[THC] Brewers of Indiana Guild - May Newsletter
Dr L Swihart
swihart at purdue.edu
Mon May 21 18:54:08 EDT 2007
From Bob Ostrander on May 21, 2007
*Brewers of Indiana Guild <http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/>
Newsletter* - May, 2007
A version of this newsletter, complete with pictures, can be found on
the web site.
*B.I.G. News*
Plans are proceeding for the July 21st Indiana Microbrewers' Festival.
If your brewery hasn't received an invitation from us, please download
it here
<http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/NewsPictures/07BreweryInviteLetter.doc>.
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Three Floyd <http://www.threefloyds.com> Dark Lord was a sellout. "The
line was out of the parking lot and about 600ft down the street." Beer
Advocate's newgroups <http://beeradvocate.com/forum/list/19> are full of
stories and pictures.
The Half Moon Restaurant and Brewery <http://www.halfmoonbrewery.com/>
in the City of Thirsts, Kokomo, opened on May 2nd. Just off US 31 on the
south side of town at Center St. (300S). The initial beers on tap are
* Pre-Prohibition Pilsner - No corn. Pre-Prohibition is just the
name. Crisp. 4.1% 13 IBU
* Wildcat Wheat - Mild American Wheat. Sweetish. Unfiltered. 4.5% 13
IBU
* Stoplight City Red - Robust and balanced. 5.7% 25 IBU
* Old Ben Brown - Old Ben is the stuffed cow in the Kokomo park.
Robust, malty American Brown. Dry finish. 6.3% 30 IBU
* Elwood's IPA - Quite bitter American IPA with restrained Cascades
usage. 7.1% 52 IBU
* Cole Porter - Again, robust. Really quite strong alcohol at 7.3%.
31 IBU
Lafayette Brewing <http://www.lafayettebrewingco.com> has been named the
Best Live Music Venue for the 2nd straight year by the Journal and
Courier. The Brewer's Guild website calendar
<http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/events.html> lists live music at
all the brewpubs.
Oh, and LBC <http://www.lafayettebrewingco.com> plans to bottle their
beer this summer for local distribution. "Look for an initial release of
our award-winning Tippecanoe Common Ale and Black Angus Oatmeal Stout to
be available from the brewery and other select retail outlets around
Tippecanoe County in late June/early July. Long-term plans include the
addition of other brands as well as some specialty brews available in 22
ounce bombers."
Upland <http://www.uplandbeer.com> has started construction on the
expansion at the rear of the brewery. They also have the Upland Banquet
Hall ready in the old Willy Joe's out back - which will be kicked off
with a Mug Club party. Oh, and there are openings on the waitlist to be
in the Mug Club.
The Heorot <http://www.heorotpub.com> in Muncie inspired us to mutter
"Life isn't just good, it's damn fine". Stan has a Sherry Cask of JW
Lees Harvest Ale on the bar and is selling it in 1oz shots for $1.25 -
the perfect way to sip this expensive nectar. BUT if you're really,
really adventurous and have a designated driver you can get an entire
pint for $8.50. At 11.5% the designated driver is guaranteed to be used.
Indy's downtown BW3 (the one with 40 taps and 2 handpulls) is set for a
change. They'll be closed much of June to transform it into BadaBoomz
<http://www.badaboomz.com/>, shedding the Buffalo Wild Wings franchise.
PLUS a second BadaBoomz at 4930 Lafayette Rd in Indy. We'll have
information soon on Mike DeWeese's plans which include shedding many of
the TVs (they're for sale for $50 each). Mirrors, neon signs, etc are
also for sale.
The National Homebrew Competition had 4,548 entries and 13 from Indiana
are moving on to the finals including:
* Bill Ballinger, Shelbyville - German Pilsner, Smoked Beer
* Charles Beaver, Lowell - Semi-sweet Mead
* Greg Christmas, Fishers - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
* Bruce Deters, Angola - Lambic
* Robert Heinlein, Crown Point - English IPA
* Michael Pearson, Anderson - Marzen, Maibock
* Mark Schiess, Carmel - Scottish 80/-, English Mild, Fruit Beer
* Tom Wallbank, Indy - Schwarzbier, Alt
Ace Discount Liquors in Fishers has been bought by United Package Liquors.
