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Indy Wine & Brew Fest 2012
24
May
2012 UPL Wine & Brew Fest Product List
Only 200 Advance 6pm Early Entry Tickets for sale! Get in early to beat the crowd and be the first to try some of the limited items. Check out the product list…
BEER TABLES
Stella Artois
Belgium Beer School
Stella Artois
Hoegaarden
Leffe Blonde
Leffe Brown
Zink Distributing Company
Table 1
Wild Red
Wild Black
Wild Blue
Redbridge
Anheuser-Busch
Table 2
Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus
Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry
Michelob Ultra 19th Hole
Michelob Ultra Cider
Magner’s Irish Cider
Magner’s Irish Pear Cider
Zink Distributing
Table 3
Lime-A-Rita
Bud Light Lime
Bud Light Platinum
Landshark
Margaritaville Island Lime
Margaritaville Paradise Punch
Shock Top
Table 4
Shock Top
Shock Top IPA
Shock Top Shandy
Shock Top Raspberry
Goose Island Beer Company
Table 5
Goose Island 312
Goose Island IPA
Goose Island Summertime
Matilda
King Henry (limited)
Juliette (limited)
Lolita (limited)
BCS Bramble Rye (limited)
Red Hook / Widmer Brewery
Table 6
Widmer Drifter Pale Ale
Widmer Rotator IPA
Nelson Imperial IPA
Pitch Black IPA
Widmer Citra Blonde
O’Fallon Brewery
Table 7
O’Fallon IPA
O’Fallon Hemp Hop Rye
O’Fallon Smoked Porter
O’Fallon Wheach
O’Fallon Summer Seasonal
New Holland Brewery
Table 8
New Holland Black Hatter
New Holland White Hatter
New Holland Farmhouse Hatter
New Holland Oak Aged Hatter
New Holland Rye Hatter
New Holland Imperial IPA
New Holland Dragon’s Milk
Sam Adams
Table 9
Dark Depth’s – Baltic IPA on draft (Limited)
Cinder Bock – Rauch Bock on draft (Limited)
Tasman Red – Red IPA on draft (Limited)
New World Tripel
Boston Lager
Summer Ale
Sam Adams Light
Whitewater IPA
Nobel Pils
NAB
Table 10
MacTarnahan’s Spine Tingler
Magic Hat #9
Magic Hat Elder Betty
Magic Hat Blind Faith
Pyramid Apricot
Pyramid Outburst
Pyramid Hefe
Diageo
Table 11
Smithwick’s
Red Stripe
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
Guinness Black Lager
Heineken Outdoor Patio Sponsor
Heineken
Heineken Light
Dos XX Ambar
Dos XX Lager
Tecate
Sol
Newcastle Brown Ale
Newcastle Summer Ale
Bohemia
Sierra Nevada
Table 12
Pale Ale
Torpedo Extra IPA
Summer fest Pilsner
Kellerweis Hefeweizen
Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale (seasonal)
Ovila Quad
Ovila Dubbel
Fritz & Ken Imperial Stout (limited)
Jack and Ken Black Barley Wine (Gold 2010 GABF) – Our Brewers Reserve Grand Cru (limited)
Upland
Table 13
Wheat
Dragonfly IPA
Nuthugger Brown
New Belgium
Table 14
Fat Tire
Ranger
Shift
Lips of Faith Series (limited Beers)
Smirnoff
Table 15
Blueberry
Screwdriver
Smirnoff Black
Moosehead
Table 16
Moosehead
Moosehead Light
Moosehead Lime
House of Shandy
Table 17
Curious Traveler Shandy – currently only available on draft
Shiner
Table 18
Shiner Bock
Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale
Shiner Ruby Redbird (seasonal)
Shiner Black Lager
Mike’s Hard Lemonade
Table 19
Mike’s On The Rocks Hurricane & Long Island Iced Tea
Strawberry Margarita
Cayman Jack
Black Cherry
Woodchuck
Table 20
Woodchuck styles: Amber Granny Smith, Seasonal, Crisp
Strongbow
Woodchuck Farmhouse
MillerCoors
Table 21
Crispin Original
Crispin Brownslane cans
Crispin Honey
Crispin Stagger Lee
Fox Barrel Ginger Black
Fox Barrel Pear
MillerCoors
Table 22
Henry Weinard’s IPA
Henry Weinard’s Private Reserve
Killians Irish Red
MillerCoors
Table 23
Batch 19 Draft
Corona
Table 24
Corona Familiar
Corona Light
Pacifico
Modelo
Negra Modelo
Tsingtao
Twisted Tea
Table 25
Angry Orchard Crisp
Angry Orchard Dry
Twisted Tea Blueberry
Twisted Tea
Twisted Tea 1/2 & 1/2
MillerCoors Sports Zone
Coors Light
Miller Lite Punch Top
Blue Moon
Belgian White
Summer Seasonal
Pale Ale
Vintage Blonde – Limited edition
Leinenkugel
Summer Shandy
Sunset Wheat
Berry Weiss
Honey Weiss
Big Eddie IPA & Wee Heavy
Shandy Lemon Berry Shandy – New This Fall!
