I don't know how new this news is, but I just came across this on the Brewer's of Indiana Guild news page. That Tap Swap sounds like a great idea. I've been wanting to try Shoreline for a while now, so hopefully we can get that on tap somewhere around Indy.
B.I.G. News
July is coming and the Brewers Guild is expanding the Indiana Microbrewers Festival to a full week of activities. Indiana Beer Week will start on Saturday, July 12th with the Indiana State Fair Brewers Cup Judging and end on the 19th at the end of the Festival.
During the week we hope to have a Tap Swap with many Indiana beers available at brewpubs and good bars where they normally aren't found. Also many tappings and tastings all over the state. Posters. Oh, and Shoreline's Summer Festival on Sunday the 13th.
We'll be sending out an email to B.I.G. members with more details shortly.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Beer: Indiana Beer Week
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Thursday's Five Ws (and One H)
Who is curious about how the NFL owners voted to give the Super Bowl to Indianapolis in 2012? IBJ's The Score has an interesting rundown on the process, including some estimates of the final vote.
What do you think of this idea about putting donation boxes for the homeless downtown? I'm sure they'll collect some money and do some good with the collections, but I have doubts that it will actually move the homeless off the street corners.
When will you be able to drink on the balcony at Brugge? Sounds like they're still several weeks (or more) away from completing the conversion of the upstairs space. (See Jim's comments on this post.)
Where do you go on Indy 500 weekend? Do you join the festivities at the track? Catch up on shopping while the rest of the city is at the race? Get out of town? (For whatever reason, I'm almost always out of town -- I even got married this weekend last year.)
Why haven't I brewed my next batch of homebrew yet?! My Digby IPA supplies are dwindling and my tripel is not exactly a session beer. Thanks to some tips from Matt, I think I'm going to give the Brewer's Best IPA kit another spin, though I'm going to use a different yeast strain this time.
How long has R Bistro been open? As of yesterday, exactly 7 YEARS! Congratulations Chef Regina!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
This n' That
Things are a little busy for me right now, so how about checking out these other interesting sources for now:
Brew Bits is back from vacation and has a huge rundown of beer industry news.
Generik's Tap's Red Wings finally shut down my wife's Stars to reach the Stanley Cup finals. Plus, a review of Three Floyds Fantabulous Resplendence, their anniversary beer that was released last year.
Matt took a weekend trip to Grand Rapids and hit up Founders and The HopCat.
Hoosier Beer Geek has info and menus for upcoming beer dinners.
Check out recent pictures of the construction progress on 3Mass over at Skyscraper City. Looks like the underground parking garage is almost done and the steel frame for the building is starting to go up.
Jason has Part 2 of his IUPUI Campus Center review up at Circle & Squares. If you missed it, also check out Part 1.
If you even have a passing interest in what makes urban areas tick, read everything The Urbanophile puts up.
If I get a chance this week, I'll try to grab some pictures of the construction progress at the Cosmopolitan. Lots of concrete work to show. One of these days, I'll also get over to The Maxwell to show the construction progress.
Anybody been to Brugge recently? Is the upstairs open yet?
Oh yeah, and Indianapolis....Super Bowl....2012.....AWESOME!
