Hip Hops: Goodwood’s on a roll, invading both Indy and Owensboro
All three national chain brewpubs are gone now, but Alcatraz (1995-2011), Rock Bottom (1996-2020) and Ram (2000-2020) each played a demonstrable part in the...
Hip Hops: Is the old-school beer bar doomed? I hope not
Shippingport Brewing and its Sally Forth Taproom opened last week to much acclaim in or near Portland, depending on one's competitive feelings about Louisville...
Hip Hops: Martin Luther, gruit, brewer’s droop — could it be “Industrial Disease”?
Regular "Hip Hops" readers will recall that Jeff Alworth is one of my favorite beer writers. Recently Alworth reprinted an article from November 1,...
Hip Hops: Shippingport Brewing opens, and beer festivals return
At some point early last week Shippingport Brewing Company slid with stealth down the slipway, opening for business at 1221 W. Main Street.
Shippingport Brewing...
Hip Hops: Four beer topics that have nothing whatever to do with pastry stout
There was a time when Samichlaus was a big deal, although I'll concede that in this crazed and jaded age of all-purpose excess, beers...
Hip Hops: On June 3, Against the Grain Brewery & Smokehouse reanimates the mothership
The boys are back in town.
Okay, I know; actually the Against the Grain (AtG) boys never left town, but with the impending reopening of...
Hip Hops: Craft beer’s sexism problem; “The reckoning is here and it’s not going...
I asked Kindsey Bernhard to write a few words of introduction to today's links, which are self-explanatory. Kindsey works in the Louisville craft beer...
Hip Hops: Hand-pulled patriotism in the UK, cuz “Your Local Pub Needs You”
We shall drink at the bar, we shall drink in the snug, we shall drink on the patio and in the garden, we shall...
Hip Hops: Burnt weenies, Sammy Johns, and a beer tale from 1975
Times change. So do people, and so does beer.
In retrospect, the yarn I'm about to spin almost surely will be viewed by some readers...
Hip Hops: We can always wait until the tide comes around
The "Hip Hops" column dates back to 2004 in Food & Dining Magazine's print format, but digitally, it celebrates its first birthday tomorrow.
Any excuse...
