{"id":6599,"date":"2014-12-11T18:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T01:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2014-12-23T09:34:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T16:34:09","slug":"b1g-championship-ohio-state-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=6599","title":{"rendered":"B1G Championship:  Ohio State &#8211; Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16085611921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7537\/16085611921_6f7733b054_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0190 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16050512116\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7571\/16050512116_da144fa941_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0190\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0269 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15888877698\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8628\/15888877698_a6cc834357_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0269\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0357 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15456639813\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8610\/15456639813_185afe1b69_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0357\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe first week in December Julie and I headed down to Indianapolis for the <a title=\"ESPN:  Ohio State blows out Wisconsin for statement win in Big Ten title game.\" href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/ncf\/recap?gameId=400609096\">BIG TEN Championship game<\/a> between Ohio State and Wisconsin. This is third time we&#8217;ve gone to the game and much like last year, a chance for a National Championship was on the line. The crowd was probably 75% Ohio State fans, this being Ohio State&#8217;s second consecutive title game; Wisconsin has played in all but one championship game. Ohio State jumped to an early lead and never let up winning 59-0.<br \/>\n<a title=\"DSC_0140 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16074388061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8594\/16074388061_c9f17d4a12_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0140\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0167 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15456647533\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7494\/15456647533_76df06f304_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0167\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0238 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16076311565\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7580\/16076311565_300581f00c_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0238\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0323 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16074379761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8577\/16074379761_4e2a7d3687_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0323\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0339 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16075604442\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7507\/16075604442_3cca3e1969_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0339\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0342 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15456641393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8567\/15456641393_2097510984_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0342\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0348 by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16074377911\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8605\/16074377911_988bef92cc_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0348\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chilly Waters Brewing Company<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16087524065\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7551\/16087524065_00ff54cb1a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15901455579\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7464\/15901455579_87855cae38_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>Our first stop in Indianapolis was <a title=\"Chilly Waters Brewing Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chillywaterbrewing.com\">Chilly Waters Brewing Company<\/a> just southeast of downtown. This was probably our favorite brewery in Indy so far. The bartenders were great, the food was decent and the beer was better than most. My favorite being the <a title=\"Untappd:  White Room Cream Stout\" href=\"https:\/\/untappd.com\/b\/chilly-water-brewing-company-white-room-cream-stout\/894908\">White Room Cream Stout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Deep Brewing Co.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15901429449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7495\/15901429449_4422fec837_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16061725066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8681\/16061725066_b876ac5e56_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15465208514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7524\/15465208514_242dd7602e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>After Checking into our hotel we made the walk over to\u00a0<a title=\"Two Deep Brewing Co.\" href=\"http:\/\/twodeepbrewing.com\">Two Deep Brewing Co.<\/a> primarily because it was near\u00a0our hotel. If there really is a <a title=\"Business Insider:  The Craft Beer Market Has Exploded, And Now Brewers Are Worried About A Collapse  Read more: http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/alchemist-craft-beer-market-boom-bubble-outlook-2013-12#ixzz3MjRwj7wh\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/alchemist-craft-beer-market-boom-bubble-outlook-2013-12\">Craft Beer Bubble<\/a> this is the kind of place that will go under. There clearly was\u00a0a lot of money put into the place: massive space, over the top equipment setup, bartenders who couldn&#8217;t have cared less and a really odd\/limited beer selection. There wasn&#8217;t anything that stood out to me and they didn&#8217;t have any Pale Ales, or IPAs which isn&#8217;t really a deal breaker but then have something else that&#8217;s approachable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana City Brewing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16061725146\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7512\/16061725146_0767740cc0_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15901431419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7555\/15901431419_22ca4d0e5a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/16061726516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8662\/16061726516_be4e1b8d3c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>We didn&#8217;t have a ton of time to spend at <a title=\"Indiana City Brewing\" href=\"http:\/\/indianacitybeer.com\">Indiana City Brewing<\/a> but I would definitely like to go back. Probably the largest and most diverse beer selection of the breweries I&#8217;ve been to in Indy. I really enjoyed the <a title=\"Untappd:  Black Lantern\" href=\"https:\/\/untappd.com\/b\/indiana-city-brewing-co-black-lantern\/610709\">Black Lantern<\/a> which is a Black IPA.<\/p>\n<p>Side Notes:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled by Nik Bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/15900244050\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7510\/15900244050_c84c3fd200_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n* The view from my seat.<br \/>\n** Previous B1G Championship games: \u00a0<a title=\"BIG TEN Championship Game:  Wisconsin \u2013 Michigan State\" href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=5689\">2011<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"B1G Championship: OSU \u2013 MSU\" href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=6440\">2013<\/a><br \/>\n*** On the way out of town we tried to stop at <a title=\"Plump's Last Shot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plumpslastshotbroadripple.com\">Plump&#8217;s Last Shot<\/a>\u00a0but they weren&#8217;t open yet and we wanted to hit the road. We decided on checking out a breakfast place in the same neighborhood, <a title=\"Wikipedia:  Broad Ripple Village\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broad_Ripple_Village,_Indianapolis\">Broad Ripple.<\/a> We rolled the dice on the <a title=\"Northside Kitchenette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northsidekitchenette.com\">Northside Kitchenette<\/a>. I can&#8217;t recommend it enough. The place was packed but we managed a seat at the counter with no wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first week in December Julie and I headed down to Indianapolis for the BIG TEN Championship game between Ohio State and Wisconsin. This is third time we&#8217;ve gone to the game and much like last year, a chance for a National Championship was on the line. The crowd was probably 75% Ohio State fans, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,13,17,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer","category-ohio-state","category-sports","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pazIS5-1Ir","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6599"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6606,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions\/6606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}