Feb 29, 2012

Professional baseball’s spring training is underway, and it isn’t too early to begin considering the prospects for locally brewed craft beer at Louisville Slugger Field in 2012. The Louisville Bats begin play in April, and only then will we know if the fragile, halting forward progress of craft beer availability during the past three years will be repeated...

Feb 23, 2012

While it might be old news to some (yes, I’m a bit late in publishing this!), Buckhead launched their first-of-its-kind Craft Beer App a couple weeks ago at the Bardstown Road location. It’s a pretty great idea and it will help beer newbs (and even us pros) pick the perfect beer to go with Buckhead’s awesome food. Go check it out! Press...

Feb 22, 2012

This is a Mikkeller/Against the Grain collaboration, brewed especially for Valentine’s Day. The appearance is clear and rich with a deep golden-orange honey colored body and a frothy white head that left sheets of lacing. The smell was citrus and gentle graininess. Blood oranges. Clean. The taste was spicy hops – Saaz perhaps? Very light sweet...

Feb 20, 2012

The first episode of Beer Hoarders has been posted to Youtube. This is my new series showcasing Louisville’s Beer Cellars. Let’s hope it stays under the radar a bit, so I don’t have to change the awesome opening. If you or someone you know has a beer cellaring problem, please comment below or send me an email. We can...

Feb 16, 2012

If you’re a beer geek and haven’t been to Gravity Head at New Albanian Brewing Company, maybe it’s just that you don’t remember it, we’ll forgive you. Here’s the deal…you’re reading my site, you obviously like beer, so you need to make it here. We are considering putting together a couple van trips over if...