MillerCoors Mix
Peroni
Pilsner Urquell
Grolsch
St. Stafanus
Worthington’s
MillerCoors Mix
Fosters
Foster’s
Foster’s Premium
Molson Canadian
Cavalier Distributing
Table 26
Sixpoint The Crisp
Sixpoint Bengali Tiger
Breckenridge Summer Bright
Staropramen Czech Lager
Founders Brewing Company
Table 27
Founders Porter draft
Finch’s Brewing
Table 28
Cut Throat Pale Ale
Cut Throat Pale Ale
Golden Wing Blonde
Threadless IPA
Lexington Brewing Company
Tablel 29
Kentucky Bourbon Ale
Kentucky Ale
Kentucky Light
Barley Island
Table 30
BARLEY ISLAND BARFLY
BARLEY ISLAND DIRTY HELEN
BARLEY ISLAND FLAT
BARLEY ISLAND METAL
BARLEY ISLAND TIGER
Bell’s Brewery
Table 31
BELL’S AMBER
BELL’S LAGER
BEL’LS OARSMAN
BELL’S OBERON
BELL’S PALE
BELL’S Third Coast Old Ale
Boulevard Brewing
Table 32
Amber
Unfiltered Wheat
Single Wide
Pale Ale
Bully Porter
Zon
Flat 12
Table 33
Karousel Kolsch
Half Cycle IPA
Pogue’s Run Porter
F12 Amber
Oaken Barrel Brewing Company
Table 34
OAKEN BARREL GNAW BONE
OAKEN BARREL INDIANA
OAKEN BARREL RAZZ WHEAT
Victory Brewing Company
Table 35
VICTORY BREW GOLDEN MONKEY
VICTORY BREW HEADWATERS PALE ALE
VICTORY BREW HOP WALLOP
VICTORY BREW PRIMA PILS
VICTORY BREW SUMMER LOVE ALE
Paulaner
Table 36
Paulaner Hefe
Paulaner Salvator
Paulaner Pils
Paulaner Mun Lag
Paulaner Oktobe
Belguim Beers
Table 37
GULDEN DRAAK
PETRUS AGED P
PETRUS OLD B
PIRAAT
VAN STEENBERGE MONKS
WITTERKERKE
WITTERKERKE FRAMB
Brooklyn
Table 38
Brooklyn Summer
Brooklyn Pennant
Brooklyn Lager
Brooklyn EIPA
Brooklyn Pilsner
World Class Beverage – Specialty Draft
Table 39
Brooklyn BMR Maple
Abita Select Biere
Atwater Vanilla JB
Flying Dog Kujo
Oaken Barrel Superfly
Napa Smith Hoppageddon
Unibroue Blonde De Chambly
Rivertown Pestilence
Triton Brewing Company
Table 40
Field House Wheat
Railsplitter IPA
Magnificent Amber
Sun King Brewing Company
Table 41
Sunlight Cream Ale
Osiris Pale Ale
Wee Mac Scottish Style Ale
other / seasonal
WINE TABLES
Olinger Distributing Company
Table 1
Oliver White Sangria
Oliver Red Sangria
Oliver Hard Ciders: Apple, Peach, Raspberry, Strawberry, Blueberry
Vintage Sun Cabernet
Vintage Sun Sauv Blanc
Olinger Distributing Company
Table 2
Columbia Crest H3 Les Chevaux
Villa Maria Sauv Blanc
TY KU Sake (Black Bottle)
Toad Hollow Unoaked Chardonnay
Barone Fini Pinot Grigio
Michael David Petite Petit
Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauv
Sauvion Vouvray
Vanguard Wines
Table 4
Il Follo Extra Dry
Il Follo Brut
Il Follo Rose
Allamand Malbec
Allamand Cabernet
RNDC
Table 5
Cupcake Chardonnay
Cupcake Moscato d’Asti
Cupcake Red Velvet
Flipflop Moscato
Concannon Conservancy Crimson and Clover
Concannon Conservancy Petite Sirah
Concannon Select Vineyard Pinot Noir
Concannon Select Vineyard Chardonnay
Cupcake Caricature Station
Cupcake Chardonnay
Cupcake Moscato d’Asti
Cupcake Red Velvet
Cupcake Sauv Blanc
Cupcake Prosecco
Cupcake Angel Food
Cupcake Chianti
Cupcake Pinot Noir
Vinture Wine Group
Table 6
Tohu Sauvignon Blanc
La Yunta Torrontes
Peachy Canyon Zinfandel- Incredible Red
Durigutti Malbec
Tamarack Cellars Firehouse Red
La Fiera Rosso Dolce
Brown County Blackberry Wine
Madison Vineyards Black Dog (sweet red)
Huber Winery White Wines
Table 7
Huber Traminette
Huber Starlight White
Huber Seyval Blanc
