Mishawaka Brewing Company
"Home of Four Horsemen Irish Ale"

3703 North Main Street
Mishawaka, IN 46545
574-256-9993

The Pub
408 W Cleveland Rd
Mishawaka, IN 46545
574-273-5397

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The second oldest brewpub in Indiana. All the barley, yeast, and hops is American grown. Every fall they make a batch using hops grown on the walls of their beer garden.

  • Bar - Mug Club
  • Restaurant - Food is "Americanized International". Appetizers, Salads, Soups, Sandwiches, Brewery Classics, Entrees (Ahi, Steaks, Ribs), Late night menu.
  • Meeting room
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Pool, pinball, foosball
  • Smoke-free at the brewpub. Smoking allowed at The Pub.
  • Home of the MEGA homebrew club
  • Homebrew Supplies

Opened 1992
Owners: Tom and Barbara Schmidt
Brewers: Rick Schmidt (Tom and Barbara's son), Tom Webster
Assistant brewer: Jay Steele
Manager: Tami Schmidt (Rick's wife)
Sales: Craig Schmidt

Mon 11:30am - 11:00pm $4 20oz pints, $8.60 pitchers
Tues 11:30am - 2:00am Half Price Pitchers ($5.30). Live music.
Wed 11:30am - 11:00pm Founder's Stout: $4 20oz pints
Thurs 11:30am - 11:00pm Kölsch & Wall St. Wheat. $4 20oz pints, $8.60 pitchers.
Fri 11:30am - 1:00am  
Sat 11:30am - 1:00am  
Sunday Noon - 11:00pm Four Horsemen Irish Ale: $3.25 20oz pints, $7.20 pitchers


Just south of Edison Rd. on Main Street.

Tied house, the Pub is at 408 W Cleveland Rd. At Grape and Cleveland. 574-273-5397 Closed Sunday. Mon-Thurs 3:30 - 11pm. Fri & Sat 11:30am - 1am. 21+ age limit.

An extension brewery for bottled product is at 2414 Lowell St. Elkhart, IN 46516

Representative Beer Menu

  ABV
Four Horsemen Irish Ale Irish style Red Ale using six malts and three hop varieties.  It was a Silver Medal winner at the 1994 Great American Beer Festival.  It has a deep reddish-copper color.  Initial taste is the residual maltiness of this popular beer balanced with moderate hop bitterness. Their number 1 selling beer. * 5.7%
Lake Effect Pale Ale American Pale Ale with large quantities of Oregon Cascade hops and lesser amounts of other hops.  A strong but pleasant hop flavor at the start with a smooth hoppy finish.  Silver Medal 1995 World Beer Championships.   5.8%
INDIAna Pale Ale Moderate bitterness that makes it very drinkable. Golden amber color. Four malts and three hop varieties. The end result is a hop flavorful ale that is very refreshing. * 6.2%
Founder's Stout Irish-style dry stout with seven malts. It has a roasted coffee flavor with a distinctive dry-roasted bitterness in the finish. Winner of multiple awards including the 1996 World Beer Cup's "Gold Cup", the 1998 World Beer Cup's "Silver Cup" and the 1995 Silver Medal Winner at the Great American Beer Festival.   5.3%
Wall Street Wheat Light golden color and is refreshing and bubbling. It is perfectly aged and has great character, with subtle hop flavor that balances the slight malt sweetness.   5.4%
Raspberry Wheat Ale A blend of raspberries and wheat beer with a bright raspberry red color and just a hint of raspberry flavor and aroma.  Brewed using 2-row Brewers malt, red wheat malt and Sterling hops.   5.3%
7 Mules Kick-Ass Ale Looks like a pale ale. Tastes like a session beer. Effervescent. Knickerdropper. * 9.0%
Mishawaka Kölsch Warm fermented and cold lagered. Light, dryish, and somewhat sweet.   4.6%
Hop Head American-style IPA. "The beer with our highest level of hops it is brewed as a specialty beer a few times a year. Brewed with the intent of providing an ale with a very high level of hop flavor without excessive bitterness. We use four varieties of hops and three malts." * 7.0%
Ella Rose Porter
(seasonal)
Brewed using several specialty malts balanced with three hop varieties, it has a deep rich color with a touch of sweetness and a robust flavor and full texture.    6.0%
Loopy Lupilin Double IPA (seasonal) Named for the effect it will have on you and for Lupilin which is the gland in the middle of the hop flower. It is yellow to deep yellow in color and provides essential oils and hard & soft resins. When these oils and resins are boiled in the beer they give you bitterness, hop flavor and aroma. Very high amount of hops. Estimated IBU's 95-100.   9.2%
Warrior Ale (seasonal) IPA using only Warrior hops at all five addition points.   5.8%
Russian Imperial Stout (seasonal) Eight malts and black strap molasses.   9.4%
Beer Garden Ale (seasonal) Annual brew using hops from the vines in the beer garden out front. It's a darker-than-pale ale that isn't quite an IPA.   6.0%
Transit of Venus Sunrise Ale (seasonal) American IPA with plenty of Centennial hops.   6.1%

* available in 12oz and 22oz bottles at the brewpub and at several liquor stores in Michiana.

Also available: Lazy Dog caffeine-free Root Beer, Crazy Dog Cherry Cola, and Orange Cream (dreamcicle) brewed by Mishawaka Brewing Company.

Awards

Great American Beer Festival
1996 - Gold - Founder's Stout
1995 - Silver - Founder's Stout
1994 - Silver - Four Horsemen Ale

World Beer Cup
1998 - Silver - Founder's Stout
1996 - Gold - Founder's Stout