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FEB. 5, 2015 — Issue 51

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On the Cover: Flat 12 beertender Eric Wittmer pours a craft beer for a patron at the brewery's location in Jeffersonville.

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Crafting special suds in Jeffersonville

Flat 12 Bierwerks is just what Jeffersonville needed: a well-known and well-regarded brand opening its second location — Indianapolis is its headquarters — on Riverside Drive.

How perfect of a marriage is this? Flat 12’s decision to locate in Jeffersonville speaks volumes Jason Thomas, Editor about the influence of the Big Four Bridge and Big Four Station. Build it, and they will come.

And they’re starting to arrive.

Jeffersonville is becoming a scaled-down craft beer destination, with Red Yeti Brewing Co. finally pouring its own product just a few blocks from Flat 12 on Spring Street. Don’t forget O’Shea’s, that Louisville institution, is working feverishly

to open a few doors down from Flat 12 on Spring.

Two craft-beer establishments — one an Indianapolis trend-setter — and another business with a Louisville pedigree opening locations in downtown Jeffersonville is pretty heady stuff.

And holy hops is Flat 12’s beer good. I’m not what you would call a beer aficionado, but I enjoy a well-crafted brew as much as anyone.

Maybe too much sometimes.

Flat 12 completely gutted the former outboard motors warehouse and transformed it into a sleek, hip taproom. From beer flights to flatbreads featuring Smoking Goose meats — an Indianapolis-based meatery that has built a national reputation — Flat 12 has plenty for the palate. All with a killer view.

Man, am I thirsty.

— Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason. thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

Sister (Author) Act  What: Book launch  When: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8  Where: Fireside Bar and Grille, 7611 Ind. 311, Sellersburg

 Info: To purchase the books, visit amazon. com and type in the authors’ names.

Southern Indiana sisters and authors Vicki Drane and Carissa Lynch will host a book launch event Sunday.

Drane’s “Star Hollow” and Lynch’s “This Is Not About Love” were released in December in the romance genre — but Drane and Lynch say their debut works are atypical romance novels.

In “Star Hollow,” heroine Tori Flynn, who gets entangled with a man named Preston Turner, “will learn the importance of love, true friendship, and gain an appreciation for life on a level she never thought possible.

Tori’s revelation after everything that happens is that sometimes life can be very difficult and heart wrenching.

It is during these times that we truly grow and transform and discover strength we never knew we had.”

Three vastly different women have one distinct connection — Michael Sinclair — in “This Is Not About Love.” The trio will “vie for his heart, and in the process, their lives will come crashing together, teaching them a thing or two about the real meaning of the word ‘love.’”

Lynch, Floyds Knobs, has a bachelor’s degree in

Vicki Drane, left, and Carissa Lynch. psychology, and is a former counselor and probation officer. Drane, 35, Sellersburg, also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Drane seeks to empower young women with her writing and has speaking engagements scheduled for later this month at Silver Creek High School.

Writing “has led me on a mission to make a difference in the lives of others by encouraging them to go after dreams early on, ones they may have never believed possible,” Drane, a social worker and health educator with the Clark County Health Department, said via email. “I believe talent is very important, and we all have our own unique talents and skills to offer the word if we can just soul search to discover what they are, but hard work, drive, and heart are just as important.”

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Having a ball at Culbertson What: Benevolence Ball at the Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site

When: 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 Info: Cost is $25, includes food and drink (must be 21 or over); reservations and advance payment are required. Call 812-944-9600 for tickets.

This black-tie affair celebrates New Albany’s most influential citizen and his legacy of philanthropy with an evening of high-brow entertainment at the Gilded Age home of industrialist William S. Culbertson.

The program will feature a live opera performance, poetic recitations, and the presentation of the Culbertson Mansion Benevolence Award, given each year to a citizen of New Albany in recognition of service to the community.

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love of chocolate

What: Chocolate Lover’s Weekend When: Friday, Feb. 7, Saturday, Feb. 8 (also Feb. 14, 15) Where: Huber Winery, 19816 Huber Road, Borden Info: huberwinery.com Visit Huber’s for the Indiana Uplands Annual Wine Trail event. Sample Huber wines paired with locally made chocolates and enjoy live music daily during these weekends. Music schedule: 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 7: Josh and Holly; 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 8: Josh Glauber. This event is complimentary and takes place during normal business hours. No reservation needed.

