A map has been released of the Bloomington Craft Beer Festival layout on the BCBF App a couple of days ago. If you tap the picture above on your phone you can zoom in and out. Looks like it’s going to be a fun time. Make sure to drop by the homebrew table located near the Firkins and say hi. We will only be pouring from 4-5pm, so make sure hit us up (You have to give BIMPer’s time to sample delicious brew too :)). We’ve got 7 brews to choose from while they last. Have a safe BCBF!
Bloomington Craft Beer Week App For IOS and Android
The Brewers of Indiana Guild have created a free app for IOS and Android for the events at this week’s Bloomington’s Craft Beer Week. The app includes a schedule of events, address information, a list participating breweries, links to taxi information, a camera feature, and even an embedded #BCBW Twitter feed. This should be pretty handy for peeps that are participating in more than just the Craft Beer Festival on Saturday. A list of the breweries registered for the Bloomington Craft Beer Festival has not officially been announced, but the app suggests that the following breweries will be there this week:
450 North Brewing Co.
Back Road Brewery
Bare Hands Brewery
Barley Island
Beer Is My Passion – We’ll have a booth from 4:00pm – 5:00pm @ BCBF
Bier Brewery
Big Woods Brewing Company
Black Acre Brewing Co
Black Swan Brewpub
Broad Ripple Brew Pub
Brugge Brasserie
Bulldog Brewing Company
Crown Brewery
Cutters Brewing Company
Danny Boy Beer Works
Daredevil Brewing Co
Das Big Dawg Brew Haus
Evil Czech Brewery
Figure Ei8ht Brewing
Flat 12 Bierworks
Fountain Square Brewery
Four Horseman Brewing Co.
Great Crescent Brewery
Half Moon Restaurant and Brewery
Hawcreek Brewing Company
Iechyd Da Brewing Co.
Lafayette Brewing Company
Lake City Tap House
Lil’ Charlie’s Restaurant and Brewery
Mad Anthony Brewing Company
Main St. Brewery at Turoni’s Pizza
New Albanian Brewing Company
New Boswell Brewing Company
Oaken Barrel Brewing Company
People’s Brewing Company
Power House Brewing Company
Ram Restaurant and Brewery Fishers and Downtown locations
Rock Bottom Restaurant Brewery – College Park and Downtown locations
Salt Creek Brewery
ShoreLine Brewery and Restaurant
Sun King Brewing Company
Thr3e Wise Men Brewery
Three Floyds Brewing
Three Pints Brewpub
Tin Man Brewing Company
Triton Brewing Company
Twisted Crew Brewing Company
Union Brewing Company
Upland Brewing Company
ZwanzigZ Pizza and Brewing
Upland’s 2nd Annual Sour Wild Funk Fest
Upland Brewing is hosting their second annual Sour Wild Funk Fest at Developer Town in Broad Ripple this May 11th from 1 to 5pm. Last year’s highlights included a raffle for Upland’s coveted Sour Reserve, a food pairing, and of course 50+ beers from 20+ breweries. Styles ranged from Lambic, Flanders, Farmhouse, and Saison and included locally brewed beers as well as beers from around the world. Some of my favorites from last year were Upland’s Gilgamesh, Goose Island’s Lolita, and Samuel Adams American Kriek. It’s a great small event for those looking to immerse your self in all things Sour. Tickets are onsale now, but going fast. Don’t miss out!
BIMP Participating at the 3rd Annual Bloomington Craft Beer Festival
Beer Is My Passion will be pouring at the 3rd Annual Bloomington Craft Beer Festival on April 13th at the historic Woolery Stone Mill. We’ve got some great beers to share for the event! Our booth will be open from 4:00pm to 5:00pm at the homebrewer clubs section of the event. Expect plenty of beer from breweries spanning across Indiana, along with live music from The Secret B-Sides and 220 Breakers. Tickets are onsale now through the Brewers of Indiana Guild website. There are three tiers of tickets: $50 for VIP (for entrance at 3pm instead of 4pm), $35 for General Admission, and $10 for a Designated Driver ticket. A portion of each ticket sale will be donated to the Monroe County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Here are some great photos taken by Ryan Dorgan from last years event!
New Albanian’s Gravity Head 2013 Event!
The Living Gravity Dead Outbreak is upon us! New Albanian celebrates “Gravity Heads” at their 15th annual Gravity Head event this year. This event spotlights beer of exceptional strength. All of their listed beers are over 8% abv. This should be a fantastic event, as they have over 60 kegs to tap from multiple breweries. On a side note, cabfare is encouraged. They have even setup a charity cab ride home with proceeds going to the Special Olympics and Polar Plunge 2013. Looking forward to this event!
First Annual BIMP Tour Revisited!
