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There is a Season, Brew, Brew, Brew

The onset of springtime here in Kentucky is particularly noteworthy for a few things: the deluge of pollen, creating an oh-so-pleasant onslaught of allergies, beautiful green trees, and for the homebrewers, making delicious spring seasonal beers. Though not every beer I make is brewed according to the season, I do very much enjoy it when [...]

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No Ordinary Day

Recipe: check. Ingredients: check. Friends: check. Pint: check. This is no ordinary day. This is a brew day. Whether you’ve brewed a thousand times or if your homebrewing cherry is about to succumb to the wrath of beer, every homebrewer knows that a brew day is not just another day. Some people abide by a [...]

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Recipe Construction

“If you will it, dude, it is no dream” -Walter Sobchak (quoting Theodore Herzl) Wouldn’t it be nice if our minds were powerful enough to manifest a glass of delicious beer with nothing more than a mere bolt of mind lightning? Unfortunately for us, that is not the case. Beer is a complex beverage that [...]

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All Grain No Pain

Homebrewers come in all shapes and sizes. From the minimal stovetop one gallon extract brews to those that have an all-grain automated superstructure that some microbreweries may even lust over, we all have one thing in common: we like to make and drink good beer. Whether you’ve brewed one batch or you’re well into triple [...]

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Love at First Sip

My love for homebrewing isn’t necessarily a romantic tale, or one of a childhood passion coming to fruition the day I turned 21. The idea to become a homebrewer seems to have planted itself into my brain completely randomly, with little to no previous knowledge of the hobby. I was a beer-drinker prior to homebrewing, [...]

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Valumarket Spring Beer Fest Review

True or false? Beer festivals are all the same. Beer festivals are one big excuse to get schmammered beyond belief. [...]

Apocalypse Brew Works Watermelon Crack

  Thinking back to the line of folks winding through the crowd at the LIBA beer festival last year, all [...]

A Message from West Sixth

Stop corporate bullying.  Fill in your name HERE to quickly sign our petition! Hi.  We’re West Sixth Brewing, a socially-conscious [...]

One lump or two?

(I’m delaying Part Two of “Indiana Statecraft” until June 1; thanks for waiting — RAB) As the venerated journalist David [...]

“The Beer Hunter” Movie Premiere

Presented by: LouisvilleBeer.com Saturday, June 22 @ 7PM BBC Taproom (Clay & Main)

Pickles, Pie and Beer

Oh My, It’s The State Fair. The Kentucky State Fair has it all, including the hoppy, homebrew heaven of one [...]