Central State Brewing Releases

Oddly, the combination work together. You mostly get ketchup on the nose, but mostly gose on the flavor profile.

 

Of interest, while I was at the Koehlschip I was told they were going down to Tampa to brew with Seventh Son. So expect another collab brew from them in the future.

 

Grabbed a can of Future Shock when I was in northwest Indiana recently & finally popped it. Can't say I'm impressed as it's super dry & lemon-y.

That's not why I'm posting though; it says on the can "Brewed & canned for Central State by Round Town Brewing, Indianapolis, IN".

I googled & it looks like an autonomous brewery.

Does Central State brew anything at their own facility, or is it all out of Round Town? Is Round Town any good?

Any info is appreciated.

 

The thing about Central State is that they use their house farmhouse yeast for just about every beer they brew, including "NEIPAs," stouts, and whatever else. I am personally a huge fan of their beers, but I think of them more as hoppy saisons than IPAs, even if the label says otherwise. What you really need to look at is the yeast that they use for a given beer, which is actually helpfully on the can. If that fails, check the website for a pretty thorough list of ingredients for any given beer.

I agree that it's not very truthful marketing to call it an IPA when it's not fermented with a normal ale yeast, but once you know what they are actually trying to make, it makes more sense to the tastebuds.

All that written out, I now see that Future Shock is allegedly made with their "clean" house strain. I don't really know what goes into that strain, but it wouldn't surprise me to learn that it's less clean than most other traditional IPA yeast strains. Whatever the case, I am still looking forward to trying Future Shock for myself, though I personally have been a huge fan of their "IPAs" brewed with their normal farmhouse strain.

As to contracting stuff out, this is the first I'm hearing of it, but someone more local can probably weigh in with a more informed opinion. Maybe they've always been doing it, and I just never noticed.

 

Great info, thanks! Seems like a very smart, proactive move to just not bother at all brewing clean beers where they do the more wild ones. Wouldn't want an early Bruery situation on our hands.

 

Cleared up all my questions. Thanks!!

 

I cracked a can of New Money tonight...this is my favorite Central State brew so far. It was lemon-y like Future Shock, but it had some sweetness that provided balance for both the lemon tartness & the dry finish. Overall, a nice, unique take on the NE IPA style.

This was another "clean" beer brewed at Round Town. It was canned 2/26/18 per their instagram page, so this is holding up pretty damn well for the style.

I'm not ready to crown their asses (shout out to Dennis Green) but, at least to one moron, it seems they are going in the right direction.

 

I love Central State, but I wish beers that are not spontaneously fermented (or at least lambic-inspired, which given this is kettle-soured must not be) would not use the word "kriek," even if it is mainly in reference to a waterway and has cherries. I feel it gives a misleading impression of what to expect. This goes for all breweries and won't contribute to me enjoying this beer or not; it is just an observation.

 

You know, I always look at this brewery's cans when I'm in Binny's because they always look so awesome and cool, but have never picked anything up from them. I'm gonna change that next time. The brewery concept is pretty cool.

 

Their farmhouse stuff is excellent. I think their NEIPAs are second tier in the area (to the likes of Forbidden Root and Corridor), but they are still worth picking up

 

Rad, I'll grab some of the farmhouse stuff. I'm always down for some funky farmhouse beers, kind of rad that everything has brett in it.

 

The NEIPAs don't have Brett, just for the record, but some of their IPAs (like Oatsplosion) do (they should say on the cans if you look closely). I would start with either Evicted (Brett blonde ale) or Table (Brett table beer), both of which rock.