Cumberland Brewery

Moonbow Wit

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:13:00 +0000

Moonbow Wit, our summer seasonal, is a Belgian wheat ale. Brewed with Pilsen malt, unmalted wheat and Czech Saaz Hops. Coriander and bitter orange peel provide light citrus notes in this summer refresher. This white ale is reminiscent of the full moon needed to see the rare Moonbow at Cumberland Falls.

Red Hot Mocha Porter

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:03:00 +0000

Our second in a series of beers featuring Red Hot Roasters Coffee is a Mocha Porter. The Red Hot Mocha Porter was brewed with a larger percentage of Chocolate Malt then our Nitro Porter, plus the addition of ground coffee to the kettle. After fermentation it was then aged for a week on Cacao Nibs. Served through our nitrogen faucet, no promises on a leaf design on top like the coffee shops....

Horses & Heroes Winterfest

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:57:00 +0000

Horses & Heroes Winterfest
January 29, 5-8

Merlot à Trois

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:29:00 +0000

Merlot à Trois

A Belgian Triple aged in oak Merlot barrels from a local winery for 4
months. The fruit flavors picked up in the barrel compliment the character of the Belgian yeast.
Half Pints only

ABV 9.2%
IBU 24

Red Hot Red Eye Stout

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:34:00 +0000

Tuesday 14th we will be debuting our new coffee stout, Red Hot Red Eye Stout. We have teamed up with Red Hot Roasters, using their freshly roasted coffee in the kettle and fermenter. Louisville Glassworks will also be on hand for this event which runs from 6 to 10pm.
Guests may go for a unique gift by purchasing a Holiday Gift Pack which includes a Glassworks' handblown beer mug, valued at $75. alone; a 10 percent off Glassworks "Blow Your Own" mug
coupon; a $5. Cumberland Brews gift card and a Red Hot Roasters 2 oz. bag of coffee, all for $75. The Glassworks' van, Juicy Lucy, will be at the event as well.

Thanksgiving

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:42:00 +0000

Halloween @ Cumberland

noreply@blogger.com (Molly) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:44:00 +0000

Join us Sunday Oct. 31st 1pm-12am

Wear a Costume and get a Free Appetizer!
(Spinach Queso or Habanero Salsa)

Pumpkin Carving Contest
Bring your carved Pumpkin in by 7pm on Halloween
and you could win a $50 Gift Card!

Costume Contest
1st Place is a $50 Gift Card!
Must be present between 9&10pm to win

Happy Hour All Day!

New Beer on Tap

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:20:00 +0000

10th Anniversary IIPA,

at Cumberland Brews
On Cask Thurs Sep 2nd.
On Tap Friday Sep 3rd

This is a 15 barrel batch of our 10th Anniversary Imperial IPA (aka Double IPA).
This strong beer is brewed form the first runnings of 2 separate mashes to get the desired strength at the desired volume. Columbus and Northern Brewer Hops were used for bittering, while Cascade and Amarillo hops were used for Flavor and aroma.
Half Pints only

ABV - 10.5%
IBU - 100
OG - 23.8

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary We Are Having an IPA-RTY

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:42:00 +0000

On Sunday August 8th, we will be celebrating Cumberland Brews' 10th Anniversary. The brewers will be taking over the taps with 10 IPAs. Over the course of the year we brewed 10 different small batch IPA's, saving a keg of each for this occasion. Happy Hour All day

Dude's Oat Soda

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:41:00 +0000

The Official Unofficial Beer of the Lebowski Fest
Dude's Oat Soda is on Tap for this weekend, July 16,17,18th

It is a German style of ale called a Kotbusser. The style was banned in Germany in 1877 for its use of Oats, Honey and Molasses.

Cream Ale @ BoomBozz Taphouse

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:34:00 +0000

Tuesday June 1st, Cumberland Brewery will be the feature beer at BoomBozz Taphouse in Westport Village. Join us for $2 pints of Cream Ale until the keg runs dry. Starts at 4:00pm.

