Austin Nichols Wild Turkey – Lawrenceburg, KY

Any visit to Kentucky should include at least one bourbon distillery tour.  Kentucky is the birthplace of bourbon and, according to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, Kentucky produces 95 percent of the world’s supply of bourbon.   Here are some simple facts you should know about bourbon: Bourbon is America’s only native spirit, as declared by…

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New Albanian Brewing Company – Albany, IN

Across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY is a quaint town known as New Albany, IN.  The New Albanian Brewing Company (NABC) started brewing in 2002, becoming New Albany’s first working brewery since 1935.  The original NABC Brewery, located at the NABC Pizzeria, started with a small 4-barrel brewing system salvaged from two defunct Indiana breweries. NABC’s main production brewery, known as…

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Orange County Brew Ho Ho

On Saturday afternoon, December 7th, the producers of the acclaimed OC Brew Ha Ha Craft Beer Festival will bring you its 2nd Annual Holiday Ale Festival, The OC Brew Ho Ho! This event will be held in the beautiful garden gazebo area of the centrally located, Phoenix Club near the Pond in Anaheim.  The event will…

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Against the Grain Brewery & Smokehouse – Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY is the largest city in Kentucky and the 27th largest city in the United States.  Founded in 1778 as a settlement by George Rogers Clark (Better known as the “Clark” in Lewis and Clark.), Louisville sits next to the border of Kentucky and Indiana with the Ohio River serving as the borderline. My…

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Flat Branch Pub & Brewing – Columbia, MO

We left Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City, MO and proceeded towards St. Louis.  About halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis is Columbia, MO.  With a population over 113,000, Columbia is the fifth largest city in Missouri.  The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the home for the University of Missouri. …

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Boulevard Brewery – Kansas City, MO

The drive to Topeka, Kansas was long, tedious, and very tiring. Hence, my family and I overslept and left for St. Louis the next day later than expected. My original plan was to stop and visit Boulevard Brewery in Kansas City, MO for a tour on our way to St. Louis.  Due to our late start,…

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