Craft Beer--Beer Events Calendar--Information
FOUNTAIN SQUARE BREWING ANNOUNCES REOPENING DATE
Fountain Square Brewing recently announced that they will be reopening on Tuesday, March14th and will have a reopening party on Saturday, March 18th! You can see their post here.
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:
The following group of pictures show attendees at the event.
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:
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!
The brewery is temporarily closed until the sale is completed. Expected to reopen soon. See here!
Indiana brewers won seven medals at the recent 2022 Great American Beer Festival held in Denver, CO.
The winners are as follows:
Gold Medal:
Guggman Haus of Indianapolis for “Winner’s Milk Jug” in the Sweet Stout or Cream Stout Category.
Silver Medal:
Black Dog Brewing of Mooresville for “Saison” in the Brett Beer specialty cited by Category sponsor Wyeast Laboratories.
Sun King of Indianapolis for “Soul Shakedown Party,” Experimental Wood-Aged beer.
Bronze Medal:
Danny Boy Beer Works of Carmel for “Danny Brau,” a German-style Doppelbock or Eisbock.
FLIX Brewhouse of Carmel for ”Inside the Moon” Stout.
Hop River Brewing of Fort Wayne for “Every Hop is Sacred” in the English Mild or Bitter category.
Taxman Brewing Company of Bargersville for “La Maison,” American-Belgo Style Ale.
Although not as impressive a win for Hoosier breweries as in the past two years, it still shows that Indiana has a vibrant, quality beer community!