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Sustaining the good

What: FAN Fair When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 Where: Purdue Technology Center - New Albany, 3000 Technology Avenue Info: floydactionnetwork.org Connect with the information, products, and services that can lead you to the solutions and opportunities for sustainable living.

Meet exhibitors who offer sustainable products and services and attend workshops on a variety of topics. The workshops inform and demonstrate how to conserve energy and how to live sustainably.

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Flat 12 Bierwerks, an Indianapolis craft brewery, opened its first satellite taproom in Jeffersonville in November. The business is open Wednesday through Sunday and offers more than 20 varieties of craft beer.

STAFF PHOTO BY TYLER STEWART

START YOUR ENGINE BARREL ROLL

Flat 12 Bierwerks will be a featured brewery at this year’s Tailspin Ale Fest at Bowman Field.

To celebrate ahead of the event, Flat 12 Bierwerks will host a Tailspin ticket drawing on Sunday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature Spirit Mover mimosas, Bloody Maryinfused vodka and eggs Benedict.

A Tailspin representative will also have discounted tickets to the twoday Tailspin event, which will be held Feb. 20 and 21.

Info: tailspinalefest.com

Flat 12 Bierwerks has big plans for Jeffersonville location

By MATT KOESTERS matt.koesters@newsandtribune.com EFFERSONVILLE — Beth and David Howard know good beer. The Georgetown residents have been home brewing for the better part of two decades, and they know quality when they taste it.

Quality is what they tasted every time they tilted back a glass of beer from Flat 12 Bierwerks. So when the couple learned that Flat 12 was putting down roots in Jeffersonville, they met the news with excitement.

“It’s fantastic,” David Howard said. “They have

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a lot of different styles of beer, and everything I’ve ever had from them has been above average, very well done.”

Founded in 2010, Indianapolis-based Flat 12 Bierwerks is something of an upstart in the craft beer scene. In a state known for craft breweries — there are more than 100 — that boast both quality and longevity, Flat 12’s quickly developing a reputation for the former, while smart money says achieving the latter is a near certainty.

As is true for most breweries, Flat 12 lives and dies by the quality of its beers. And quality is far

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In the meantime, Flat 12’s physical presence is helping to increase the popularity of its bottled offerings at package liquor stores. Todd Antz, owner of The Keg Liquors in Clarksville and New Albany, has sold more Flat 12 beer lately than ever before.

“I think people were able to get down and actually have a better chance to sample the beer and found out how good it was,” Antz said. “We’ve actually seen an uptick in sales.”

Craft beer’s popularity in the Louisville area is on the rise. The addition of Flat 12 to Jeffersonville is adding to the downtown area’s craft beer cred, which is already propped up by Red Yeti Brewing Co., Buckhead Mountain Grill, Rocky’s Sub Pub, the Come Back Inn, Big Four Burgers + Beer and Cluckers. Flat 12’s appeal isn’t limited to Southern Indiana. With its proximity to the Indiana approach to the Big Four Bridge, good weather usually means big sales. Henry estimates that between 30 and 40 percent of the business comes from Louisville.

“Already, we have a lot of people that have taken the leap and come over here,” Henry said. “When it’s nice out, like on the nicer days of the winter, people have been taking the bridge and walking over here.

They like that part about it.”

THE EXPERIENCE

TOP: Shanna Henry, Flat 12 Bierwerks facility manager, pours a draft beer at the brewery’s Jeffersonville location on West Riverside Drive.

The new location offers several options, including pints, growlers and flights in-house.

RIGHT: Flat 12 Bierwerks patrons look over a list of beer at the brewery’s Jeffersonville location. Flat 12 offers a wide range of craft beer options, including Dan Patch Wit and Half-Cycle IPA. STAFF PHOTOS BY TYLER STEWART said Flat 12 beertender Eric Wittmer. “I think come summer, it’s just going to be explosive — with the [Big Four] walking bridge, all the runners and bikers out in this area, I think we’re going to get a lot of foot traffic.”

