Mile Wide plays host to third annual Hops on the Hill on Saturday
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on July 31, 2019Mile Wide Beer Co. will bring back its Hops on the Hill festival for the third year on Saturday, Aug. 3. The festival will be split into two sections for the first time, with beer releases the focal point of the first session and...
49th annual Dainty Contest set for Monday, July 29, in Schnitzelburg
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on July 26, 2019Get your bologna sandwiches ready. The 49th annual World Championship Dainty Contest is set for the streets of Schnitzelburg on Monday, July 29. The annual contest and street celebration, held each year at the intersection of Goss and Hoertz avenues, is a neighborhood tradition centered...
Restaurant Roundup: Historic restaurant Walker’s Exchange to be reimagined at Galt House
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on July 18, 2019The Galt House will be the new home to an old name in Louisville dining with the reimagining of 19th-century downtown favorite Walker’s Exchange, slated to open later in the fall. Operated by the Al J. Schneider Company and led by Chef de Cuisine...
Brewery Roundup: Goodwood now offers lunch, Mac’s at Mile Wide serving limited menu, and more
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on July 12, 2019Goodwood Brewing is going all out with its taproom food concept the Galley at Goodwood, with lunch service seven days a week starting Monday, July 15. When the Galley first opened in January, Goodwood mostly stuck to its regular hours of opening late afternoon....
Mile Wide Beer Co. partnering with Mac’s Dough House to bring pizza to its taproom
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on May 21, 2019Mile Wide Beer Co. will soon have a roommate – a roommate that makes Neapolitan-style pizza. The brewery, which opened in 2016 at 636 Barret Ave., is teaming up with the owners of Jeffersontown restaurant Mac’s Dough House to create Mac’s at Mile Wide,...
St. Baldrick’s fundraiser aims to ‘Knock Out Kids’ Cancer’ on Sunday
By Sara Havens | Posted on March 20, 2019More than 75 Louisvillians will voluntarily shave their heads Sunday, March 24, to show support and raise funds for childhood cancer research. The annual event, which is part of the nationwide St. Baldrick’s movement, will take place this year at Mile Wide Beer Co. and...
Mile Wide Beer Co. to celebrate second anniversary this weekend
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on December 5, 2018Mile Wide Beer Co. will celebrate its second anniversary this weekend, Dec. 7-9, with several events and beer releases at the taproom.
Craft Beer Throwdown returns Oct. 11 at Water Tower
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on October 8, 2018The Craft Beer Throwdown enters its second year of pitting brewery against brewery in a beer challenge that tests brewers’ creativity and raises money for the Coalition for the Homeless.
Hops on the Hill brings Tennessee guest breweries to Mile Wide on Saturday
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on September 13, 2018Mile Wide has altered the format of Hops on the Hill a bit to bring in three breweries that don’t distribute in Louisville, all from Tennessee.
A Beer with the Brewer: Kyle Tavares of Mile Wide Beer Co.
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on August 25, 2018Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of interviews with local brewers. Kyle Tavares was a science major in college, pre-med. That would make any parent proud. But he also knew that standing around a laboratory all day might not be his ideal...