Indianapolis has become a boom town for brewer expect to open up workshop on their own , and you ca n’t swing an empty pony keg in this urban center without hitting an independent trade brewery . Many of these locations will have solid food truck draw up in the parking raft quick to serve you , while others are jam kitchen heat of their own . Or you could ask the guys at Sun King why they attend to the most expensive Hot Pocket in the United States Department of State .
Black Acre Brewing Co.
When a handful of friends decided to brew beer instead of becoming lawyers , Indianapolis gained a with child brewery . The lineup is ever - changing and the brewers love to experiment , mean you might not have the same beer twice , even if you went every day . trencherman and beer nerds like rejoice in this Irvington gem of highbrow solid food and beer in a blue - jeans setting , and get their fancy food and craftsmanship beer in an approachable neighborhood data format . We recommend the citrous fruit - hopped Natural Liberty ( Natty Lib to the locals ) for a glass full of hoppy sun .
New Day Craft
Do you ever experience those very tough day when it ’s heavy to take between juice , beer , or coffee ? Imagine if you did n’t have to . That ’s kind of what Breakfast Magpie , a black snort mead infused with coffee noodle , taste like . Now , New Day offers plenty of peachy fizzing George Herbert Mead and cyder numbers to treat your spit , but the BMP is always going to be our top selection . If you care prosecco , try the Johnny Chapman strong cider . Or spend an good afternoon in the taste room figuring it all out on your own .
Central State Brewing Co.
The three - man brewing team at Central State is doing something only a handful of other breweries are doing in the US : turning out only Brettanomyces beers . This funky formulation lends each brew many layers of olfactory property and a unique finish that you ’ll really wish if you ’re into farmhouse / saison - stylus beer . you’re able to adjudicate all these brews at theKoelship , the beer bar owned by the brewers with the good tap lineup in the urban center . Each beer is complex and interesting and , believably , like nothing you ’ve fuddle before .
Daredevil Brewing Co
Daredevil made a enceinte name for itself with the massive achiever of its Lift Off IPA , a refreshing take on a writing style that groaned with breweries trying to cram as many IBUs as humanly possible into their beers . Instead , Daredevil number out with one of the most well - balanced IPAs on the grocery store , usable for well-off drinking by way of a rich canning run . You should visit the gorgeous brewing quickness in Speedway if you ’re in town for rush purposes , or take hold of a six - pack at any local liquor depot .
Big Lug Canteen
hallow ye , the Sahm ’s family of eating place , which now gas a great microbrewery and restaurant concept sling really undecomposed nutrient and beer on the Northside . Big Lug is not afraid of experiment , with a menu that includes international takings on poutine and burger , and a playful beer card with a variety of styles and name that do n’t take themselves very seriously . The Topanga , a citrus- and Mosaic - hopped blonde and a beer named after Cory Matthew ’s womb-to-tomb love onBoy get together World , is a complex and effervescent beer – a maculation - on homage to the character .
Scarlet Lane Brewing Company
Scarlet Lane kicked off in a major way for a young brewery , and it ’s already getting major buzz and bottle most of its beers . While it ’s a mo of a drive to get to brewery HQ , you’re able to find bottles and zep at 21st Amendment , Big Red , and local spots likeBottle Shoppe . But , we solicit of you , get the Dorian Coconut Stout ( ideally on draft at your local pub ) . It ’s like winter in summer , or summer in winter . Like C skiing in Bermuda shorts . Or tanning oil colour on a Yukon lumberjack . Or … it ’s good . It ’s really good .
Bier Brewery
It might have humble milieu in a slip center , but Bier does a great caper of making systematically delicious microbrews by cautiously conditioning even the water system it uses to brew . try a text Belgian dubbel or feel very British with a pint of traditional ESB , though your best stakes is Bier ’s prominent German hefe , Weizengoot . you may get a couple of varieties in six - gang at a handful of local retailers , but nothing compares to taking home a growler or two from the taproom , or getting it on selective service at a Fuel game .
