Craft Beer Week continues to bubble along
There is so much going on during Craft Beer Week 2015 that it had to be 10 days long! There is still a long weekend ahead to participate, so get off your keister and...
Celebrate local brewers during Craft Beer Week
Craft beer Week, the celebration of the local brewers’ art and science, runs from today, Sept 11 through Sunday, Sept. 20 – a very long week, no matter how you parse it, but that...
The Silver Dollar gets a shout-out
The Silver Dollar, 1761 Frankfort Ave., has been named for a spot on the “100 Best Bars” list published by the online Drinks International. It made makes # 92 out of 100, not too shabby,...
September is Bourbon Heritage Month, so celebrate, already!
Bourbon Heritage Month has been a national observance since 2007, the kind of promotional gimmick that just about every industry uses to call attention to its products. But surely this promotion is worth noting, for...
Roger Baylor sells interest in NABC; politics is now his focus
One of the area’s most well-informed and indefatigable proselytizers for real beer (and F&D Hip Hops columnist) Roger Baylor will sell his remaining interests in the New Albanian Brewing Co. to his partners, his...
Cork 101— What wines are undervalued?
Our challenge this issue for our wine guys was to select wines that they thought were “undervalued.” That turned out to be an ambiguous term, or one that has wide latitude for those in...
“Lou’s Brews” bike ride celebrates local beer making
Mayor Greg Fischer has begun touting Louisville’s growing craft brewing presence, wanting to make the local beer scene as visitor friendly as is the Urban Bourbon Trail. To that end, he has commissioned "Lou's...
Local authors explain how to taste bourbon
September is National Bourbon Heritage Month, the perfect time to release new books about bourbon by Louisville's bourbon cognoscenti and others.
Bourbon historian Michael Veach and Bourbon Women founder Susan Reigler have co-authored "The Bourbon Tasting...
Copper & Kings takes a stab at making gin
Brandy distillery Copper & Kings, 1121 E. Washington St., likes to experiment a bit, and allows their distillers Brandon O'Daniel and Alan Bishop to try out different ideas. One of those experimental ideas has...
Bluegrass Homebrew steps in to supply local basement beer-makers
The recent closing of My Old Kentucky Homebrew left home brewers without a convenient source of ingredients, and John Ronayne, the manager, without a job. But now he has opened his own store, Brewgrass...
