Two spirits fests to warm the heart
The histories and the futures of bourbon and rum will be celebrated at two spirited events this first weekend in December.
Friday, December 5, The Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, 528 W. Main St. will host...
Sports & Social Club at 4th St. Live spiffed up
Fourth Street Live has been undergoing a sort of renaissance this past year, and a fixture on the scene, the Sports & Social Club, has undergone a recent renovation to keep itself as lively...
Falls City Beer Dinner at Varanese
Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m., Varanese, 2106 Frankfort Ave., will host a 4-course dinner paired with beers from Louisville’s Falls City Brewing. Guest speaker Drew Johnson, General Manager of Falls City Beer,...
Wrestler Matt Rehwoldt Chronicles His Journey With Bourbon on New YouTube Channel
“I’m home thankfully. I’m in Chicago on one of my few days off,” Matt Rehwoldt explained at the beginning of our phone call. We had met recently in passing in Bardstown at Bottle &...
Hip Hops: Consider supporting local breweries and pubs during Dry January
(Today's cover photo comes courtesy of Akasha Brewing Company.)
My adult beverage of choice is beer, while Louisville’s civic doctrine currently is articulated as “bourbonism.” If I'd have been raised in Bordeaux, perhaps both these...
Sour power: Holy Grale hosting 2nd-annual St. Sours Day Sunday Nov. 24
Do you like sour beer?
No, not the kind you left in your truck over the summer … and the winter … and dug out in the spring thinking, “Oh, I bet that age gave...
Immerse yourself in Bourbon this summer
Well, it would take a lot of aged spirit to fill even a kid’s wading pool, so that is not the kind of immersion we mean.
Rather, we refer to the chance of intellectual and...
Distillers are contributing to the COVID-19 fight with hand sanitizer production
During World War II, 15% of American beer production was set aside for the troops. In 2020, Louisville-area distilleries like Starlight and Rabbit Hole are helping fight COVID-19 by using their equipment to bolster...
Women Will Gather for all Things Bourbon August 24-26 for 5th Annual Sip-osium
Spirited women from across the country will gather for the Bourbon Women Association’s Fifth Annual Sip-osium conference Aug. 24 through 26 at the historic Brown Hotel. The weekend-long event provides informative workshops, meetings with...
Hip Hops: Burnt weenies, Sammy Johns, and a beer tale from 1975
Times change. So do people, and so does beer.
In retrospect, the yarn I'm about to spin almost surely will be viewed by some readers as socially, culturally or politically incorrect. I plead ambivalence. Be...
