Apr 3, 2012

Pint/CounterPint was created when Adam Watson (Against the Grain Brewery) wrote a loving response to the first Baylor on Beer article, Know your Enemy, written by Roger Baylor (New Albanian Brewing Company). At first we laughed whole-heartedly and admired the conviction and stance of both parties, and then we thought, “Hey, wait a minute… remember that old...

Mar 29, 2012

David Pierce of New Albanian Brewing Co. sent me a note earlier about their new beer, a Blue Agave Nectar Spiced Ale. Wha? Sounds interesting for sure. Due out April 18th. The label (which is beautiful, of course) says this fine beer uses Belgian yeast and Saison spicing; black pepper and blue agave and lemongrass. What, no kitchen sink? We’ll be sure and...

Mar 18, 2012

I am staying home and not braving the crowds of drunken bros drinking green swill this St Patrick’s Day. I wanted something dark and stormy to go with the weather tonight. I remembered the Bluegrass Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Stout I had in the fridge. Perfect. It’s one of the standard issues that BBC puts out, and it’s a standard in my...

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...

Feb 6, 2012

Jeremy Hunt recently relocated to Louisville from Delaware to become the Head Brewmaster at BBC. He was formerly the Head Brewer at Dogfish Head Brewery, and worked closely with everyone’s favorite Rock-Star-Brewery-Owner, Sam Calagione. So, here’s something I learned last week: Brewer’s hours are a lot different than Freelance...

Nov 15, 2011

“Drinking should be done in the privacy of one’s own home — where it’s necessary.” -Phil (Abe Vigoda) Fish, on “Barney Miller” Last week I shuffled down to the drug store to buy a tube of toothpaste, and while waiting at the corner to cross the street, a Wal-mart semi-trailer truck came barreling toward the intersection. There...

Nov 12, 2011

Cropped Out is a locally and independently developed music festival set to take place in Louisville, KY on the second weekend of November 2011. The fest is designed to highlight the creative efforts of Louisville natives, friends, family, and fellow thinkers from Nashville to Chicago to Brooklyn and beyond. Since the earliest baby breaths of punk from within...

Oct 9, 2011

My friend, John Wurth, first launched LouisvilleBeer.com in 2008 as an online beer forum. It didn’t catch on and spammers quickly took over. John took the site down. Earlier this year, he and I got together and decided to recreate LouisvilleBeer.com – not as a forum, but as a guide to craft beer in Louisville. We made the announcement in July and...

Oct 4, 2011

LouisvilleBeer.com is proud to announce the Second Annual Gonzo Festival at The Monkey Wrench because “Good people drink good beer” – Hunter S. Thompson. Join in The Monkey Wrench’s tribute to the life, work, and legacy surrounding one of America’s greatest alternative writers and Louisville native, Hunter S. Thompson. This annual celebration...