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PRIMEVAL BREWING WINS BIG AT 2023 INDIANA BREWERS’ CUP

PRIMEVAL BREWING WINS BIG AT 2023 INDIANA BREWERS’ CUP

Primeval won both the 2023 Indiana Brewery of the Year and the 2023 Grand Champion Brewery of the Year! Primeval Brewing won based on their strong overall showing and the fact that they had four first place finishes among their eight medals. These were for Chompinator (Strong European Beer), Titus (German Wheat and Rye Beer), My Pretty Irish Girl (British & Irish Stouts), and Spring Fling (Saison).

Sun King Brewing – Indianapolis, won the most medals at the event, nine, but only one of those was for first place, Sunlight Cream Ale (Pale American Beer). Sun King Brewing – Fishers, won an additional three medals.

Black Dog Brewing won the Best in Show Beer for their Barrel Aged Current Mood #3 Imperial Stout. They won an additional five medals, as well.

Pax Verum Brewing won four medals. One of these was a gold medal for an Indiana Ingredients Beer, Thirteen and Thirty-Two Thiolized NEIPA.

You can find the overall results here.

Hoppy’s visits to each of these breweries can be found under brewery visits on this website!

DARK LORD DAY FESTIVAL RETURNS

DARK LORD DAY FESTIVAL RETURNS

3 Floyds has announced that the Dark Lord Day Festival is returning for 2023. (It had been cancelled for the last three years due to COVID-19.) Information that they provided regarding the event is listed below:


DARK LORD DAY / 

MAY 20, 2023 / 9 TO 9 /

3 FLOYDS BREWING / MUNSTER, INDIANA

Tickets on sale March 18 at 12pm CDT

A Dark Lord ticket includes festival admission / metal show / 1 bottle of 2023 Dark Lord Imperial Stout / 3 bottles of 2023 Dark Lord variants at random / tote bag.

A Deluxe Dark Lord ticket includes festival admission / access to Deluxe tent / metal show / 1 bottle of 2023 Dark Lord Imperial Stout / 3 bottles of 2023 Dark Lord variants at random / Dark Lord merch package / tote bag.

The Deluxe tent is located in the stage lot and includes access to an exclusive bar featuring rare 3 Floyds beer with tap times, private restrooms, and a separate food tent.

Dark Lord tickets are $200 each, plus taxes and fees. Deluxe Dark Lord tickets are $333 each, plus taxes and fees. Limit two tickets per person. These are the only tickets available to attend Dark Lord Day. You must have a ticket to enter the festival. No reselling. No refunds. No transfers. This is a 21+ event.

A presale will open on March 17 at 12pm CDT for customers who purchased 2022 Dark Lord packages. The presale code will be emailed to eligible customers prior to the presale.

BLACK ACRE BREWING’S FINAL DAY – INDIANAPOLIS

BLACK ACRE BREWING’S FINAL DAY – INDIANAPOLIS

Another sad day for a decade’s old brewery in Indianapolis. Today not only marks the closing of Black Acre Brewing, but also their 11th anniversary celebration.

They began as a small three-barrel brew system at their taproom in the Irvington area, and eventually expanded to a 15bbl brew system in an offsite production facility on Bonna Avenue. They suffered setbacks including a fire at their taproom in December,2019, COVID-19, and its devasting effect on business, and most recently, pipes bursting at Black Acre’s production facility which damaged their reverse osmosis water filtration system. This has prevented them from brewing any more beer.

Should you be reading this today, and wish to attend, the closing/anniversary party, it will be continuing until midnight.

We wish the owners and their employees nothing but the best in their future endeavors!

Breaking News: Scarlet Lane Brewing will be taking over the taproom of Black Acre Brewing, in Irvington, in the near future. See video.

Photos from today’s event follow:

Outside Seating

The following group of pictures show attendees at the event.

Draft List
Black Acre Co-Owner Holly Miller

INDIANA CITY BREWING SEND-OFF – INDIANAPOLIS

INDIANA CITY BREWING SEND-OFF – INDIANAPOLIS

It is always sad when a craft brewery closes their doors, but in this case, it is especially so. Indiana City Brewing has had a decade long run and are located in a historic building that once housed the Home Brewing Company with roots back to 1891. (Their brands included Home Brew, Columbia, and Indiana ale and porter.)

Hoppy attended a taproom takeover send-off event last night, that was hosted by the Indy Beer Meetup Group, at the brewery. (If you are not already a member, you should consider joining the Indy Beer group!)

If you wish to visit Indiana City, they expect to be open and serving beer into next week. Please check their website or give them a call to make sure that they are open.

We wish the owner and the employees nothing but the best in their future endeavors!

Pictures from the event follow:

Exterior
Atendees
Bar
Attendees
Bar
Draft List
Attendees
Attendees
Event Room from Prior Visit

THE BEST BEER OF EVERY TYPE – THREE FLOYDS CLAIMS THREE

THE BEST BEER OF EVERY TYPE – THREE FLOYDS CLAIMS THREE

Stacker just released their list of the best beer of every type based on rankings by Beer Advocate. See here.

Indiana’s Three Floyds Brewing was listed the best in three categories, including the number one overall ranked beer!

Their winners and overall rankings in the 35 categories are as follows:

Number 1 – Russian Imperial Stout – Marshmallow Handjee

Number 8 – American Pale Ale – Zombie Dust

Number 35 – Irish Red Ale – Brian Boru

Congrats to Three Floyds!

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