FISHERS -- Peyton Manning knew exactly what he was here for. Inside a dimly lit upstairs bar with 80 or so people, their glasses half full of 113.7-proof bourbon -- his bourbon -- Manning did what Manning does.
He charmed. He schmoozed. He obliged guests with selfies and photos. And he talked football, because of course that's really why people are enamored with Manning.
The bourbon is just a nightcap on his NFL career.
"When I was in Colorado..." he told a story to an admiring older couple. On to the next group of men in business suits.