Brugge Brasserie
As part of the trade - brewing pedigree of Shannon Stone and Ted Miller , Brugge sport a systematically prominent –albeit limited – lineup of Belgian - style beers . The Trippel de Ripple , a hot , clean - finishing Belgian tripel , is probably its most celebrated brewage , follow by the puckering Pooka sourness . The balanced beer makes for outstanding crapulence along with the authentic Belgian menu , which feature mussels set a XII ways , crape , waterzooi , and its famous frites with all the dipping sauces you could want . For best results , bring lots of friend , sink around glasses , and get a L’Enorme of frites with every potential sauce .
MashCraft Brewing Co.
Mashcraft secured its success when it snapped up Oaken Barrel head brewer Andrew Castner to captain its brewing program . While we will always toast a looking glass of Oaken Barrel brews , MashCraft is bringing together 16 of the hoppiest beers around for its annualHop Bonanzahappening on Nov 5th . Get slate now and untroubled tastes from many of the brewer cite elsewhere on this inclination , along with MashCraft ’s own brews .
Flat12 Bierwerks
Right across the street fromSmoking Goose Meatery(one of the best nub store in the land ) is one of the sound brewery in the state . Canadian IndyCar number one wood James Hinchcliffe care the beer so much that the brewery made him his own pale brown ale to say thanks for all the love . Although we ’re fans of racing and Hinchcliffe , we ’d recommend the red-blooded Pogue ’s Run Porter over the Canadian - friendly brew .
Broad Ripple Brewpub
Though many brewpubs exist , in Indy , “ Brewpub ” is ecumenical shorthand for the 25 - yr - old Broad Ripple Brewpub , which separate you just how iconic it is to our local craft beer move . relish the vibe of this English pub , which also offer a cask program , with brew that get the full barrel treatment . These brews come in out of the casks a little warmer with less carbonation ( as they are pour via traditional beer railway locomotive ) , giving folks from the UK a petty taste of home . The kitchen is n’t about to be trump by the brewing program , with a computer menu that get from global influence , from Morocco to Mexico .
Triton Brewing Company
Triton was an early adopter in Indy ’s small-scale - brewery delirium , and the city was repay once again with a demented - good lineup of sign beers . More than potential , you ’ve escort Railsplitter on a local menu ( because it ’s everywhere ) . Recently , Triton announced that it is amplify operations to make room for a in high spirits product volume . dear thing , too , since it ’s already serve brewage everywhere : at sporting event , at the brewery , and at the taproom in Broad Ripple .
Chilly Water Brewing Company
Yes , the hippest , hottest food neck of the woods in Indy even has its own award - succeed craft brewery , becauseof course it does . No specter on the study of the brewers here , whose stave - up of mansion beers varies from a light but flavoursome kolsch that you’re able to bump back for hours , to heady oatmeal and java stouts . Chilly Water also tops the tilt of great places to go when you want a crunchy , hot panini to go with your brew .
Fountain Square Brewery
If you ca n’t decide between getting beer - buzzed or milkshake - hum , part the difference of opinion with a Count Nibula . The rich , malty chocolate note satisfy a server of cravings . There are a pile of peachy beers on tap here , and this is definitely one berth where the tasting flight of steps is a must . Put it on your list of First Friday visit when the vicinity follow alive with stripe and open galleries .
Sun King Brewing
This list would n’t be all over without the brewery that proved craft beer could be not only possible , but profitable in Indianapolis . It ’s travel from ill-scented small - batch brewage to advanced barrel - aged beers that lend to a leaning of now - iconic family beers . Sun King is so huge in Indiana that it had to scale back production until United States Department of State legislators switch thelegal ceilingon how much beer could be produced and distributed in the state . It was the first to lay on the line it all on craft beer in Central Indiana , and thus paved the way for almost everyone else on this listing . Well done , guys .
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Sun King Brewing Company
Black Acre Brewing Co.
Central State Brewing
Courtesy of Big Lug Canteen
The Bier Brewery
MashCraft Brewing
Broad Ripple Brewpub
Chilly Water Brewing Co.
Sun King Brewing Company
