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  • A Beer with the Brewer: Goodwood’s Joel Halbleib on beer, family and disc golf

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on October 14, 2018

    “My entire professional brewing career has been in this building,” he says, looking around at Goodwood’s taproom, a pint of pale ale in his hand.

  • Goss Ave. Pub closing at end of business today, owner confirms

    By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on May 30, 2017

    The owners of Goss Ave. Pub have decided to close the four-month-old Germantown bar and restaurant after being presented with an offer to buy the property, according to owner Pat Hagan. He and his business partner Beau Kerley are in the process of selling...

  • A Melancholy Farewell to the original Bluegrass Brewing Company in St. Matthews

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on February 2, 2017

    When the news “broke” last week that Bluegrass Brewing Company was closing its original location in St. Matthews, it was already old news. Employees and regulars of the brewpub, which opened in 1993, had known for weeks — they just didn’t know exactly when. Or...

  • The Closing Bell: BBC St. Matthews rumors fly; ‘Silver lining’ for Humana?; ‘Fences’ prop; Double Double Oaked is back; and more

    By Staff | Posted on January 27, 2017

    Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. Rumors fly about fate of Bluegrass Brewing Company’s St. Matthews restaurant During the past week, Insider...

  • Derby City BrewFest set for May 6, adds bourbon barrel beer competition

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on March 21, 2016

    Going into its second year, Derby City BrewFest will graduate to the next level — this year, in addition to beer tastings and live music, the Oaks Day festival also will hold a bourbon barrel beer competition. This competition, which will be judged by...

  • BBC St. Matthews celebrates 22 years with My Dog Eats First fundraiser, returns to brewing roots

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on November 5, 2015

    David Pierce has a black, three-ringed binder he’s been carrying around for two decades, give or take. On either side is a graphic of the labels from Hell For Certain and mead, beers he’d brewed for Bluegrass Brewing Company back in the 1990s and...

  • New farm-to-table dinner, Bluegrass Cubed, coming to BBC downtown

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on October 15, 2015

    Bluegrass Brewing Company at Third and Main will begin playing host to a farm-to-table dinner series in its Four Roses Bourbon Loft in the upstairs part of the brewery and restaurant. Bluegrass3, aka “Bluegrass Cubed,” will combine Kentucky-raised dishes in pairings with Kentucky spirits,...

  • Brewer David Pierce leaves NABC to return to BBC

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on August 25, 2015

    Sometimes you can go home again. David Pierce, Louisville’s senior commercial brewer, confirmed he has returned to Bluegrass Brewing Company, the brewery where he worked from 1993-2009, after six-plus years at New Albanian Brewing Company in Southern Indiana. During those six years, Pierce worked...

  • BBC releases line of retail food products and bloody mary mix

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on July 16, 2015

    When the Bluegrass Brewing Company production brewery on East Main Street rebranded to Goodwood Brewing back in May, the longtime Louisville beer brand suddenly found itself no longer on retail shelves or on local guest taps. Owner Pat Hagan said it would likely be...

  • Goodwood Brewing’s new line of beers to drop June 1

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on May 27, 2015

    The story of Bluegrass Brewing Company and its many arms is one plenty of people in Louisville don’t fully understand — when the BBC taproom and production facility announced its rebranding as Goodwood Brewing, followed by the closing of BBC’s Fourth Street location, many thought...

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