by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Walter and I were able to attend a festival this weekend!! Better yet, since it wasn't an Indiana On Tap festival, we weren’t working! I can’t even describe to you how enjoyable it was. It was sublime -...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Lucky me, I get to visit breweries most days of the week. I meet all kinds of people and talk about all kinds of topics. There's little that doesn’t get discussed in depth along the bar rail sooner...
12-Pack Release and Tap Takeovers Starting Week of November 1 (AUBURN HILLS, MICH) – Craft beer lovers in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana can begin their Holiday shopping and celebrations early with the return of the Twelve Days of Milkshake Stout. Given the popularity and growing consumer...
Bloomington, Ind. — Cardinal Spirits, the craft distillery in Bloomington, Ind., has released a Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a Straight Rye Whiskey that are available widely in Indiana for the first time. For these two spirits, Cardinal Spirits sourced from the very best: MGP, a storied...
Local Distillery’s Old Hamer Products Now Available in 31 States INDIANAPOLIS (October 19, 2020) — Local craft whiskey distillery West Fork Whiskey Co. is taking its products national with the official launch of its e-commerce site. The award-winning Old Hamer brand, recently recognized by the International Whisky Competition with numerous...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap C’mon, man, this is getting monotonous! The 2020 GABF competition medals were awarded last night by livestream, and Indiana again ranked among the big winners. Five Indiana breweries took home a total of ten medals, making Indiana one...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Breweries have sights, sounds, and smells all their own - patrons laughing, TVs playing sports, pressure valves releasing in the brew house, wort being transferred to the kettle, and of course the hops. All that stainless, sometimes with...
Available at Sun King Tap Rooms starting Oct. 16th INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 13, 2020) — Craft whiskey distillery West Fork Whiskey Co. has joined forces with Sun King Spirits to produce Sun King Vodka, a small-batch, handcrafted vodka available beginning Oct. 16 for purchase or to be enjoyed at Sun King locations, including its Downtown...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap The Barrelhouse opened a few weeks ago as an event space at the original Zorn Brewing Company grounds in Michigan City. I went up for the ribbon cutting on the Thursday the 10th of September so I could...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Craft beer isn’t megabeer. Bud Light and Michelob fans know exactly which shelf to look for in the grocery store, they order a “beer” at the bar, and they want it as cold as possible to hide the...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Chilly Water Brewing in Indianapolis has completed a makeover of their brand and is in the middle of expanding their brew house to get more of that rebranded beer out to the public in distribution. They carried out...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap As things loosen up around Indiana, Walter and I have been making more trips to breweries and events. After discussion amongst ourselves, our conclusions have been two; a) people are very happy to get out do things again,...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap I’m a beer guy, but once in a while I indulge with some bourbon or whiskey. I’ve had a lot of vodka and gin in my life, but very little of those after one particular night at age...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap I could write for days about the things invented in Indiana… I have in fact. However, I learned just a couple of weeks ago of one Indiana invention. Not a technology or medicine, this invention is something that...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Lots of breweries shut down brewing or greatly scaled back their operations during the Covid shutdown, and are now trying to get back to normal. They might have canned more beer for sale in the taproom and put...