Thursday, February 27, 2025

Hip Hops: Don’t worry, be happy, because Larry found his way through the maze

In a previous life, I fancied myself a group tour operator, and for a while it worked out fairly well. To no one’s great surprise,...

Hip Hops: “The Audacity of Hops,” a book as well as a statement of...

Let's begin the week with variations in the art of flag-waving. Nothing makes me feel quite as patriotic as great beer, and unlike the customary...

Hip Hops: Louisville Beer Week and Philadelphia beer days, both greatly rewarding

Mozart didn't need a little hack to chart Warhol didn't need to ask De Kooning about art Frank Lloyd Wright always ate à la carte Wish I...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...