This fundraiser is being held at the Omni Severin, Downtown Indianapolis, Friday February 24^th at 7pm. Tickets are $40, and we’re serving Wheat, Dragonfly, Porter, Schwarz, Ard Ri, and Rad Red.

Other breweries that will be supporting are Barley Island, Bier, and Sun King.  We hope you can make it.

Find out more!

The Commons is located at 300 Washington Street and will be held in the Nugent-Custer Performance Hall on the second floor.  Tickets are $20 pre-show, $25 day of. Tickets can be purchased at www.dsisrvices.org. You’ll also receive a glass upon entry.

We’d love to have you come out, hang out, and enjoy Indiana creations because they’re all super fantastic. If you have any questions, hit us up. Hope to see you Saturday!

What is Indy Reads Books?

Indy Reads Books will be located in downtown Indianapolis along The Cultural Trail. It will be the only bookstore in downtown Indianapolis and is scheduled for completion later this spring. Indy Reads Books will sell donated used books with proceeds benefitting Indy Reads’ literacy tutoring programs.

How can you help?

You can start by collecting gently used books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and video games and dropping them off at the Upland Indy Tasting Room. All types of books and media items can be taken with the exception of textbooks and magazines. We have a box to collect all donated item and all items may be tax-deductible. (Note: Indy Reads can not give receipts for books donated through the collection boxes. If donors wish to claim a deduction they will need to keep a record of the number of books and type (hardcover or paperback) donated at this time. Receipts will be available at the store after it opens.)

What is Indy Reads?

Indy Reads mission is to improve the literacy skills of adults in central Indiana who read or write at or below the sixth grade level. Their goal is to make Indianapolis 100 percent literate. Indy Reads established more than 30 years ago and is the only organization in Indianapolis, accredited by ProLiteracy Worldwide, which uses volunteers to provide free, basic literacy tutoring to illiterate and semi-literate adults. Indy Reads programming includes one-on-one tutoring, small group sessions, English as a Second Language instruction, and “Literacy Labs” at neighborhood centers. You can learn more at www.IndyReads.org.

Other drop off locations are WFYI, Indy Reads Office, The Best Chocolate in Town, Global Gifts, and the Athenaeum – YMCA.

Pitch in and help make a difference in the lives of Indianapolis residents.

In the past, The Earth House has not really served beer with the exception of a couple of shows that would have special permission. Well, this Thursday will be the first time we’ll be partnering with the Earth House to sell beer in the venue, and we are very excited about it AND the MOKB Presents! show that will be taking place on Thursday night.  Join us as we take in the cool sounds of Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears with openers, Tiger High. Get your tickets here for this anticipated show!

On Friday, The Earth House is also hosting an evening of Jazz and Sushi, which is a big fundraiser for them. Upland will be served there. If it’s something you’re interested in getting involved with, please check out this link.

Supporting the Earth House in Indianapolis is a great way to help support the local arts in this community. Be a part, get involved and show some local love. Learn more about The Earth House.

At this time, we need to thank everyone who was involved with pulling this party off. There are really too many to actually list, but we have some key mentions. Young and Laramore Ad Agency, of whom has been helping us re-design our website and helping us with some branding things, teamed up with us and graciously hosted the “Dirty Party in the Clean Zone.”

We had many people as why it was “Dirty Party in the Clean Zone. Since it was technically the first time Indianapolis has ever seen a “Clean Zone,” we must explain what that is. The Clean Zone by definition, is an area of a city in which grants the NFL legal rights to control commercial activity in streets around the Super Bowl. Now, some people find this concept controversial. We decided to make it fun. And since Y&L’s building sat on the border of the clean zone, we named it “Dirty Party…In the Clean Zone.”

Here’s a GREAT video by Brant Hawkins of our very dirty party. (..and thank you, Brant!)

Thank you to PUP for working the event and thank you to everyone who contributed to People for Urban Progress.
And a huge thank you to Kelly Jordan Photography for the super fun photo booth and DJ Helicon for the great music!

To see photos and more, and to also follow the GOLDEN GROWLER, join us on Facebook!

Do you remember when you first watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a kid? Or perhaps you watched the more recent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Well, wasn’t it exciting to see who got the Golden Ticket? If you were keeping your eyes peeled for the Golden Ticket, would you ever imagine the possibilities if you actually received it?

Well, a new day has come and rather than a Golden Ticket, we have for you, a Golden Growler. That’s right…And we’ll be giving the Golden Growler away for the first time over Super Bowl weekend.

The Golden Growler is the best beer karma growler ever. It comes with a loaded gift card so it can be filled once and enjoyed with friends, family, enemies, who or what have you, then it is to be passed on to someone who least expects it.

So, here are the instructions that come along with the Golden Growler:

1. The Golden Growler comes with a jeweled gift card with money already on it.  Upon receipt of the GG, head to the nearest indy or Bloomington Upland location (For Indianapolis head to 4842 North College Avenue and Bloomington, head to 350 w 11th st.) to fill the growler using the jeweled gift card that came with it.

2. Once the growler is filled, it is filler’s responsibility, as good beer karma would have it, to re-fill the gift card for the same amount. Note: It’d be really cool if the gift card remained attached to the GG at all times, as it is the beating heart of this good karma operation. We don’t want the heart to go missing.

3. Enjoy the filled Golden Growler with friends, loved ones, or perhaps enemies…for they may not be enemies for long.  Please put forth a special effort to take photos and/or video of this joyous experience, on our Facebook page and tag photos on our Twitter (@uplandbrewco) page with #goldengrowler. Photos can be uploaded at www.facebook.com/uplandbrewingco. The photos will then be posted on the Upland Blog.

4. Once  it’s been enjoyed, give the growler a good rinse with clean water once it’s emptied. No one wants a nasty growler…then pass this Golden Growler to someone who least expects it, along with the special instructions.  Please do not keep the Golden Growler for more the 3 days (or 72 hours), for the sooner you pass it on, the quicker we can continue the circle of good karma.

We are SUPER excited to see its journey.

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Tomorrow is February, which marks a brand new First Friday. This month, we’re excited to feature the (brand new) work of Urbandscape artist, Justin Vining.

What is First Friday, you ask?

Well, every first Friday of the month, we team up with DJ Jackola, a local artist, and a local nonprofit…then we throw a party at our Upland Propaganda Room located in the Murphy Arts Building (room 202) located in Indy’s ‘Fountain Square District.’

All beer proceeds ($2 pints) will go to the Indiana Recycling Coalition. So, not only are you drinking great beer, you’re also contributing to the environment! So come out, socialize, see Justin’s amazing work, and have some beer for a cause! Justin will be there to chat about his art and will have some of his work for sale.

#drinklocal #supportlocal!

To RSVP, check out our Facebook Event Page.

To see Justin’s work, check out his website!

See you all Friday!