Lots happening at the brewery as we approach the holiday season. Let’s get right to the upcoming events and beer releases we have coming before the end of the year.  Speedway Taproom updates We just made updates to our daily kitchen hours and we have a new menu too. Our kitchen is now open daily with a weekday menu on Tuesday and Wednesday and a weekend menu available Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In addition we have made our home made tacos a part of the weekend menu and we will continue to offer Taco Thursday specials every Thursday. Our craft beer inspired menu provides great comfort options and of course pairs well with any of our beers you might enjoy.    6th Anniversary + Customer Appreciation Day, Saturday, 12/8 Save the date for our Brewery 6th Anniversary and annual customer appreciation day on Saturday, December 8th. Always a fun event we will once again open up our warehouse to add room for more people and a great time. There will be special beer tappings and once again we will have $1 pours of Lift Off IPA & Vacation Kolsch.    Recent Beer Releases *NEX IPA: Experiment #7. If...

It has been a few months since we did a brewery update. That happens when things are busy. We had a great summer both at the brewery taproom and out at events near and far. Now with the weather turning to fall we have a slew of new beers coming and some general updates. We spent the summer installing a new canning line with many new bells and whistles. The main benefit of the canning line upgrade is to continue to stay focused on our ability to consistently make high quality and shelf stable beer in cans as we continue to grow and make more. While it may sound simple and easy to put beer in cans the truth is actually the opposite. With our new canning line in place we are launching some new packaging options in addition to our 16 oz cans that we will continue to offer. *12 pack/12 oz cans are now available for both our Lift Off IPA & Vacation Kölsch as the taproom. We also made our first shipment of both beers in 12 packs so you should start seeing them at your favorite store. If you don’t see them just ask for...

First, thank you to everyone that stopped in on Tuesday afternoon for the Lift Off IPA can release & flash sale. Second, we are sorry there was not enough for everyone that wanted to take part and that we ran out about 4 pm. Yes, that means we sold out in an hour of the 100-ish cases that were available.  Being in the retail business we like to make everyone happy but unfortunately that is not always possible. We wanted to respond to some of the questions and also share some thoughts for how we can make improvements for any type of can release in the future.  *We don’t really ever know what to expect for any can releases. We have releases where there is no rush and the beer lasts a few weeks and we have them where a lot of people show up and we sell out the same day. We literally just decided on Monday to do a flash sale and did not know if anyone would go out of there way to stop in on a Tuesday. We obviously underestimated the interest.  *While we had no limit on the flash sale the average purchase was...

First up it is 2018. Happy New Year! We are really excited about the new year and many things we have in the works. On the brewery news there are three bits of information to share. *We just placed an order for a new and expanded canning line from the good people at Cask Brewing Systems. The new line is a nice upgrade to our existing one (also a Cask) and will be giving us the ability to produce more world-class quality beers in cans as well as introduce some new offerings later in the year. *Next, we have added a brewery account manager to work specifically with our on premise accounts. Cari Crowe brings years of industry experience and beer knowledge to our team. Welcome Cari! * And maybe what many people are most excited about is our updated Taproom Growler Fill Special. Every Friday & Saturday Growler Fills are $6 on Lift Off IPA, Vacation Kölsch, Pils German Pilsner & Race Day Lager.  Now let’s talk about beer. With the calendar turning to January we have once again tried to sit down and plan out many of our beer releases for the year. The calendar being shared...

November brings a change in weather and more beer releases at the taproom. November Taproom Releases As we are publishing this update we are also getting ready for the first can release of the month, NEX IPA: Experiment #5. Our annual wet-hopped IPA is always fun and we really like how this one came out. NEX IPA #5 features wet-hopped Mosaic hops and then a blend of Citra, Galaxy & Vic Secret hops. It’s tasty. We look forward to seeing many of you for the can release. This can release is about 2 times the size of our more recent releases, some of which sold out in a few hours, so get over here and pick some up.   We also will have the following releases with the next installment of our double dry hopped Lift Off IPA and a favorite returns. Mosaic Double Dry Hopped Lift Off IPA. An amplified version of our flagship Lift Off IPA with an extra round of dry hopping using Mosaic hops. Planning for draft & cans in mid-November. J.W.P American Stout. Forged from the combination of nine grains and American hops to deliver a huge bouquet of aromas and abundant flavors of...

