Flavors and trends

Christmas in April

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Fat Tire rolled into central Indiana this week; look for 22-ounce bombers of New Belgium Brewing’s flagship brew in a beer store or tap room near you. They showed up in Bloomington this week just in time for the Little 500 bicycle races. Great timing. The commemorative bottles read “Happily pedaling into the [...]


Hail, Helios

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Here’s the new look of Upland Pale Ale, which has been renamed Helios Pale Ale in honor of the Bloomington brewery’s new solar hot water installation.
You can check out the new beer, plus learn all about the solar project this Saturday as Upland hosts Solar Day, beginning at 2 p.m. Music starts at 5 p.m. [...]


Bloomington breweries keeping it green

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

I’ve spent much of the day tracking down details of Upland Brewing Co.’s new solar hot water system. You can see it for yourself if you stop at the brewery in Bloomington on April 11.  The system’s not even installed yet, but the brewery folks are so jazzed that they’ve already scheduled a public open [...]