75 degrees in November means one thing...time to get the horse out. As a way to celebrate our nation's heroes on Veteran's Day as well as take advantage of the freakishly warm weather, we hit the road for a last chance ride. Living in the midwest means that riding is pretty much limited to spring, summer, and fall, so any warm day past the month October is seen as the last chance to get out there and ride.
We decided to ride out on IN-40 (Washington St) to Plainsfield, IN to hit the new Black Swan Brewpub. Not yet an actual brewery, Black Swan offers pub food and a good selection of local beers on tap. I was pleased to see that 80% of the beer offerings were from right here in Indiana; the selection included 3 Floyds, Sun King, Brugge, New Albanian, Mad Anthony, and People's. I'm guessing the usual crowd doesn't have much of a taste for good microbrews considering the waitress was suprised when we knew exactly what we wanted and she didn't have to explain the beers to us. Also, there was a table next to us that spent $7 each on a sampler, only to turn their noses up at each of them except for the Sun King Cream Ale. They ended up leaving with the full samples sitting on their table. Shame.
(pic stolen from elsewhere...not from our visit but someone else's who likes hops a bit less than we do apparently)
Anyway, the food was pretty awesome. The selection was small, but the beef sandwich I got was phenomenal as were the frites. I loved the dips and toss options that came with the frites. The down fall of the place is the atmosphere. The bar area was small and cozy, but the dining room looked like a cafeteria with metal tables and chairs and tacky flowers stuck into beer bottles. I would definitely recommend sitting in the bar area, avoid the dining room.
After lunch, we made a quick stop at the Indy West Harley dealership, then home. Both our stop at the dealership and our trip home confirmed two things: we hate Harley dealerships and turnabouts.
-KJ
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