Bourbon News & Notes: Kentucky Peerless single barrel releases, and Buffalo Trace’s festive light...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 27 November 2020, by Susan Reigler
Kentucky Peerless’s Latest Single Barrel Releases
Kentucky Peerless in Louisville is notable both for producing sweet mash bourbons and ryes and for a continuing...
Bourbon News & Notes: Evan Williams’ artisanal Square 6; Westport Whiskey & Wine tastings;...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 7 May 2021, by Susan Reigler
Evan Williams Releases Square 6 from its Main Street Micro-Distillery
Distilling giant Heaven Hill produces 1,300 barrels a day at its Bernheim facility in...
Hip Hops: Herold’s brewery tour in 1997, and Donum Dei’s chili cook-off in 2023
Before delving into grand old times in Czechia, this announcement.
APRON Inc.’s program of good works will be on the agenda when New Albany’s Donum Dei Brewery (3211 Grant Line Road #3) hosts its 5th Annual Chili...
“Orphan whiskey”: Should you jump on the latest booze bandwagon?
I admit it: I am a sucker for almost any wine labeled “Old Vine.” Grapes from old vines have to be better, don’t they? And the same goes for whiskey, no? If it’s been...
“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...
Against the Grain Bottle Party tonight
Tonight, Wednesday, June 22, Against the Grain, 401 E. Main St. will celebrate a collaboration between AtG and Gigantic Brewing Co. of Portland, Oregon, with a Bottle Party tasting of a new brew that...
Rye whiskey dinner at Village Anchor
Tomorrow, Thursday, July 6 at 6:30 p.m., the Village Anchor, 11507 Park Rd. in Anchorage, will host the second in a five-dinner series they call the Whisk(e)y Five dinners. This one will feature tastings...
Tough Love For Lager
It was the summer of 1985, and my very first time in Germany, with exact whereabouts in the Alpine foothills of Bavaria lost to posterity, but the specific scene is still quite clear:
A small...
Perhaps too little curiosity killed the HopCat (Louisville), which will close for good
On March 20 we reported all HopCat locations nationwide were closing temporarily amid pandemic food service and bar shutdowns. Earlier this afternoon, HopCat - Louisville (1064 Bardstown Road) took to social media to confirm...
Hip Hops: Quasi-philosophical meanderings suitable for beer and kippers
A diverse ecosystem will also be resilient, because it contains many species with overlapping ecological functions that can partially replace one another…in other words, the more complex the network is, the more complex its...
