Brewfest Is Region’s First Self-Serve Craft Beer Garden

Brewfest at 8347 Kennedy Avenue in Highland is Northwest Indiana’s first self-serve craft beer bar where the customer can pour pints themselves, owner Bob Schwebke said.

Bob and Linda Schwebke, who also own Munster Froyo on Calumet Avenue in Munster, recently launched the technologically unique bar, which offers 20 craft beers that are sourced from Northwest Indiana and across the Midwest. Schwebke liked the idea after seeing it on the “Bar Rescue” show on television. “Robot” self-serve beer kiosks are a growing trend that have come to the United Center and soon O’Hare International Airport.
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Brewfest features 16-ounce beers that typically cost $5 from big craft brewers like Goose Island, Lagunitus and Founders, and also Northwest Indiana favorites like Pokro Brewing, St. John Malt Brothers, Wildrose Brewing, Burn ‘Em and Devil’s Trumpet. Flights are most popular, and visitors get charged the same amount per ounce whether they buy a flight of samples or a full pint… CONTINUE READING AT NWITIMES.COM

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