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...