Huber Winery Red Wines
Table 8
Huber Starlight Red
Huber Generations
Huber Cabernet Franc
Huber Cabernet Sauvignon
Huber Heritage
Huber Winery Infusions
Table 9
Huber Peach
Huber Blueberry
HuberRaspberry
Summit Wine Group
Table 10
Dreaming Tree Chardonnay
Dreaming Tree Crush
Dreaming Tree Cabernet Sauvignon
Primal Roots Red Blend
Diseno Malbec
Ruffino Lumina Pinot Grigio
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc
A World of Wine
Table 11
Andrieux & Fils
Cotes du Provence Cuve Victoria Ros
Hook & Ladder Winery
Chardonnay Russian River Valley
Tillerman Red Russian River Valley (Cab Blend)
Trentadue Winery, Geyserville
Old Patch Red Lot #33 North Coast
CG Di Arie Vineyard & Winery
Zinfandel Sierra Foothills
Vintner Select
Table 12
Ciacci Toscano IGT
Flare
Secco Moscato
Labbe Abymes
Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling
The Reveler
E & J Gallo
Table 13
Edna Chardonnay
Apothic White
Alamos Red Blend
Starborough Sauv Blanc
Bridlewood Cabernet
Martin Codax Albarino
MacMurray Central Coast Pinot Noir
Cline & Bogle Wineries
Table 14
Cline Cool Climate Pinot Noir
Cline Cool Climate Chard
Cline California Zinfandel
Cline Cashmere
Bogle Petite Sirah
Bogle Cabernet Sauv
Bogle Chardonnay
Bogle Sauv Blanc
Barefoot
Table 15
Sauvignon Blanc
Red Moscato
Riesling
Chardonnay
Cabernet Sauv
Pinot Noir
Bubbly Brut
Bubbly Pink Moscato
Monarch Beverage
Table 16
St. James Pink Catawba
Fizz 56
Smoking Loon Pinot Noir
Chateau Julien Merlot
Bodega Elena Malbec
7 Daughters White
Torresella Pinot Grigio
Castello Moscato
Crossroads Vintners
Table 17
High Def Riesling
High Def Sweet Red
Foxglove Chardonnay
Mercer Sauvignon Blanc
C&B Pinot Noir ( Cartilage and Browne)
Crios Malbec
Indy Wine & Brew Fest 2012
15
May
Tickets are available at any United Package Liquors location, online at www.unitedhopefoundation.org or by calling 317.205.1200
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine 2012
28
Feb
Now available at select United Package Liquors locations
Each year, the recipe is tweaked ever so slightly, to allow the brewers to play with different malt and hop varieties. “For 2012, we made a deliberate effort to move away from the English hop influence of the past few years,” explains Brewmaster Mitch Steele. “We took out the East Kent Golding hops and used a blend of American Chinook, Calypso and Cascade, which gave strong hints of grapefruit and pine to the aroma and flavor.”
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine 2012
Stats: 11% abv, 85 IBUs
Availability: Limited 22oz bottles & draft, beginning February 13th
Malt bill: Pale Malt, Maris Otter Crystal Malt
Hops bill: Warrior for bittering, Chinook, Calypso, and Cascade for aroma and flavor
Tasting notes, provided by Brewmaster Mitch Steele
Appearance: Deep amber, with a slight haze and a creamy tan head.
Aroma: A blend of bready yeast esters, toffee malt flavors and citrusy hops. Allowing the beer to warm to ~50°-55°F really allows the malt and hop character to come through.
Taste: Flavor is rich and malty, with a pronounced yeasty ester profile and tropical fruit hop flavors. Rich and smooth up front, at mid-palate the beer transitions to a pleasant dryness and lingering hop bitterness on the finish.
