by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap This coming Saturday is going to be a fun one for Walter and I. This will be our second straight year for a great double dip of events. On June 11 we’ll finish the day in Columbus at...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Indiana craft beer touches the hearts and palates of many people. Hoosier brewers are known all over the Midwest and the country – and they should be, they make great beer. But Indiana’s influence on beer extends far...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Every once in a while Indiana On Tap is approached by someone or a city that has a property that they feel would be great for a taproom or a brewery production facility. Sometimes the site has a...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap There is no bad reason to have a beer festival, but some reasons are better than others. In addition to being community events that brings people together and highlight great Indiana craft producers so that people can seek...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap We recently talked about the importance of knowing the origins of the ingredients in your craft beer (link here), and we hinted that we would have more to say about the growth of craft malting in brewing and...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap The World Beer Cup, held every two years in conjunction with the Craft Brewers Conference, announced the winners of the the 2022 competition on Thursday evening. A record 10,542 beers were entered from a near record 2,493 breweries...
New Release Available in Taproom and In-Stores Throughout Indiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fairmount, Ind. (May 5, 2022) — Today Indiana-based Bad Dad Brewing Co. is releasing Pour Favor, a Mexican-style lager just in time for the summer. In addition, Bad Dad recently expanded distribution throughout Indianapolis, including in Gainbridge...
Bloomington, Ind. – Cardinal Spirits, the craft distillery in Bloomington, Ind., announces the release of its newest canned cocktail, Florita Tequila Soda, a fizzy summer sipper coming to shelves in 12 states and Washington D.C. starting in April. This bright and refreshing canned cocktail is a...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Friday nights are the official start of the weekend, and I can’t think of a better way to kick off your weekend than with a beerfest. Oh wait, yes I can… a beerfest at a baseball park which...
The beer/wine/spirits magazine, VinePair, posted a story by Niko Krommydas (illustrations by Ariela Basson) online on April 28 in which they asked 15 Midwest brewers who they thought was the most underrated MidWest Brewery. (story here: https://vinepair.com/articles/wa-beer-makers-most-underrated-midwestern-brewery/) Unsurprisingly, they got 15 answers. But the answers were...
Cornerstone festival and fundraiser, Beer Under Glass, headlines statewide celebration at Chicago Union Station on Friday, May 13 CHICAGO, Ill., April 1, 2022 – The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, the nonprofit trade association representing nearly 300 craft breweries across the state, today announced the return of Illinois...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap It’s human to resist change, and it’s human to assume that a change in something longstanding is going to be for the worse. “How could they mess with that? It’s been around for so long!” Or, “That was...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap Walter and I had a nice trip north to South Bend last Saturday, with five stops moving north to south as we made our way back to Indy. Everyone had a nice crowd and the beer was flowing...
by Mark E. Lasbury for Indiana On Tap There was a slight rift in the Indianapolis beer universe a couple of weeks ago, as Metaoza Brewing’s taproom was closed for five days. It was all hands on deck to redesign and redecorate the taproom and parts...
LOUISVILLE, KY. Ukrainian craft brewery Pravda reached out to the beer community via social media and opened their recipes to breweries around the globe in an effort to raise money and awareness for Ukraine. Their signature beer recipes were released for any brewery interested in...