by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Walter and I have been following craft beer longer than most people, but certainly not as long as others. When we started attending festivals in 2008/2009, the Noblesville Brewfest as one of our first. The 2009 Noblesville festival...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Four Indiana craft breweries brought home a total of five medals from the Great American Beer Festival in Denver this past weekend. Nearly 8500 beers from 2400 breweries and across 102 competition categories were entered into competition in...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap We are quickly coming up on the 2nd anniversary of Monon Beverage Brokers (MBB), a unique Indiana craft beer company. Sean Webster has created this one of a kind company to help craft breweries in this state get their...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap In life, things happen around us and things happen to us, but the only thing that matters is what we make happen next. Opportunities are born from crisis as well as fortune, and these are the moments where...
Indianapolis, IN — West Fork Whiskey Co., an Indianapolis-based craft whiskey distillery located at the corner of 17th and Bellefontaine Street in the historic Kennedy-King neighborhood is releasing a new cocktail menu for the Tasting Room. They will be replacing four of their signature cocktails with new...
LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue football fans will have a new boiler in Ross-Ade Stadium this weekend (Boiler Black, an American Black Ale), a complement to the university-branded Boiler Gold-American Ale. People’s Brewing Company and Purdue University announced a partnership last year (Sept. 1) which brought Boiler...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap There aren't many kinds of food that don't go well with craft beer. Classic combinations include pizza, BBQ, Buffalo wings, and burgers, but I defy you to name a food that wouldn't be better with a properly considered...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Indianapolis is blessed with four fine home brew clubs. Midwestern Order of Ninkasi (MONK), Circle City Zymurgy (CCZ), Indiana Brewers Union (IBU), and Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) have many things in common, including a love of initialisms,...
Fort Wayne, IN, September 12, 2018 – Hop River Brewing Company is currently acknowledged twice in national articles, focusing on the communal, inclusive atmosphere in the brewery’s taproom. It is the Featured Brewery at Craftbeer.com, a national website published by the Brewers Association, the not-for-profit...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Walter and I achieved a minor accomplishment recently. As of this very moment, we have visited every open brewery in Indiana. Next, week that might not be true, but for right now I think it is – I...
September 11, 2018 For Immediate Release: Four Day Ray Brewing is expanding their reach and availability throughout the state of Indiana through a new partnership with Zink Distributing. After two years of self-distribution, Four Day Ray has seen an increased demand of their award winning beers. Brian...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap October 6th will be a historic day for Indiana craft beverage industries. The largest craft distilling festival in the Midwest will take place in Nashville on the grounds of the new destination distillery, restaurant, beer aging facility, and...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Coming off the recent success of the 3rd Annual Meadful Things and OutCiders Festival, New Day Craft has continued to push the envelope and is now happy to announce the release of a new line of packaged mead...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Walter is a beer drinker, there’s no doubting that (although she loves her bourbon too). Her style of choice is the IPA, the closer to the west coast the better. Beyond that, she likes trying many different kinds...
from Crown Brewing in Crown Point Medieval Latin for "foolish fire," Ignis Fatuus is a lesser known version of the will-o-the-wisp, the eerie light seen in woods over marshy areas. Better known to us, the Ignis Fatuus Pumpkin Ale from Crown Brewing in Crown Point will...