Special Bell's Tapping at Bar Louie (Mishawaka, IN)

Our friends over at Bar Louie in Mishawaka are throwing a little all day bash tomorrow including the likes of "The Oracle" and "Hopsolution," among others. Hopsolution will be a new one for me, although I'm sure it's rareness will really shine through. The Oracle on the other hand, well, it's every bit as incredible as people claim it to be. The Oracle is easily the best Double IPA in the Midwest, and would certainly hold its own against any of the delicious West-Coast DIPAs. Don't believe me? Good. I don't want you to drink it anyway. In fact, forget I said anything.

From the FB Event...

"HOP into Bar Louie this Thursday to drink some outstanding limited IPA's from Bell's Brewery! The beers will be tapped as soon as Louie's doors open at 11am. And the party will go on until the doors close or the beer runs out! Come on out and try the always amazing classic Two Hearted Ale. Also on tap will be 2 limited releases from Bells. Hopsolution IPA, which rarely makes it way out of their brew pub these days, and The Oracle Double IPA, which as been described by me as "drinking liquid gold". Even if you cannot make it, please pass this event on to some of your beer drinking friends who might like to attend."

This may be the last time you see Hopsolution in this area, and The Oracle won't be back until next year, so get it while you can...

Bar Louie (Mishawaka, IN) Tap List

Bar Louie  (Mishawaka, IN)

Abita Purple Haze

Left Hand Milk Stout

Boulevard Unfilitered Wheat

New Belgium Fat Tire

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale

Schlafly Kolsch

Rogue Dead Guy

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Evil Genius Evil Eye PA

Stone IPA

Greenbush 1825

Finch’s Cut Throat Pale Ale

F12 Amber

Flat 12 Walkabout Pale ale

Bell’s Two-Hearted

Bell’s Oberon

Goose Island 312

Founders Dirty Bastard

Founders Porter

Three Floyd’s Gumballhead

Three Floyd’s Dreadnaught

Three Floyd’s Jinx Proof

Hoegaarden

Weinstephaner

Franziskaner Dunkel

Sam Adams

Sam Seasonal

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Tap Lists In/Around South Bend

Here's an updated list of taps around South Bend. If you happen to know what's on tap at O'Rourke's (South Bend), Miles Lab (Elkhart), Main Street Pub (South Bend), The Pub (Granger), Bleachers (Mishawaka, IN) or anywhere else craft beer is on tap, please drop a line to andy@thebeerisgood.com

Wheatberry (Buchanan, MI)
Anchor - Steam
Big Sky - Trout Slayer
Lagunitas - IPA
Brewery Vivant - Triomphe
Hennepin - Saison
Moylan's - Tipperary
Short's - Contraversi Ale
Victory - Hop Wallop
Michigan Brew Co - Nut Brown
Stone - Arrogant Bastard
Anderson Valley - Barney Flats

Bar Louie (Mishawaka, IN)
Greenbush - 1825
Finch's - Cut Throat
Flat 12 - Walkabout
Flat 12 - Amber (Half Cycle to Follow)
Bell's - Oberon
Bell's - Two Hearted
Founders - Dirty Bastard
Founders - Porter
3 Floyds - Gumballhead
3 Floyds - Dreadnaught
3 Floyds - Topless Wych (Zombie Dust / Jinx Proof to come)
Schlafly - Kolsch
Schlafly - APA (Boulevard Wheat to Follow)
Evil Genius - Evil EyePA
Abita - Purple Haze (Beer of the month, $3.50)
Left Hand - Milk Stout
New Belgium - Fat Tire
Stone - IPA
Rogue - Dead Guy
Sierra Nevada - Pale Ale
Sam Adams - Boston Lager
Coming Soon...
Greenbush - Anger
Genesis - Drop Hop Session Ale

The Mark (South Bend, IN)
St. Bernardus - Abt 12
Bell's - Third Coast Old Ale
Ayinger - Celebrator
Great Divide - Oak Aged Yeti
New Belgium - Ranger IPA
Greenbush - Anger
Bitburger - Pils
Great Divide - Old Ruffian
Rogue - Shakespeare Stout
3 Floyds - Brian Boru
3 Floyds - Dreadnaught

Legends of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
Bell's - Two Hearted
Founders - Porter
3 Floyds - Robert the Bruce
Sierra Nevada - Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada - Ruthless Rye ($3.50/Pint)
Great Lakes - Dortmunder Gold
Bell's - Amber
New Belgium - Fat Tire
Bell's - Oberon
New Albanian - Ole 15-B Brown Porter ($3.50/Pint)