The end of the summer has come quickly. If you have been in the taproom recently or a lot this summer get ready for a lot of change coming as we will have many beers rotating off to make room for many beers coming this Fall. Before we get to some taproom releases that we are planning here are some things we have been up to.    New whirlpool added to the brewery We’ve added a new shiny stainless steel tank to our brewhouse. We bought a dedicate whirlpool vessel a few months ago, but we have been so busy we had to wait to fit in the time for some process tests to take advantage of it. Many of you are asking, “What is a whirlpool?”. A whirlpool tank receives wort from the brew kettle after the boil has completed. This allows the next batch of wort to be transferred from the mash/lauter tun to the kettle with less delay then waiting for a transfer through a heat exchanger to a fermenter. It will save us 45 minutes per kettle flip. The first batch we used the new whirlpool on was our NEX IPA #3 and now we...

We are excited to share our plans for our 2017 beer releases for distribution. First, our four year round beers continue to be Lift Off IPA, Vacation Kolsch, Rip Cord DIPA and Muse Belgian Golden Ale. All available on draft and in cans. We just went from one year round beer, Lift Off, to offering these four beers year round in 2016 and we really like having this mix of styles as our core lineup. Second, we are adding seven small batch special releases in 2017 on draft and cans. You will notice a mix of old favorites, German-style lagers and hop-forward ales make up our Special Releases and Rare Devil Releases for the year. This means fan favorites like Race Day, Pils, Slip Stream & NEX all in 16 oz cans for the first time and distributed for the first time. All of these beers will be available across our entire Indiana distribution footprint. If you are a current account or a bar, store or restaurant with questions always feel free to email us at [email protected]. Also, our distribution partners Monarch Beverage/World Class Beverage, Indiana Beverage and Five Star Distributing can help you too. And for people that make it...

It has been awhile since we did an update and a lot has been happening at the taproom and the brewery. This post is mostly about the taproom. If you are looking for our beers at a bar, restaurant or liquor store across Indiana we continue to post recent deliveries on our website. We primarily distribute our Lift Off IPA, Rip Cord DIPA, Muse Belgian Golden Ale & Vacation Kölsch with a few special small batch beers making their way out to nice homes from time to time.  Taproom Hours have been extended We recently extended the hours the Taproom is open and are open an hour later on most days Tuesday to Thursday: 3 to 10 pm Friday to Saturday: 11 am to 11 pm Sunday: 11 am to 8 pm Recently Released and Upcoming Beers We post our current taplist on our website and we also recently started using Untappd for Business so you can subscribe to our taproom page and get alerts on new beers and events in their app on your phone.  At any given time we try to have on around 15 beers including our core year around beers and a wide selection of other...

We are due for an update as there is much going on at the brewery and the taproom and many events coming in May.  New Beers. First up, we have a slew of new beers coming at the taproom in May. To celebrate the greatest spectacle in racing we have a new limited beer that we will release for the first time this May. This special new beer is Race Day American Craft Lager. The inspiration for this beer comes from our lager series and we also wanted to brew a beer for race fans that is enjoyable from start to finish of a typical 500 mile race day. One fun part of making this beer was that we were able to use freshly ground masa which we sourced from our friends at The Tamale Place in the recipe. Our Race Day lager will be available on draft at the taproom and we will have a limited number of Crowlers (32 oz cans) complete with the official Race Day label available for Race Weekend. It may make some guest taps around Indy too so stay tuned. Look for this to tap around May 13th.    Next up for new taproom beers...

2015 was a great year for us and we hope it was for you. We completed the construction of the new brewery and relocated to our new home on Main Street in Speedway in May and opened the taproom in June. The new brewery has exceeded our expectations in every way. The much larger facility and our investments in a larger quality lab and additional brewing capacity have allowed us to grow while continuing to make consistently high quality beers.  What’s on deck for 2016? While the majority of our business will continue to be wholesale distribution of our core seven beers that we make year round (Lift Off, Vacation, Slip Stream, Muse, J.W.P, Rip Cord and Carnival) we also have several very exciting things at the taproom.  1) We are now distributing our beers to Northern Indiana including all seven of our core beers on draft and Lift Off & Vacation in cans. As always we will try to keep the recent deliveries up to date on our website. At any given time you can find our beers on draft or in cans at hundreds of locations. If you cannot find our beers ask your favorite place to carry them...