Indy Beer News – March 19th, 2014

IndyBeerNews_logoTime to catch up on some Indy Beer News podcasts! This week’s episode includes information on a 3 Floyds tap takeover happening at Broad Ripple Tavern at noon today featuring Live a Rich Life (a personal favorite of mine), Sun King releasing two packs of Lonesome Dove (Batch 777 Touched by and Angel), and a Barrel Age Replicale Tapping at Tomlinson Tap! Indy Beer News also had a chance to sit down with Sun King’s Clay Robinson for a 45 minute talk on Indy Beer Legislation, Distilleries, and craft beer’s entry into the State Fair for the first time since 1947.

Indy Beer News – March 19th, 2014

Indy Beer New 2014 Legislation Episode

Indy Beer News – Holiday Beer Edition

Mmmm Delicious ChildBeer Is My Passion had a blast with Bill Jimerson of Indy Beer News, along with Eric Baker of The Biercast, Cari Crowe of Mass Ave Pub, Benjamin Sutton of Indiana Brew Haus, and our own Jenn Myers and Erik Howell. The lineup was a great selection of beers available around the holidays. We covered Great Lakes Christmas Ale, Flat 12 Lacto-Matic Milk StoutBBC Winter Ale, BBC Krampus Dark Strong Ale, Sun King Sink The Clipper Imperial ESB, Powerhouse White River Brown Ale, Powerhouse Diesel Oil Stout, Daredevil JWP Stout, and finished with Upland Bourbon Barrel Teddy Bear Kisses. Great time with people who are passionate about craft beer. Here’s the podcast:

Indy Beer News

Some of my favorites that night included the Powerhouse Diesel Oil Stout, Daredevil JWP, and Bourbon Barrel Teddy Bear Kisses, however they were all pretty fantastic. Have a listen, and grab some of these great brews as they will be gone before you know it. Cheers!

Inside Indiana Business Craft Beer Show

Inside Indiana Business will be airing their Indiana Craft Beer Show on Friday October 11th. The episode was filmed inside Sun King, and features talks with Sun King, Three Floyd’s, and Bier Brewery.

Bottoms up! Move over Budweiser and Miller, there’s a craft beer movement and Indiana is getting more than just foam.

This week, a special edition of Inside INdiana Business coming to you from Sun King Brewing Company in downtown Indianapolis focused on the growing business of beer.

We’ll talk with some of the biggest players behind the Hoosier craft beer movement. The show airs in Indianapolis: Friday night on WFYI at 7:30 and Sunday morning on WTHR at 11. It can also be seen on a dozen other channels around the state

Find listings in your area here: http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/listings.asp

Haha, on a side note. Here’s Aric Hartvig chugging a beer 🙂

CANvitational Revisited

IMAG0168 IMAG0180 IMAG0178 IMAG0177IMAG0176 IMAG0175 IMAG0174 IMAG0172 IMAG0170 IMAG0169Great times at Sun King CANvitational. We got to sample some great canned beer and help support the Arts Council of Indianapolis Power2Give. What a great day for a beer festival! Perfect weather, good food, and of course beer. Well done!

Sun King CANvitational PROMO CODE

CANvitational

We are super excited about Sun King’s first ever CANvitational this weekend. Even more so knowing there is a promo code for a reduced price General Admission ticket. Use the promo code CANLOVE to get $20 off normal admission. This event takes place at Pan Am Plaza on the 100 block of Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis this Saturday September 28th from 1-5pm. The event is held in conjunction with The Arts Council of Indianapolis’s Power2Give initiative, which helps support organizations with particularly special projects in the community. The Arts Council grants the city’s arts-related funds through competitive grant programs, provides fellowships to talented artists in all disciplines, participates in and leads community initiatives in the arts, elevates artists and arts organizations through increased visibility and programming, public art programs for the city of Indianapolis, and convenes groups and encourages collaboration in the arts. For a first run, Sun King has brought some tremendous names to Indy, including breweries that don’t typically make it to Indiana including:

Sun King Brewery Indianapolis, IN
21st Amendment Brewery San Francisco, CA
Arcadia Brewing Company Battle Creek, MI
Avery Brewing Company Boulder, CO
Baxter Brewing Co. Lewiston, ME
Blue Dog Mead Eugene, OR
Boston Beer Company Boston, MA
Brewery Vivant Grand Rapids, MI
Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn, NY
Cigar City Brewing Tampa, FL
DC Brau Washington, DC
Great Crescent Brewery Aurora, IN
Half Acre Beer Company Chicago, IL
Marble Brewery Albuquerque, NM
Maui Brewing Lahaina, HI
Morgan Street Brewery St. Louis, MO
New Belgium Brewing Fort Collins, CO
Oskar Blues Brewery Lyons, CO
Revolution Brewing Chicago, IL
SanTan Brewing Company Chandler, AZ
Schlafly Beer St. Louis, MO
Sierra Nevada Chico, CA
Sixpoint Brewery Brooklyn, NY
Ska Brewing Durango, CO
Sockeye Brewing Boise, ID
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, MN
Tallgrass Brewing Company Manhattan, KS
Tin Man Brewing Co. Evansville, IN
Two Brothers Brewing Company Warrenville, IL
West 6th Brewing Company Lexington, KY

