Hip Hops: My bucket beer list does NOT come with sliced fruit, so don’t...
Mr. Creosote: "Better get a bucket."
Maître d': "booKAY?"
I’ve often been accused of being a cynic, a skeptic, and a whole slew of other –ics, as well as a few –ists (many of them colored Bolshevik,...
Bourbon News & Notes: More limited edition releases for Bourbon Heritage Month, and a...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 24 September, by Susan Reigler
A Shelf Full of New Releases for Bourbon Heritage Month – Round 2
Three recent fall releases, just in time for Bourbon Heritage Month, were...
Hip Hops: Beerways, folkways, cultural markers and national traditions
The first time I can recall encountering the word “folkways” was in the early 1970s, somewhere deep within the (then) subterranean audio-visual department of the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library. I’d have been 12,...
Bourbon News & Notes: New releases for Bourbon Heritage Month, with a Holy Molé...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 17 September, by Susan Reigler
A Shelf Full of New Releases for Bourbon Heritage Month
Fall is the time when whiskey retailers and distillery shops see an influx of new...
Hip Hops: Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day at Donum Dei Brewstillery, plus last week’s...
Let's begin with a digression.
Why not beer for breakfast? You don’t need to climb to the top of the nearest craggy mountain for a consultation with the resident guru to know that you can't...
Bourbon News & Notes: Star Hill Farm Flavor Fest at Maker’s Mark; Buffalo Trace...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 10 September, by Susan Reigler
Star Hill Farm Flavor Fest at Maker’s Mark Benefits APRON
Maker’s Mark will be hosting its annual Star Hill Farm Flavor Fest on Thursday, 16...
Hip Hops: A few instructive beers in Ostrava in 1989
For me, drinking beer is not a performative exercise, even if cameos are allowed. Rather, my enjoyment of the brewer’s art tends to the contemplative. It's an ongoing conversation, as well as an extension...
Bourbon News & Notes: Four Roses Limited Edition; Fred B. Noe Distillery; Maker’s Mark’s...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 3 September, by Susan Reigler
Four Roses Releasing 2021 Limited Edition Small Batch
This year’s Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon from Four Roses will be out later this month. The...
R.I.P. Scott Hand, head brewer at Monnik Beer Co.
The Irish novelist James Joyce had a way with words, as when he considered the origins of Guinness Stout in this passage from Ulysses.
-- Hurry up, Terry boy, says Alf.
Terence O'Ryan heard him and...
Hip Hops: In my cups at the very spot where the WCTU conspired
If I had a great beer yesterday but forgot to take a photograph, did I really drink it?
The last full week of August was eventful. Hi-Wire Brewing's taproom on Baxter Avenue in Louisville opened,...
