Indiana Beer love

Cans will be in stores this week. It's in Monarch's warehouse and reps are selling it.

 

I am a little surprised that more stores didn’t throw together Sunday promotions for the first Sunday.

 

I was interviewed on the local news for Sunday sales lol

 

The channel I was watching showed the Governor buying Gumballhead at noon at Goose the Market. I'm just gonna assume Warren2621 is the Gov's burner Beer Advocate account. Thanks Gov. lol.

 

Saw Union Jack at my local dumpy liquor store last night in Northern Indiana. That was all they had from Firestone, but, hey, it has begun.

 

We got Union Jack, Pivo Pils, Luponic Distortion, Nitro Merlin, and a mixed pack here in southern Indiana. Store manager said barrel aged releases will be coming in the future as well

 

Pivo Pils, Union Jack, Nitro Merlin, & Luponic Distortion will be available at Crown #2 on the South side starting tomorrow.

I believe a lot of the cool stuff is still on tap at Twenty Tap and The Pint Room too.

 

Thrilled to have fresh Pivo on the shelves. I'll enjoy this for about a month until the roots take hold.

 

Having a Brew Link Ivory Stout now; copped it at Pat's Liquors in Northwest Indiana awhile back.

For a 4.8% beer it's packed with flavor; it's a bit syrup-y, if anything. If you find "pastry" stouts to be offensive I'd avoid this like the plague. I'm OK with a sweeter stout and this was over the top for me.

However, they claim to be a Plainfield, IN brewery but the fine print on the can says this was brewed at "GJS Sales" in La Crosse, WI. This appears to be a super macro contract brewing spot. Not sure how legit it is calling this an Indiana beer.

 

Yeah I noticed that on their cans recently too. Not sure how I feel about contract brewing. Kinda takes away from the appeal of the local brewery product.

 

To me it depends on why you are buying local. Consider "local" produce. Are you buying it because you want it to be picked at it's peak freshness (which is most gauranteed by it being hyper local)? Do you believe it is just "fresher" if it is local? Are you trying to cut down on "food miles," i.e. the distance the item travels to get to you? Are you trying to support your local community?

I refuse to buy anything that doesn't taste good just because it's local. I also refuse to buy something that is hyper expensive (read: not worth the price) just because it's local. If beer is contract brewed, a relatively substantial portion of that money is going to the contract brewer and also unnecessary transportation costs (we know how bad/asinine distribution is). That says nothing for whether the product quality is the same.

In my opinion, once it is contract brewed, you have to really divorce your decision from whether it's local and simply consider it like any other beer that has been brought into your state/"local" area.

 

I buy what beer I like regardless if it's local or not but I do try on occasion to give the local guys a shot to support the local breweries and local economy. But if, in this case the beer isn't good (at least the one beer from them I've tried) and they're truly not local, that's two strikes so I doubt I'll give them a another shot.

 

KBS hitting Indy stores this Friday or next?

 

Hitting Indy bottle shops this morning. Now get off of BA and go hunt!

 

Thought so. Thanks. Already had an option to reserve a bomber but I declined in hopes of securing a 4 pack or two. Really don't want bombers these days if 12oz is an option.

 

If you're searching for KBS draft, Columbus Bar in Columbus has it on tap. $12 per 10 oz.... kind of pricey

 

Over 200% markup. More like hiway robbery.

 

If anyone is still looking, my store still has a little bit of KBS left.

 

Found it at my kroger's for $16/4 pack after I paid $7.59/single at a local shop (that is normally the cheapest, except on some specialty releases, but is usually cheapest on founders BA). Saw the Kroger's after I bought the single. A little butt hurt over that, but I suppose it works out since I did not really want a 4 pack since I still have 12+ (bottles) left from last year.

 

Hey all, I am heading to NW Indy tomorrow via 465 from Columbus Ohio. Any recommendations on breweries/shops to stop along the way? From searching on here, I plan to stop at Deviate, although slightly out of the way, I may swing down to Black Acre. Any others worth checking out? Thanks!