If you’re a beer nerd, chances are you’ve given some thought to homebrewing. I know I’ve thought about it for a long time, but it always seemed like a lot of...work. My friend Jen, ever the pragmatist, suggested I strike up a relationship with a homebrewer and enjoy the fruits of his labor. I’d like to tell you, Gentle Reader, that I rejected this plan on purely feminist grounds.

Located on 331 East Market Street, at the place where downtown and Nulu meet, there is a little building that used to be Derby City Espresso and is now Haymarket Whiskey Bar, signaled by an impressive neon sign that proclaims "Whiskey by the Drink". Proprietor and bartender Mathew Landan was quite clear on the fact that Haymarket Whiskey Bar does not serve cocktails.

There is an innate fear that I have in writing what I'm about to in the next few sentences.  A fear that by putting my thoughts into actual words that I am jinxing an entire city, and that is a heavy burden to shoulder.  Still, to pull this article together, I feel that I have to say it...it has been a very mild winter by all accounts; maybe the most mild I can recall in recent memory.  So, my review beer this week is also mild by many people's standards of a Winter seasonal - Bell's Winter White Al

On Tap This Weekend (Lists are subject to change)  


Against The Grain (401 E. Main St)

    Session - Banal Bee's Honey Wheat Ale
    Hop - Inappropriately Placed Ale Imperial IPA
    Whim - Kentucky Ryed Chiquen Barrel Aged Amber Ale
    Malt - Olde LaMontavious Old Ale
    Dark - Project MJ-23 Black IPA
    Smoke - Black & Milk Smoked Porter