Hip Hops: “Welcome to Nail City,” or beers and pews in Wheeling WV (2001)
A few weeks ago I was asked about the wooden church pews that may or may not still offer seating on the pub side at NABC’s Pizzeria & Public House in New Albany, formerly...
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...
Edibles & Potables: Happy hour returns to Indiana in July — but it’s complicated
I was in my early twenties when Indiana banned the promotional practice of "happy hour," or alcoholic beverage discounts predicated on the time of day or "class" of customer being targeted (i.e., ladies night).
It...
The Bar Belle: “Won’t you let the Mint Julep sit at your lunch table?”
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Since 2013, the city of Louisville has designated the entirety of April as “Mint Julep Month,” celebrating the famous Bourbon cocktail as well as the arrival of Spring in Kentucky (not to mention a...
Hip Hops: Early bird Craft Bash, 502 Beer Day & new brewpub plans
First up, let's check the Early Bird Beer Fest Watch, always a crucial task when the swallows come back to Capistrano (or the Cardinals return to newsworthiness).
The 7th annual Kentucky Craft Bash takes place...
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...
Hip Hops: The back story of Bock does NOT include the yearly use of...
As previously noted at F&D, you can “goat” for broke at the annual NuLu Bock and Wurst Fest, which takes up most of the day on Saturday, March 23. Meanwhile, your beer columnist's favorite...
Edibles & Potables: A Guinness in Sligo, and the Irish publican as general factotum
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.
(Today is St. Patrick's Day, 2024. The following was...
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 Encore: Brian’s song will play forever more at the Hi-B Bar in...
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.
The following essay originally appeared as a "Hip Hops"...