Boombozz Taphouse
Westport Road at Herr Lane

More Cask Conditioned Ale This Week

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:34:00 +0000

On Thursday we are tapping a pin (5 gals) of Pale Ale, that was dry hopped with Amarillo Hops.
On friday, once the Pale Ale is finished, we will tap the last cask of Barleywine. This cask has been ageing for the last 5 months. We decided to tap it this weekend since this looks like the last few days of cool spring weather before the summer heat hits us. This dry hopped firkin (10gal) is 10% abv and sold by half pint only

Pilsner

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:51:00 +0000

In time for the warm weather to roll through we are tapping our second lager of the year today. This Bohemian style Pilsner was brewed with 80% Pilsen malt as well as a touch of light caramel malts to give it a deep golden color. Plenty of Czech Saaz hops were added to the kettle for flavor and aroma as well as a pleasant bitterness to compliment the dry lager. Look for it also at the Flannagan's Beer Festival this Sunday.

Also on tap at the restaraunt is Quest Outdoors' Canoe Oil. Inspired by the need for a cold beer to get that canoe moving sometimes. Canoe Oil is a twist on the cream ale, using a lighter malt and swapping the flaked corn for flaked rice. The rice results in a nice dry ale without the residual sweetness of the corn in the cream ale.

Whats in the Tank?

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:54:00 +0000

Just wanted to give a heads up on some upcoming beers. Last week brought the return of Goatboy Bock, both at the pub but also sent out to our local distributor. This is the first lager of what hopes to be a four part lager series. The second of the series, a Bohemian Pilsner, is lagering in the fermentor and should be on tap around mid may. The third is an India Cream Lager a hybrid cross between a cream ale and a IPA that is fermenting with our lager yeast. The fourth Lager is yet to be decided.

Recently Ricky has been cranking out a variety of different IPA's on the small system. This August is Cumberland Brews' 10th Aniversary. To honour this milestonethe brewers will be taking over control of the taps for one day, replacing them with 10 of our favorite IPA's from 2010. More details to come on this special event.

Summer Tour 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:50:00 +0000

April 22
Taste of Derby
Louisville, KY
Slugger Field
April 30 - May 2,
St. Louis Microfest
St. Louis, MO
Forrest Park
May 8
Lexington Craft Beer Festival
Lexington, KY
Red Mile Racetrack
June 5
Keg Liquors' Fest of Ale
Clarksville, IN
St Anthony's of Padua
June 19
Zoo Brew
Evansville, IN
Mesker Park Zoo
July 17
Microbrewers Festival
Indianapolis, IN
Aug 14
Great Taste of the Midwest
Madison, WI
Olin-Turville Park
Aug 28
Brew at the Zoo
Louisville, KY
Louisville Zoo
Sep 16-18
Great American Beer Festival
Denver, CO

2 Brewers 1 Pint

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:19:00 +0000

Which came first, the beer or the name?

In this case the name came first over a few shared pints with the BBC brewers. For those unfamiliar with the reference, some might consider you lucky. After coming up with the name we needed to create a brew to match. So off we went to the Louisville Beer Store for some more brainstorming. The resulting creation is a German/Indian Bropwn Ale. The two Malts we selected were Golden Promise and Brown Malt. To make this Brown Ale unique we fermented it with a Berliner Weisse yeast and large late hop additions of German Hallertau Hops. The addition of Jaggery, a palm sugar from India, provides a nutty aromaas well as a dryness to the final product. Two batches of this beer were brewed, one each at Cumberland Brewery and BBC (St Matthews). Although brewed to the same recipe, it will be interesting to note the slight differences that come form the different set of equipment at each brewery.

ABV 6%
IBU 28

The Woo

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:14:00 +0000

Now on tap, The Woo and Runner-Up Ale. The same malt was used to brew two distinct beer styles. The first runnings from the mash was used to brew The Woo, an American Barleywine. The sugar rich first runnings allow this beer to reach a higher alcohol strength, 10% ABV. To balance the intense maltiness 22 lbs of hops were added to the kettle, almost enough to clog the system, and then another 8 lbs of Cascade hops were used for dry hopping.
Not wanting to waste the remaing sugars in the mash, we used the second runnings to brew whats traditionaly called a Small Beer. Runner-Up Ale is significantly lighter in strength and color then its older sibling. The Styrian Golding hops provide a floral aroma the complements the flavors from the belgian yeast strain we fermented it with.

