Carson's Brewery

In this post, I want to write about a brewery instead of a beer. Wifey and I decided to take a road trip to find some beer that we can not get in St. Louis. We had to decide on what were the top beers we wanted to get. We decided that Three Floyds was one of the names we wanted to go for. We were hoping to find some of the new releases from Bell's but that might be a bit tougher. We did not want to go too far since it was just going to be for the day. We have pets at home that need food (don't they realize that this is BEER?).

We decided on three choices; Terre Haute, IN, Evansville, IN or Paducah, KY. We went to Beermenus.com to help narrow down our choices. What we found out, is that a lot of stores do not use beermenus.com to show what they have in stock. That was a bit disappointing. We figured that Paducah was the smaller town of the three and then just made the choice to go to Evansville. Why not? I looked up the bigger beer/wine stores and found a couple of breweries there; Carson's Brewery and Tin Man Brewing. I entered the breweries and the stores that were close by into Waze and off we went (the next morning).

We stopped at Carson's Brewery. It was noon on Saturday and the parking lot was empty. We saw the blinking OPEN sign and headed in. The building looked pretty new. When got inside, we saw one employee and nobody else. Tami greeted us as we took a seat at the bar. We ordered a flight and started talking. Tami is awesome. She said that October 1 is their one year anniversary. We were having a great time with Tami and the beer. The beers were really nice. They have a red IPA called RIPA that is great. Their pumpkin ale is really good and we got to taste their barrel reserve porter which was awesome.

More people started coming in and sat at the bar who seemed to be regulars, or at least semi-regulars. As we finished our flights (yes, plural), we each ordered a full pour. I got the RIPA and Wifey got the  Jackie O' pumpkin ale. Then, the head brewer, John came from the brewing area and asked if anyone wanted a tour. We said yes as did another couple. John gave us a tour and showed us all the cool stuff that breweries have and their process. He even showed us the rig they have for small batches. As a homebrewer, I looked at Wifey and said I want that for Christmas. Let's just say that it's not going to be this year or even next year. Oh well.

After the tour, we talked to John at the bar about how this is his first commercial position and how he has been a homebrewer for quite a while. We talked about their different beers and the brewery itself. Overall, this was a great visit. The people were wonderful and their beers were really good. If you ever stop in or are driving through, Evansville, IN, I highly recommend stopping at Carson's Brewery.

Carson's Brewery