Pride Month event, Dorothy’s Riot release TODAY at Mile Wide Beer Co.
June is Pride Month, as helpfully explained by the Library of Congress.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969...
Hip Hops: Ljubljana, Union Pivo, May 1987 (and 2019)
(Be sure to watch the video.)
May 15, 1987.
In early evening I returned to the train station in Trieste, slightly flushed with the side effects of garlicky clam sauce and budget-friendly Italian table wine, and...
Hip Hops: Kentucky Craft Bash is June 11, plus a survey of beer news
Whenever I'm called upon to explain the brewing process, references to beer's ancient origins are a prerequisite.
People have strange ideas about the history of alcoholic beverages, and you'll hear statements like "wine in the...
Hip Hops: Quasi-philosophical meanderings suitable for beer and kippers
A diverse ecosystem will also be resilient, because it contains many species with overlapping ecological functions that can partially replace one another…in other words, the more complex the network is, the more complex its...
Hip Hops: May Day? No, just pre-Derby banners for Kentucky Commonism
Holiday break's over. No more custard tarts and tawny port. Back on your heads.
While I was away in Portugal, the tireless beer advocates at Louisville Ale Trail seemed even busier than usual.
Trust me: I'm...
Hip Hops: I’m here today not to bury Super Bock, Sagres and Coral, but...
If the presence of a “craft beer scene” suggests we are to generalize the existence of small, independent breweries producing beer styles viewed as being outside the mainstream by the majority of local beer...
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...
The Bar Belle asks: Why the 24-ounce cans of beer at concert and sports...
It's been a while since we checked in with The Bar Belle, aka Sara Havens, the "Queen Jester of Louisville’s Nightlife." You can find The Bar Belle column right here inside quarterly print editions...
Hip Hops: A 1987 visit to Munich’s legendary Mathäser Bierstadt, Part One
July 16, 17 and 18 are holy days in the pantheon of my beer travels, for it was during those three otherwise nondescript summer days in 1987 that four good friends, all hailing from...
Hop Hops: Prophecies and omens from a FOSSILS homebrewing club newsletter in 1994
In September 1990, the Fermenters of Special Southern Indiana Libations Society (FOSSILS) homebrewing club was founded in New Albany. The Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society (LAGERS) was launched the previous year. Both...
