A bill letting beer wholesalers cash in on lucrative liquor-based drinks would “expand their monopolistic advantage” and hike prices for consumers, argues a leading wine and liquor organization.
Mixed alcoholic beverages like hard seltzers have exploded in popularity, and wholesalers all want a piece of the pie. Senate Bill 1544 would open sales to all wholesale types—and has already reopened industry squabbles over who gets to sell what.
The best bourbons are buttery, smooth and oaky, and a growing cult of aficionados is willing to pay an astonishing sum to score even a shot of these premium spirits. Some are even willing to bend or break laws.
Indiana Liquor Group has been acquiring stores in small cities and towns since 2019 and typically leaves the business names unchanged.
After years of steady growth, it marked the first time that spirit supplier revenues have surpassed beer—but just barely, the spirit industry group said.
Head brewer Beppe Cuello said he hopes to buy Fountain Square Brewing Co. with his wife, Dama, before the auction takes place and continue running the 11-year-old business.
On Dec. 8, the distiller will open a tasting room inside its 9,000-square-foot main building at 738 W. Broadway St.
Hammond-based 18th Street Brewery opened its Indianapolis tap room one month before the pandemic stay-at-home orders of 2020.
By simply cutting a doorway to connect two businesses in Fountain Square, the owners of the Hi-Fi music venue intend to alter the concert landscape of Indianapolis.
Co-founder Travis Barnes discusses Hotel Tango’s creation, its rocketing sales and how one of the state’s first micro-distilleries could establish such a big footprint in less than a decade.
The expansion will be used to produce two mainstays — Jim Beam white and black label bourbons — and will mostly support expected sales growth overseas.
Fountain Square Brewing Co. purchased New Day Craft Mead & Cider in 2019 and oversaw production at Circle City Industrial Complex.
Brown County’s Hard Truth Distilling Co. will build new rack house to age whiskey and install three 5,000-gallon fermenters.
The drink, flavored water infused with vodka, debuted just 16 months ago. The company operates out of Ferdinand, 15 miles south of Jasper, and the product is manufactured in Indianapolis.
The national liquor superstore chain that entered the Indianapolis market in 2020 with a store in Nora has filed plans for a 23,451-square-foot store at 13145 Levinson Lane in Noblesville.
Bell’s Brewery Inc., founded in Comstock, Michigan in 1985, was the largest independently owned brewery in Michigan until being sold at the end of last year. It is known for its Two Hearted Ale, Hopslam Ale and Oberon Ale.
Some bars and liquor stores think they’ve found a way to punish Russia for invading Ukraine: They’re pulling Russian vodka off their shelves and pushing Ukrainian brands instead.
The brewer said it will raise prices for its beer by “courageous” amounts as it seeks to offset rising raw material and energy costs and “crazy” shipping rates.
HI & Mighty will open at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in June 2023, making and selling alcoholic spirits in Southwest Pavilion, a building that’s been used for storage in recent years.
The tasting room and production site near the Boone County Courthouse will become third 1205 Distillery location, joining sites in Fletcher Place and Westfield.
