Edibles & Potables: It’s time to move on from the word “mocktail”
As a preface to this excerpt, kindly permit me to note that at my "day job" of beer director for Pints&union in New Albany, I'm now stocking six stylistically different non-alcoholic beers.
Why?
Because our guests...
Hip Hops: Atrium’s 3rd birthday and Gallant Fox’s Bernheim collaboration
Atrium Brewing Company is celebrating its third anniversary with a series of beer events in September.
Atrium was founded on September 25, 2020, which you'll recall was a challenging time to visit the post office,...
The Cocktail Contessa: “Raising the Bar,” or what’s old is new (and better) again
https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/summer_2023_vol._78_/36
It is 21 August 2023, and following on the heels of a temperate week of weather that reminded old-timers of those halcyon summers when school ended around Memorial Day and did not begin anew...
Hip Hops: On good beer books, an old novel, Papa’s lager judgment and timeless...
Portions of the following have been deployed previously in this space.
Last evening I promised a colleague that quite soon I'd recall the name and author of a must-read book about beer in America—and before...
Introductory Master Sommelier class and exam in Louisville this September
The following information release was submitted—and what a pleasure it is to publicize any wine-related venture involving Scott and Brett.
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Introductory Master Sommelier Class & Exam to Be Held in Louisville on Sept. 17 and...
Edibles & Potables: Vienna’s “Old Whisky Malt Waltz,” gone but not forgotten
F&D's digital editor celebrated another birthday last week, and without revealing the exact number of trips I've taken around the sun to date, allow me just one observation.
I'm so old that I can remember...
The Taste Bud: Hey, who put the water in my beer cubes?
As a brief reminder, F&D periodically links to prolific local writer Kevin Gibson’s “The Taste Bud” column, including new posts as well as ones from the past. We’ll provide a brief snippet to whet...
The Bar Belle: “Two Decades & Too Many Memories”
https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/summer_2023_vol._78_/26
If any of these names strike a chord...
Jim Porter's
Phoenix Hill Tavern
Jillian's
Coyote's
The Rudyard Kipling
...then you're advised to visit issuu and read Two Decades & Too Many Memories, by Sara Havens, a.k.a....
Watch Hill Proper’s American Whiskey Festival comes to Norton Commons on Aug. 26
https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/_vol_76_winter_2022/22
Watch Hill Proper, the planet’s largest American whiskey bar, presents its inaugural American Whiskey Festival on Saturday, August 26.
The fest takes place outside and in front of Watch Hill Proper, proper, at or near...
Hip Hops: Local craft breweries “standing the test of time”
https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/summer_2023_vol._78_/28
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Today's column first appeared in F&D's most recent print edition: Summer 2023 — the 20th Anniversary Issue. The cover photo of beer writer Michael Jackson and brewer David Pierce was taken at BBC's original...