Fiddler's Hearth (South Bend, IN)
Flat 12 - Walkabout
Bell's - Oberon
Bell's - Two Hearted
Sierra Nevada - Torpedo
Sierra Nevada - Hoptimum
Great Lakes - Edmund Fitzgerald
Dark Horse - Crooked Tree
Bell's - Porter (Cask)
North Coast - Old Rasputin
Chimay - Trip
Delirium - Tremens

LaSalle Grille (South Bend, IN)
Magic - Hat
Bell's - Oberon
3 Floyds - Dreadnaught
3 Floyds - Zombie Dust

Chubby Trout (Elkhart, IN)
3 Floyds - Gumballhead
3 Floyds - Alpha King
3 Floyds - Pride and Joy
3 Floyds - Dreadnaught
3 Floyds - Arctic Panzerwolf
3 Floyds - Zombie Dust
Bell's - Two Hearted
Bell's - Oberon
New Belgium - Fat Tire
New Belgium - Dig Pale Ale
New Belgium - Ranger
Greenbush - Anger
Upland - Wheat
Upland - Dragonfly IPA
Sierra Nevada - Pale Ale
Dark Horse - Sapient Trippel
Coming Soon...
Greenbush - Closure
Dark Horse - Double Crooked Tree
Brooklyn - Black Choc. Stout

Fat Tomato (Elkhart, IN)
New Belgium - Fat Tire
3 Floyds - Gumballhead
Bell's - Oberon
Flat 12 - Milk Stout
Bell's - Two Hearted

Brother's Bar and Grill (South Bend, IN)
Bell's - Two Hearted
Bell's - Oberon
Bell's - Best Brown
Southern Tier - 2xIPA
Goose Island - Sofie
Goose Island - Matilda
New Belgium - Fat Tire
Great Lakes - Edmund Fitzgerald
Great Lakes - Conway
Sam Adams - Boston Lager
Sam Adams - Summer Ale
Goose Island - 312
New Belgium - Ranger

Bar Louie tap updates (Mishawaka)

Received an email from our friends at Bar Louie in Mishawaka regarding a few updated taps. I'm told there are some other exciting ones on their way too!

Bells Hopslam

Evil Genius Evil Eye PA

Founder’s Imperial Stout

Founder’s Dirty Bastard

Cheers!

On Tap around Michiana

Just a quick list of beers on tap in the area that I'm aware of... This was a stir of the moment list, so I didn't have a chance to check with my friends at The Mark, Fiddler's Hearth, Chubby Trout, The Pub, etc. If you have been somewhere that serves craft beer, please drop me a line with what is on tap to andy@thebeerisgood.com

Bleachers (Mishawaka)
Founders Breakfast Stout
3 Floyds Dreadnaught
*Both beers available in pitchers, $5.75 (yes, I said $5.75)

Bar Louie (Mishawaka)
3 Floyds Robert the Bruce
3 Floyds Gumballhead
3 Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf
Founders Porter
Founders Breakfast Stout
Bells Two Hearted
Flat 12 Walkabout
Greenbush Anger
Figure 8 Black Corridor
Stone Vertical Epic
Stone Double Bastard
Great Divid Oak Aged Yeti

Wheatberry (Buchanan)
Left Hand sawtooth
Founders Old Curmudgeon
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Brewery Vivant Triomphe
Lagunitas Sucks (Holiday Ale)
Arcadia Hopmouth
Rogue Double Dead Guy
Anchor Steam
Big Sky Powder Hound
Dark horse Crooked Tree
North Coast Old Rasputin

Legends (Notre Dame)
Bells Hopslam

On tap at Bar Louie (Mishawaka, IN)

Just received word from Bar Louie in Mishawaka about a handful of great beer that is new on tap this month, so make sure to stop down and enjoy a pint!

Stone Double Bastard (American Strong Ale, 11.2%)
Founders Breakfast Stout (Imperial Stout, 8.3%)
Bell's Double Cream Stout (American Stout, 6.1%)
Greenbush Dunegras (American IPA, 6.7%)
3 Floyds Broo Doo (Wet Hop, American IPA, 7%)
3 Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf (American Double, 9%)
Figure Eight Hangdog (Couldn't find info anywhere on this one)

I was also given some heads-up about what is on the way, so keep an eye out for updates!

Michiana beer update... (Bare Hands, Zombie Dust, Liquor Cabinet)

I don't generally like to mash a bunch of updates into one post, but they are pretty short and tomorrow is the College Football opener, so my interest in doing anything but watching ESPN is pretty low. So with that said....

• Liquor Cabinet in Saint Joseph recieved two cases of Bell's Oracle. If you missed out in the South Bend area, go get you some. Two bottle limit. They also have 6 bottles of Founders Blushing Monk left. It's in the back, so don't delay.

