Posted in: Misc Mondays The Courtroom Where Jack Daniels “Got Served”

During the height of 1920’s Prohibition, the Federal Courthouse in downtown Indianapolis was home to a trial that exemplified many of the issues surrounding prohibition. It was dubbed “The Jack Daniels Whiskey case.” At the...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Ad: Stadium Adjacent Saloon 1892

We wouldn’t want to make any hasty generalizations, but it’s fairly safe to say there will be copious imbibing today–in Indianapolis and everywhere. Where moreso than Lucas Oil Stadium for SuperBowl XLVI? Perusing a handy...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: Breweriana Mania

It’s a familiar scene from the movies. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love and decide to move in together. Girl takes one look around the living room and decides that if she’s...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania His name was Dr. Cool. And he was one of our earliest…

…Drunkards. Yep, you read that right. HI’s October ‘theme’ is “Beers, Booze & Bars,” so in doing a little research on the early temperance movement in Indianapolis, chanced upon the story of Dr. Cool in...

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