{"id":6314,"date":"2012-07-15T11:45:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T15:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2020-03-29T16:04:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:04:05","slug":"journey-to-indy-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/15\/journey-to-indy-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to Indy – 2012 Beer Bloggers Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

#beerbloggers #bbc12<\/p>\n

It’s time for the 3rd Annual Beer Bloggers Conference, in the great city of Indianapolis.  The previous conferences were in Boulder, Colorado and Portland, Orgeon.  Both were obvious choices and major bucket list beer destinations.<\/p>\n

When the destination for the 3rd conference was selected, Indianapolis wasn’t an obvious choise to us, but its a central location and the beer scene is growing rapidly.  Trying not to be too excited about the conference being in the same time zone, we decided immediately to attend.  Lets Do It!!  (Unfortunately, as time got near, @ThirstyNoBeard @jlj_love and @craftbeered were unable to join us in 2012, but they will be there in 2013!)<\/p>\n

Comparing the costs of flying and the troubles of flying with beer, we decided to treck the 16+ hours to the conference.  Yeah, we are a bit crazy, but we decided to make it into an ultimate beer adventure.<\/p>\n

Getting to Indy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting from the Boston area, we headed out at 10:00 AM on Monday,<\/em> morning, arriving in Indianapolis on Thursday after driving ~2000 miles.<\/p>\n

We saw and experienced many different things on this great journey.  Our travels brought us through Utica, NY > Rochester, NY > Niagara Falls, NY > Cleveland, OH > Toledo, OH\/Lambertville, MI > South Bend, IN > Munster, IN > Chicago, IL > and finally Lafayette IN before we finally made it to Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures from the Journey!<\/p>\n

Enjoy,<\/p>\n

Sean and Amber
\nDrink Craft Beer, You’ve Earned It!!<\/p>\n

Start you’re engines……. (can’t hear it, because it’s a Hybrid!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York gave us a big bear hug welcome!
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First stop, F.X. Matt Brewing Company – Utica, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ultimate 75 Minute Tour<\/strong>
\n\"\"The Offical Beer Minx!<\/strong>
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\nBest Wings, East of Buffalo at RohrBrewing Company in Rochester, NY!<\/strong>
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Welcome to Niagara Falls – Maid of the Mist!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThe falls are so awesome!<\/strong>
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\nSean and Amber from the top of Niagara Falls.<\/strong>
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\nSean and Justin — Thanks for letting us crash.
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\nQuick stop in Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!<\/strong>
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\n The GPS took us on a random side trip, right through Amish Country!<\/strong>
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\nBuggy Parking at the Amish Bakery<\/strong>
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\n Journey to Notre Dame University.  We stumbled upon the hope tree for Cancer patients and Survivors.<\/strong>
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\nThe famous Notre Dame Stadium –Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!<\/strong>
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\nRandom stop at the Four Horsemen brewery.  Very impressive operations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nOn the way to Chicago, we stopped at Three Floyds Brewing, in Munster, IN. <\/strong> (A beer destination on our bucket list)<\/em>
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\nThe Three Floyds Alpha King!<\/strong>
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\nThe Three Floyds Zombie Dust, Yum!<\/strong>
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\nWrigley Field – Home of the Chicago Cubs<\/strong>
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\nView of Wrigley from up above!<\/strong>
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\nScoreboard!<\/strong>
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\nBrian from @SeacoastBevLab and Amber – @Aljpeace resting on the Cub’s Bench!<\/strong>
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\nSean @2beerguys, Amber @Aljpeace and Brian @SeacoastBevLab<\/strong>
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\nThe captain outside of Wrigley Field<\/strong>
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\nGoose Island pub Wriggleyville<\/strong>
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Grabbed a bite to eat at Lafayette Brewing Company<\/strong>
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Lafayette Brewing Artwork<\/strong>
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 If that seems like alot of sightseeing snd beer drinking, think again….we havn’t even made it to Idianapolis yet! More to come….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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