8th Annual Brewfest tomorrow
Friday, Sept. 23 from 4 to 10 p.m. the Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA) will host the 8th Annual Louisville Brewfest at the Louisville Slugger Field, 401 East Main St. The event will feature...
Cork 101— The wines of South Africa
South Africa was certainly on my list of wine countries or wine lands, as they say in South Africa, to visit but not at the top of my list. It should have been. I...
Kentucky Bourbon Festival underway in Bardstown
The annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival has started, and there is plenty to do, lots to learn about Bourbon, and quite a few opportunities to sample one of Kentucky's premier world-class products.
Throughout the week, the...
Hip Hops— Bourbon-barrel-aged Imperial Stouts
You’ll hear one sort of pitch at a sales meeting, and see another thrown during a baseball game, but brewer’s pitch is completely different. Brewer’s pitch is a resinous substance used to line wooden...
Urban Bourbon trail celebrates September
September is Bourbon heritage month, what with the annual Bourbon Festival coming up in Bardstown Sept. 12-18. The consortium of restaurants and bars who belong to the Urban Bourbon Trail (which has been on...
Local mixologists celebrate 90th birthday of Ale-8-One
Ale-8-One, which claims to be the the oldest independent soda company in the United States still owned and operated by the founding family, will turn 90 years old next month. Starting Sept. 1 and...
Falls City blast from the past:Â Berliner Weisse
Continuing with their experiments in brewing seasonal beers, Falls City Brewing has concocted a traditional German summer wheat beer, a Berliner Weisse, a tribute to a Falls City product from a century ago.
According to...
Bourbon in Transition
Master distillers' decades-long experience lays foundation for Bourbon industry's future.
Making good Bourbon takes a long time. So does making a master distiller. These artisans of alcohol must learn every aspect of the Bourbon business,...
Along the Urban Bourbon Trail— Proof on Main
Since it first opened in 2006, the 21C Museum Hotel Louisville has twice been named the Top Hotel in the U.S. by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine. That is because it is...
National Geographic gives shout-out to Moonshine U.
National Geographic has a long reputation of hyperbole in headlining its stories, but hyperbole is part of marketing, right? And whether or not the wording is a bit exaggerated, it is always fun to...
