Hop Hops: If this beer tasted any fresher you’d be talking like a pirate
“The natural dynamic is to drink less, but drink better. There are no longer masses of workers exiting steel factories in Pennsylvania and coal mines in northern England, ready to wash away the day's...
Hip Hops: Steins on Main, Hop Atomica in Germantown and flight plans to Europa
Two items today in an abbreviated Hip Hops column. Vacation beckons, beer and herring await, and I'll be relatively brief by my usual standards. However, if longevity-winded reading is what you crave, check out...
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...
Hip Hops: The devil’s in the Wien tale
Are you an owner or manager of an establishment that serves draft beer? If so, is the random chaos model of draft beer selection making you dizzy? It doesn't have to be this way....
Hip Hops: This column has no title, just Vienna malt and a tune
During the course of exchanging texts with an old friend from out of town, he asked me a question: What's the newest, greatest and most innovative beer to grace Louisville area store shelves and...
Hip Hops: When Michael “Beer Hunter” Jackson came to Louisville in 1994 (part one)
I fly to America every other month on average. I have been doing this for more than 20 years, and have visited every state. I come here for the beer...and interviewers still don't believe...
Hip Hops: Archie’s axiom — or, beer’s ephemeral nature
“Let me tell you something about beer: You can never buy beer, you can only rent it.”
These words were famously uttered by Archie Bunker during Season 4 of All in the Family (circa 1973),...
Harry’s Taproom and Kitchen, coming soon to the Jeffersonville IN riverfront
There hasn't been an official announcement, but a new establishment appears poised to occupy the former Flat12 Bierwerks taproom site at 130 W. Riverside Drive in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
According to multiple posts at Facebook, the eatery...
Hip Hops: Beers with friends. That’s it. That’s the column.
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.
It’s far harder...
Hip Hops: If you’re willing to play the (beer) game, it’s coming around again
We all have our resolutions for the new year, understanding that they needn't necessarily be saved until the December calendar page turns, and yet hoping for inspiration in bulk when the old bearded guy...
