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According to a release from BarFly Ventures, a holding company for the various bars owned by Grand Rapids restaurateur Mark Sellers, the next HopCat will open at 6280 N. College Ave. in the Indianapolis, Ind., Broad Ripple Village cultural district.

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN — HopCat's expansion across the Midwest continues with the formal announcement Tuesday that Indianapolis would be the next city to get a branch of the popular craft beer bar.

According to a release from BarFly Ventures, a holding company for the various bars owned by Grand Rapids restaurateur Mark Sellers, the new HopCat will open at 6280 N. College Ave. in the city’s Broad Ripple Village cultural district.

HopCat – Broad Ripple will pour beer from 130 taps. The $2.5 million bar is expected to open in early August, pending approvals by local and state officials.

According to the Indianapolis Star, the city's craft beer industry is expected to bloom with 13 new breweries in 2014. There's already 23 breweries in the Indianapolis area and nearly 80 in the state.

Sellers previously released plans for a HopCat in Midtown Detroit amid an expansion of the brand to more than a dozen cities in the next five years. Indianapolis is the first location outside of Michigan. Existing locations include the original bar that opened in Grand Rapids in 2008 and an East Lansing HopCat that opened in 2013.

Other cities scouted for a HopCat include Ann Arbor and Chicago.