Sobering discovery: Most Indy microbreweries in violation, by John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star
INDIANAPOLIS – They’re a “nuisance,” on par with slaughterhouses, tanneries, glue factories, bone factories or tallow chandleries.
They’re as “offensive to the senses” as a starch factory, foundry or fertilizer plant.
They need to be a safe distance from populated areas, hospitals, children and parks.
What is this public health scourge?
Microbreweries.
The simple pleasures of beering locally. I'm older now, and simple beer pleasures are the most meaningful to me. They tend to be encountered locally. It is my aim to get unplugged and explore some of them, slowly and thoughtfully. I'd tell you where it's leading, except that I've no idea ... and that's the whole point of the journey: To find out.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Offensive to the senses, but too legit to quit.
Every once in a while, a customer will make a comment to the effect that "this place smells awful." It boggles my mind; after all, I've relied on my nose to lead me to breweries on more than one occasion, pre-iPhone. I'm guessing that the law in question originally derived more from Indiana's fabled prohibitionistic instinct than actual odor, and reflected a pattern of harassment not unlike that practiced by the Floyd County Health Department of today.
I've heard a few people say they don't like the aroma of beer being brewed. I just do NOT get that. The scent is predominantly cooking barley. I understand it's a subjective thing, but how can a person strongly dislike the scent of cooking barley? It smells great. Don't get it. Don't get it at all.
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