VIP tickets are available for $75, and gets you 1 hour early entry into the event as well as a t-shirt. General Admission tickets can be found here. There may be a limited amount of Promo Code tickets for the event, so make sure you get them ASAP otherwise they are $50. Designated Driver tickets are $10. Sample beer from over 30+ breweries, enjoy local food from Indy’s food trucks, and listen to DJ Helicon and DJ Action Jackson in the newly renovated Pan Am Plaza area. Like I said, there are some big names included in this list of breweries. This will definitely be an event not to miss!

Sun King CANvitational

CANvitational

Sun King’s first ever CANvitational will take place at Pan Am Plaza and on the 100 block of Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis on September 28th from 1-5pm. This event is held in conjunction with The Arts Council of Indianapolis’s Power2Give initiative, which helps support organizations with particularly special projects in the community. The Arts Council grants the city’s arts-related funds through competitive grant programs, provides fellowships to talented artists in all disciplines, participates in and leads community initiatives in the arts, elevates artists and arts organizations through increased visibility and programming, public art programs for the city of Indianapolis, and convenes groups and encourages collaboration in the arts. For a first run, Sun King has brought some tremendous names to Indy, including breweries that don’t typically make it to Indiana including:

Sun King Brewery Indianapolis, IN
21st Amendment Brewery San Francisco, CA
Arcadia Brewing Company Battle Creek, MI
Avery Brewing Company Boulder, CO
Baxter Brewing Co. Lewiston, ME
Blue Dog Mead Eugene, OR
Boston Beer Company Boston, MA
Brewery Vivant Grand Rapids, MI
Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn, NY
Cigar City Brewing Tampa, FL
DC Brau Washington, DC
Great Crescent Brewery Aurora, IN
Half Acre Beer Company Chicago, IL
Marble Brewery Albuquerque, NM
Maui Brewing Lahaina, HI
Morgan Street Brewery St. Louis, MO
New Belgium Brewing Fort Collins, CO
Oskar Blues Brewery Lyons, CO
Revolution Brewing Chicago, IL
SanTan Brewing Company Chandler, AZ
Schlafly Beer St. Louis, MO
Sierra Nevada Chico, CA
Sixpoint Brewery Brooklyn, NY
Ska Brewing Durango, CO
Sockeye Brewing Boise, ID
Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, MN
Tallgrass Brewing Company Manhattan, KS
Tin Man Brewing Co. Evansville, IN
Two Brothers Brewing Company Warrenville, IL
West 6th Brewing Company Lexington, KY

VIP tickets are available for $75, and gets you 1 hour early entry into the event as well as a t-shirt. General Admission tickets for the event are available for $50 for entry at 1pm. Designated Driver tickets are $10. Sample beer from over 30+ breweries, enjoy local food from Indy’s food trucks, and listen to DJ Helicon and DJ Action Jackson in the newly renovated Pan Am Plaza area. Like I said, there are some big names included in this list of breweries. This will definitely be an event not to miss!

Brewer’s Cup in the Works

So much work goes on behind the scenes of the Brewer’s Cup. Commercial and homebrew alike, there were a ridiculous amount of entries to process for this event. We happened to snag some photos of the process this year. Good luck to all who entered!

 

Behind The Scenes at the Brewer’s Cup

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I got the opportunity to help sort out all of the entries for The Brewer’s Cup Competition today! What a great experience. I had no idea how much work went into making this event happen. Literally hundreds, if not thousands of beers were submitted to Sun King Brewery. Each entry was numbered and entered into an Excel spreadsheet to keep them all straight. The stewards had cases of beer lined up like the opening text sequence in Star Wars. As a matter of fact, the beer you see in these pictures was really just the tip of the iceberg. Judging will take place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on July 6-7, 2012. See you there 🙂

“History on Tap” Event This Friday

Tickets are still available for the “History on Tap” event at Connor Prairie on Friday June 15. This unique beer tasting event features several beers from local Indiana breweries. Connor Prairie is an “Interactive History Park” located in Fishers, that allows you to immerse yourself in the 1800’s. Tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at the gate. You can expect some great brews from Bier, Fountain Square Brewery, Flat 12, Upland, and Sun King at this event.

The event will also feature:

  • Q&A with Douglas Wissing, author of “One Pint at a Time: A Travelers Guide to Indiana’s Brewers”
  • Craft brewing demonstrations by Tuxedo Park Brewers
  • An evening adventure through Prairietown
  • 1859 Balloon Voyage (So far weather looks good 🙂 )
  • Food*