THE BEER

Now open Wednesday through Sunday, the Flat 12 taproom has more than 20 varieties of craft beer available, with new options being cycled into the rotation regularly. Patrons can enjoy pints, half-pints and flights in-house, while package bottled and canned beer, 32-ounce “bullets” and 64-ounce growlers are also available.

“I really think that the variety of beer that we have here is probably the main attraction,” said Shanna

Henry, facility manager. “There aren’t a lot of taprooms that you can go to that have this many beers to choose from.”

Flat 12’s offerings range from the pleasantly light Dan Patch Wit to the aggressive, opaque Pinko Russian Imperial Stout, from the hopped-up HalfCycle IPA to the malty Pogue’s Run Porter, which is considered the Flat 12 flagship brew. Several varieties of Flat 12 are available at package liquor stores and other businesses throughout Southern Indiana, but one-shot and seasonal offerings keep even the most loyal regulars on their toes.

“We constantly are bringing more stuff in,” Henry said. “We pride ourselves on doing specialty craft beer and having a creative spin. Our beertenders are

Flat 12 Bierwerks is named for the big 12-cylinder engines that were developed in the early days of the quest for automotive speed. In an interesting twist, the Jeffersonville taproom occupies a converted warehouse along Riverside Drive where outboard motors were once constructed.

Following a trend already seen in other local restaurants like The Exchange in New Albany and Big Four Burgers + Beer in Jeffersonville, Flat 12’s decor incorporates reclaimed materials from the structure’s predecessor. Corrugated metal wraps around the light array above the bar, while high-top tables have been made out of reclaimed wood stained with Flat 12’s logo. Purple light glows from within a larger Flat 12 logo above the space.

“They did such a tremendous job of just the decor in there,” Antz said. “I mean, you walk in and you’re just marveled. Here was this kind of open space that they gutted and made into such an open and inviting space to come in and have a pint.”

While beer’s at the forefront of the taproom’s offerings, a simple menu of appetizers and flatbread pizzas is also available. Indianapolis-based Smoking Goose Meats are incorporated into several of the dishes, which is no surprise, given that the chef who invented the menu used to work for Smoking Goose before jumping to Flat 12. Chef and Assistant Manager Elliott Rogers-Cline, an Indianapolis transplant, knows that both the food and the beer have to be good to keep customers coming back.

“That’s why we chose to use Smoking Goose Meats on everything in the menu. ... We really wanted it to be high quality,” Rogers-Cline said. “It’s a little bit more expensive to make — like, we could probably get way cheaper if we bought lesser products, but we want something that’s actually good. And we’ve been well-received on the food side of things, so that’s a good thing.”

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MADDIE DRISCOLL Her album drops March 6 Hometown/Current Residence/Age: Louisville/15 years old.

How did you get into music?

Being born into a musical family, it wasn’t hard. I was literally born and then a guitar was placed in my hands. A lot of kids are born into something and forced to continue on with it because there parents force them to. But with music and I, the case was the opposite. I forced them to let me continue music. You could say my “determinedness” to music created some “treble” from time to time.

Please describe your sound: I sing singer-songwriter with pop layered in, as well as something of my own sprinkled in.

Like a musical cupcake.

Who are your musical influences? It varies depending on what aspect I’m focusing on.

Lyrically, I admire Ed Sheeran.

Vocally, I admire Sara Barellies.

All around as a person and musician, Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift is queen.

What is your inspiration when writing songs? I try to focus it on my real life. I want to pull my exact feelings from a moment and capture them.

Sometimes it’s even what my friends are feeling. I love having the ability of letting someone out there know I understand what they are feeling, too. One of the many reasons I’m so in love with songwriting.

What are your goals? To

achieve what people have called me crazy for wanting.

To sing in front of a crowd that knows the words to my songs.

That would be awesome.

Contact/music info: To hear my music: Spotify and iTunes.

To contact me: Instagram (_maddiedriscoll), Twitter (@ maddiedriscoll), Facebook (MaddieDriscollMusic), and my website (maddiedriscoll. com).

