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Why isn’t a rolling bar powered by tipsy people constantly teetering into the canal or plowing into pedestrians? Because a company employee known as “The Bar Handler” always steers.

The transformation of a famous brewery into a boutique hotel makes this lakefront hotspot our new draft pick.

Customized DIY creations can be adorned with a la carte options that include seven types of bacon, 10 cheeses, and other add-ons as random as apple chutney and chicken gravy.

No doubt, Indy has quite an array of intriguing things to explore, but here are 26 of the city’s most noteworthy musts.

“I think I was about 7 years old. The morning after my parents had a party, I got up and tried some 10-hour-old Michelob,” she says of her first beer. “Not good, but that was my first.”

Asks @adam_weber, “What is more badass than having a local brewery that has 2 owners with PhDs in Chemistry? @wabashbrewing”

So you’ve munched on corn at the Indiana State Fair and had your mouth set afire by a certain shrimp-cocktail sauce. But what are the modern-day rites of passage? We have answers.

Only one state prohibits the retail sale of packaged alcoholic beverages on Sunday while also allowing it to be served at bars, restaurants, and events. Spoiler alert: It’s us.

A guide to prime living locations in Indianapolis for twentysomething pros, with a few surprises: “I have seen anything from random shopping carts on fire hydrants to dresses on stop signs.”

Hoppy New Year! 2014 will bring even more microbreweries to the local beer scene. Belly up to this recap.

Meet the Flockers—Indy’s urban chicken farmers—plus look back on Indy 500 Snake Pit hijinks, the State Fair food romp, and a pair of brew-drenched events.

This girls-only social club’s cup is surely overflowing.

“For a long time craft beer was a subculture, and still is to a degree. And I think subcultures historically rise to the surface of popular culture a lot of the time.”

Bid on designer purses. Make a new holiday tradition. Get a tan. Buy a knockout party dress. Jazz up your Colts game-day outfit. Conquer cabin fever. And more!

A toast to Indiana’s greatest literary master.