List of breweries in Indiana

Breweries in Indiana produce a wide range of beers. In 2012, Indiana's 68 breweries and brewpubs employed 260 people directly, and more than 23,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.^[1]^[2] Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Indiana's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Indiana's breweries and related industries was more than $456 million.^[2] Consumer purchases of Indiana's brewery products generated almost $192 million extra in tax revenue.^[3] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Indiana ranked 22nd in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 54.^[4]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.^[5] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 2 million Americans in the brewing industry (brewing, distribution and retail) and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.^[6]

Breweries and brewpubs

New Albanian Brewing – New Albany – brewpub, started as a restaurant in 1987; brewery operations began in 2002
Sun King Brewing^[7] – Indianapolis/Fishers– taproom, downtown Indianapolis brewery opened in 2009, Fishers brewery opened in 2015,^[8]^[9] other locations in Broad Ripple^[10] and Carmel^[11]
Thieme and Wagner^[12] - Lafayette - originally opened in 1863, reopened in 2016.
Three Floyds Brewing^[13]– Munster - brewpub, brewery originally opened in Hammond in 1996 and moved to Munster in 2000. The brewpub opened in 2005.
Upland Brewing Company –Indianapolis/Bloomington- Bloomington Brewpub opened in 1998, Broad Ripple Tasting Room in 2010, Bloomington Production Brewery in 2012, Carmel Tap House in 2013, Wood Shop in Bloomington and Columbus Pump House in 2016, Fountain Square Brewery in 2019, Upland Jeffersonville in 2021, and Upland 82nd Street in Indianapolis in 2022.^[14]

Former breweries

Indianapolis Brewing Company
Old Crown Brewing Corporation

References

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^ ^a ^b "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Indiana". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--2012 Data, Indiana". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Capita per Brewery" (PDF). Brewers Association. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". 13 March 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
^ "Beer Serves America". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
^ Taflinger, Neal. "Sun King owners reflect on fast five years". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
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^ "Indy's Sun King Brewery opens sweet new locale/ specialty production brewery in Fishers". Craft Brewing Business. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ "Sun King opens Broad Ripple tap room with seafood restaurant Offshore inside". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ Lewis, Brittany (2018-07-02). "Sun King celebrates grand opening of Carmel distillery, taproom, food hall". WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ Ellison, Jillian. "A long search into a family's past leads to Lafayette's first brewery's resurrection". Journal & Courier. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
^ Pete, Joseph. "3 Floyds celebrates 20th anniversary this Dark Lord Day". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
^ "Locations". Upland Brewing Co. Retrieved 2022-11-17.