• Spoke with The Mark earlier today regarding Zombie Dust. They have the keg in their cooler (I asked if I could visit it, surprisingly they said yes) but are waiting to kick 3 Floyds APW, then they will put on Dreadnaught, and then Zombie Dust. My guess is that it will be in at least a week, if not two or more.

• Also spoke with Bar Louie regarding Zombie Dust. Still waiting to kick Dreadnaught. I'm going to need you all to stop by there, get tanked on the stuff to get ZD moved into the lineup quicker. Do it for America.

• Chris at Bare Hands Brewery in Granger mentioned he finally received his federal license. He's going to start brewing batches next week and stocking up for a mid-October opening. He will also be at the Potawatomi Zoo Brew with the following lineup, so that would be a great opportunity to give his beer a try. You will not be disappointed (unless you are a moron (my words, not his)).
  
  
  1. Cream Ale
  2. Hefeweizen
  3. IPA
  4. Belgian Double
  5. Imperial Porter
  6. Double IPA
  7. Barleywine

On Tap around South Bend this week

Looking for a drink around South Bend? Here is what you can expect at a few places... Leave a comment if you have any questions. Cheers! -Andy

Fiddler's Hearth (Main Street, South Bend)

• Bell's The Oracle (Double IPA, 10%) on 8/31
• Bell's Oarsman (Weissbier, 4%)
• Bells Two Hearted (American IPA, 7%)
• Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (Porter, 5.8%)
• Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster (Double IPA, 9.1%)
• Schlafly Kolsch (Kolsch, 4.5%)
  
  

The Mark Dine and Tap (Eddy Street, South Bend)

• 3 Floyds Zombie Dust (APA, 6.2%) Coming soon...
• 3 Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf  (Imperial IPA, 9%)
• Southern Tier Unearthly (Imperial IPA, 9.5%)
• Southern Tier Harvest (ESB, 6.7%)
• Dark Horse Crooked Tree (American IPA, 6%)
• North Coast Grand Cru (Belgian Strong Pale, 12.9%)
• North Coast Scrimshaw (German Pilsener, 4.4%)
• New Belgium Ranger (American IPA, 6.5%)
  
  

Chubby Trout (Cassopolis Street, Elkhart)

• 3 Floyds Zombie Dust (APA, 6.2%) On Now!
• 3 Floyds Gorch Fock (Munich Helles Lager, 4.5%)
• 3 Floyds Gumballhead (American Pale Wheat Ale, 5.5%)
• 3 Floyds Alpha King (APA, 6.5%)
• Stone Arrogant Bastard (American Strong, 7.2%)
• New Holland Black Hatter (American Black, 5.5%)
• Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (APA, 5.6%)
• Sierra Nevada Summerfest (Czech Pilsener, 5%)
• Bells Two Hearted (American IPA, 7%)
• Bell's Oarsman (Weissbier, 4%)
• Schlafly Raspberry Hefe (Fruit Hefe, 3.9%)
• New Belgium Ranger (American IPA, 6.5%)
  
  

The Pub (Cleveland Rd, Mishawaka)

• Bells Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
• Bells Two Hearted (American IPA, 7%)
• Dark Horse Crooked Tree (American IPA, 6%)
• Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (American Porter, 5.8%)
• Victory Hop Wallop (Imperial IPA, 8.5%)
• Southern Tier 2xIPA (Double IPA, 8.2%)
• Founders Red's Rye (Rye, 6.6%)
  
  

Corndance (Grape Road, Mishawaka)

• Goose Island 312 (American Pale Wheat, 4.2%)
• Bells Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
• New Belgium Fat Tire (Red Ale, 5.2%)
• New Holland Dragon's Milk (Stout, 10%)
  
  

Buffalo Wild Wings (Downtown South Bend)

• Upland Wheat Ale (Witbier, 4.5%)
• Goose Island Honkers Ale (English Bitter 4.2%)
• Goose Island 312 (American Pale Wheat, 4.2%)
• Great Lakes Doppelrock (Doppelbock, 7.8%)
• Bells Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
• 3 Floyds Alpha King (APA, 6.5%)
  
  

Bar Louie (Grape Road, Mishawaka)

• 3 Floyds Zombie Dust (APA, 6.2%) Has keg, tapping soon
• Flat 12 Half Cycle (American IPA, 6%)
• Flat 12 Tangerine Porter (American Porter, 5.5%)
• Dark Horse Sapient (Tripel, 8.5%)
• 3 Floyds Dreadnaught (Double IPA, 9.5%)
  
  

Legends of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)

