too:

- The RAM Double Down
- Sun King Shake Up
- Sun King Dominator Doppelbock

Megan:

#1: Afternoon Delight (Sun King Brewing): GABF was not wrong to award this beer a gold. SK does bock beers right, and throwing this one in a Pappy Van Winkle barrel highlights all the right flavors.

#2: Abraxus (Perennial Brewing): Dark and delicious, the cinnamon finish made my heart sing.

#3: Stiegl Radler (Stieglbrauerei zu Salsberg): I know this beer is getting a lot of hype right now, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR IT. It's summertime in a glass; refreshing, slightly sweet, slightly tart...and a low ABV for responsible consumption (whatever that is).

#4: Duchesse de Bourgogne (Brouwerij Verhaeghe): Perfect sour gateway beer. Easy and smooth, perfect blend of sweet and tart.

#5: Heady Topper (The Alchemist): No comment necessary.

Honorable mentions: Grapefruit Jungle (Sun King brewing), Hop Your Face (Fountain Square Brewing), Serendipity (New Glarus)

Rod:

1. Bloomington 10-Speed - I didn't have the pineapple version, but I was completely surprised by how good the regular was at our Bloomington Brewing Company pint night at Tom Tap. Right up there with Gumballhead, maybe better!

2. Goose Island Bourbon County Barleywine - Reminiscent of King Henry in a good way. All of the great things about bourbon without so much alcohol.

3. Prairie Standard - My first introduction to this great Saison brewery left a lasting impression. Clearly they are masters of the funk.

4. The Bruery Melange No. 3 - Another example of a great blended beer from The Bruery. Expensive, but surprisingly worth the $30+ price tag. Expertly blended and complex.

5. New Day Gin Barrel Aged Shelby Blue Ribbon - Normally I don't vote for things I had at a beer festival, but I may have drunk a pint's worth. The combination of gin flavors with strawberry and rhubarb was incredible.

Honorable mentions - Against the Grain Bo and Luke, Iechyd Da Breakfast Cookies Milk Stout, Three Floyds Evil Power

Past winners of the Hoosier Beer Geek Beer of the Year Award:

2012: Fountain Square Workingman's Pilsner
2011: Three Floyds Zombie Dust
2010: Brugge Brasserie's Spider
2009: Broad Ripple Brewpub's Monon Porter (on cask)
2008: Mikkeller Santa's Little Helper (2007)