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BOOKS & BREWS MOTHERSHIP – INDY

BOOKS & BREWS MOTHERSHIP – INDY

On Friday afternoon Hoppy made a quick stop at Books & Brews to quaff a Rad Brewing Half Cycle IPA at 6% ABV, 72 IBU and sample a Books & Brews, A Barrel to Arms Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale at 8.8% ABV, 32 IBU. He was happy to see his sticker on their sticker wall!

Draft List
Sticker Wall
In Case You Missed Hoppy
Hoppy Wants to Know, Are Three Appearances In Same Photo Enough?

GOODWOOD BREWING – INDY

GOODWOOD BREWING – INDY

I visited Goodwood Brewing’s recently opened location in Indianapolis last Thursday where I enjoyed dinner and a flight of their beers. The ales that I sampled were Bourbon Barrel Ale, a dark ale at 6% ABV, 33 IBU; Bourbon Barrel Stout, a double stout at 8% ABV, 33 IBU; Goodwood IPA at 6.9% ABV, 67 IBU; and Ales for ALS IPA at 6% ABV, 40 IBU.

Should the location look familiar, it is the former location of The Ram. Pictures follow.

Exterior
Exterior
Exterior
Dining Room
Entryway Merchandise Area
Bar Seating Area
Flight
TV Draft List
Draft List With Description
Ales for ALS Information
Bar

MUNCIE BREWERIES – ELM STREET BREWING

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

Picture Says It
Entrance
Restaurant Seating
Tapromm & Bar
Elm Street Draft List
Guest Beer List
Bar
Seating Area
Sticker Wall
In Case You Missed Hoppy
Outdoor Seating and Entertainment Stage

MUNCIE BREWERIES – THE GUARDIAN

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.

Knight at Entrance
Bar with Draft Beers on Wall
Brewery
Taproom/Dining
What’s this, Hoppy? I told you just a little sip!!!
Bar area with art & t-shirt wall
Outdoor seating & stage
Wall Logo

URBAN VINES WINERY & BREWERY

URBAN VINES WINERY & BREWERY

I visited Urban Vines last weekend and I had an enjoyable time quaffing a couple of ales and listening to the Grace Scott Band on a beautiful evening. I drank a Beez Neez Double IPA at 9.2% ABV and 78 IBU as well as a Monk’s Breakfast Belgian Tripel at 8.7% ABV and 20 IBU. For more information check out Sherman Burdette’s reporting from this week on FOX 59.

Entrance Signage
Exterior
Bar Area
Wine Bottle Chandelier
Outdoor Seating & Stage
View from Outdoor Seating

BEERCATION – Dublin, Ohio

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.

North High Brewpub
Main Floor Bar and Seating
Upstairs Dining Area
Main Floor Bar/Taproom View From Upstairs
Bar View From Upsatairs
Basement Seating Area
Year Round Draft List
Seasonal and Limited Release Draft List
Hopes West Coast IPA
North High Brewpub

This ends the Beercation.

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

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