Hip Hops: Five of my biggest failures as a beer purveyor
"You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category." — Al Gore
Let’s say you’re a small brewery with a relentless social media presence that includes...
Hip Hops: Early bird Craft Bash, 502 Beer Day & new brewpub plans
First up, let's check the Early Bird Beer Fest Watch, always a crucial task when the swallows come back to Capistrano (or the Cardinals return to newsworthiness).
The 7th annual Kentucky Craft Bash takes place...
Donum Dei Brewery, Bayou Butcher Shop and Drunken Unicorn 2024 (Mar. 16 & 17)
The Spring 2024 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.
Donum Dei Brewery, an established New Albany brewery and...
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 be a restaurant, too.
This is a visceral development for your...
Hip Hops: The back story of Bock does NOT include the yearly use of...
As previously noted at F&D, you can “goat” for broke at the annual NuLu Bock and Wurst Fest, which takes up most of the day on Saturday, March 23. Meanwhile, your beer columnist's favorite...
Hip Hops: Liteweights ascendent, or the Empire of the Wet Air (1975 – 2024)
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
-- 1 Corinthians 13:11-12
American...
Hip Hops: My journey to Rogue Nation in 2006, and its present-day reinvention
At Beervana, Jeff Alworth has a great article about the current evolution of Oregon’s Rogue Ales & Spirits, which prompts my recollections: Rogue's Slow, Deliberate Reinvention.
Back in the 1980s and ‘90s, Rogue was a...
Hip Hops: Pardon the (fermentation) interruption
During the years 2009 through 2016, when I was still actively engaged in brewery ownership at the New Albanian Brewing Company (NABC), I served as a director on the board of the Brewers of...
Is Guinness good for you? Stout certainly gives ME strength
The Spring 2024 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.
Before we applaud the myriad virtues of Guinness —...
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 The Bar Belle column right here inside quarterly print editions...
