Deviate Brewing (Indy)

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  1. weirdbeer

    weirdbeer Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2007 Indiana

    Food trucks are hit and miss. Typically are announced on Deviate's twitter account when they are coming and who they will be. I don't think they have had one for a few weeks. If they do come typically 5-8 PM. You can always BYOF, as there are numerous restaurants around, or call for delivery when you are there.
     
    #241 weirdbeer, Oct 26, 2017
  2. weirdbeer

    weirdbeer Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2007 Indiana

    In the day late, dollar short category, Deviate put a sixtel of Lunacy on yesterday. It blew in 2 1/2 hours. I arrived to watch the remnants be taken away, and just miss out. Anyone get it?
     
    #242 weirdbeer, Oct 26, 2017
  3. mayorQuimby

    mayorQuimby Zealot (633) Jun 5, 2009 Tennessee
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    Well...I thoroughly enjoyed my bottle of Lunacy.

    Re: the food truck(s), you can bank on there not being one. It has been a couple months...just bring from somewhere else.
     
    #243 mayorQuimby, Oct 27, 2017
  4. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    Thanks guys.

    I am actually heading downtown for the Trombone Shorty event, and I was looking for some food en route. Thought this might be a good option. Guess not!

    Thoughts on the lunacy? Can you elaborate a bit on what type of IPA it is? (And please don't say QIPA :wink: )
     
    #244 Beer_Economicus, Oct 27, 2017
  5. mayorQuimby

    mayorQuimby Zealot (633) Jun 5, 2009 Tennessee
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    Haha, well think of a really good triple IPA you've had, perhaps. Extremely sweet and boozy, but still packing a lot of good hoppy/fruity punch because of how fresh it is.
     
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  6. weirdbeer

    weirdbeer Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2007 Indiana

    I learned that Lunacy has several additions of El dorado and Mandarina hops. As of Thursday there will still bottles left for purchase.
    There will also be a tapping at Black Acre on Nov 7.
     
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  7. Murphysxm

    Murphysxm Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2014 Indiana

    The Lunacy is great. I had it on tap the day they had it and will be bringing my bottle to a share later today. No clue how they do it, but they managed to make an 18.4% NOT taste boozy. Definitely has a punch, but goes down very smooth.
     
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  8. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Cool, yeah, thanks will check Deviate brewing twitter too. It was a very deep and rich stout, very viscous, and full of roast that I thought was exceptional. Pretty sure it was in a 500 ml bottle.

    I ask not only out of curiosity to find out more about a brewery I tried and really liked, or just to give a well deserved shout out to them, but because if they regularly bottle stouts of that quality I would start to look for a way to get a hold of them .:grin: From what I read in this thread they do get a lot of love.
     
    #248 cavedave, Dec 10, 2017
  9. mayorQuimby

    mayorQuimby Zealot (633) Jun 5, 2009 Tennessee
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    I believe they have only bottled two stouts: 1) Anti-Clarity, an RIS with coffee and vanilla, and 2) Dead Head Chemistry, a bourbon-barrel aged RIS with coffee. Both were excellent. Every bottling they've done has been 22 oz. bottles.

    They do not distribute. Generally their beers are taproom consumption only with growlers to-go. My guess is that in their existence, < 10 kegs have hit Indy area bars. So it has happened, but basically doesn't...

    Re: bottling, very rarely and semi-difficult to obtain. My guess is they've only bottled 7-8 things so far (once every 2-3 months it seems lately). Bottling runs are typically barrel aged (Anti-clarity may be the only non-barrel aged offering to be bottled, IIRC). They are first offered to Deviate club members, usually 1 bottle per; number of club members is somewhere in the 125-150 people range, I believe. Unclaimed bottles go to public sale at the brewery, some last a day, some a week or two, just depends.
     
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  10. myersk27

    myersk27 Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2011 Indiana

    they also bottled Funeral Dirge....which is barrel aged coffee stout I think?
     
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  11. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    Yes they bottled that but it was a straight BBA RIS. Dead head was the Coffee.

    They had some time before I managed to get my membership an Apple Brandy BA stout I think also. That was before they made actual labels I believe.

    @cavedave if you are looking for their stuff going forward (nothing from the past) give me a shout.
     
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  12. mayorQuimby

    mayorQuimby Zealot (633) Jun 5, 2009 Tennessee
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    Correct, forgot about that one. Good but not at the same level as the other two I mentioned in my last post, imo.
     
    #252 mayorQuimby, Dec 12, 2017
  13. mayorQuimby

    mayorQuimby Zealot (633) Jun 5, 2009 Tennessee
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    Their first true bottle release was the brandy BA Monkey Business and brandy BA Strudel Cake. I have no recollection of any brandy stout that was released in bottles to members. There were a couple beers that they bottled early on, such as Liquid Grace, that were extremely small runs that never went on sale.
     
    #253 mayorQuimby, Dec 12, 2017
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  14. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Thanks guys for all the help, sounds like y'all are pretty lucky to have a brewery like Deviate, and I hope to be lucky enough to try them again. Will be keeping an eye here and on other social media for what's up with these folks. Cheers!
     
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  15. weirdbeer

    weirdbeer Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2007 Indiana

    Ticks and Peaches (BBA tripel with peaches) was just released to club members this week.

    Liquid Grace was the first beer that was bottled (last January), followed by BA Monkey Business and brandy BA Strudel Cake.
     
    #255 weirdbeer, Dec 12, 2017
  16. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    Yes - Brandy was what I meant, not Apple Brandy. My apologies to both of you.

    I was a bit dissapointed that I had missed out on the Brandy BA streudal cake. That sounded very good.
     
    #256 Beer_Economicus, Dec 12, 2017
  17. shirtless_mike

    shirtless_mike Maven (1,440) Aug 4, 2010 Indiana
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    I wasn't crazy about their quadruple ipa collab with Black Acre. First beer in awhile they let me down. But I've been in love with their Sucking Straws milkshake ipa and Kopi coffee porter these last few weeks. I'll probably grab my 1 bottle of Ticks And Peaches on Friday.
     
    #257 shirtless_mike, Dec 13, 2017
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  18. weirdbeer

    weirdbeer Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2007 Indiana

    Several new beers out this week: passion fruit milkshake IPA, and hatch chili stout.

    Upcoming beers (not currently available) will include different versions of a mushroom beer (can't remember if base beer is brown or stout) with chantrells. Some will have peppercorns added, or hatch chilis Also triple with blueberries, and an imperial stout with blackberries.
     
    #258 weirdbeer, Dec 23, 2017
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  19. Beer_Economicus

    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    I appreciate the heads up. Very exciting!!!
     
    #259 Beer_Economicus, Dec 23, 2017
  20. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    New bottle beer available! Berry Deep. Imperial stout with blackberries and coffee. Kanpai!
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    #260 cavedave, Jan 11, 2018
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