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As it pertains to beer news, it doesn't get any better than when a new brewery opens, and TEN20 Craft Brewery (1020 East Washington Street) launched last week in Butchertown. https://www.facebook.com/TEN20beer/photos/a.136912141225638/192251825691669/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDAhATnk3cusGg_NKVX2mYbsx6Xi5GSRks8Hhn0xmps8_4hDTfeqxFdU28w7ykCR19gSl6NXM77JmrYYm8inSYTD-iU4ZtV26D0_zf_-bUFHNwO-TlAgZ_uvkXdap8yclQ2ymttrRokhsnhE13OiIQ1vWx4jkXSp2_7LjbNZPDuIJYllJT7W4HzhRyvHp104b4nMrkpxib6BZFJQyz6pIoimfSspFkleDFi9FPd6-IFv54lF2Ss9I3AGbPPpKb7KWb-C6fwSRTwjofQMmJOPev8t6VjYqaAWg5fMVDdJ_NyWTlv74XvYeuKpUlcbhhKrASSbLFTLzr_jsQV7Xw17JCT06hVcaXYzlOrXhypEUzkP1Kdi4eohCt5x_cxp3lWlh_s4fMC2rFW7WaHEM8AJD3jFt5P7i8NRklNAXZJaT-9&__tn__=-R TEN20 Craft Brewery originally was known as the Do/Live/Love brewery before rebranding earlier this year. See also F&D’s previous coverage. TEN20 arrives on the heels of Atrium Brewing's late September advent, prompting...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 16 October, 2020, by Susan Reigler Diageo Launches Craftswomen Program International spirits giant Diageo, which owns the Bulleit bourbon and rye whiskeys and operates a distillery in Shelby County, has introduced a line of spirits to honor the women in its company including Johnnie Walker master blender Emma Walker, Cascade Hollow general manager and distiller Nicole...

Writing last month at The Daily Beast, the inimitable Lew Bryson reminded us that beer sales aren't exactly booming. "To understand why this myth persists," explains Bryson, "it helps to realize that the beer business has two main parts when it comes to putting drinks in your hands. There’s the 'on-premise' side where you buy a drink and consume it...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 9 October, 2020, by Susan Reigler The Pappy Game is Afoot Buffalo Trace Distillery announced this week that the yearly distribution of highly allocated Pappy Van Winkle whiskeys is pending. Here are excerpts from the press release clearly explaining the distillery’s pricing policy and some of the selling and buying shenanigans unfortunately associated with the highly...

Unless you care a jot for Carlos Brito (I don't), then we can begin and end this week's clipboard with the welcome news that there'll be a Louisville Beer Week in 2020. https://www.facebook.com/LouisvilleBeerWeek/posts/364610548243466?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD1TjQUEXvKkLejadQnT8MeuvoD4UEPFRiy0h2uzyEwiZGzA0Y8HCFFuWi8KZP-6SaybzUhESj7rdaxSqIoxZFQ5aUFA4G1msUXSdqW_cLpGhmZvUXL7-CcUK4GpL-L44NFkGgpK0SkM4v0KdHG50RDHdOovDnYlXVm5PBypgbUkyZtwzgnbWhTMQgYE8wQCcXU7Gwl1dloNWt9AG8DRScOXVRsJOUPcq1mSXnqcnVPTsueienAmba2gWvV9WdBmfX5aXkTkTjRkNlB3qwialYtWpX_MBHHh0aYVERjbUYDxzXwsXlu_rU3fDZToUHPCXP5sb0e9RlJF4d3Ho7gvdw&__tn__=-R Friends! #LouisvilleBeerWeek has returned! It’s been a helluva year but we still want to celebrate our local beer and local breweries. Keep your eyes peeled and follow @LouisvilleBeerWeek on social...

F&D's Fall 2020 quarterly print issue has hit the streets, and we're all excited to be back after a pandemic hiatus.  Let's keep the beer news simple and to the point this week by welcoming Atrium Brewing to the local craft beer scene. Located at 1154 Logan Street, Atrium opened its doors on Friday.  Atrium Brewing's brewers are Mark Rubenstein (co-owner...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 25 September, 2020, by Susan Reigler Special 150th Anniversary Old Forester Release Louisville-based liquor giant Brown-Forman Corporation was founded in 1870 by George Garvin Brown, a young pharmaceutical and whiskey salesman (at that time synonymous occupations) who had the radical idea of selling his bourbon exclusively in sealed glass bottles. This was more expensive than the...

It's a small step, and yet a highly anticipated one. Thirteen months ago, Lexington's West Sixth Brewing commenced work on its NuLu brewery and taproom at 821 E. Market in Louisville. Then COVID-19 got in the way, but last week the taproom's spigot was opened. Visit our curbside window on the back side of our property to grab cans and...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 18 September, 2020, by Susan Reigler O.Z. Tyler Distillery is Now Green River Distilling One of the aspects bourbon enthusiasts find most compelling about the whiskey, aside from its delicious flavor profile, is the rich history of American distilling. The legacy distilleries of Kentucky take pride in and recount these histories during tours. Founded in its current...

If not for COVID19's unexpected intervention, today we’d undoubtedly be visiting friends in Haarlem, Netherlands in preparation to ride the rails south to the small Belgian city of Poperinge, and the renewal of its triennial Beer and Hop Festival. Of course the pandemic caused the festival to be postponed until the same weekend next year, and in turn, so has...