Brewery Roundup: Floyd County Brewing expands beer garden (again); AtG releases A Beer; and more
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on June 7, 2019Within just over a year, Floyd County Brewing Company has expanded its beer garden for the third time. The brewery, which last November added a wood-fired pizza oven as an addition to its outpost taproom known as the Grain Haus (which opened last spring),...
Roadrunner Kitchen a tasty, healthful lunch stop in downtown New Albany
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on April 27, 2018Just when you thought New Albany couldn’t possibly fit any more good restaurants in its downtown, another one pops up. Roadrunner Kitchen, which Insider reported on earlier this year, now joins a Main Street lineup that includes places like Gospel Bird, Big Four Burgers +...
Floyd County Brewing Co. expands, adding ‘Grain Haus’ bar to beer garden
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on April 26, 2018Brian Hampton had been trying to purchase the building and land behind his business, Floyd County Brewing Company, almost since the business opened three-and-a-half years ago. The owner finally made the sale just after the first of this year, and Hampton used it to...
Floyd County Brewing on a roll in competitive downtown New Albany
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on February 27, 2017Breaking sales records has become a regular occurrence at Floyd County Brewing Company, per owner Brian Hampton. The Medieval-themed brewery and restaurant, which opened in fall of 2015, has been setting new records “two or three times a week” in recent weeks, Hampton tells...
Floyd County Brewing brings Medieval food and fun
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on October 15, 2015Walking into Floyd County Brewing Company in downtown New Albany is a bit like walking into one of those faux taverns at a Renaissance Festival — there are coats of arms decorating one wall, a giant battle helmet in one corner, a bow with...
Brewer David Pierce leaves NABC to return to BBC
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on August 25, 2015Sometimes 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...
After a quarter century, Roger Baylor will move on from New Albanian Brewing Company
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on August 19, 2015Twenty-five years ago, Roger Baylor got a long-haul job selling beer; he and wife Amy, along with her sister Kate Lewison, took over a business that had belonged to the former’s father, Richard O’Connell. This is how Sportstime Pizza and Rich O’s Public House,...
Floyd County Brewing Company set to open next month with Medieval theme
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on June 22, 2015Sometimes the best creations happen spontaneously. So it was when Brian and Julie Hampton decided to open Floyd County Brewing Company in downtown New Albany. In 2009, the couple sat in a pub on an Irish shore after getting engaged at the Cliffs of Moher...