Cumberland Brewery

Moonbow Wit

2011-02-22T16:13:00.003-05:00

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

2011-02-04T16:03:00.002-05:00

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

2011-01-17T14:57:00.004-05:00

Horses & Heroes Winterfest
January 29, 5-8

Merlot à Trois

2011-01-14T16:29:00.002-05:00

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

2010-12-10T16:34:00.004-05:00

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

2010-11-22T10:42:00.001-05:00

Halloween @ Cumberland

2010-10-26T15:44:00.002-04:00

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

2010-09-02T16:20:00.003-04:00

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

2010-07-26T15:42:00.007-04:00

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

2010-07-16T13:41:00.002-04:00

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

2010-05-31T10:34:00.005-04:00

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

2010-05-20T17:34:00.002-04:00

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

2010-05-14T15:51:00.007-04:00

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?

2010-04-07T18:54:00.003-04:00

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

2010-03-18T16:50:00.003-04:00

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

2010-02-24T14:19:00.005-05:00

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

2010-02-05T14:14:00.002-05:00

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

2010-01-12T11:05:00.003-05:00

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

Something Evil is Brewing

2010-01-11T12:33:00.003-05:00

Slewfoot

2010-01-05T12:41:00.004-05:00

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

2009-12-22T11:55:00.003-05:00

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...

2009-12-11T15:31:00.003-05:00

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

2009-11-26T14:31:00.004-05:00

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

2009-11-11T10:37:00.002-05:00

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

2009-10-30T13:24:00.002-04:00

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

NEW FALL HOURS

2009-10-07T18:01:00.002-04:00

Beginning Sunday October 11th Our hours will be:

Sunday 1pm - 12am
Monday-Thursday 4pm- 12am
Friday & Saturday 12pm - 2am

The kitchen will close 1 hour before the bar.

Also, Coming Soon

Saturday & Sunday Breakfast!
We will feature Great Specials, Bloody Beer (Bloody Mary's made with Beer) and Mimosas

Brew at the Zoo

2009-09-04T13:02:00.002-04:00

Thanks to everyone who came out. We had a blast!

Great Taste of the Midwest 2009

2009-08-15T13:44:00.003-04:00

Another Great Trip up To Maddison for The Great Taste of The Midwest. This year we brought a larger contingent and more beer then last year. The beer was well received as with 10 minutes left in the festival we blew the last of our three 50 liter kegs, the two 5 gallon kegs of bourbon barrel beer had disappeared much earlier. It was great to see this are well represented as all four local attended this year.

Yerba Mate Pale Ale

2009-07-22T15:01:00.008-04:00

After numerous demands, Yerba Mate Pale Ale is back on tap at Cumberland Brews this week. This pale ale is brewed with only organic malts, and a 20lb tea bag of Yerba Mate is added at the end of boil, replacing the aroma hops. A cask conditioned pin will be tapped Thursday, with Kegs to follow on Friday.
ABV-6.2%
OG-15P
IBU-37

2009-07-20T17:53:00.003-04:00

This past Saturday we headed to Indianapolis for their Microbrewers Festival. We had a wonderful time with the 4,000+ people in attendance. It was good to see our customers who joined us at the fest. We went through 4 kegs of beer (54Gallons) in four hours!

One of those kegs was the debut our new batch of Yerba Mate Pale Ale. It was a great success and we will be unveiling it on Cask this Thursday and on Tap on Friday. Come and enjoy a pint with us! See you soon

New Beer for the Long Weekend

2009-07-02T10:05:00.002-04:00

Cumberland will be celebrating Independence Day this weekend by launching this summer's wheat beer, Honey Wheat. This American style wheat is brewed with 50% wheat malt and 30 lbs. of local honey added at the end of the boil. Willamette hops contribute a spicy aroma that compliments the aromatics of the honey in this golden colored ale.
ABV 4.6%
IBU 23

On Thursday we will be kicking the Long Weekend off with a firkin of the Honey Wheat on the hand pump. This cask is dry hopped with Amarillo Hops. The kegs of Honey Wheat will be tapped on Friday at noon.
On the 4th of July we tap and additional cask of Smoked Porter.