This tour was AMAZING! We packed up several empty coolers, mp3 players, and a small amount of luggage on a beer tour I’ll never forget. 8 people in a 12 passenger van forded through viscous wind, rain, and snow to visit some of the best breweries in the midwest. We hit Lafayette Brewing, Peoples Brewing, Crown Brewing, and Three Floyd’s on Day 1. Founders Brewing, Brewery Vivant, and Bell’s Brewing (where we enjoyed the wonderful musings of Keller Williams) on Day 2. Day 3 started a lot slower :), but we did manage to make an extended stop at Dark Horse Brewing before making the voyage back home. I personally sampled over 35 unique beers not distributed outside of the breweries, and also managed to bring home several rare bombers and a growler. What’s next for BIMP Beer Tours you ask? We are thinking about another trip North to Traverse City via train and working our way back to Indy. We definitely have more breweries to explore in the Grand Rapids, MI area. I’ll keep you posted. Thanks again to Keith, Michael, Lance, Ryan, Joe, Mikey, and Jenn for making this trip so enjoyable. Hope you had as good of a time as I did. Cheers!
BIMP Brewery Tour Embarks Tomorrow!
UPDATE ON THE BIMP BREWERY TOUR: I’ll be picking up the van tomorrow around 10am. I’d like to leave from my apartment complex (plenty of parking and you won’t get towed) AT 12PM. I currently have two midsized community coolers for people interested in purchasing beer along the way. If you have a small personal cooler that is welcome, we do ask if you are bringing a large cooler to please allow others to stow their brews as well. Keep in mind if you are planning on buying cases or bombers you may not have to refrigerate them. I would suggest that you pack light so we have more space in the van, but we should have plenty of room. Right now we are at 8 people who have reserved a seat. I’ll bring my FM Transmitter so we can play music off of ipods/phones/etc. Also, tickets are still available for Keller Williams at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe for $20-$25. The venue is super intimate (250 people capacity), and I’m sure will be a great time. Please call me, or shoot me an email at [email protected] if you have any last minute questions about the trip. I’ve sent out an email to everyone who has already reserved a seat with my address. Please be on time as we have a lot of breweries to hit over the next couple of days. Looking forward to an awesome adventure. Cheers!
BIMP’s Choice Picks for Winterfest 2013
The Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest 2013 is rapidly approaching, and we’ve selected a few brews to watch out for at the event this year. The full list is available at the Brewers of Indiana Guild page. There will be several high abv beers at this event, so PLEASE be safe and be responsible. Without further ado, here are our picks! See you at Winterfest
Corsair Rasputin Barrel Aged Spackle the Orb, Cask Conditioned Wakatube
Hopslam Ale, Harry Magill’s Spiced Stout
DFGIPA (Damn F*cking Good India Pale Ale), Belgian Dark Strong, or their Belgian Dubbel
Replicale Old Ale, Belgian Wit, Belgian Tripel, Belgian Session Ale
Hipster Bird Double Black IPA, Beard Tax Russian Imperial Stout
Gettin’ Figgy With It (Imperial Belgian Porter with fruit)
Winter Warlock
Lift Off West Coast IPA, Muse Belgian Golden Ale
Black Corridor w/Blueberries cask (Imperial Chocolate Ale), Dogma Dubbel
Secret Stache Stout
Farmageddon (Black Rye Saison)
1221 Imperial Stout, Backyard Porter
Imperial Porter (Aged in Templeton Rye Barrel)
Holly King (non-barrel-aged Replicale), Dirty Squirrel
Procrastinator Helles Bock, Ardelle 2012
Barrel-aged Apocalypto Barleywine
2009 Discombobulation Celebration Ale
Batch 333: The Velvet Fog, Batch 666: Sympathy for the Devil
McQueenies Scotch Ale, Old Lang Syne (Replicale)![DSCN0766-8x6[1]](https://beerismypassion.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/dscn0766-8x61.jpg?w=150)
Picadilly Pale Ale, Cannonball Doyle
Lil’ Sebastian ESB, Gilgamesh
Three Weeks Until Our BIMP Beer Tour
BIMP’s first brewery tour kicks off on January 30th. We’ll be renting a 15 passenger van for the trip with plenty of room for multiple coolers in the back for any special brews we buy along the way. We’ll also have a designated driver/chauffeur to take us to each brewery. The event kicks off on Wednesday January 30th at People’s Brewery in Lafayette, IN. From there, our forces will drive North towards Crown Brewery on our way up to Three Floyd’s Brewing Company where we will retire for the evening. I am planning on staying at the Fairfield Inn in Hammond, IN. The next day we’ll move towards Founder’s Brewery on our way to Bell’s Brewery. Keller Williams will be playing that night at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe on January 31st, which should be pretty sweet. I plan on staying at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo that night (It’s 1/2 mile from the brewery). The next day we’ll meander over to Dark Horse Brewery for lunch on our way to Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, as we slowly and surely move our jolly butts to Brugge Brasserie in Broad Ripple Indiana. How can we cap this evening off you say? Another night of Keller over at the Vogue on February 1st. You can reserve a yourself a seat for $60. This price covers all gas for the trip as well as the chauffeur that will take us to each brewery and drop us off at our hotels. I’m really looking forward to this trip and I hope you’ll come along.
BIMP Participating at Winterfest 2013!
You heard right folks, Beer Is My Passion will be participating at this year’s Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest at the Indiana State Fair on January 26th! What will we be doing you ask? Pouring delicious homebrew of course 🙂 We will be sharing the stage with 8 other Indiana Homebrew Clubs, each of which will be serving their mightiest homebrewed libations. I’ll be sure to update you all with a schedule of when our brews will be served. Hope to see you there!