68°F6:55 AM The Four Pegs is a “Beer Lounge and Social Eatery”, which apparently means they serve nothing but beer and appetizing, superb food. I took a group of friends to the fashionable Germantown eatery (1053 Goss Avenue) this Friday night, and we were pleased as punch with our food, if a bit dissatisfied with the service.
A few girlfriends and I went to Troll Pub Under the Bridge on a Friday night right before the epic UK UofL faceoff. Troll Pub, at the corner of 2nd and Washington, is marked by a large Troll statue motioning to his lair below, past a heavy dungeonesque doorway. We looked a little out of place in our Friday night dresses, but we were ready for some delicious pub grub; after all, how hard can it be to do standards like onion rings and hamburgers right? This kind of food should be a no-brainer, not a head scratcher.
So, here’s something you might not know about me – I grew up in Lexington. I had a lot of misconceptions about the fair city of Louisville, but now that I live here, I love it. In fact, I spend a fair amount of time nagging friends in both towns in an attempt to bring about freer movement between them. I mean, it’s seriously a one hour drive. In the time it takes you to watch a rerun of NCIS (which is something I’d like to talk to you about separately) you can be in a whole other town with other people and other stuff to do.
So, you may or may not have noticed that I skipped my beer review post last week. It was completely intentional, as I figured that between the upcoming basketball games and St. Patrick's Day most people were going to have two types of beer on their mind - Guinness and the ever popular (but only around St.
I came, I saw, I accidentally stuck my hand in it, I cried. That's about all you need to know about my experience with home brewing thus far. For a few weeks a mysterious concoction had been bubbling away in my closet, disturbed only briefly for some dry hopping (because my beer is either going be infected rot, or bursting with enchanting hoppy aroma). But now it was time for the next step: bottling.
On Tap This Weekend (Lists are subject to change)
Against The Grain (401 E. Main St)
Session - Half Hearted IPA
Hop - Citra Ass Down American IPA
Whim - London Balling English Style Barleywine
Malt - Dilator Oak Aged Doppelbock
Dark - Quiet, Rye-it Rye Porter
Smoke - Scotland Charred Scottish Ale
Around this time of season each year a few things start happening - March Madness gets into swing, I start feeling congestion and itchy eyes from my allergies, and Spring seasonal beers start appearing. Two of these three things make me happy, but I'll leave it up to you to consider the odd man out. So while I was out considering what brew to pick up for this week's review, and cursing the trees for spewing their venom in my face, all of this sort of dawned on me and I decided to pick up a bottle of Dogfish Head's Spring seasonal beer -
On Tap This Weekend (Lists are subject to change)
Against The Grain (401 E. Main St)
Session - Half Hearted IPA
Hop - The Prophet's Gravy American Red Ale
Whim - London Balling English Style Barleywine
Malt - Dilator Oak Aged Doppelbock
Dark - Quiet, Rye-it Rye Porter
Smoke - Scotland Charred Scottish Ale
So after a busy day of multiple business meetings (hey, I don't just write about beer you know) I got to pay a visit to Against The Grain for my final meeting of the day, a planning meeting for the LIBA Brewfest this summer. I was determined while I was there to enjoy a brew, and boy did I ever! I asked the server to bring me a glass of their new Whim beer - London Balling English style barleywine.