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Local SoIn Happenings Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/ or organization’s upcoming events/new features/ entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

 Live on State at Wick’s

Where: Wick’s Pizza Parlor, 225 State St., New Albany When: Friday and Saturday Saturday, Feb. 7: The Good Chiggens; Friday, Feb. 13: 50 Shades of Grey Party with 8 Inch Elvis; Saturday, Feb. 14: The Sell Outs; Friday, Feb. 20: The Blues & Greys; Saturday, Feb. 21: The Louisville Crashers; Friday, Feb. 27: Full Contact Karaoke; Saturday, Feb. 28: The Saints [wickspizza.com]

 Live music at Big Four Burgers + Beer

Where: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville When: Friday and Saturday Friday, Feb. 6: Drew Alexander; Saturday, Feb. 7: Kelsey and Rachel; Friday, Feb. 13: Eric and Kenny; Saturday, Feb. 14: Drew Alexander; Friday, Feb. 20: Kelsey and Rachel; Saturday, Feb. 21: Kyle Hastings; Friday, Feb. 27: Kelsey and Rachel; Saturday, Feb. 28: Kyle Hastings [bigfourburgers.com]

 Live music at Charlie Nobel’s

Where: Charlie Nobel’s Eatery + Draught House, 7815 Ind. 311, Sellersburg When: Friday and Saturday Friday, Feb. 6: Kelsey and Rachel; Saturday, Feb. 7: Bobby Wilson; Friday, Feb. 13: Kyle Hastings; Saturday, Feb. 14: Kelsey and Rachel; Friday, Feb. 20: Kyle Hastings; Saturday, Feb. 21: Drew Alexander; Friday, Feb. 27: Eric and Kenny; Saturday, Feb. 28: Kelsey and Rachel

 Live music at the Brick Wall

Where: Brick Wall Restaurant, 1116 Copperfield Drive, Georgetown Saturday, Feb. 14, 6 to 8 p.m.: Jim Holderman

 Live music at Hoopsters

Where: Hoopsters Bar and Grill, 830 E. 10th St., Jeffersonville Saturday, Feb. 7: The Big Rock Show

 Corydon Jamboree

Where: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Saturday, Feb. 7: Rockin Terry Lee with The Hearbreak Band; Saturday, Feb. 14: Leigh Ann Cooper with Eric Kerr and surprise guest; Saturday, Feb. 21: Allen Hilbert, Brady Meenach, Natalie Berry; Saturday, Feb. 28: Mike Boughy, Kelly Casey General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other information call 812-738-1130. [corydonjamboree.com]

 Ross Country Jamboree

Where: 31 Wardell Street, Scottsburg When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Saturday, Feb. 7: Christy Miller, Donnie Strickland; Friday, Feb. 13: Doo Wops All Stars with Wulfe Brothers ($15); Saturday, Feb. 14: Natalie Berry, Mike Fryman, Gene Noel; Saturday, Feb. 21: Dave Campbell, Roger Conley, Marcus Kinnard; Saturday, Feb. 28: Natalie Berry, Billy Nett, Maisy Reliford, Alex Miller; Two Gene Watson Shows: Friday, March 20, with Alexis Van Meter and Lanny McIntosh; Saturday, March 21: with The Trio: Brad, Tammy and Rona Bemis ($25 each show) General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free.

For reservations, directions or any other information call 866-573-7677. [rosscountryjamboree.com]

FLAT 12: Brewery to include three-phase plan CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

WHAT LIES AHEAD

The Jeffersonville Flat 12 location is in the midst of phase one of a three-phase plan for the facility.

Phase one: Taproom. Check. Warm weather will likely cause the taproom to continue to rise in popularity, Wittmer predicted.

The taproom’s only staying open as late as 10 p.m. on the weekends now, but that’s likely to change as the mercury rises, Rogers-Cline said.

Phase two: Brewery operations, which will begin late summer or early fall. That will include some beers that are made exclusively for the Jeffersonville

taproom, Henry said.

Phase three: Distillery. But that’s about three years down the road, Henry said.

In the immediate future, Flat 12 is ramping up for the Tailspin Ale Fest in Louisville. It’s planning live music every weekend in another unused warehouse on the property. And there’s always new kegs of beer coming in from Indianapolis to keep the menu fresh.

“I’m just looking forward to the warm weather, with the view from the patio and the lights on the bridge,” Beth Howard said. “They are here at the right time and in the right place, and we’re happy to have them here in the community.”

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