Indy 500 Weekend 2016

Central State House Beer is a fantastic option. It's a low abv farmhouse with Brett. Also look for anything from Black Acre in cans.

 

Daredevil does Crowlers. Don't think anyone else does. If you have empty plastic 32oz growlers I would bring them and go fill them with whatever hoppy beers Deviate is pouring for the public.

 

Metazoa just opened up in April and has some very good sessionable beers. They're about a mile south of St. Joseph on Coliege Ave.

 

Chilly Water on Virginia Ave has a good lineup and small bites as well and is across the street from a distillery if you're into that too

 

Hey @iRun2Beer besides Daredevil the only other local brewery that we know of doing Crowlers is Thr3e Wise Men in Broad Ripple, which recently added Crowlers. Not sure why Crowlers have not caught on more in Indiana as we love them and so do our guests.

Quite a few local breweries do cans so there are a lot of options and maybe some other BAs will chime in on suggestions. We have 5 beers in 16 oz cans at Daredevil and then usually several taproom only options that can be put in a Crowler. Only 2 weeks to the 100th running.

 

They also have plastic 32oz bullets you can have filled.

 

The recently opened (technically Grand Opening is this weekend) Deer Creek Brewery in Noblesville does crowlers.

Make sure to check out Deviate. They can fill a plastic growler of their IPA.

 

Just about everyone here does plastic howlers/bullets as they call them. I can't speak for Deviate though. I'm not in their club, so I never buy growlers. Their beer is fantastic though and worth the stop.

 

99% sure Deviate has plastic 32oz howlers. You doing Carb Day @iRun2Beer? If so, we should should try to meet up by Gas Alley. I'll be the guy with a cooler full of Treehouse/Veil/Night Shift cans.

 

I am going to the race this year, so this thread helps a lot.

Two questions:

- Can anyone recommend a good bottle store? (I am staying on Rockville near the 465/74)

- I'll be sitting in the stands on the outside of the front straight. Can I take my own beer?

 

You can take beer in. No glass containers. Your cooler has size restrictions, go to the IMS website and read the rules.

First time, all the way from Down Under? Get in early, the build up to the start is a show in itself. The Speedway is a sellout, so the lines at the gates will be long, but the new scannable tickets should help.

 

I've never had any issue getting in the Speedway, but I arrive early, usually around the time gates open.

Won't be up for CARB day, but would be down to get together for a small share the morning of the race inside the track. I have some pretty decent cans at the moment that I intend to bring up.

 

I plan on opening some good stuff Saturday in the coke lot if anyone wants to meet up! Sadly no cans at the moment to take in race day...

 

I would be in for a Saturday morning meet up. I sit at the exit of three. Maybe somewhere around turn 4 would make sense. Got another buddy who will have a supply of Lawsons and some other good stuff.