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*Upcoming Events*
Please see http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/events.html for Indiana
(and some surrounding area) events. Also lists bands playing at member
breweries.
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*On Tap*
Please see http://www.brewersofindianaguild.com/ontap.html for the
current tap lists of Indiana Breweries.
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*Miscellaneous News* (if you didn't read it at IndianaBeer.com
<http://www.IndianaBeer.com> already)
Headline: "With Bocks, It’s All About the Malt" in the New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/dining/18wine.html?_r=2&ref=dining&oref=slogin&oref=slogin>
Thanks Matt
German beer prices go up because (shaking magic 8-ball) added VAT plus,
oh yes, barley prices have doubled. Poor 2006 harvest and conversion of
barley fields to grow "biofuel" crops. It would be funny but the
civilized world is heading lemming-like toward burning food to feed
cars. article
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/business/2007423/107872.htm>
"Beer foam is a microstructure with complex interfaces. In other words:
a cellular structure comprising networks of gas-filled bubbles separated
by liquid." And that, children, is why Guinness head dissipates slowly.
article
<http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070425164048.jxev9w4o&show_article=1&catnum=9>
Remember that sunken ship of beer off the English coast? Canada had a
similar find in 1974. A schooner (of course) found off Vancouver has
60,000 bottles of Rainier from 1899. That's gotta be a bit
shudder-producing. In fact they say "It was pretty skunky". article
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_CAN_Shipwreck_Beer.html>
Fosters is coming out with a yellow-label 3.5% ABV version that they
hope will appeal to the inner wussy in every Aussie. article
<http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-05-01T145957Z_01_KUA153016_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-BEER-ODD.xml&rpc=92>
Look for Greene King IPA to re-emerge in the US as "Export Strength" at
5% ABV. The British version has degenerated into a 3.6% lawnmower beer
with barely a trace of hops. The Export probably still won't be back to
being a real IPA but might climb back to being a decent ordinary bitter.
Ever smuggled a beer into a drive-in movie? How about 8,178 cases into
Malaysia? And likewise, when you're caught they pour it out, article
<http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,21692700-5005940,00.html>
Anheuser-Busch is preparing to launch a new Michelob line of fruit
infused beers. The beers will be available in three flavors, Pomegranate
Raspberry, Lime Cactus and Tuscan Orange Grapefruit. They are planned to
go away after Labor Day. The thousands of unsold cases might be made
into biofuel (OK, we made that part up).
According to a study by the Beer Institute and the National Beer
Wholesalers Association, brewers, beer importers, beer distributors,
brewer suppliers and retailers are responsible for more than 1.7 million
jobs paying almost $55 billion in wages and $36 billion in federal,
state and local taxes.
Video of the Beer Launching Fridge
<http://www.watchersweb.com/submissions/fgt1178588079/zkgxf71178588080.wmv>
on the Letterman Show.
OK, this is weird. Some "researchers" at Temple University have combined
a yeast strain with the smell DNA from a rat to create yeast that glows
green when it "smells" TNT. No cure yet for cancer though. article
<http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=70367>
Almost as weird as the homebrewer in St. Charles, IL, who puts "actually
real pieces of pizza stirred into the mix". article
<http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_134181507.html>
According to Google, Madison Wisconsin is the top city for doing beer
searches. We really don't know what this means. look for yourself
<http://www.google.com/trends?q=beer>.
If you get an email saying "I was mandated by Dr. Edmund Daukoru, the
presedential advicer on petroleum matters in Nigeria to search for a
specialist brewery engineer / expert / builder, who can handle from
start to hand over of a modern standard brewery plant (Complete brewery
plant & machinery and Civil construction) for him he is highly
interested to start up the project as early as possible, which will be
sited in Cotonou, Benin Rep." you might want to pay attention to that
word Nigeria.
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News compiled by Bob Ostrander <mailto:bob at indianabeer.com>, Marketing
Director. It's all considered accurate but then Bob has been known to
have a drink or two while writing this so-called tome. Views expressed
are not necessarily those of the Brewers of Indiana Guild, but generally
follow those unpublished guidelines because Bob wants to keep the job.
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