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Neither weather, beer, nor people could have been better for the Bloomington Craft Beer Fest 2015. Sunny, nearly 70 degree weather made this historic venue one of the best places in Indiana to meet brewers, sample craft beer, and generally enjoy the day. The beer samples were too numerous to count! However, one brewery, Function Brewing of B ...

Brugge Brasserie, the Broad Ripple restaurant and brew pub with Belgian style beers, Frites, and Mussels, turns ten years old with a 'birthday' party on Wednesday, April 22. The celebration includes $10 mussels, one of the signature food items at Brugge, and ten special beers. Back in 2005 there were very few brewery/restaurants open in Indi ...

Bloomington Craft Beer Fest is Tomorrow, Saturday, April 11. We've been building up to it by visiting just a few of the breweries! We are often asked, "what was your favorite beer...." The usual answer is, "the one in my hand now." However, at some risk let's run down a few special beers. Hop Strike is the collaboration beer from 5 b ...

This is going to be a good one. In only five years Bloomington Craft Beer Fest (BCBF) has become one of the marquee events in South Central Indiana. In it's third year, 2013, BCBF was named Bloomington's Best Festival by VisitBloomington.com. The fest had its first sell out crowd in 2014. Those of us who were involved in organizing BCBF coul ...

Bloomington Craft Beer Week has begun! We were already able to drink a Hop Strike India Pale Lager collaboration beer which delivers tropical and deep fruit flavors and a nice clean finish. Hop Strike is a collaboration by Bloomington Brewing Co., Function Brewing, Quaff On Brewing, The Tap Beer Co., & Upland Brewing. Eight different ho ...

Last week was the first official week of spring. With the warmer weather on the horizon, many beer drinkers’ preferences will shift with the change in seasons. Here are some fantastic Indiana beers to compliment the warmer weather. Since Indiana has so many tasty beers to choose from, I had to narrow down the contenders. I limited my ...

These Tyrolean dirndls may make amends.

Once upon a time Mike Rowe owned the Champagne Velvet Brewery and Tap Room in Terre Haute. Back in 2003 I stopped in with a camera and took pictures. These are mainly from the 2nd floor of the pub when it was a Museum of Terre Haute Brewery’s goodies. Enjoy. ...

Can a brewery in Bargersville, IN, prosper with Belgian style beer? The answer seems to be yes (& as Belgian style beer lovers, we certainly hope so). Taxman Brewing only recently started brewing their beer in their Bargersville brewpub. (They've had beer under the Taxman name since 2010.) Our experience at Taxman this past week was wo ...

Donum Dei Brewery (a brewpub) will have a Grand Opening in New Albany this next Tuesday. First tapping at 4pm. That will bring Indiana back to 103 breweries. Speaking of New Albany, the Earth Friends Café plans to move from the Louisville Convention Center to the New Albanian’s Bank Street Brewhouse. A good match and a full menu w ...