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CONGRATS ARE DUE TO INDIANAPOLIS BREWERIES, ESPECIALLY KISMETIC, GUGGMAN HAUS & SUN KING

CONGRATS ARE DUE TO INDIANAPOLIS BREWERIES, ESPECIALLY KISMETIC, GUGGMAN HAUS & SUN KING

USA TODAY recently had a number of Top Ten lists relative to beer in the United States. Indianapolis was ranked third in the Best Beer City competition. (Indy has been close to the top for the last few years.) For the best beer city results click here.

Kismetic Brewing finished 2nd in the country in the ten best new breweries category. Those results can be found here.

Guggman Haus Brewing captured 2nd in the best beer garden results. This ranking can be found here.

Sun King Brewing garnered 5th place for their Indy Pale Ale in the best beer label category. For those results click here.

You can find more information relative to each of these breweries buy doing a search on beerblogIN.com.

INDIANA PLACES TWO BREWERIES IN TOP TEN AT 2023 U.S. OPEN BEER CHAMPIONSHIP

INDIANA PLACES TWO BREWERIES IN TOP TEN AT 2023 U.S. OPEN BEER CHAMPIONSHIP

With more than 9,000 beers in 147 categories, Flix Brewhouse in Carmel, excelled by placing second in the competition. Sun King Brewery in Indianapolis also did Indiana proud by finishing tied for fifth in the event. The top ten breweries in the competition were as follows:

Top 10 Breweries in 2023โ€™s U.S. Open Beer Championships
1. Toppling Goliath Brewing โ€” Iowa
2. Flix Brewhouse โ€“ Carmel โ€“ Indiana
3. Schulz Brau Brewing โ€“ Tennessee
4. Urban Artifact โ€“ Ohio
5. Boulevard Brewing Company โ€“ Missouri
5. Bull & Bush Brewery โ€“ Colorado
5. New Heights Brewery โ€“ Tennessee
5. Sun King Brewery โ€“ Indiana
9. Pontoon Brewing โ€“ Georgia
10. Lupulin Brewing Company โ€“ South Dakota
10. Woodland Farm Brewery โ€“ New York

Flix Brewhouse won three gold medals and one silver, in the following categories:

German Hefeweizen – Gold for Who Is This Hans?

Mรผnchner Dunkel – Gold for Dunkel Dimension

Foreign Stout – Gold for Inside the Moon

Gose – Silver for Ursula’s Agreement

Sun King won two gold medals, three silver and two bronze in the following categories:

Barrel-aged Fruit Beer – Gold for Barrel Berry Smash

Barrel-aged Quad/Belgian Dark – Gold for Diddy Muckle

Belgian-style Fruit Beer – Silver for Cherry Berry Cuvee

International-style Pilsner – Silver for Pachanga

Golden or Blonde Ale – Silver for Sunlight Cream Ale

Barrel-aged Brett/Wild Beer – Bronze for Brett Fusion

Barrel-aged Pale Beer – Bronze for Lonesome Dove

Other Indiana winners follow:

Metazoa Brewing won two gold medals and one silver medal in the following categories:

Heller Bock/Maibock Beer – Gold for Ain’t Afraid of No Goats

Mรผnchner Helles – Gold for Lagerhead Turtle

Kellerbier or Zwickelbier – Silver for Good Boy

Bier Brewery won one each of gold, silver and bronze medals.

ESB – Gold for ESB

Rye/Roggen Beer – Silver for Roggenschnizzle

Pumpkin – Bronze for Pumpkin Ale

Byway Brewing won a gold medal in the Rye/Roggen beer category for Rye Bob.

Grand Junction Brewing won a silver and bronze medal in the following categories:

Belgian-style Blonde Ale – Silver for Belgian Spy Balloon

ESB – Bronze for Westfield Underground ESB

Daredevil Brewing won a silver medal in the American Premium Lager category for Indy Lager.

Taxman Brewing won a silver medal in the American Berry/Fruit Beer โ€“ Lime category for Expat: Key Lime.

Hop River Brewing won a bronze medal in the Strong Bock/Doppelbock category for Express Elevator.

Hoppy congratulates the winners on another great showing for Indiana breweries!

The complete list of winners can be found here.

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
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