Today in 1816, Indiana became the 19th state.
Indiana
Indiana Breweries
- Back Road Brewery
- Bare Hands Brewery (opening soon)
- Barley Island Brewing
- Bee Creek Brewery
- Bier Brewery & Taproom
- Big Woods Brewing
- Black Acre Brewing
- Black Swan Brewpub
- Bloomington Brewing
- Broad Ripple Brewing
- Brugge Beer
- Bulldog Brewing
- Crown Brewing
- Cutters Brewing
- Danny Boy Beer Works
- Figure Eight Brewing
- Flat 12 Bierwerks
- Fountain Square Brewing
- Four Horsemen Brewing
- Granite City Food & Brewery: Carmel, Fort Wayne, Mishawaka
- Great Crescent Brewery
- Half Moon Brewery
- Iechyd Da Brewing
- Lafayette Brewing
- Lil’ Charlies Restaurant and Brewery
- Mad Anthony Brewing
- Mishawaka Brewing (closed)
- New Albanian Brewing
- New Boswell Brewing Company
- Oaken Barrel Brewing
- Oyster Bar Bistro and Brewery (closed)
- People’s Brewing
- Power House Brewing
- RAM Restaurant & Brewery: Fishers, Indianapolis
- Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery: College Park, Indianapolis
- Scotty’s Thr3e Wise Men Brewing
- Shoreline Brewery
- Sun King Brewing
- Three Floyds Brewing
- Three Pints Brewpub
- Triton Brewing
- Turoni’s Pizzery & Brewery
- Twisted Crew Brewing
- Upland Brewing
- Wabash Valley Malt Beverage Company
- Wilbur Brewhause (closed)
Indiana Brewery Guides
Guild: Brewers of Indiana Guild
State Agency: Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
- Capital: Indianapolis
- Largest Cities: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Gary
- Population: 6,080,485; 14th
- Area: 36420 sq.mi., 38th
- Nickname: Hoosier State
- Statehood: 19th, December 11, 1816
- Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
- Number of Breweries: 38
- Rank: 16th
- Beer Production: 4,154,936
- Production Rank: 17th
- Beer Per Capita: 20.2 Gallons
Package Mix:
- Bottles: 39.2%
- Cans: 51.6%
- Kegs: 9%
Beer Taxes:
- Per Gallon: $0.12
- Per Case: $0.26
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $3.57
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $3.57
Economic Impact (2010):
- From Brewing: $38,672,825
- Direct Impact: $1,154,626,759
- Supplier Impact: $437,356,994
- Induced Economic Impact: $826,069,137
- Total Impact: $2,418,052,890
Legal Restrictions:
- Control State: No
- Sale Hours: On Premises: 7 a.m.–3 a.m.
Off Premises: 7 a.m.–3 a.m. No sale on Sunday - Grocery Store Sales: Yes
- Notes: Sales limited to on-premises in restaurants, wineries and breweries on Sundays. No sales on Christmas. Minors, including babies, are not allowed to enter a liquor store. No sales of cold beer in grocery stores or gas stations. ID must be presented for all off-premises sales as of July 1, 2010 per IC 7.1-5-10-23. (Outdated as of 1 July 2011)
Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.
For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.