September Club Meeting & Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest

The September club meeting will be on Tue Sep 10, 8pm at Noble Stein.

The annual S&T/Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest will be held on Sat Sep 21 from 3-6pm (2-6 pm for VIPs) at the N 7th St. parking lot. Tickets are $35 (general admission) and $60 (VIP), available from both breweries and other downtown Indiana businesses, or online.

September Club Meeting, D.I. Oktoberfest

The September homebrew club meeting will be Tue Sep 11, starting at 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.

The S&T Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest will be held on Sat Sep 29 from 3-6pm in the North 7th St parking lot, VIP session from 2-3pm. Tickets are available online and various locations around Indiana.

6th Annual S&T Bank Oktoberfest

The sixth annual Oktoberfest will be held on Saturday, September 30, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The outdoor event will host 21 local and regional breweries in the North 7th Street lot adjacent to the parking garage. All proceeds benefit Downtown Indiana for improvement projects.

General admission tickets are $35 each and allow guests to sample beer from 3:00 until 6:00 p,m. VIP tickets are $60 each and allow guests an extra hour of sampling (2:00–3:00 p.m.), extra brews exclusive to the VIP hour, a t-shirt, and an advance release bottle of Bedford Falls Belgian Quad, a collaborative brew from Levity Brewing Co. and Noble Stein Brewing Co.

The IPAs will have a tent at the festival.

The day will also feature food, and music from Jason Gamble & Friends.

Breweries Confirmed:

• All Saints Brewing Company (Greensburg)
• Butler Brew Works (Butler)
• Coal Country Brewing (Ebensburg)
• Conny Creek Brewing (New Kensington)
• Doc G’s Brewing Company (Dubois)
• East End Brewing Company (Pittsburgh)
• Four Seasons Brewing Company & Pub (Latrobe)
• Levity Brewing Co. (Indiana)
• Marzoni’s Brick Oven & Brewing Company (Duncansville)
• Noble Stein Brewing Company (Indiana)
• North Country Brewing Company (Slippery Rock)
• Ottos Pub & Brewery (State College)
• Penn Brewery (Pittsburgh)
• Quinn Brewing Company (Irwin)
• Race Street Brew Works (Clearfield)
• Recon Brewing (Butler)
• Riepstines Pub (Williamsport)
• Rivertowne Brewing (Export)
• Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery (Pittsburgh)
• Straub Brewing (St. Marys)
• Whitehorse Brewing Company (Berlin)

Proceeds from Oktoberfest will go toward the beautification of downtown Indiana.

September Club Meeting; Oktoberfest

This month's meeting will be held tomorrow night at 8pm, Benjamin's Restaurant.

The S&T Bank Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest is Sat Sep 24 from 2-6pm. Tickets are on sale at ShowClix.com, the 700 Shop, and the Downtown Indiana office on N 7th. We have 19 breweries lined up so far this year. Let's hope for good weather!

September Club Meeting & Oktoberfest

Whoops!  Let a few months slip by there.  Well, the September meeting will be tomorrow night, 8pm at The Coney.

The 4th Annual Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest is coming up on Sat Sep 26 from 3-6pm, with a VIP session from 2-3pm. Tickets on sale now at Holiday Beverage, the 700 Shop, the Downtown Indiana office, and online via the Downtown Indiana webpage. 

November Homebrew Club Meeting and a Bit of Catch-Up

This month's meeting will be held tonight at 8pm at Brunzies.  Due to the Pens game tonight, we'll most likely move over to the courtyard at Benjamin's, and it should still be warm out.

Thanks to all of the club members who volunteered for this years Oktoberfest!  With your help, we raised over $14,000 for Downtown Indiana.  All of the brewers seemed to have a great time and told me they'd love to be invited back next year. A big part of that success was due to our volunteers!

