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Hours: Thursday & Friday - 5 to 8pm, Saturday & Sunday - 1 to 5pm
Location: 1555 West Lincolnway in Valparaiso IN 46385 - MAP
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  • F8 is the only location for Sunday carryout in Porter county
  • On tap in our tasting room: First Ascent, Ro Shampo, Camp 4, Rye Knot, Offwidth, Where Lizards Dare, Snake Pro, and Twist of F8,
  • Available from us in growlers: Ro Shampo, Camp 4, Offwidth, Where Lizards Dare, and Snake Pro
  • Ro Shampo Imperial Red Ale will be on draft at the PopCornucopia Palooza event during the Valpo Popcorn Festival
  • Our tasting room will be open during the Valpo Popcorn Festival
  • Ro Shampo Imperial Red Ale is on draft at Pikk's Tavern in Valpo
  • Camp 4 Nut Brown Ale is on draft at Industrial Revolution Eatery & Grill in Valpo
  • Ro Shampo Imperial Red Ale is on draft at Knock Outs Sports Bar & Grill in Merrillville
  • Growlers are also available at Pat's Liquors in Porter, Trail Inn Liquors in Valpo, Ribordy Liquors in Valpo
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  • Schedule Of Events
      September
    4th We will be brewing a harvest ale from locally grown, freshly harvested hops - come watch the fun at the Figure Eight Tasting Room, 1pm - 5pm CST
    11th Popcorn Festival, Figure Eight Tasting Room, 11am - 11pm CST
    PopCornucopia Palooza, Cornucopia Coffee Company, 12 to 8pm CST
    18th 14th Annual Back Road Fall Fest, LaPorte, 1 to 5pm CST
    Back Road Brewery

      October
    2nd BrewFest at Valpo, 1 to 5pm CST
    BrewFest at Valpo

    Figure Eight is a small craft micro brewery situated in the city of Valparaiso (Vale Of Paradise) Indiana about 60 miles south and east of Chicago. While we are only just getting started, we are excited to join the other craft brewers in north west Indiana (Three Floyds, Shoreline, Crown, Backroad, and Brickworks), helping to make this area a craft brew destination. Perhaps one day there will be signs along our highways stating "Craft Brewery Trail", similar to the "Bourbon Trail" in Kentucky or the "Whisky Trail" in Scotland.

    Figure eight is a knot used in sailing and rock climbing. Aside from good beer, rock climbing is one of our passions and this knot is used to tie the safety rope to the climber's harness. An aesthetically pleasing knot, when turned on its side it also looks a bit like the symbol for infinity. So sticking with our passions, we hope to take Figure Eight Brewing to infinity and beyond! (Or at least to the point where we are producing some very tasty and satisfying brews :-)

    Our philosophy is simple. Life is short and one never knows how long each of us has. If we wait too long to pursue our dreams, then we may never have the opportunity to do so. As John Barrymore once said - "A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.". Taking on the challenges of pursuing our dreams often begs the question of why? When asked why he climbed mountains, Mallory once said - "So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself, upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for."

    So we here at Figure Eight Brewing hope that everyone is enjoying life and that our brews might further that goal - cheers!

    Check out the News button to the left for all of the latest news relating to our progress!



    Last updated: 31 August 2010 Copyright 2009-2010 Figure Eight Brewing LLC,
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