Hip Hops: Mile Wide Beer Co. and the localizing of New England-style IPA
The Fall 2020 issue of Food & Dining Magazine hits the street in a few weeks.
For my Hip Hops print column in the new issue, I chatted with three Louisville brewery owners about their...
Hip Hops: Proletarian delights at the late, lamented Automat Koruna in Prague
It has been 33 years since my first visit to the country then known as Czechoslovakia. There were many more stays to follow, and a consistent theme dominates the narrative.
Yes, it's beer.
Škodas have their...
Hip Hops: Local beer thoughts prefacing a potentially stormy Monday
The weather authorities say there might be rain later this afternoon. Louisville's food and drink community is expecting more than thunderstorms.
"Gov. Andy Beshear says he will announce further steps on Monday to try to...
Hip Hops: Two good beer guys on the edge, and their podcast
Ugh. Readers, how about a (real) beer for a change? Now if you'll excuse me, a nice hot shower.
Last November beer writers John Holl and Andy Crouch launched Beer Edge, "offering a multimedia platform...
Hip Hops: When craft beer in cans became a thing
Dipping into the archive this morning, here's a Hip Hops column I wrote in 2010, when craft beer in a can was both uncommon and subject to a good many knee-jerk reactions on the...
Perhaps too little curiosity killed the HopCat (Louisville), which will close for good
On March 20 we reported all HopCat locations nationwide were closing temporarily amid pandemic food service and bar shutdowns. Earlier this afternoon, HopCat - Louisville (1064 Bardstown Road) took to social media to confirm...
Hip Hops: How do craft breweries survive the pandemic? Any which way they can
When your business plan goes out the window, don't dive after it. Just open more windows. Here's a link to get started: "How Coronavirus Could Change the Way You Get Your Favorite Craft Beer,"...
Celebrate July 4 at St. Benedict’s Brew Works in the shadow of The Dome...
Founded in 1867, the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception -- nicknamed The Dome -- is located in Ferdinand, Indiana, an hour's drive west of Louisville via I-64 (67 miles). It's "one of the largest...
Minor league baseball is gone, and Against the Grain’s Brewery & Smokehouse goes on...
As it turns out, one thing really does lead to another.
On Tuesday minor league baseball was cancelled until next year, and if readers are interested in knowing more about why (hint: it's not strictly...
Hip Hops: Black Is Beautiful collabs are on, Fest of Ale is off (until...
Black Is Beautiful, an initiative and a beer.
More than two centuries ago the beer eventually to be known as Imperial Stout was embraced by English brewers and traders as the ideal export beverage for...
