Woohoo! Not only does the Indiana Sunday Sales bill pass the state House of Representatives, but we get a mention on NPR!
You might have also seen our friend Mindy on Martha Stewart yesterday making monkey bread with Moloko. Martha took a couple of hits from the bottle in the most gangsta way.
Banner Day.
Last week we had the official numbers from Ratebeer.com that listed us as the best. In today’s mail we received Beer Advocate’s #36 issue containing their Beer in Review numbers. Check it out:
Most Wanted Beers #2 Dark Lord and #12 Dreadnaught and then in the All-Time Top Beers on the Planet we have #7 Dark Lord and again #12 as Dreadnaught.
We had a great time pouring beer for you guys at Winterfest this weekend. It seems like you guys had a great time drinking it. By the time I had a chance to go out to the cask tent, all the Behemoth was long gone. I was stopped by a number of people who wanted to let us know how happy they are that Three Floyds is an Indiana Brewery, and that they are proud to call us their own.
It was good to see some old friends that we normally don’t get to being all the way up here instead of closer to Indy. Here are some photos for those of you that missed out on a great midwinter diversion.
For what I believe is the 3rd time in four years, RateBeer.com has compiled their scores and declared us the Best Brewery in the World. We also have three beers in the top 10 worldwide, and five in the top 100. The Brewpub is also listed at #25 on their top 50 brewpub list.
It’s undeniably cool to 1) see that we have such staying power and more importantly 2) have so much support and love from all of you craft beer drinkers out there. We will do our part to continue to crank out our patented style of “not normal” beers if you guys continue your fervent support for us.
Cheers!
This is Today’s Pub Specials menu. If you guys aren’t coming down here for the beer menu, I challenge you to find a better food menu in Northwestern Indiana.
Specials for January 15 , 2010
pork ramen housemade porcini mushroom ramen, pork broth, 6
meatballs, cilantro, lime
suggested: Robert the Bruce
lentil soup with carrots, bacon and croutons 5
suggested: Pride and Joy
duck and cabbage sausage with red cabbage braised in duck fat and Robert the Bruce, 6
with buttered rye and mustard
suggested: Robert the Bruce
steamed manila clams in Gumballhead with housemade bacon, celery, salsa verde, 10
shallots, parsley and croutons
suggested: Gumballhead
potato and chicken salad purple fingerling potatoes with warm mustard vinaigrette, 12
cold fried drumstick, hot fried chicken thigh, boudin blanc, shoestring potatoes
suggested: Gumballhead
banh mi crispy pork belly braised in lemongrass, garlic and ginger, liver pate, 9
bacon, pickled daikon, cucumber and jalapeno, sriracha, mayonnaise, French fries
suggested: Dreadnaught
trout organic whole Wisconsin lake trout , bread, arugula and red onion salad, 15
brown butter
suggested: Pride and Joy
duck seared moulard breast, celery root puree, fried shoestring celery root, 18
lambs lettuce, mustard sauce
suggested: Robert the Bruce
tagliatelle with garlic, capers, nicoise olives, fennel frond, 10
breadcrumb and tomato
suggested: Gumballhead
crepes with sweet mascarpone cheese, Surly Klaus macerated cherries 5
and a sour cherry-Surly Klaus compote
http://www.post-trib.com/news/1989610,gaalcohol.article
January 14, 2010INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier craft beer brewers are seeking the right to sell their unique concoctions on Sundays, a change in state law they say would put them on equal footing with the state’s wineries.
Theirs was one of two bills heard by committees Wednesday at the Statehouse that could change Indiana’s alcohol laws.
The bill that would authorize Sunday microbrewery sales passed muster with the Senate’s commerce committee in a 9-2 vote. Mark Webb of the Brewers of Indiana Guild called his member breweries “good corporate citizens” whose beer likely represents less than 1 percent of all beer consumed in Indiana.
Members of the Guild include Three Floyds Brewing Co. in Munster, Crown Brewing Co. in Crown Point, Shoreline Brewery & Restaurant in Michigan City and Back Road Brewery in LaPorte.
Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, and chairman of the committee, said he saw the bill as an opportunity to support local businesses.
Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis, said he is an opponent of access to alcohol, but he said the Hoosier brewers convinced him to vote in favor of the bill. Among the influencing factors he said, are prices that could reach as high as $9 a glass.
“I don’t think they’re going to be gulping it,” Taylor said. “I don’t think they could.”
The bill now moves to the full Senate for a second reading.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives’ public policy committee heard testimony on a bill authored by Democrat Rep. Trent Van Haaften of Mount Vernon and Republican Rep. Matthew Bell of Avilla that would allow alcohol to be sold on election days.
The committee didn’t take a vote.
Democratic committee member Rep. Scott Pelath of Michigan City, who authored a similar bill, said the committee is likely to consolidate all House alcohol measures into one piece of legislation before voting.
Good news Indiana!
