(Indianapolis, IN) – Dreaming of beer. Something Tom Hynes has been doing since he brewed his first home beer more than 20 years ago. Making that dream a reality, Tom and his wife, Pam, are opening their very own brewpub in Plainfield, Ind. – Three Pints Brewpub.

“After developing a passion for brewing my own beer in the early 90s, I started dreaming and planning to open my own brewpub someday. But by the time I was ready, craft beer and brewpubs were struggling in the U.S. and I had three pints at home we were preparing to send to college soon,” Tom said about his two daughters and son who were young and living at home at the time. “When Pam and I became empty nesters, the popularity of craft beer was escalating again so we decided now is the right time.”
According to Tom, he’s always been intrigued by gadgets, equipment, and chemistry. After a six year stint in the Navy serving as a reactor operator on a nuclear submarine (USS Ulysses S. Grant), Tom went back to Purdue, obtaining a BS in Computer Science.

“I was very curious about the technique of home brewing and I was able to combine all of my interests into one hobby. At first it was like chemistry 101 and my first batch was undrinkable!”

Twenty years later, Tom is able to brew a variety of delicious micro brews that would entice anyone from a master brewer to the craft beer novice. Three Pints brewery can support up to five large serving tanks, though kegging additional beers is planned. Three Pints will be serving brewpub staples like fruited wheat beers, amber or red ales, Porters, California Common beers (similar to Anchor Steam), and India Pale Ales.

“We want to appeal to the picky craft beer pallets as well as expose the inexperienced craft beer drinkers to the finer tastes of fresh micro brew tapped right from the source,” Tom added.

Three Pints Brewpub is inspired not only by Tom’s experimenting at home, but from time spent living in Europe where he and Pam sampled the finest German, Irish, Scottish and English beers. “I’ve always loved a good English or Scottish Ale so for the two years we lived in Europe we sampled the best so we could perfect our own brew at home.”

The Brewpub will serve contemporary American cuisine with unique dishes like the Pot Roast Sandwich and skirt steak smothered in jalapeño gravy as well as some English Pub favorites like Shepherd’s Pie and Fish and Chips. Brewing four to five craft beers onsite daily, Three Pints will also feature other local micro beers on tap like Upland, Sun King and Three Floyd’s as well as a wine list and full service bar.

“People will come here for fresh from the tap, locally brewed beer,” said Three Pints Brewpub manager, Jackie Stebbeds, a seasoned retail restaurant manager. “They’ll keep coming back for the good food that compliments the micro brew.”

Three Pints will open to the public on November 12, 2010 for dinner only and will begin brewing beer on site shortly after. Onsite brewing takes two to six weeks from brew to tap, depending on the beer style. Once the Three Pints Brew is ready in mid-to-late December the restaurant will extend hours to include lunch and dinner seven days a week.

Three Pints Brewpub is now hiring employees for kitchen, host, servers and dishes in Plainfield, Ind. The 140-seat brewpub is open to families Tuesday through Sunday from 4:00 until 11:00 p.m. through December when the restaurant will begin serving lunch and dinner seven days a week.

Three Pints Brewpub offers patrons seven plasma screens with NFL and NBA games and a promise for the best viewing of March Madness NCAA basketball in the spring of 2011. Three Pints Brewpub is located at 5020 Cambridge Way, just off of I-70 on State Road 267 by Thornton’s gas station in Plainfield. For more information go to www.threepintsbrewpub.com or call 317-839-1000.