With a new 11,000-square-foot facility, the guys from Great Flood Brewery are increasing annual production from 300 barrels to more than 4,000. Their new facility features a new 465-gallon brew system with six fermenters and a five-head canning line, which can fill and seal 40 cans per
If Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP) can pull off even half of what it’s proposing to do for the inaugural Bourbon & Beyond event in September, the celebration of Kentucky food, drink and music will be a major hit. But that’s a big if. DWP’s plans
Johnny V’s in Jeffersontown will close its doors for good March 31, but the building that housed the casual Italian restaurant on the downtown square won’t be empty for long. That’s because the entrepreneurial duo behind the RecBar, located just out the back door of Johnny
Last fall, Chef John Varanese and his team took advantage of a special opportunity at the Maker’s Mark distillery in Loretto: to create his own Maker’s Mark 46 Private Select barrel. As he describes it, his group of five sat around a table sampling Maker’s 46
It’s a delicious week for news on the city’s best restaurant and bar podcast, and we get right to it with the surprising story that Z’s Oyster Bar downtown is closing, at least temporarily, according to a sign on the door. Owners blamed the ongoing
If all goes according to plan, restaurateur Brett Davis will open the Red Herring Cocktail Lounge & Kitchen the third week of April in the old Hilltop Theater at 1757 Frankfort Ave. And strangely enough—especially for restaurants—construction of what he predicts will be the “most
It’s pretty cool that Kentucky distilleries now can make cocktails on premise. But at the Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse on Fourth Street Live!, visitors can get in on the ice-and-liquor-shaking action with a new interactive cocktail making experience. Last week, several reporters and other guests
About three years ago, Mayor Greg Fischer started a Bourbon and Work Food Group for the purpose of boosting bourbon-related tourism in Louisville. That group, composed of about 50 individuals representing distilleries, restaurants and tourism agencies, produced a report highlighting initiatives important to achieve if
After 28 years in restaurants, Clay Wallace is headed for a new career. The owner of Café Lou Lou has sold the Cajun-Italian-Mediterranean eatery in St. Matthews to Jared Matthews, operating partner at Diamonds Pub & Billiards. Wallace, who earned a realtor’s license in 2016,
Rick and Steve return from the road for this episode of the city’s finest restaurant and bar podcast. And while we could go on about our trips to Denver and Indianapolis, our first item of business is getting caught up on the news right here