Hope everyone has a Safe and Happy 4th.

Join us for Lunch

2009-06-11T14:12:00.002-04:00

We are now open for Lunch Wednesday - Sunday.

Happy Hour is from 12-7pm on Wednesday - Friday and All Day Sunday!

$5 Lunch Specials Wednesday-Friday (noon-4)

Coaster Art Contest

2009-06-05T13:34:00.002-04:00

We Finally Have Blank Coasters!

Coaster art contest in underway, the last day to enter will be June 30th and the winner will be announced July 9th.

The winner will receive a $50 Gift Card and will have their design printed on a Cumberland T-shirt.

Come in and draw one today!

'Tis the Season to be Festive

2009-05-30T18:09:00.002-04:00

Its that time of year. The pools are open, the schools are getting out and the weather is warming up. In our opinion there is no better way to beat the heat then a nice cold craft beer. Fortunatly there are plenty of opportunities this summer with plenty of beer Festivals. This season Kicks off this weekend with a double dip. On Saturday we will be crossing the river for Keg Liquor's Fest of Ale. On Sunday the breweries will be taking over Morton Ave for The Great Flanagan's Beer Festival.

Cumberland will also be working with BBC for two events this summer, the first of which will be The Smoke Out on June 27th. This event hosted by BBC will feature Smoked beers as well as Smoked turkey, smoke cigars, smoked veggies, smoked pretzels, smoke pipes, smoked meat, smoked nuts, smokin hot babes, smoke ciggs, smoked brisket, smoke songs all day long, smoked oysters, smoke shrimp, fire trucks and fire fighters and all things smoked. Later in the summer Cumberland will be hosting a Cask beer night, more details to follow soon.

Other highlights include the increasingly popular Brew at the Zoo; Traveling to Madison for the second oldest American beer festival The great taste of the Midwest; and the Granddaddy of beer fests, The Great American Beer Festival.

Enjoy the weather, enjoy the beer and we will keep you updated on future events,
Cheers

New Summer Hours!

2009-05-14T15:39:00.002-04:00

We are back to our Old Summer Schedule.... Here it is paired with our weekly specials!

Sunday 1pm-2am ~ Happy Hour All Day
Monday 4pm-2am ~ 1/2 Price Growler Refills
Tuesday 4pm-2am ~ Throw 'em Back $2.75 Pints
Wednesday 4pm-2am ~ Live Music Upstairs
Thursday 12pm-2am ~ Cask Conditioned Beers
Friday 12pm-2am ~ $5 Lunch Specials (noon-4)
Saturday 12pm-2am

Kitchen Open Until 1am Every Night!

Easter Keister

2009-04-06T13:47:00.002-04:00

Way back in December we stashed some of our Christmas Keister into three Bourbon Barrels letting it age for the past three months. The time in the barrel has added to the complexity of the Old ale. After Spending last week in a tank settling and carbonating, it was kegged up this morning. The Easter Keister will make its debut this Wednesday the 8th. Later this week the barrels will be refilled with some Kincardine Scottish Ale.

Upcoming Events

2009-03-16T13:16:00.001-04:00

On St. Patrick's Day we will be doing a Pint glass giveaway. One free glass with purchase of a pint, limit one per customer. Limited supplies

On March 21 we are celebrating the first day of spring by releasing our new seasonal, Goatboy Bock. A Traditional German bock beer, brewed to celebrate the end of winter and arrival of spring. Brewed with Munich malt and German Pilsner malt. A good addition of German hops balance the malty lager.
ABV 6.8%
IBU 30.0

On March 27 there is a Louisville Brewfest at the Clifton Center. A Celebration of local craft beer from 4pm to 10pm. Free admission.

Bourbon Barrel Meade and other things

2009-02-18T11:47:00.002-05:00

Today we are releasing our first stash of Bourbon Barrel Meade. It has been aging away nicely for the past three months. We are putting the first 1/3 on tap today, saving another 1/3 for a month or two, and bottling the last 1/3 for a later release. Plus we have another batch set to go in the barrel again soon.

