Great Crescent Brewery

Great Crescent Brewery Doug & Julie Holtkamp, owners of Holtkamp Winery, purchased Great Crescent Brewery in 2025, and will start brewing beer in 2026. We don’t chase fads.

More dates and information to follow. Why We’re Here

Great Crescent Brewery is located in historic Aurora, IN along the banks of the Ohio River. Great Crescent Brewery beers are made with fresh malt, fresh hops and whole ingredients. Every beer is hand-crafted in small batches using traditional brewing methods. Beer is sold by the glass in our taproom and carry-out in 32oz bottles. All food is ma

de in-house from fresh ingredients. People deserve to know where their food is coming from and how it is prepared. Nearly 100% of the beer and food offered at Great Crescent Brewery is prepared in-house, we even bake the bread fresh every day. All of our beers and every other menu item is prepared from fresh, whole foods, made without added preservatives, chemicals or flavor enhancers. We do it this way because we believe that you deserve fresh, healthy food and drink. We don’t filter our beers or use chemical clarifiers, we give them time to clear without interference. This extra time provides the beer a chance to condition properly; come to it’s full flavor potential naturally. Some of our beers, like IPA’s and Pale Ales will exhibit a very slight haze haze due to the amount of hops, but that’s a good thing as far as we are concerned. We’re here because we want to be here - creating beer, cooking fresh food, living responsibly and sharing our unique brewery experience. Come visit us to experience what we have to offer. Cheers,
Dan, Lani and Joe Valas

Here you go! Nice article from The Register about the purchase of Great Crescent Brewery by Holtkamp Winery. We are look...
09/17/2025

Here you go! Nice article from The Register about the purchase of Great Crescent Brewery by Holtkamp Winery. We are looking forward to helping them get up and running! Cheers! 🍻

Great Crescent Brewery was purchased by Holtkamp Winery. We are looking forward to working with Doug and Julie to get th...
08/20/2025

Great Crescent Brewery was purchased by Holtkamp Winery. We are looking forward to working with Doug and Julie to get them up and running at their Sunman location. We appreciate the passion Doug has for acquiring the Great Crescent Brewery brand and believe this is a perfect place to have our legacy live on. Cheers!

05/06/2025

Just as chapters for our story unfold - one ends where the next chapter begins. We’ve moved on to our next chapter at Aurora-Marketplace and so has Great Crescent Brewery. We entered into a purchase agreement for the brewery including the equipment, recipes, logo and intellectual property.

We are excited to see the sequel for this brewery we started building 18 years ago. We weren’t the first small brewery in Indiana, but we were up there. In 2008 we opened as one of about 30 breweries in Indiana. The next one to open after us was Sun King in Indianapolis.

As with any business we had ups and ”not so ups”. It was a very dynamic time in craft beer history and we had our “firsts” in the industry. We lived through various years of 400% growth and to say we learned a lot would be a huge understatement.

Like many in the beer business before us we were loved (and scorned) as “Amateurs”. And that’s one of the more dynamic and great parts of small business. Some people love you and some people, not so much. Throughout our 16 years in downtown Aurora everyone was welcome - those who loved us and also those “not so much”.

We learned a lot over the years and our time has come to hand it off to new owners. Dan agreed to help them get through the construction and set up process. He will also be helping brew the first beers and get them off to a great start.

We will be closing down our social media and website. You have time to go through the FB and IG pages if there’s pictures you want to save. The sites will be archived in about 2 weeks.

Thank you for all the great years and we’ll be seeing you at the new Great Crescent Brewery once it opens.

Cheers, 🍻
The Valas Family

One chapter ends and a new one begins. Please join us at Aurora Marketplace. We’re open and excited to be in downtown Au...
04/16/2025

One chapter ends and a new one begins. Please join us at Aurora Marketplace. We’re open and excited to be in downtown Aurora. Cheers!

Your destination for groceries, fresh food, snacks and more in downtown Aurora, IN 315 Importing Street (IN-56) 812-655-9079

Well, this is it! I’m ready to move on as I finish my recovery! I feel good and want to thank everyone for their kind wo...
04/16/2025

Well, this is it! I’m ready to move on as I finish my recovery! I feel good and want to thank everyone for their kind words and support. Especially Lani and Joe for keeping things going while I went to through the various phases of treatment and recovery! CHEERS! 🍻

10/19/2024

I just want to thank everyone for the wonderful cards, letters and hugs. I went to surgery Oct 7 and got home on Oct 16. One surgery turned into three, but I came out the other side.
It's great to be back home in Aurora and we're looking forward to a full recovery over the next few months, rough spots and all.
I've had time to reflect back and honestly it all happened so fast that there isn't much to tell.
In reality, cancer hasn't taken anything from me that prevents me from leading a happy life. I have my family and friends and people that care about me. I've lived a pretty full life doing the things that I love, with the people I love. My life has changed, I'm ok with it.
I look forward to seeing you all again after the first of the year!

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HUGE "THANK YOU" TO EVERYONE FOR THE KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT!We have an important message posted to our website. You can ...
09/14/2024

HUGE "THANK YOU" TO EVERYONE FOR THE KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT!

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10868 Woliung Road
Sunman, IN
47041

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+18126559079

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