• Barely Island Dirty Helen (English Brown, 5.25%)
• Sierra Nevada Summerfest (Czech Pils, 5%)
• Bell's Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
• Founders Porter (American Porter, 6.5%)
• New Belgium Fat Tire (American Amber, 5.2%)
• Bell's Two Hearted (American IPA, 7%)
• Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold (Dortmunder, 5.8%)
• Bell's Amber (Amber, 5.8%)
• 3 Floyds Robert the Bruce (Scottish Ale, 6.5%)

On tap around South Bend, IN

Looking for a drink around South Bend? Here is what you can expect at a few places... Leave a comment if you have any questions. Cheers! -Andy

Fiddler's Hearth (Main Street, South Bend)

• Spoke with the Bar Manager earlier in the week, he said nothing much was different from last week, except Blue Dot and Hop Juice have been kicked
• Dogfish Head World Wide Stout (Imperial Stout, 18%) and Founders Double Trouble (Imperial IPA, 9.4%) have been added
• Several others, of course
  

The Mark Dine and Tap (Eddy Street, South Bend)

• North Coast Red Seal Ale (Red Ale, 5.5%)
• 3 Floyds Gorch Fock (Munich Helles Lager, 4.5%)
• Shlafly Pale Ale (English Pale, 4.4%)
• Many others, of course
  

Chubby Trout (Cassopolis Street, Elkhart)

• 3 Floyds Dreadnaught (Imperial IPA, 9.5%)
• 3 Floyds Gumballhead (American Pale Wheat, 5.5%)
• 3 Floyds Alpha King (American Pale Ale, 6.5%)
• Bells Two Hearted (American IPA, 7%)
• Bells Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
  

The Pub (Cleveland Rd, Mishawaka)

• Bells Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
• Bells Two Hearted (American IPA, 7%)
• Dark Horse Crooked Tree (American IPA, 6%)
• Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (American Porter, 5.8%)
• Victory Hop Wallop (Imperial IPA, 8.5%)
  

Corndance (Grape Road, Mishawaka)

• Goose Island 312 (American Pale Wheat, 4.2%)
• Bells Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
• New Belgium Fat Tire (Red Ale, 5.2%)
• Dark Horse Crooked Tree (American IPA, 6%)
• New Holland Dragon's Milk (Stout, 10%)
  

Buffalo Wild Wings (Downtown South Bend)

• Sam Adams Summer Ale (American Pale Wheat, 5.3%)
• Goose Island Honkers Ale (English Bitter 4.2%)
• Great Lakes Doppelrock (Doppelbock, 7.8%)
• Bells Oberon (American Pale Wheat, 5.8%)
• 3 Floyds Gumballhead (American Pale Wheat, 5.5%)
  

Bar Louie (Grape Road, Mishawaka)

• New Holland Sundog (American Amber, 5.25%)
• Dark Horse Sapient (Tripel, 8.5%)
• Lexington Brew Co - Kentucky Bourbon Barrel (American Strong Ale, 8.19%)
• Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter (Baltic Porter, 9.2%
• 3 Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf (Imperial IPA, 9%)
• Sam Adams Summer Ale (American Pale Wheat, 5.3%)

Tap List at Bar Louie (Mishawaka, IN)

The wife and I had dinner at Bar Louie last night (7.16.11), and as usual, I'm sharing the tap list. This list is accurate, with exception of 3 Floyds Dreadnaught, which wasn't available at the time.

What I've been drinking lately...

Hardly a week goes by before I get asked, "Andy, what are you on?"  Ok, I'm mostly joking, however I do frequently get asked what I've been drinking lately, and regardless of the occasional blank stare, I enjoy answering.  No beer review here, just solid consumption and relaxation...

The first, something I've thoroughly enjoyed this year from one of my favorite breweries: Dogfish Head (Based in Delaware) Indian Brown Ale.  As some of you may be aware, the Indian Brown Ale style is a fairly recent addition to the craft beer industry with its well balanced mixture of rich roasted malts and floral hops.  Inside you'll find some coffee flavor, slight brown sugar notes, and unmistakable floral hops.  At around 7.5%, it's no session beer, but a damn good 2-3 pint beverage.  Some area liquor stores carry this, and you can find it (while it lasts) on tap at Bar Louie in Mishawaka.

The other is from another favorite brewer of mine, Stone Brewing Company in California.  Their IPA should please hopheads and beer enthusiast alike with its Columbus, Chinook and Centennial hop varieties hitting 77 IBU's.  Sitting at 6.7% ABV, you'll have just the right amount of boozy warmth to drink a handful of these.  This can also be found at local liquor stores in the South Bend area, as well as being on tap at Bar Louie. 


-Andy
TheBeerIsGood.com Owner, Editor-In-Chief and Senior Researcher