Hip Hops: Yes, craft beer is still being “brewed for flavor and drinkability”
Lest there be any misunderstandings, allow me to begin by stressing my bona fides as they pertain to TEN20 Craft Brewery.
I like it, a lot. It’s been a personal favorite of mine since opening...
Recalling the Louisville beer scene, 28 years ago
Since I began offering digital "Hip Hops" musings a few years back, this consideration of a pre-Civil War (1857) imported beer list offered by a top hotel eatery right here in Louisville is among...
Black Friday Hip Hops: “Bourbon-barrel-aged Imperial Stouts” (2016)
Why today? IYKYK, but otherwise, you'll have to read through to the end. This print edition column (Fall 2016; Vol. 53) first appeared online in September, 2016. The cover photo credit belongs to Ten20 Craft...
Hip Hops: R.I.P., Arthur Frommer, the travel writer who changed my life
Arthur Frommer died last week at the grand old age of 95. We never met, not even once, but it remains my fervent conviction — absent hyperbole or exaggeration — that Frommer changed my...
Made in Indiana: MGP is slowing its production of whiskey
I'm a native of Indiana, which by historical default makes me a Hoosier, and this fact means very little until the opportunity arises to remind listeners that for all the widespread certainty about bourbon...
A Guinness shandy? C’mon, “I just want a quiet life”
"My local Irish boozer is a quiet, no-thrills establishment – and I love it. But my friend’s drink order made jaws drop."
We've skipped a bit past "Halfway to St. Patrick's Day," and it's roughly...
Hip Hops: A consideration of beer in Croatia, as opposed to Yugoslavia
In 1987 I spent four months backpacking through Europe, of which roughly three weeks were devoted to roaming Yugoslavia, the nation in the Balkans created following World War I, and dissolved during the horrendous...
Green River Distilling will bring a taste of Owensboro to downtown
First things first: For all things bourbon, be sure to visit Fred Minnick Dot Com early and often.
Now to the main course: Green River Distilling Co. in Owensboro describes itself as "the western gate...
Dusty bottles are a feature of Neat Bourbon Bar & Bottle Shop
https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/_vol_83_fall_2024/30
In the current Fall edition of Food & Dining Magazine, Sara Havens profiles Neat Bourbon Bar & Bottle Shop (1139 Bardstown Rd. in the Highlands), with photos by Dan Dry.
When Owen Powell and Danie...
Hip Hops: American Craft Beer Hall of Fame, Donum Dei’s dip & Kentucky Hop...
The new American Craft Beer Hall of Fame has announced a list of nominees from whom the Hall's inaugural class of inductees will be chosen. Your friendly columnist is delighted to be a member...
