Thursday, March 28, 2024

Hip Hops: A Guinness in Sligo, or the Irish publican as “general factotum”

“The publican was the man who christened them, married them, and buried them, the local people,” said John O’Dwyer, a Dublin publican, in Dublin Pub Life and Lore. In July of 1985, I hopped a train...

Brewery collaborations to highlight Louisville Beer Week, coming Oct. 23

Previously we shared the good news: Louisville Beer Week (October 23 - 30) would return in 2020. https://foodanddine.com/hip-hops-louisville-beer-week-approaches-oct-23-30/ The philosopher cautions us to define our terms, these being gleaned from a helpful information release calculated to...

Hip Hops: TEN20 Craft Brewery is open, and Gravely Brewing wins GABF medals

As it pertains to beer news, it doesn't get any better than when a new brewery opens, and TEN20 Craft Brewery (1020 East Washington Street) launched last week in Butchertown. TEN20 Craft Brewery originally was...

Hip Hops: After a brilliant run, Louisville Beer Store’s endgame draws near

Writing last month at The Daily Beast, the inimitable Lew Bryson reminded us that beer sales aren't exactly booming. "To understand why this myth persists," explains Bryson, "it helps to realize that the beer business...

Hip Hops: Louisville Beer Week approaches (Oct. 23 – 30)

Unless you care a jot for Carlos Brito (I don't), then we can begin and end this week's clipboard with the welcome news that there'll be a Louisville Beer Week in 2020. https://www.facebook.com/LouisvilleBeerWeek/posts/364610548243466?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD1TjQUEXvKkLejadQnT8MeuvoD4UEPFRiy0h2uzyEwiZGzA0Y8HCFFuWi8KZP-6SaybzUhESj7rdaxSqIoxZFQ5aUFA4G1msUXSdqW_cLpGhmZvUXL7-CcUK4GpL-L44NFkGgpK0SkM4v0KdHG50RDHdOovDnYlXVm5PBypgbUkyZtwzgnbWhTMQgYE8wQCcXU7Gwl1dloNWt9AG8DRScOXVRsJOUPcq1mSXnqcnVPTsueienAmba2gWvV9WdBmfX5aXkTkTjRkNlB3qwialYtWpX_MBHHh0aYVERjbUYDxzXwsXlu_rU3fDZToUHPCXP5sb0e9RlJF4d3Ho7gvdw&__tn__=-R Friends! #LouisvilleBeerWeek has returned!...

Aiding voter registration, Mile Wide Beer Co. releases “I Voted Today” Pale Ale

Strictly speaking, it's "I Registered to Vote Today," but you get the idea. Register today, have a beer to celebrate, then vote later. Mile Wide Beer Co.'s "I Voted Today" will be released today. In...

Hip Hops: Atrium Brewing debuts in Shelby Park

F&D's Fall 2020 quarterly print issue has hit the streets, and we're all excited to be back after a pandemic hiatus. Let's keep the beer news simple and to the point this week by welcoming...

Hip Hops: West Sixth NuLu gets under way with a window to curbside beer

It's a small step, and yet a highly anticipated one. Thirteen months ago, Lexington's West Sixth Brewing commenced work on its NuLu brewery and taproom at 821 E. Market in Louisville. Then COVID-19 got...

Hip Hops: Poperinge’s Beer and Hop Fest is postponed but not forgotten

If not for COVID19's unexpected intervention, today we’d undoubtedly be visiting friends in Haarlem, Netherlands in preparation to ride the rails south to the small Belgian city of Poperinge, and the renewal of its...

Hip Hops: Labor Day news roundup and dreams of German beer gardens

It's the Labor Day holiday, and I'm keeping the beer report short this week. Last week Craig and Whitney Martin, beer columnists at LEO Weekly, assembled an excellent overview of Louisville metro's craft brewery scene....