• Fest of Ale, now in its 13th year, remains one of longest-running local beer fests

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on May 30, 2018

    The Keg Liquors Fest of Ale, now in its 13th year, has come a long way since its inception in the parking lot of the Keg Liquors in Clarksville, Ind. This year’s edition happens Saturday, June 2, at the New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater from...

  • Saturday’s Fest of Ale will be more ‘comfortable’ for second year in New Albany

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on May 30, 2017

    When the 12th annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale returns to the New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater on Saturday, June 3, expect a little more room to roam. Last year was the festival’s first at the location after spending most of its run in a...

  • Fest of Ale 2016, set for June 4, prepares for life in new location

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on May 30, 2016

    For Todd Antz, founder and organizer of the annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale, moving the venue wasn’t an easy decision — and yet it had become a necessary one. On one hand, he and his team had enjoyed a positive 10-year relationship with...

  • 7 Questions With … Todd Antz of Keg Liquors

    By Sara Havens | Posted on May 15, 2015

    Todd Antz has been linked with Clarksville’s Keg Liquors ever since his parents opened it in 1976. Born and raised in Jeffersonville, Antz says he practically grew up in the liquor store, but it wasn’t something he planned on taking over. After moving away...

  • Charity auction circumvents bourbon black market

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on December 12, 2013

    With the scarcity of many high-end bourbons sending prices through the roof and creating a bourbon black market, Todd Antz at the Keg Liquors decided to come up with a way to not only circumvent those shady dealings, but to also raise money for...

  • Neither wine nor beer, but mead: Louisville Mead Company triples production

    By Chris Ritter | Posted on July 31, 2013

    “I don’t like to say we’re the new kids on the block because I just don’t think that everybody knows we’re on the block yet,” said Gordon Taulbee of the Louisville Mead Company. But in only the second year of production Taulbee and business...

  • Killer kegger: 7th annual Fest of Ale set for June 2 in Clarksville

    By Steve Coomes | Posted on May 17, 2012

    Arguably the area’s best craft beer event, the Keg Liquors seventh-annual Fest of Ale, will be pouring some of the finest brews found anywhere on June 2 from 3-7 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church (320 N. Sherwood Ave.) in Clarksville. It began as...

  • Boom in beer news shows plenty of reasons to sip craft draft in Louisville

    By Steve Coomes | Posted on November 28, 2011

    Our news taps runneth over! As if craft beer fans weren’t spoiled of late by the swelling number of options available, several local pub operators are adding new taste and tech twists sure to foam up the fun meter. The trick for me, however,...

  • Keg Liquors hosting annual Feast of Fall Beers Thursday, Sept. 29

    By Steve Coomes | Posted on September 26, 2011

    Listen up, seasonal brew fans: Keg Liquors is hosting its sixth-annual Feast of Fall Beers this Thursday from 6-9 p.m. at its store in Clarksville (617 E. Lewis and Clark Parkway in Clarksville, 47129.) Owner Todd Antz said most of the store’s aisle displays...

  • Fest of Ale 2011 featured region’s best of ales, fantastic crowd

    By Steve Coomes | Posted on June 7, 2011

    What goodness Todd Antz hath wrought. Six years ago, Antz, owner of Keg Liquors, and several craft beer friends, created the Keg Liquors Fest of Ale as “basically a good excuse to have a party that was all about good beer,” Antz told me....