The House that Beer Built
Drink Moontown to support "The House That Beer Built"
The Habitat for Humanity of Boone County, in conjunction with several central region breweries, is entering their second year of the "House That Beer Built" project, and Moontown is ready and committed to help raise the roof (and walls) to assist a well-deserving neighbor achieve home ownership right here in Whitestown (this year's house is located a stone's throw from Moontown on Main Street!).
We know how active craft beer fans are in the community, and we know you're going to drink beer anyway, so why not do it for a great cause? We're making it super easy for you to get involved and give back.
Wednesdays May 1st - June 19th:
We'll be hosting weekly fundraisers in the brewpub every Wednesday during the build. All you have to do is show up ready to eat & drink and Moontown will donate a full 10% of our brewpub sales (food and beverage) to the HTBB. The bar will open early each of these weeks (3:30pm), with food service available from 4pm - 9pm.
Maibock: a celebration of Spring (now on draft):
Our "Skool House Bock," a maibock style, is back on draft, and this means Spring has Sprung! But what's up with this lesser known style of beer? And why the spring release?
Generally, the basic "Bock" style is of 13th century Germanic origin and is a stronger style of lager. First brewed in the central town of Einbeck, it became popular in Bavaria, where their dialect caused them to pronounce the town name as “ein Bock,” ("bock" meaning “Billy Goat” in German – hence the common appearance of a goat on labels).
Collectively, these bock beers are perhaps more associated with seasonal releases than any other family of beers. Traditional bocks were brewed to be consumed in the winter, while the stronger doppelbock was made for the early spring/Lenten period. Missing, however, was a similar beer, suitable for the late spring and summer, fitting neatly into a season that’s post-doppelbock but pre-autumn festbier.
While it’s tough to pinpoint the exact origin of maibock, it is generally accepted that the paling of bock coincided with the general trend of chic pale lager production in the mid- to late-19th century. The vacuum was filled by the Hofbräuhaus of Munich which produced the first Maibock for annual May Day celebrations. The brewery deftly took advantage of the public’s infatuation with pale beers by making a strong lager with the maltiness that Munich was famous for, and soon many German breweries latched onto the beer and the appeal of the late-Spring seasonal release.
Our "Skool House Bock," like all traditional maibocks, has a warm golden hue and is more aggressively hopped than other bocks (IBU: 25), making it the perfect transitional brew between seasons. It retains a bit higher ABV (6.7% ABV), but as the German Beer Institute describes, "its brightness and bitterness already foretell the perpetually blue skies of summer.
If you need one more reason to give this beer a try, we've decided to make the Skool House Bock our partner beer with The House That Beer Built, and will be donating $1 from every pint sold of this beer (from Saturday until it sells out) to help fund their efforts. So come on over and enjoy a substantial and satisfying ode to Spring and help us do some good in our community!
