BAD DAD BREWING GETS KUDOS FOR ITS BILLBOARDS & MARKETING

BAD DAD BREWING GETS KUDOS FOR ITS BILLBOARDS & MARKETING

Bad Dad Brewing was highlighted today on Fox 59 for their innovative billboards and marketing. You can check it out here.

From Bad Dad Brewing Co. Facebook Page

They will be hosting a Bad Dad Day this Saturday, June 18th, from 4-10 pm, at their brewery in Fairmount. There will be axe throwing cages (5pm-7pm) with Anarchy Axe Throwing, live music with Wilder Kind, and vendors selling cigars, beef jerky and beard products! They will be giving away some prizes and crowning the 2022 Bad Dad of the Year!

Hoppy’s visit to Bad Dad, last year, can be seen here.

FOUR DAY RAY BREWING VISIT

FOUR DAY RAY BREWING VISIT

Yesterday Hoppy visited Four Day Ray Brewing in Fishers. Their name recalls their Nickel Plate District heritage drawn from the nickname of a railroad employee who continually called off work one day per week.

While there, Hoppy drank a flight of four beers that included the following:

Strawberry Lemonade Blonde which is described as having soft aromas and flavors of strawberries and cream with lemon citrus. The slightly tart finish is dry and refreshing. 4.5% ABV, 8 IBU.

Fishin For Hopliments, a Pale Ale brewed with Mackinac hops from Crazy Horse. It is fermented cold like a lager but hopped like a pale ale. It is bursting with pineapple and orange juice flavor and aroma. 5.4% ABV, 35 IBU.

Monks Blood Belgian Dubbel with dark fruit and grape nut aroma with hints of toffee, pleasant clove and esters with fruitiness in the finish. 7.2% ABV.

Monks Tears Belgian Quadrupel has an earthy aroma of spice, dark fruit and caramel. The flavor starts off with a caramel sweetness followed by fruity date characteristics and finishes with fresh plum as you exhale. 10.5% ABV.

Artwork in Entryway
Exterior
Signage
Exterior
Exterior
Exterior
No it Doesn’t Stand For the Name Of a Former President, but the Name of the Brewery!
Outdoor Seating
Outdoor Seating
Brewery
Brewery & Seating
Taps & Merchandise in Brewery Area
Brewery Area Seating
Draft List
Hoppy’s Flight Listed from Right to Left
Printed Beer Menu with Description
Look for Hoppy!
Taproom Seating
Taproom Seating & Wall Decor
Main Bar
Tap Handles
Taproom with View of Outdoor Seating
Taproom from Stairwell
Upstairs Bar

BARE HANDS BREWERY VISIT

BARE HANDS BREWERY VISIT

Hoppy’s last visit of June 4th took place at Bare Hands Brewery in Granger. He’s a fan of their year round beers, the Westy IPA, and thai.p.a., but on this day he went for higher octane brews. This included a glass of A Ton Load Citra described as a single hopped hazy DIPA. A simple grain bill of American 2-row Barley, White Wheat and Oats combine with premium honey and Vermont Ale Yeast to create a clean, soft base to showcase the selected hop. A ton of hops were added during whirlpool, and loads more for a dry hop to display its unique qualities. It is 8% ABV, 50 IBU.

Hoppy also sampled a Honey Badger DIPA, stated as fearless enough to raid a bee hive to fill itself with luscious honey backed by American malts and the elusive Citra hop. Pungent hop flavor and aroma are balanced by hints of sweet malt and honey and a moderate bitter finish. 10% ABV, 85 IBU.

Signage
Exterior & Outdoor Seating
Entrance
Draft List & Taps
Taproom
Bar, Merchandise & Mug Club Glassware
Bar/Taproom
Brewery Picture Taken by Jakobi
Stickers at Bar
Hoppy Wishing He Could Get at the Westy!

EVIL CZECH BREWING AND PUBLIC HOUSE VISIT

EVIL CZECH BREWING AND PUBLIC HOUSE VISIT

First, congratulations to the Evil Czech himself, George Pesek, who recently reached the summit of Mt. Everest! Not only did he reach the summit, but he brought along a can of Leprechaun Holy Water, a club soda that is made by Evil Czech Brewery.

