Tuesday, February 25, 2025

The Bar Belle asks: Why the 24-ounce cans of beer at concert and sports...

It's been a while since we checked in with The Bar Belle, aka Sara Havens, the "Queen Jester of Louisville’s Nightlife." You can find...

Rails and Ales Brew House is coming to Georgetown IN

It has been announced that beer will be brewed in Georgetown, Indiana at an establishment to be dubbed Rails and Ales Brew House. There'll...

Harry’s Taproom and Kitchen, coming soon to the Jeffersonville IN riverfront

There hasn't been an official announcement, but a new establishment appears poised to occupy the former Flat12 Bierwerks taproom site at 130 W. Riverside Drive...

Hip Hops: Hometown Brewing, Craft House Pizza, and all the basic food groups

Beer dates to the dawn of human history. Pizza came along later, and is usually credited to Naples in Italy. Beer and pizza work...

Hip Hops: Keg Liquors changes owners, plus a round-up of local beer news

Yesterday in a message posted at his personal Facebook page, The Keg Liquors owner Todd Antz revealed the sale of his stores in Clarksville...

Hip Hops: A 1987 visit to Munich’s legendary Mathäser Bierstadt, Part Two

 The short video embedded here, as shot at Munich's Mathäser Bierstadt in 1989, is simply amazing. When I shared it with Dick Nixon, he...

Hip Hops: About non-alcoholic beers, and what they’re missing (or not)

Maybe that song by The Cars is more appropriate given my advocacy of Bitburger's classic entry in the non-alcoholic sweepstakes. In January each year the...

Brewery collaborations to highlight Louisville Beer Week, coming Oct. 23

Previously we shared the good news: Louisville Beer Week (October 23 - 30) would return in 2020. https://foodanddine.com/hip-hops-louisville-beer-week-approaches-oct-23-30/ The philosopher cautions us to define our terms,...

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. --...

Hip Hops: When Michael “Beer Hunter” Jackson came to Louisville in 1994 (part one)

I fly to America every other month on average. I have been doing this for more than 20 years, and have visited every state....