Decadence, depravity, Hunter S. Thompson and a commemorative Derby beer from Flying Dog
A half-century ago, a native Louisvillian observed that the Kentucky Derby hasn't ever been exactly as it appears, and this is more accurate than ever in 2020, when the pandemic has caused the race...
Bourbon News & Notes: Blanton’s Gold; Wilderness Trail; and a cooling Bourbon Slush from...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 4 September, 2020, by Susan Reigler
Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel Limited Release
As if regular Blanton’s Single Barrel wasn’t hard enough to find, an even more select bottling has just...
Hip Hops: Rethinking Germany’s Christmas markets during a pandemic, and other musings
Kindly allow me to begin by noting that mulled wine and shots of schnapps aren't the only libations available at the typical German Christmas market. After all, it is still Germany, and usually someone...
Edibles & Potables: Some news, some notes, and an on-line database of 5,000 historical...
A few items of interest for random Sunday reading ...
From Cuisine Noir, there's an initiative to help close the racial equity gap in craft beer.
The Crowns & Hops “8 Trill Pils Fund,” is launching...
Bourbon News & Notes: Four Roses and Old Forester special releases, and Maker’s Mark...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 28 August, 2020, by Susan Reigler
Fall Four Roses Releases
September is almost here, which is not only National Bourbon Heritage Month, but the beginning of the fall releases of...
Hip Hops: Beer most fowl, and other news items from fermentation nation
Last Wednesday Monnik Beer Co. and Falls City Brewing Co. released their collaboration batch of Black Is Beautiful, previewed here in June; as an unrelated aside, Falls City has completed its brewery expansion project,...
Bourbon News & Notes: Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing, Buffalo Trace expansion, Brown Hotel’s Ali...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 21 August, 2020, by Susan Reigler
Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series 2020 Limited Release
As anyone who has participated in it knows, the private barrel selection process at Maker’s Mark is...
Hip Hops: Oktoberfest in July, Halloween in … January?
Even before climate change became a heated barstool topic back in the days when we could still sit at the bar and be topical, Ohio Valley summers were just as capable of attaining high...
Bourbon News & Notes: New life for the “Old” Samuels Distillery; also Elijah Craig...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 14 August, 2020, by Susan Reigler
New Life for the T.W. Samuels Distillery
Close observation through a line of trees set back from the north side of KY-245 west of Bardstown...
Hip Hops: Mile Wide Beer Co. and the localizing of New England-style IPA
The Fall 2020 issue of Food & Dining Magazine hits the street in a few weeks.
For my Hip Hops print column in the new issue, I chatted with three Louisville brewery owners about their...