While at the Pub in Mishawaka, however, Hoppy opted for something containing alcohol along with, you guessed it, a bunch of hops.

That would be a pint of Evil Czechmunk, a West Coast IPA described as moderately bitter with a medium dry body, a floral nose that mingles with grapefruit, Meyer lemon & slight pine. It is 6.8% ABV, 40 IBU.

He also enjoyed a sample of the Three 6 Hoppia Triple IPA. It is described as a medium bodied assertively hopped triple IPA. It showcases hops grown in the Southern Hemisphere, giving this beer a huge aroma of strawberries, papaya and tropical fruit. It clocks in at 9.6% ABV, 79 IBU.

Exterior Window with Reflection
Brewery & Public House
Signage
Outdoor Art
Outdoor Art
Family Seating
Seating w/Brewery View
Brewery
Taproom Seating
Decor
Bar
Bar Stage Area
Bar Stage Area
Tap Handles & Beer Flight Paddles
Beers on Draft

Printed Draft List
Bar w/Sticker Door. Pivo means beer in Czech.
Yes, Hoppy Was Here!
Merchandise Area
Outdoor Seating
Outdoor Seating & The Bird Cage Outdoor Stage
Evil Czech Double Decker Bus

STUDEBAKER BREWING COMPANY VISIT

STUDEBAKER BREWING COMPANY VISIT

Hoppy visited Studebaker Brewing Company yesterday. It is located in the Studebaker Family Mansion, aka Tippecanoe Place, in South Bend. The original building was completed in 1889 from funds earned by Clement Studebaker as president of the “Largest Wagon Manufacturer in the World.” More information on the mansion can be found here.

The Studebaker Brewing Co., whose slogan is “Hops & History,” opened to the public in October 2018.

While there, Hoppy enjoyed a Milk the Stonks Sweet Milk Stout about which they state, “We like this stonk! Brewed with cocoa nibs and lactose, we’ll hold this stonk with diamond hands as we rocket to the moon!” It is 5% ABV, 21 IBU.

Exterior
Entrance
Taproom
Bar
Bar Overlooking Staircase
Bar
Decor
Mural and Seating
Draft List
Milk the Stonks
Logo Glass
Taps & ND Flag (What does that stand for?) LOL
Staircase
Exterior
Exterior

KISMETIC BEER COMPANY VISIT

KISMETIC BEER COMPANY VISIT

Hoppy visited Kismetic Beer on Saturday for the Race Into 201 Studios event. Like Scarlet Lane, Kismetic is a woman owned business with owner Nicole Oesch, who handles the front end of the business, collaborating with her husband Randy, who is the brewer. They are located in a 100+ year old building and their interior design is a retro chic 1970’s style.

While visiting, Hoppy had his first taste of a Cold IPA! No, a Cold IPA is not a refrigerated IPA, nor is it a form of Ice Beer popular in the 1990’s. A Cold IPA is described as a hybrid beer using lager yeast and pilsner malts brewed at higher temperatures than a traditional lager, with a large number of hops. Wayfinder Beer, out of Portland, Oregon, who made the first Cold IPA in October of 2018, describes it as follows: “Cold IPA hits with a strong punch of aromatic hop intensity and high bitterness but finishes crisp and clean leaving the drinker craving another sip. It’s Wester than West Coast.”

Hoppy enjoyed the Kismetic Cold IPA described as crisp and dry with aromas of pine and citrus, bitter and crisp on the palate. It is dry hopped at the end of fermentation to achieve fruit forward bio transformation. It clocked in at 6.4% ABV, 50 IBU.

A recent video on Kismetic Brewing can be found here.

Exterior
Wall Decor/Seating
Bar
Bar/Seating Area
Bar from Back Entrance
Bar/Seating
Merchandise/Jukebox Area
Seating Area
Fireplace & Point of Sale Area
Tap Handles/Decor
Bar
Draft List
Hoppy Did It Again – Empty Beer Glass
Logo

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