Brewery Membership
Brewery Membership
If your brewery is fully permitted and selling your beer and meets the requirements below, you may join or renew as a Brewery in Operation member to receive full benefits including support, invitations, and information from the Guild about festivals, legislative and marketing efforts, and more. The Brewery in Planning Membership is an exclusive program for startup breweries wishing to cultivate meaningful relationships within Indiana’s craft brewing community and its Business Affiliate members.
Indiana craft breweries that meet the following conditions may be Brewery in Operation members:
- The brewery holds a valid and active “Small Brewer” permit issued by the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
- The brewery qualifies as a “craft brewery” as defined by the Brewers Association
- The brewery is actively brewing
- All critical phases of the beer making process occur within the state of Indiana
- The brewery is actively engaged in the business of making and selling beer at its permit premise
If your brewery has more than one location, each location that meets all of the above conditions and is actively brewing onsite qualifies as a Guild member with full privileges (one vote per brewery), and annual member dues will be based on aggregate barrelage amongst all locations.
Membership Benefits
- Invitation to participate in:
- Indiana Craft Brewers Conference
- Regional Meetings
- Annual Meeting
- Guild Festivals
- Legislative Reception
- Four complimentary brewers’ tickets and invitation to pour at all Guild festivals reaching over 11,000 craft beer enthusiasts at events and thousands more through event promotion. Brewers’ tickets (a $200 value per festival) come with access to the Brewers’ Hideout, a private area featuring complimentary food and beverage. Festivals have limited booth availability and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Option to purchase up to GA 6 tickets for to any of the Guild’s annual beer festivals at the lowest advertised public rate
- Opportunity to have a beer tested at the Sun King lab. Tests include gas chromatography on 20+ flavor compounds and/or blind sensory analysis. One complimentary test per brewery per year.
- Member e-newsletter subscription for an unlimited number of staff
- Brewery listing in annual reports to membership
- Use of the Drink Indiana Beer logo on packaging, co-branded merchandise with the Guild, as well as your website and promotional material (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Opportunity to offer input on legislative and educational initiatives and to provide guidance on Guild policies via the annual member survey, regional meetings, and committee involvement
- Opportunity to vote in the annual election for the Guild’s Board of Directors (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Comprehensive listing in a searchable online brewery directory for the public (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Ability to include your brewery events in the Guild's comprehensive brewery event calendar
- Specific Benefits for the 2025 Craft Brewers Conference in Indianapolis
- Invitation to pour at the CBC Welcome Reception (assuming you're also a member of the BA)
- Ability to add events to our Indiana featured programming for the Brewers Association's CBC
- Invitation to the Indiana reception during CBC
Brewery Membership
If your brewery is fully permitted and selling your beer and meets the requirements below, you may join or renew as a Brewery in Operation member to receive full benefits including support, invitations, and information from the Guild about festivals, legislative and marketing efforts, and more. The Brewery in Planning Membership is an exclusive program for startup breweries wishing to cultivate meaningful relationships within Indiana’s craft brewing community and its Business Affiliate members.
Indiana craft breweries that meet the following conditions may be Brewery in Operation members:
- The brewery holds a valid and active “Small Brewer” permit issued by the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
- The brewery qualifies as a “craft brewery” as defined by the Brewers Association
- The brewery is actively brewing
- All critical phases of the beer making process occur within the state of Indiana
- The brewery is actively engaged in the business of making and selling beer at its permit premise
If your brewery has more than one location, each location that meets all of the above conditions and is actively brewing onsite qualifies as a Guild member with full privileges (one vote per brewery), and annual member dues will be based on aggregate barrelage amongst all locations.
Membership Benefits
- Invitation to participate in:
- Indiana Craft Brewers Conference
- Regional Meetings
- Annual Meeting
- Guild Festivals
- Legislative Reception
- Four complimentary brewers’ tickets and invitation to pour at all Guild festivals reaching over 11,000 craft beer enthusiasts at events and thousands more through event promotion. Brewers’ tickets (a $200 value per festival) come with access to the Brewers’ Hideout, a private area featuring complimentary food and beverage. Festivals have limited booth availability and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Option to purchase up to GA 6 tickets for to any of the Guild’s annual beer festivals at the lowest advertised public rate
- Opportunity to have a beer tested at the Sun King lab. Tests include gas chromatography on 20+ flavor compounds and/or blind sensory analysis. One complimentary test per brewery per year.
- Member e-newsletter subscription for an unlimited number of staff
- Brewery listing in annual reports to membership
- Use of the Drink Indiana Beer logo on packaging, co-branded merchandise with the Guild, as well as your website and promotional material (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Opportunity to offer input on legislative and educational initiatives and to provide guidance on Guild policies via the annual member survey, regional meetings, and committee involvement
- Opportunity to vote in the annual election for the Guild’s Board of Directors (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Comprehensive listing in a searchable online brewery directory for the public (not applicable to breweries in planning)
- Ability to include your brewery events in the Guild’s comprehensive brewery event calendar
- Specific Benefits for the 2025 Craft Brewers Conference in Indianapolis
- Invitation to pour at the CBC Welcome Reception (assuming you’re also a member of the BA)
- Ability to add events to our Indiana featured programming for the Brewers Association’s CBC
- Invitation to the Indiana reception during CBC