Brewery Visits

MUNCIE BREWERIES – ELM STREET BREWING

The last Muncie stop was at Elm Street Brewing. There I had a flight of one of their beers as well as three guest taps. These included:

Elm Street Nonchalant On Most Occasions, a double IPA dry hopped with Cryo Citra, Cryo Mosaic,, Sabro and huge amounts of Barbe Rouge hops, 7.5% ABV 62 IBU.

Half Acre Fully Saturated Double Daisy Cutter Imperial IPA 8% ABV

18th Street Cone Crusher Imperial IPA 8.6% ABV

Lagunitas The Waldo’s Special Ale (2021) Triple IPA 11.7% ABV 100 IBU

MUNCIE BREWERIES – THE GUARDIAN

I visited two breweries in Muncie yesterday and enjoyed quaffing some flights. My first visit was at The Guardian where I sampled four of their brews as listed below:

The Rez, their flagship American IPA brewed with CTZ and Mosaic hops 7% ABV, 81 IBU. Azacca Smash, a single hop (Azacca) and single malt (American 2 row barley) double pale ale 7.75% ABV, 50 IBU Haze Tupid, a New England style IPA brewed with Citra, Cascade, Mosaic and Idaho 7 hops 6.8% ABV 47 IBU Five Dots, a vanilla porter 6% ABV 34 IBU.

BEERCATION – Dublin, Ohio

If you identified the Field of Corn from my last post, as being in Dublin, OH, you were correct. The last stop on the beercation was at North High Brewing in this city. The brewpub was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior as The Artz House, which was originally built as a farmhouse by the Artz family in 1890.

The brewpub is located on North High Street and their motto is, “Beer so good, they named a street after us…” I enjoyed a west coast IPA, named Hopes, at the pub. It was 6.8% ABV and 70 IBU. Images of, and at, the North High Brewpub follow.

This ends the Beercation.

Hoppy is now happy to be back home again in Indiana where he awaits more adventures!

BEERCATION – New York – Finger Lakes Region

This stop on the trip was the Finger Lakes area of NY.

The answer to this question is Ithaca. Hoppy, being thirsty, proceeded to the nearest brewery.

At Ithaca Beer I quaffed a Flower Power IPA, which was named by Food and Wine as one of the most important American craft beers ever brewed. It was 7.2% ABV and 75 IBU.

The next stop on the trip was Hopshire Farm and Brewery in Freeville, NY. Here I enjoyed a flight of beers. These included Beehave, a Honey Ale at 5.2% ABV and 10 IBU, Brambles, a Raspberry Wheat Ale with 4.8% ABV and 20 IBU, Shire Ale, a Scottish Ale clocking in at 7.8% ABV and 30 IBU, Near Varna, an IPA at 7.5 % ABV and 74 IBU and Sympathy, a Belgian Strong Golden Ale with 7.9% ABV and 25 IBU.

Following are images from Hopshire Brewery.

This ends the New York State portion of the trip. From the next picture can you identify the last stop on the Beercation.

BEERCATION – Delaware

The first brewery stop in Delaware was Thompson Island in Rehoboth Beach. Here I enjoyed some mussels along with a Motueka Smash, a west coast IPA made with pale malt and Motueka hops with an ABV of 6.8%. It is described as having notes of stone fruit, tropics and pine.

The next stop in Delaware was, you guessed it, Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton. It was here where I had a flight of tasting room exclusives that included Festina Peche, a Sour Fruited Berliner Weisse with a 4.5% ABV and 8 IBU, I Hear You Like Talus, an American IPA at 6.8% ABV and 40 IBU, Negronia, a farmhouse ale aged in Dogfish Head Distilling Co. Mellowtious Gin barrels, infused with botanicals at 10% ABV, Saison Verdante, a farmhouse saison clocking in at 5.5% ABV with 20 IBU.

The last stop in Delaware was back in Rehoboth Beach at the Dogfish Head Chesapeake & Maine Restaurant, where I enjoyed their $15 Maine lobster dinner along with Dogfish Head Brewery and Distillery offerings.

This concludes the Delaware visit. On to New York State.

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BEERCATION – Virginia

The first stop in Virginia was Adroit Theory Brewing in Purcellville. Here I enjoyed their Death Ronin IPA a 6.5% ABV DDH made with Simcoe, Strata and Columbus hops and a Confessions Russian Imperial Stout at 16.5% ABV. The latter is described as having enough malty sweetness to conceal the booziness while also contrasting bold roasted notes of coffee and dark chocolate.

The last stop in Virginia was Eavesdrop Brewery in Yorkshire. Here I sampled the Armando Farmhouse Ale – Saison, 8% ABV, 22 IBU and the Saxon Monk Belgian Tripel, 11% ABV, 22 IBU. I also drank a Falcon Smash IPA (7% ABV) from Triple Crossings Brewing out of Richmond.

This concludes the Virginia visit. The next stop will be Delaware.