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Indy Craft Pass – On the Quest Day Six

On day six of the quest, Hoppy visited Fountain Square Brewery, (including New Day Craft Mead & Cider), as well as BrewDog Brewing, Hotel Tango Distillery, and Ash & Elm Cider.

At Fountain Square Brewery, Hoppy drank a Soul Ride IPA clocking in at 6.7% ABV, 69 IBU. While there, he also sampled a mead from New Day Craft, which is owned by Fountain Square, but whose tasting room is closed. (They will open a new tasting room in the future at their production facility at the Circle City Industrial Complex.) You can currently obtain your Indy Craft Pass check-in, for New Day Craft, at Fountain Square Brewery.

Hoppy particularly likes New Day’s slogan, “Every New Day Is An Adventure.”

Other beverages imbibed on day six of the quest included:

BrewDog – Elvis Juice IPA – 6.5% ABV, 40 IBU

Hotel Tango – American Straight Bourbon Whiskey – 90 Proof

Ash & Elm – Extra Special Dry Cider – wild fermented with a tannic finish – 7.2%

Indy Craft Pass – On the Quest Day Five

Visits to Sun King Brewery Indianapolis, Easley Winery, Metazoa Brewing and Indiana City Brewing comprised the quest on day five.

Easley Winery was only open for curb service, but Jess provided me with the check-in and the free wine glass offered on the Indy Craft Pass. She also placed the following sticker on the door to the winery:

At Sun King, Hoppy sipped a Hot Rod Lincoln Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Chocolate & Cherries (11.4% ABV, 50 IBU), while at Indiana City, he drank a Cloud Creations DDH Hazy IPA (7.5% ABV), and at Metazoa, he quaffed a Hoppopotamus IPA (7% ABV, 70 IBU). At Metazoa, he also enjoyed a conversation with John Hall, the head brewer.

Hoppy is making significant progress on his quest and may be able to complete it ahead of schedule, within eight days!

Indy Craft Pass – On the Quest Day Four

Day four on the quest included stops at Mashcraft on Delaware, Centerpoint, TwoDEEP and St. Joseph breweries.

Today’s beers included Crafted Mash Vol. VI, a Russian Imperial Stout (9.5% ABV, 16 IBU), from Mashcraft; a Second Chances DDH American IPA (7.3% ABV) from St. Joseph; a Vanilla Blood Orange IPA (5.2% ABV, 51 IBU) from Centerpoint; and a Grande hefe-hefeweisen (4.7% ABV, 16 IBU) from TwoDEEP.

Indy Craft Pass – On the Quest Day Three

Hoppy begins day three at Upland Brewing in Carmel followed by both Upland Brewing and Sun King Brewing in Broad Ripple, and then Bier Brewery in Indy.

Recap after Day Three

Hoppy has found, that due to COVID-19, many more beer styles are available at this time of year than usual, such as barrel-aged stouts. Some of the beers sampled have been experimental brews including Nex IPA: Experiment #9 from Daredevil, which is a New England Style IPA (8% ABV, 80 IBU). Another would be Mashcraft Vine #3 Experimental Ale with Chardonnay Grape Must (7% ABV).

Others have been seasonal ales that included GFJ from Sun King which has a grapefruit flavor from the Warrior, Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial hops (7.7% ABV, 77 IBU)

Peach Sour Ale, which is barrel-aged on whole peaches (5.6% ABV), and Oak & Rose Sour Ale aged in wine barrels on chambourcin grapes (5.8% ABV) were both sampled at Upland.

The following were brewery year-round beers that were enjoyed:

Bier PDG Pale Ale (6% ABV, 74 IBU

Guggman Haus Great Day IPA (6.7% ABV, 75 IBU)

Big Woods – Quaff On! QFTO IPA (6.5% ABV, 75 IBU)

Hoppy also enjoyed taster samples of Napa Valley red wines from, Indiana owned, Peace Water Winery.

Indy Craft Pass – On the Quest Day Two

Hoppy continues on his quest to obtain a mug. He visits Mashcraft and Sun King Breweries in Fishers and Daredevil Hall in Indy.

Continue to follow Hoppy on his quest.

Indy Craft Pass – On the Quest

Hoppy has been negligent and forgetful in acquiring the necessary check-ins (35), in order to receive a ceramic stein, by completing the requirements of Indy Craft Pass. His efforts in obtaining the necessary check-ins, within a ten day period, will be documented on this blog. (Please note: Participants have a full YEAR to complete the process, but Hoppy is running short on his year’s time period.)

If you should attempt to do the same, please remember to wear a mask, practice social distancing and wash your hands. Also, if doing more than one check-in in a day, please limit your alcohol consumption, have a designated driver, or use a rideshare company.

On the Quest – Day One

Hoppy visited the following locations:

As you can see Hoppy visited Guggman Haus Brewing, Daredevil Brewery, Big Woods – Speedway, and Peace Water Winery – Carmel on day one.