According to an article from The Republic in Columbus, visitors to the Indiana State Fair might be able to wash down deep-fried treats with a frosty beer if lawmakers approve a bill to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages during the summertime event.
The proposal would end a 67-year alcohol ban, and supporters say it would promote sales of Indiana-made beers and wines.
The state fairgrounds in Indianapolis has a liquor license and alcohol is sold at many other events that take place there, but not during the 17-day State Fair held in August each year.
Fair officials say they plan only a few designated areas where alcohol would be sold while educating fair-goers about how important the beer and wine industries are to Indiana’s agricultural economy.
Indiana now has about 60 local breweries statewide, along with more than 80 wineries and vineyards.
“It’s obviously extremely important for us as a local craft brewer, just from the standpoint of you’re getting to try something that’s not being shipped in from the West Coast, East Coast, whatever; something made in the local community here,” Flat12 Bierwerks owner Rob Caputo told WRTV. “I think it fits in well with the agricultural part of the state.”
READ More about the Possibility of Changing this 67-Year Ban from The Republic
