Who: HopCat founder Mark Sellers, Sun King Brewing Co. co-founder and B.I.G. Clay Robinson and Dave Colt; officials from Keystone Development, the city of Indianapolis and Broad Ripple Village When: 10 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 10 a.m.
Where: HopCat – Broad Ripple, 6280 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. (corner of College and Broad Ripple avenues in the Broad Ripple Garage & Shoppes) (indoors with hard hats if weather requires)
Photo/video opportunity: Hops planting, brief remarks by Sellers, Robinson and Colt, tours of future home of HopCat – Broad Ripple. One-on-one interviews also will be available. About HopCat Founded in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2008, HopCat is the flagship brand of BarFly Ventures. HopCat is a destination for locals, tourists and beer fanatics alike, earning international accolades as such as: “No. 3 Beer Bar on Planet Earth” by Beer Advocate Magazine, “No. 2 Beer Bar in America” by CraftBeer.com and “No. 1 Brewpub in the United States” by RateBeer.com.
HopCat – East Lansing opened in August 2013. In August of 2014 HopCat – Broad Ripple will open in Indianapolis with Indiana’s largest number of craft beers on draft. HopCat – Detroit will open in October of 2014 with 130 draft lines and a live music venue in the heart of Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood in October.
