Highlands Bristol celebrates 40th anniversary with historic beer pricing
Bristol Bar & Grille will mark its 40th year in business this year with a gala party this fall. To lead up to that big event, the Highlands location, 1321 Bardstown Rd., is rolling...
HopCat is the Craft Beer Lover’s Meow
HopCat is a beer bar like the Rolling Stones are a rock band and LeBron James is a basketball player. Simple descriptions don’t always tell the whole story.
In fact, HopCat is a craft beer...
Master Distiller Parker Beam dies
Heaven Hill distillery has announced in a press release that long-time Master Distiller Emeritus, Parker Beam, died yesterday “after a long and valiant battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS.”
Parker Beam had been with...
Master sommelier to open wine bar
Scott Harper, one of two Master Sommeliers in Louisville, and one of fewer than 150 such in the United States, has announced plans to open a wine bar in the former Papalino’s Pizza location...
3rd Turn Brewing to expand into Oldham County
If the local brewing scene continues to grow as it has been, soon my brother in Asheville will have to stop crowing about his Smoky Mountains town’s craft beer primacy. The latest example of...
Easy Entertaining—Tailgating in the Comfort of Your Own Home
Tailgating is always a fun occasion to get friends together to cheer on your favorite teams. In the winter months football is still in season with the Big Game coming in February, and basketball...
Fehr’s XL resurrected by Akasha Brewing Co.
A lager last produced more than 50 years ago by the now-defunct but once thriving Fehr’s Brewing Company has been re-conceived by the brewers at Akasha Brewing Co., with the cooperation of Jeff Faith,...
Pearl Street Taphouse now open in Jeffersonville
A new source for craft beer in Southern Indiana, Pearl Street Taphouse, has opened in a renovated historic house at 407 Pearl St., Jeffersonville. An interesting side note is that the building was originally...
Bourbon, Cigars and Champagne, Oh My!
Three special dinners in the next two weeks will pair off-the-regular-menu special dishes with Bourbons from two local distilleries, and Champagne from France. All seem like excellent ways to start celebrating the festive season.
Tuesday,...
Jeptha Creed, Angel’s Envy Kentucky’s newest distillers
Two new Bourbon distilleries are opening this month, testament to the continuing confidence that Kentucky’s signature industry has a bright future. Jeptha Creed Distillery in Shelbyville, the first distillery in Shelby County since Prohibition,...
