Hip Hops: When Michael “Beer Hunter” Jackson came to Louisville in 1994 (part two)
“When one thirsts for a glass of wine or a pint of beer, the brain gradually registers the order as a half-heard whisper. The volume is slowly turned up, creating a gentle, purring, reverberation...
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. I come here for the beer...and interviewers still don't believe...
Hip Hops: Louisville Beer Week 2021 offers events, collaborations and a beer history panel...
Another edition of a rejuvenated Louisville Beer Week is on the horizon. This year's calendar begins on October 22 and concludes on the 29th.
A “beer week” is a locally-oriented tribute to, and a celebration...
Hip Hops: Brave Noise? Craft beer’s sexism problem redux, plus Sugar Creek Malt Co.
https://foodanddine.com/hip-hops-craft-beers-sexism-problem-the-reckoning-is-here-and-its-not-going-away-soon/
It's been a little over four months since craft beer's sexism problem became headline news. Writing at Wine Enthusiast in September, John Holl offered this follow-up: "Whistleblowers, Internal Investigations and an Ongoing Reckoning in Craft...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
