Craft Beer--Beer Events Calendar--Information
Hoppy visited Primeval Brewing in Noblesville on Saturday. While there, he imbibed a Maxwell International IPA clocking in at 6.4% ABV, 81 IBU. It is named after the Maxwell Motorcars dealership that opened in their taproom space in 1912. Maxwell can be seen painted on the old brick wall in the bar area, which adds to the history of the brewpub. Photos follow.
Hoppy attended the Bier Brewery/Two Chicks & A Hammer Parking Lot Party at Bier Brewery – Indy on Friday evening to celebrate their collaborative beer release. The beer is named Porch Party and it is a session tart ale with lime and salt. It is 4% ABV, 6.3 IBU. More information on the event can be found here. The party included a meet & greet with Mina Starsiak Hawk of Two Chicks & A Hammer and other members of the HGTV Good Bones TV show. Pictures from the event follow.
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!
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.
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
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.
