Hip Hops: Falls City’s new kitchen tenant will be (envelope please) Parlour Pizza
(January 14 update: Since Kevin Gibson broke this story, the principal players have clarified the forthcoming Parlour/Falls City venture, such that a more accurate way to view the arrangement is "Parlour to open sixth...
Hip Hops: Pardon the (fermentation) interruption
During the years 2009 through 2016, when I was still actively engaged in brewery ownership at the New Albanian Brewing Company (NABC), I served as a director on the board of the Brewers of...
Is Guinness good for you? Stout certainly gives ME strength
The Spring 2024 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.
Before we applaud the myriad virtues of Guinness —...
Hip Hops: Liteweights ascendent, or the Empire of the Wet Air (1975 – 2024)
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
-- 1 Corinthians 13:11-12
American...
Grub at Gravely: An in-house food menu at Gravely Brewing
F&D's fortnightly "Hip Hops" beer column appeared as scheduled yesterday, but just as it was being finished and readied for publication, Gravely Brewing Company (514 Baxter Ave.) announced its new Grub at Gravely menu.
Let's...
The demise of Flat12 Bierwerks Jeffersonville is a reflection of craft beer’s growing pains
Food & Dining Magazine has learned that Flat12 Bierwerks Jeffersonville (130 W. Riverside Dr.) is closed for good after a final day of business on Friday, December 20. This news seems simple enough, although...
Hip Hops: Five of my biggest failures as a beer purveyor
"You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category." — Al Gore
Let’s say you’re a small brewery with a relentless social media presence that includes...
Hip Hops: Be thankful for what you got, because …
Each year at Thanksgiving, I give a listen to William DeVaughn's 1974 hit "Be Thankful for What You Got," and spend a few minutes contemplating the stodgy durability of my 2009 Ford Fusion.
Verily, I...
Hip Hops: A 1987 visit to Munich’s legendary Mathäser Bierstadt, Part Two

The short video embedded here, as shot at Munich's Mathäser Bierstadt in 1989, is simply amazing. When I shared it with Dick Nixon, he became emotional. So did I.
Last week in Part One, I...
Edibles & Potables: Ancient food traditions for the winter solstice (and Saturnalia)
The Winter 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Click here to check it out.
For the record,...
