Back
Road Brewery
- About 6 miles south of I-80 is LaPorte. A few miles back we told you
about Anderson's Winery with their (FREE) tasting room. LaPorte is the
home of the Back Road Brewery. They claim to make "mind-numbing,
award-winning beer".
Certainly, you are familiar with the cliché, "bring your own
bottle." These folks take that seriously. Bring your own bottle, jug,
or even a water-proof plastic bag, and they will fill it... FREE! (Hope
you have a designated driver!).
Exit the Indiana Toll Road (I-80) at exit 49. Turn left and follow
Hwy 39 south to Us-35. Continue on US-35 heading to LaPorte to the
intersection of Lake Street (on your right just after you pass the lake).
Turn right and the Brewery is a little more than a block ahead just across
from the lake. They do have a phone which is rarely answered. The promise
is that if you leave your phone number they'll call you back.
1-219-362-7623.
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Door Prairie Auto
Museum - Most
of the 'auto museums' along I-80 or in barns or even out in a field,
somewhere. This one is high class. Arranged in a very unusual, 3-story
building at 2405 Indiana Avenue is their collection of some 50 classics
plus collections of antique toys (and lots of other things).
If you just visited the Brewery on Lake Street, turn around and go
back to the end of Lake Street at Pine Lake, turn right, cross the tracks
and turn left on Washington. Go the one block to US-35 (which is Indiana
Avenue), turn right and follow US-35 to the Museum (it is a taller, red
structure with a roof like an up-side-down ice cream cone) at 2405 Indiana
Avenue. Phone: 1-219-326-1337.
Web site: Door
Prairie Museum.
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