Broad Ripple Brewing Company

Brewpub in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Broad Ripple Brew Pub

Established in 1990

Contact
840 E. 65th St, Indianapolis, IN, 46220, United States
+1 317 253-2739
Description
The Broad Ripple Brewpub was established in 1990 by Englishman John Hill, born in Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, and his wife Nancy, a Hoosier native. It is Indiana’s very first brewpub (a restaurant that brews its own beer) and the oldest operating brewery in the state. The Brewpub was designed to recreate a typical English pub with its dark wood paneling, leaded stained glass windows, decorative tin ceiling, and cozy fire place. The Brewpub has one of the largest outdoor cafes in Broad Ripple Village, seating up to seventy people.
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shrubber
shrubber (15986) reviewed
Black Heart Lager from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft. Chocolate malt aroma. Chestnut brown with small head. Lightly sweet milk chocolate malt and straw flavor. Not bad.
Tried from Draft on 12 Apr 2015 at 14:12
shrubber
shrubber (15986) reviewed
Lavender Lawnmower Pale Ale from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft. Lavender and light malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet light honey, lavender, malt, and mildly bitter herbal flavor. Okay - delivers on the lavender.
Tried from Draft on 12 Apr 2015 at 14:06
nuplastikk
nuplastikk (10738) reviewed
Nice Weiss from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Tap at Broad Ripple. Unfiltered glowing orange tan. Thin creamy white head. Nice clove bitterness. Banana aftertaste. Sort of biting lemon touches. Kind of chunky. OK.
Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2014 at 21:33
nuplastikk
nuplastikk (10738) reviewed
ESB Extra Special Bitter from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at Broad Ripple. Unfiltered red-copper body. Creamy cask head. Leans into the amber malt and ringwood yeast. Nice cask mouthfeel, but a lackluster effort overall. Old school, just tolerable.
Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2014 at 21:31
nuplastikk
nuplastikk (10738) reviewed
Monon Porter from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask pour, hand pump. Brown unfiltered body. Creamy steady beige head. Pretty unimpressive, the mellow cask body is about all it has going for it. Cherry coke like amber malts. Almost like a brown ale at times. Boring, bland. Caramel sugar finish.
Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2014 at 21:28
nuplastikk
nuplastikk (10738) reviewed
Middle Child American Wheat from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at Broad Ripple. Cascade lends a nice hoppy freshness to the aroma. A pretty tame would be White IPA. Pretty standard American Wheat, but the Cascade hops give it some depth, balance. OK.
Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2014 at 21:19
nuplastikk
nuplastikk (10738) reviewed
IPA from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap at Broad Ripple. Murky dull orange-brown body. Foamy soapy off-white head. Pretty unimpressive old school UK inspired 90s brewpub IPA. The aroma is off, or maybe it’s just the brutal Ringwood yeast. Some piny bitterness in the finish. Creamy body. Really bland. Unappetizing butterscotch tones. Meh.
Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2014 at 21:16
shrubber
shrubber (15986) reviewed
Bobbly Wob from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft. Floral honey, apple/berry malt and grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet orange malt and moderately bitter orange peel/pine flavor. Nice balance. Fruity.
Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2014 at 19:18
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shrubber (15986) reviewed
Tart Lizzie from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft. Light sour lactic berry aroma. Pale yellow with pink tint and small head. Tart sour currant/berry and light barley malt flavor. A bit like a fruit wine.
Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2014 at 19:15
shrubber
shrubber (15986) reviewed
Oktoberfest from Broad Ripple Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft. Light bready malt aroma. Amber with small head. Sweet light caramel/biscuit malt flavor. Decent - nothing off but not much there.
Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2014 at 19:09