Other upcoming beers include our next rotating seasonal, a yet to be named bock. Cumberland's second ever lager is fermenting nicely and should finish by this weeks end. After a lagering period it should be ready for consumption around late March. On the pub system we have a batch of Barleywine being brewed over the next two days, as well as a small beer from the second runnings.

Winter Storm Warning - Stock Your Fridge

2009-01-26T15:23:00.005-05:00

With the city on full alert for an apporaching winter storm, its important to load up on the essentials. Forget the bread and milk, what you really need to survive a snow-in is a good stock of craft beer in your fridge. To help you out, today, as well as every Monday in February we are offering $4 growler refills. Also, throughout February, we are having Throwback Tuesday's, featuring our old happy hour prices ($2.75) all day.

If you do make it out in the storm, watch where you park or you might end up like this guy.

Bootlegging across the River

2009-01-10T20:32:00.003-05:00

On January 29th, Keg Liquors will be hosting Cumberland Brews for a beer tasting. We are looking forward to brining our beer to the "Sunny Side of Louisville", especially to a respected beer store like Keg Liquors. We are planing on bringing four of our standard beers; Pale Ale, Cream Ale, Nitro Porter, Red Ale. As well as four seasonals; Kincardine, What you Saison?, Damn Breaker, and Bunkass. Look forward to seeing some of you out there.
Cheers

Hi-Tech Beer Pour

2009-01-06T11:39:00.002-05:00

As technology advances there is always the fear of being replaced by a machine. As The Sober Brewer previously discussed here, apparently even bartenders aren't safe. While this beer robot is a little oversized for Cumberland Brews, some of americas smartest minds are working on a viable solution.

While labor is still needed to turn the IPhone, I wonder how long until that job would be exported to India as well.

Christmas At Cumberland

2008-12-13T14:05:00.003-05:00

Christmas at Cumberland
Customer Appreciation Night

$2 Pints!!!
Premiere of the Christmas Keister
Free Desserts

Christmas Keister

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

Roasted Pumpkins and Turkey Tails

2008-11-22T09:38:00.002-05:00

Before you roast your turkey and stuff your face with pumpkin pie this thanksgiving, kick off the holiday week with Cumberland.
On Tuesday 25th we are premiering "Roasted Pumpkin", this years pumpkin pie ale. Brewed with roasted pumpkin in the mash, plenty of biscuit malt, and a of touch brown sugar, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and cinnamon; the brewery smelled just like mum's kitchen.

On Wednesday we have moved our weekly cask offering up a day due to the holiday. Turkey Tail Pale Ale will be served, our Pale ale brewed with Columbus and Cascade hops, and then generously hopped with Goldings. The plan is to have the beer engine moved downstairs so more can enjoy the full firkin (10 gallons).

While we are closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving we hope you stop by on Black Friday, make your shopping easy, stop in for a pint or two, and buy some glasses and gift cards.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Cumberland Brews

Join us for Election Day

2008-11-01T14:09:00.002-04:00

Featuring a beer for both parties. We brewed a batch of a strong Belgian wheat and added some fruit during fermentation. Raspberries(GOP) added to one half and blueberries(DNC) added to the other half. Join us fro election day coverage and either a few celebration pints or drown your sorrows with happy hour all night long. opening at 6:00pm

Bavarian Week

2008-10-13T16:39:00.003-04:00

Come celebrate Bavarian week with us.
Oct 13-17

Free Gift with purchase of an Oktoberfest after Happy Hour on Monday and Tuesday
(limited supplies)

ABV 5.6%
IBU 18.7
OG 14.2

Leo Awards

2008-10-02T12:34:00.002-04:00

Thank You Leo readers! Cumberland Brews has won the following awards in Leo Weekly Reader's Choice Awards.

1st - Best Happy Hour
2nd - Best Brewery
2nd(t) - Best Waitstaff
3rd(t) - Best Place to Nurse a Hangover

We had a great time at the awards party as well
Thanks for the support.