Overall: We make small adjustments to the recipe every year, just a little bit…as it provides an opportunity to try some different hops or malts. For the 2012 release, we used a blend of American Chinook, Calypso and Cascade hops, which marked the first use of Cascade in one of our special release beers. We also bumped up the Maris Otter crystal malt by a mere 0.5%, and it’s amazing how much of a difference it made in the color and the upfront body. All in all, it’s resulted in a well-rounded beer that is ready to drink now, or can be aged at cellar temperatures for many years. (If you can wait that long.)
ABOUT STONE BREWING CO.
Stone Brewing Co. was founded in 1996 by Steve Wagner and Greg Koch in North County San Diego, CA. It is the 14th largest craft brewery in the United States and has been named “All-Time Top Brewery on Planet Earth” by BeerAdvocate magazine - TWICE! A recently announced $26.6M expansion plan (that includes a hotel among other lofty ventures) is underway, as are developments to become the first American craft brewery to open a brewhouse in Europe. Visit stonebrew.com for more information.
Ingredients of Beer
28
Jan
Let’s talk about the ingredients of Beer…
There are only four basic ingredients of beer, which are: water; a starch source, such as malted barley, able to be converted to sugars then fermented or converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide; a brewer’s yeast to produce the fermentation; and a flavoring such as hops. A mixture of starch sources may be used, with a secondary starch source, such as corn, rice or sugar, often being termed an adjunct, especially when used as a lower-cost substitute for malted barley. Less widely used starch sources include millet, sorghum and cassava root in Africa, and potato in Brazil, and agave in Mexico, among others. The amount of each starch source in a beer recipe is collectively called the grain bill.
Water
Beer is composed mostly of water. Regions have water with different mineral components; as a result, different regions were originally better suited to making certain types of beer, thus giving them a regional character. For example, Dublin has hard water well suited to making stout, such as Guinness; while Pilzen has soft water well suited to making pale lager, such as Pilsner Urquell. The waters of Burton in England contain gypsum, which benefits making pale ale to such a degree that brewers of pale ales will add gypsum to the local water in a process known as Burtonisation.
Starch source
Malt
The starch source in a beer provides the fermentable material and is a key determinant of the strength and flavor of the beer. The most common starch source used in beer is malted grain. Grain is malted by soaking it in water, allowing it to begin germination, and then drying the partially germinated grain in a kiln. Malting grain produces enzymes that convert starches in the grain into fermentable sugars. Different roasting times and temperatures are used to produce different colors of malt from the same grain. Darker malts will produce darker beers.
Nearly all beer includes barley malt as the majority of the starch. This is because its fibrous hull remains attached to the grain during threshing. After malting, barley is milled, which finally removes the hull, breaking it into large pieces. These pieces remain with the grain during the mash, and act as a filter bed during lautering, when sweet wort is separated from insoluble grain material. Other malted and unmalted grains (including wheat, rice, oats, and rye, and less frequently, corn and sorghum) may be used. In recent years, a few brewers have produced gluten-free beer, made with sorghum with no barley malt, for those who cannot consume gluten-containing grains like wheat, barley, and rye.
Hops
The flower of the hop vine is used as a flavoring and preservative agent in nearly all beer made today. Hops contain several characteristics that brewers desire in beer. Hops contribute a bitterness that balances the sweetness of the malt; the bitterness of beers is measured on the International Bitterness Units or IBU’s. Hops contribute floral, citrus, and herbal aromas and flavors to beer. Hops have an antibiotic effect that favors the activity of brewer’s yeast over less desirable microorganisms, and hops aids in “head retention”, the length of time that a foamy head created by carbonation will last. The acidity of hops is a preservative.
Yeast
Brewer’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Saccharomyces uvarum
Yeast is the microorganism that is responsible for fermentation in beer. Yeast metabolizes the sugars extracted from grains, which produces alcohol and carbon dioxide, and thereby turns wort into beer. In addition to fermenting the beer, yeast influences the character and flavor. The dominant types of yeast used to make beer are the top-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Ale Yeast) and bottom-fermenting Saccharomyces uvarum (Lager Yeast). Brettanomyces ferments lambics, and Torulaspora delbrueckii ferments Bavarian weissbier. Before the role of yeast in fermentation was understood, fermentation involved wild or airborne yeasts. A few styles such as lambics rely on this method today, but most modern fermentation adds pure yeast cultures.
