Thursday, April 25, 2024

Hip Hops: “We’re all HERE because we’re not all THERE”

We have a saying in New Albany, which I typically refer to as the “Thrasher Axiom” in honor of the man who coined it: “We’re all here because we’re not all there.” These words of...

Hip Hops: The perfect partner for Louisville’s global cuisine? It’s Louisville Beer Week 2023

On May 2nd at Shippingport Brewing Company, the lads over at Louisville Ale Trail revealed a "going global" theme for Louisville Beer Week 2023, and I must admit this is a conceptual pathway near...

Hip Hops: England 2013, or one man’s cholesterol panic is another’s nostalgic repast

"The secret of a happy life is to know when to stop—and then go that bit further." --Inspector Morse, classic British television police crime solver The very least I could do during two weeks spent in...

Hip Hops: From Awry’s arrival to 502 Beer Appreciation Day, it’s a potpourri Wednesday

It is reported that last Saturday evening at an establishment in New Albany, a customer approached the bar and told the bartender he could no longer drink Bud Light because—well, we can guess why—and...
Saison Dupont

Hip Hops: “Why Saison Dupont remains the Belgian-style country ale yardstick”

Last week's journey through time to the 1850s left me somewhat antebellum-lagged, and so this week a recuperative rerun seems merited.  --- Why Saison Dupont remains the Belgian-style country ale yardstick My grandparents inhabited farmhouses, primarily because...

Hip Hops: A stellar imported beer list at Louisville Hotel

Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain Quaintest thoughts—queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale...

Hip Hops: It’s hoptimism Wednesday, so ring those Sterling bells

The Spring 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. To paraphrase the great Indianapolis sports commentator Kent Sterling, a New Albany High...

The Taste Bud: Kevin reminds us, “This St. Patrick’s Day, Please Don’t Drink Green...

The Spring 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. It surely has not escaped the notice of our readers that this appropriately...

Hip Hops: R.I.P. Gerhard Schoolman—and the annual passing nod to St. Paddy

The Spring 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. The unique and beguiling Café Abseits in Bamberg, Germany has passed into history,...

Hip Hops: Louisville area brewery news; also “Three years later, an altered world”

The Spring 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Louisville area brewery news items have been coming so fast the past two...