Wildrose Craft Brewery Blossoms In Griffith

GRIFFITH | A group of guys and a girl who lived on Wildrose Lane in Schererville all got into home brewing around the same time four years ago.

They won a few awards, got great reviews at the popular Highland craft beer bar Beer Geeks and realized their home brews tasted as good as if not better than many craft beers on the market. They talked about whether they should go pro, and finally decided to make their craft a career. Wildrose Brewing Co. took root.

Brewers David DeJong, Karen DeJong, Ed Halajcsik, Tony Nichols, Kevin Krippel and their landlord collectively invested about $750,000 to turn a former warehouse into Griffith’s largest craft brewery, which opens at noon Saturday. Wildrose, 1104 E. Main St., features a seven-barrel brewing system, a 2,000-square-foot bar with restaurant seating, and a spacious patio with cornhole and a garage door that opens into the bar.

If you Google it, you might find out there’s already a Wild Rose Brewery in Calgary, Alberta. Canadians don’t always read carefully, at least after a few beers, because they’ve reviewed the new Northwest Indiana brewery’s beer on online sites, even though it isn’t distributed there, David DeJong said… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT NWI TIMES