The Woo
Balreywine
ABV 10%
IBU 89

Runner-Up Ale
Small Beer
ABV 3.75%
IBU 15

Cumberland Brewery @ Louisville Beer Store

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:05:00 +0000

Sunday 17th at 3:00pm
The Louisville Beer Store
746 East Market Street
http://louisvillebeerstore.com/

Something Evil is Brewing

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:33:00 +0000

Slewfoot

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:41:00 +0000

New this week at Cumberland Brews, Slewfoot is an amber session ale. This beer was brewed as part of our sponsorship of University of Louisville's Hockey Team. Each pint of Slewfoot purchased benefits the Hockey Team. We will also be serving Slewfoot at Alpine Ice Arena durring home games. What is Slewfoot? In hockey it is kicking an opponents skate out from behind and is considered a cheap shot. At Cumberland it is a session beer, which allows enjoyment of multiple pints without feeling too inebriated.

ABV 4.2%
IBU 15.5

We will also be tapping a cask of Slewfoot drty hopped with Fuggle Hops on 1-07-10

Upcoming Home Games
01/22/10 @ midnight vs EKU
01/29/10 @ midnight vs Purdue
01/30/10 @ 6:00pm vs Purdue
02/06/10 @ 6:00pm vs EKU

The Christmas Keister Returns

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:55:00 +0000

The Christmas Keister returns on Christmas Eve. We will be tapping the last keg of Christmas Keister that was brewed in December '08 on December 24th.

An Old Ale, or sometimes called a Winter Warmer, this is brewed with over 90% pale malt and a mix of roasted malts to give it a rich brown color. American Hops are used to balance this malty ale; Columbus hops for bittering and Cascade hops for aroma. The strength in alcohol will help warm that winter chill but be careful or you may find yourself on your keister.
ABV 7.2%
IBU 40.5
OG 17.1

Its that time of year...

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:31:00 +0000

Its that time of year,
The Decorations are up,
The Malls are crowded,
The kids are trying to stay on the nice list,
and most people are full of holiday cheer.

To keep you full of Holiday Cheer we brewed a 15 barrel batch of American IPA. We took the popular Modus Hoperandi recipe tweaked it a little with some flaked barley and changed the hop schedule. Brewed with 8 lbs each of Columbus and Cascade Hops, and then dry hopped with a further 8 lbs of Amarillo hops. Over a pound and a half of hops per barrel gives this beer a bitter bite, as well as a pleasant hop aroma.

Keep your holiday cheer up with a pint of Mary Hop-Mas
ABV 7.3%
IBU 80

Cask Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Cumberland Brewery) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:31:00 +0000

Skip The Shopping, and join us at Cumberland Brews for Cask Friday, we will be tapping three cask conditioned ales at noon to help wash down those leftovers.

Firkin of Modus Hoperandi - 10 gls of American IPA. Dry hopped with Amarillo hops
7%abv 80 IBU

Pin of Expat IPA - 5 gls of english IPA dry hopped with Fuggle hops and aged with oak chips
7.2%abv 54 IBU

Pin of Pumpkin Pie Ale - 5 gals of a fall favorite, Roasted pumpkin in the mash, spices in the Kettle
6.4%abv 22 IBU

Breakfast at Cumberland

noreply@blogger.com (Molly) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:37:00 +0000

Breakfast is now in full swing at Cumberland
on Saturday and Sunday starting at 9am.

Every item on the menu is only $5.99
and includes Potatoes and Grits of the Day.

Coffee only 25 cents!

Coming Soon: Saturday Mimosas and Bloody Beer!

HALLOWEEN AT CUMBERLAND

noreply@blogger.com (Molly) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Come Join us for a:

Costume Contest

Pumpkin Carving Contest
(Bring in your Pumpkin creation for Judging by 6pm)

Prizes will be Cumberland Gift Cards

ALL DAY HAPPY HOUR

Cask Conditioned Pumpkin Pie Ale