May 27, 2016

Flat12 Celebrating Indy's Motorsports Heritage


Jill Ditmire
James Hinchcliffe - Courtesy IndyCar

James Hinchcliffe

Courtesy IndyCar

An Indianapolis craft brewery has been celebrating motorsports since it first opened in 2010. Four years ago it struck up a partnership with a then up and coming IndyCar driver named James Hinchcliffe.

WFYI's Jill Ditmire invited the president and founder of Flat12 Bierwerks, Sean O’Connor, to the studios to learn more.

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