Clarifying agent
Finings
Some brewers add one or more clarifying agents to beer, which typically precipitate (collect as a solid) out of the beer along with protein solids and are found only in trace amounts in the finished product. This process makes the beer appear bright and clean, rather than the cloudy appearance of ethnic and older styles of beer such as wheat beers. Examples of clarifying agents include isinglass, obtained from swimbladders of fish; Irish moss, a seaweed; kappa carrageenan, from the seaweed Kappaphycus cottonii; Polyclar (artificial); and gelatin. If a beer is marked “suitable for Vegans”, it was clarified either with seaweed or with artificial agents.
Bell’s Hopslam
18
Jan
Starting with six different hop varietals added to the brew kettle & culminating with a massive dry-hop addition of Simcoe hops, Bell’s Hopslam Ale possesses the most complex hopping schedule in the Bell’s repetoire. Selected specifically because of their aromatic qualities, these Pacific Northwest varieties contribute a pungent blend of grapefruit, stone fruit, and floral notes. A generous malt bill and a solid dollop of honey provide just enough body to keep the balance in check, resulting in a remarkably drinkable rendition of the Double India Pale Ale style.
Available at select United Package Liquors locations while supplies last
Cheers!
Ale or Lager
03
Jan
All Beers Are Either Ales or Lagers…
It might seem an unlikely claim when you’re trying to choose from the bewildering array of beers available today but it’s true. All beer falls into one of these two categories – Ale or Lager. There are a few so-called hybrid styles that employ traditional brewing methods of both but even these can be clearly distinguished as ale or lager based on the yeast used to ferment them.
It starts with the Yeast. Ale yeasts flocculate at the top of the fermentation tank. They generally thrive at temperatures between 60 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit. Lager yeasts are more successful at lower temperatures, typically 46 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit and flocculate closer to the bottom of the fermentation tank. Lager yeasts also tend to ferment more aggressively, leaving behind less residual sweetness and flavor than ales.
The difference doesn’t end with the yeast. The brewing techniques of each are as important as the yeast used. After fermentation ales are usually aged no more than a few weeks. The aging process is generally done at 40 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Lagers are similarly aged but at much lower temperatures, 32 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, and for a much longer time typically months. This is called lagering and creates a cleaner, clearer beer.
So what does this all mean? The brewing processes of the two different kinds of beer – lager, cold and efficient; and ale, warm and complex – result in very different final products. Although both are beer, the two are as different as red and white wines. Lagers are clean, refreshing beers with typically light aroma and flavor. They are invariably served cold and can pair easily with a wide variety of food. Ales are complex, flavorful beers. Many are served closer to room temperature and contain rich aroma and flavor. Their complexity makes pairing a more selective, but highly rewarding, task.
Cheers!
Rivertown Brewing
05
Nov
Hand Crafted In Small Batches
Hop Bomber Pale Ale is an all out attack on your taste buds. With over 60 hop bittering units, this beer has a spicy backbone from the use of fresh rye malt and is dry hopped for a crisp refreshing flavor. Hop Bomber is truly a Hop Heads dream. Best served at 59ºF in a pint glass.
An American Pale Ale named after the famous B-24 Liberator Bomber. This Beer has a wonderful malt backbone from the use of Dark English crystal malt and spicy fresh rye malt. It is dry hopped with two varieties of American hops for a crisp refreshing flavor.
Now available at select United Package Liquors
Enjoy!
People’s Brewing
22
Oct
Now in stock at select United Package Liquors locations
Six pack 12oz bottles
~ Mound Builder IPA ~
American Style India Pale Ale. We used an American base malt with an addition of Caramalt to give this, now classic style, a redish hue. An aggressive use of Columbus, a high alpha hop with a full flavor profile, Centennial and dry hopped with Amarillo , citrus hops with notes of orange and grapefruit. People’s IPA is a hoppy, yet smooth American twist on the English IPA.
ABV ~ 6.5% IBUs ~ 77
~ People’s Pilsner ~
This beer is a twist on the Northern German style Pilsner, also known as Dortmunder or Export style Pilsner. These beers made use of hard water, like that of Lafayette, for that reason more malt was used and just enough hops to balance the beer. Rather than change the “locally raised water”, we have added some Caramalt to our Pilsner malt bill to give this beer some malt character. We’ve chosen Santium hops, which have a slightly spicy character, in a very simple hop schedule. The result is a clean finishing Pilsner beer, unique to the Lafayette area and our wonderful local water.
ABV ~ 4.5% IBUs ~ 42
Career Opportunities
20
Sep
Do you have a passion for Beer? We are now hiring knowledgeable, enthusiastic sales staff at several locations. Apply online at www.unitedpackageliquors.com