Adventures in Madison

2008-08-25T12:36:00.003-04:00

In early August Cumberland Brewery set out for its first taste of the Great Taste of The Midwest. It is the second oldest beer festival in North America, and with the high level of organization it is easy to see why. Mark and Cameron carpooled up with the brewers from Browning's, Brian and Rush, in a rented van. The van's shocks were put to the ultimate test with seven full kegs and tapping equipment stored in the back. Upon arriving in Madison on Friday, we definitely got the VIP treatment. Volunteers were there to unload our kegs, while other's carted our equipment over to our booth. The only thing that brewery representatives had to do was enjoy the free BBQ and beer set out for us. After unloading the beer, and checking into the hotel, we were again treated to some more free food and dinner. Our host was the Great Dane Brewpub. and we sampled some great local beer, as well as some authentic Wisconsin brats.

Saturday morning we arrived at the festival to a food spread including breakfast burritos, donuts and coffee. Shortly afterwards a much needed Bloody Mary Wagon made its rounds, rumor has it that Mark was seen following behind it for the next 30 minutes. After set up was complete, we had some time to wander around the festival site before it began. Located in a park on the lake shore, with the Capital building visible from across the water made for a great sight, but even better was the 6 big tents for the breweries. The festival atmosphere was great, as the ticket limit kept the crowd to a reasonable size. While pouring beer we were routinely questioned on Louisville's inclusion in a Midwest event. But after a few samples we were able to explain Louisville's identity crisis as a Midwest city in a Southern State. Everyone from the organizers, volunteers, and attendees thanked us for making the trip.

Post festival we were again treated to a dinner buffet while the crowd exited, making it easier for us to pick up our equipment. Following a night out on the town, we headed back to Louisville, thankfully a few hundred lbs lighter on beer. We are definitely looking forward to attending the event next year, and recommend it for those planning on making a trip, though plan ahead as the 5,000 tickets apparently sell out in an hour.

Festival Slide Show
Who are These People?

Recent Beer Events

2008-08-06T14:43:00.001-04:00

It is getting to the busy time of the year for beer festivals. On July 19th we headed up to Indianapolis for the Indiana Microbrewers Festival. Beautiful weather and enthusiastic crowd made for a great event. Not all were happy as Wu had to console a guy who "Just wanted a Bud Light"

Slideshow

On Aug 1st Brian Reymiller, the brewer at Browning's, invited Cumberland Brewery and BBC(St Matts) to pour beer in Browning's Beer Garden prior to the Willie Nelson and Dave Matthews Band Concert. Handling cash instead of grain kept the brewers on their toes, as we said throughout the night, "We are Brewers not accountants". All three breweries went through alot of beer and hopefully introduced some new people to Craft Beer. Thank you again to Browning's and Brian for inviting us.

Meet the Brewers Part2

2008-07-31T01:16:00.001-04:00

Ricky Brown (Little Boy Brew)

Born and raised in Louisville, in the Highlands. He attended the prestigious Millford Academy, 'Where children are to be neither seen nor heard.' Began working at the Cumberland in August 2006; beginning his brewing apprenticeship in July 2007.

He attends U of L, majoring in ~~History~~ getting done and the hell out of there. As a teen, he worked at the local banana stand selling chocolate dipped frozen bananas; a job he worked for several summers until the Banana stand was destroyed in a fire. Afterwards he did the next logical thing in working for the Cumberland with his bigger sister.

Meet the Brewers Part1

2008-07-25T16:25:00.001-04:00

Cameron Finnis -
Born in the great wilds of the north, just 45 minutes northwest of Toronto, he perfected the art of snowball making at a young age. Outraged at the adoption of the dollar coin instead of the dollar bill, his family quickly fled Canada for a new Kentucky home. After many dedicated years of hard work at the Middle and High School level, he was finally able to stop saying "Eh?" all the time and pronounce "Out" like a southerner.

The next five years were spent studying ~~upon barstools around town~~ at the University of Louisville. Five years ago he happily lived out a great Canadian cinematic moment, when he returned home to tell his parents he got a job at a brewery. He thanks Bob and Doug McKenzie for their inspiration.

After suffering for years as an apprentice under verbal abuse from a Master Brewer with personality disorders,

his training/tormenting came to end when he became the Brewer for Cumberland Brewery in April 2008.

Where to Find Us

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