The beers this year were very good, and despite a few snafus (like the weather and the post-party food situation), everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves.  Our five, 5-Star brewery winners were (in alphabetical order):

1. Draai Laag - their Geestlijke was put on tap at Taze
2. East End Brewing - their Bigger Hop IPA was put on tap at Twisted Jimmys
3. Marzoni's - their Stumblin' Chef Tripel was put on tap at Whitey's Peetza
4. Riepstine's Pub - their Alpha Deuce IPA will be put on tap soon at The Coventry Inn
5. Yards - their Cape of Good Hope was put on tap at the Ironwood

Finally, last month's meeting at Twisted Jimmys marked the club's 7th Anniversary!  Thanks to all of our members, past and present, who've helped to keep this club active, interesting, and enjoyable!

September Meeting & Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest

Our September club meeting was held at 8pm at The Coney on Tue Sep 9.  We had 17 members in attendance, sharing 8 great beers and good conversation.

Don't forget: The 3rd Annual Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest (https://twitter.com/DIOktoberfest) is coming up on Sat. Oct. 4.   Big thanks to the club members who volunteered to help at the festival. 

We have 14 brewers represented - so should be at least 40+ beers to sample!  The VIP tickets are selling out rapidly - only about 30 or so remaining - for $60.  That gets you an extra hour of admission (from 2-3pm), a commemorative t-shirt, and attendance at the post-festival appreciation dinner with volunteers and brewers at the Coventry Inn.

General admission tickets are $35 for the 3-6pm session.

Lined up this year are:

1. East End Brewing (Pittsburgh)
2. Draai Laag Brewing Co. (Millvale)
3. North Country Brewing Co. (Slippery Rock)
4. Riepstine's Pub (Williamsport)
5. Marzoni's Brick Oven & Brewery (Duncansville)
6. Church Brew Works (Pittsburgh)
7. Rivertowne Brewing (Export)
8. Rock Bottom (Pittsburgh)
9. Yard's Brewing (Philadelphia)
10. Penn Brewing (Pittsburgh)
11. Yuengling (Pottsville)
12. Shipyard Brewing (Portland, ME)
13. Paulaner (Munich, Germany)
14. Samuel Adams (Boston, MA)

 

August Club Meeting

Our August club meeting will be held Tue Aug 12 at 8pm at Brunzies, corner of 5th and Philly St.  This month is our SMaSH competition (Single Malt and Single Hop), and we'll be talking about the Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest (Facebook, Twitter) opportunities for volunteering on Sat Oct 4.

IUP Student-Produced Video from DI Oktoberfest; A Few Local Taps of Note

The 2nd Annual Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest went very well.  All tickets sold out, the weather cooperated, and all of the beer showed up!  We did, in fact, run out early of some beer, and all of it was gone by the end.  The crowd didn't seem to mind, however, and we got good feedback.  Many thanks to the IPA members who volunteered for the event or bought tickets - you helped make this event a success.  Bigger and better next year!

The following is a short video produced by some IUP students during the event - lots of familiar faces in the background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqdy8OqmOT4

The three winning beers from those who voted (81 votes) were: Church Brew Works Oktoberfest, Marzoni's Pumpkin Ale, and Penn Chocolate Meltdown Stout (which also just won a Bronze medal at the Great American Beer Festival). 

In other news, Brunzies has opened up on the corner of 5th and Philly.  Nice tap selection, including East End Hop Harvest (fresh hopped beer), Anderson Valley Heelch O'Hops, Ayinger Brau Weisse, and Monty Python's Holy Grail Ale.  Twisted Jimmy's just tapped Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet The Greater Pumpkin (barrel-aged pumpkin beer).

October Club Meeting, Oktoberfest Updates

The October club meeting will be held at The Coney at 8pm.

VIP tickets for the Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest have SOLD OUT!  There are still regular admission tickets left, so lets keep our fingers crossed for good weather on the 12th.  Club members volunteering for the event should be contacted soon (if you haven't been already) about the tasks and schedules for the day.

FYI - Twisted Jimmy's has just tapped Stone's 17th Anniversary beer, Goetterdaemmerung IPA. Get it while it lasts!