28 Apr VinePair Names Daredevil Brewing as One of the Most Underrated Midwest Breweries
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 well reasoned, and I can attest that 12 of the 15 are indeed excellent producers with good philosophies and cultures. The list included:
- Keeping Together (Chicago)
- Nortons Brewing Company (Wichita, Kan.)
- StoneCloud Brewing Company (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
- Cedar Springs Brewing Company (Cedar Springs, Mich.)
- Greyline Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Art History Brewing (Geneva, Ill.)
- BlackStack Brewing (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Civil Life Brewing Company (St. Louis)
- American Solera (Tulsa, Okla.)
- Dovetail Brewery (Chicago)
- JAFB Wooster Brewery (Wooster, Ohio)
- Daredevil Brewing Co (Speedway, Ind.)
- Rockwell Beer Co. (St. Louis)
- Exit Strategy Brewing Co. (Forest Park, Ill.)
- Modist Brewing (Minneapolis)
As for Daredevil Brewing in Speedway, the interviewee said, “Daredevil Brewing in Indianapolis doesn’t care what beers are trending or what the latest gimmick is. It doesn’t brew anything for the ‘hype.’ It brews great beer for people who appreciate great beer. It brews just about every type of German lager there is and does them all very well. Its flagship, Lift Off, is a West Coast-style IPA bursting with citrus and pine hop aromas. There are not many breweries that can brew classic German lagers and American IPAs with the level of quality and consistency that Daredevil can, and for that, it has my respect. The brewery’s distribution footprint is slowly expanding, so hopefully, more Midwesterners can enjoy its offerings soon.” —Jeremy Anderson, quality control manager, New Holland Brewing, Holland, Mich.
High praise indeed and well deserved. Congratulations to founders Michael, Bill, and Shane, and to the entire crew at Daredevil for producing such well-regarded craft beer in Indiana.
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