Thursday, May 2, 2024

Hip Hops: An excellent day at the Augustiner in Salzburg, 2003

All this talk of snow has me recalling good times in the sunshine with beer, of course. In 2003 I  took a 27-day bicycling holiday in Germany and Austria., starting all by myself and later...

There’s a Very Righteous Party Planned at Goodwood

In conjunction with the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Goodwood Brewing Co. will be hosting the annual Blessing of the Keg at its NuLu location (636 E. Main St.) on March 12th. Doors open at 4:00...

Decadence, depravity, Hunter S. Thompson and a commemorative Derby beer from Flying Dog

A half-century ago, a native Louisvillian observed that the Kentucky Derby hasn't ever been exactly as it appears, and this is more accurate than ever in 2020, when the pandemic has caused the race...

Great Flood Brewing Company will open a second location (with food) in Middletown

Great Flood Brewing Company debuted in April of 2014 with a stylish taproom on Bardstown Road, a stone's throw from Douglass Loop. Great Flood's house-brewed beers like Find A Away IPA and Toasted brown...

Hip Hops: NABC, Hi-Wire, Noble Funk, and what’s German, anyway?

German consular official: "Yes, Mr. Baylor, we see you're requesting asylum in our country. Can you explain why you'd like to live in Germany? Me: Must. Escape. Mister X. Dude's been following me around my entire...

Hip Hops: With an Elector or a Chimera, there’s always beer news fit to...

Tomorrow is Elector Day The New Albanian Brewing Company Pizzeria & Public House (3312 Plaza Drive, New Albany) generally refers to Election Day as "Elector Day." NABC's original brewery began production in 2002, and the...

Raise a parting glass to Cumberland Brews, bowing out Saturday after 19 years

When Cumberland Brews opened in 2000, there were only a handful of "microbreweries" in Louisville and Southern Indiana. Most of them were better defined as "brewpubs," places where beer was brewed on site and...

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...

Hip Hops: Eiderdown Abfahrt … Grale’s pause … Akasha-Atrium brewer switch … and more...

We've made it all the way to June, and already it appears that 2020 will go down in history as one of the nation's most momentous years. When it comes to beer and brewing,...

The Shippingport Brewing Co. project shines a light on women in brewing

It's about time. If the words 'craft beer' conjure up images of bearded dudes with nautical tattoos poking out of their flannel shirts, you're not alone. 'Hipster' men have managed to position themselves as the...