We won the 8th best fruit beer in the US
from Draft magazine!

“Bluegrass Black Cherry Lambic This lambic’s not Kentucky bourbon, but its kick to the mouth is just as powerful. Featuring sour and sweet cherries, Bluegrass delivers a heavy tart cherry bite across the entire palate; sweetness perks up the taste buds.”

ALWAYS ON TAP:

American Pale Ale: An American standard, BBC APA is a full bodied and heavily hopped American Ale. It is copper in color and brewed with a blend of pale and crystal malts, balancing the citrus and pine flavors from large doses of American and English hops to create a very drinkable, hoppy ale. BBC APA is a hophead’s dream!
• ABV: 5.79% • IBU: 55.2
Altbier: Altbier, literally translated as “Old Style” beer, is a classic German ale. BBC Altbier is brewed with additions of Munich, wheat, caramel, and chocolate malts creating a delicate, but flavorful malt profile. This delicious amber colored session beer is balanced with additions of tradtional spicy German hops creating a light and floral bouquet to compliment its complex malt profile.
• ABV: 4.19% • IBU: 28.6
Nut Brown Ale: BBC Nut Brown Ale has a diverse grain bill which lends this traditional English ale a variety of flavors that coalesce into a remarkably smooth and pleasant drink. Additions of various pale, caramel and dark malts create a smooth, sweet malt profile with hints of roasted nuttiness. Multiple additions of English hops round out the flavors and give this classic beer a true flavor of the Old World.
• ABV: 4.9% • IBU: 29.0
Luna de Miel: Raspberry Meade: Historically a meade was made to celebrate the union of a couple and given to them for celebration of their marriage. Truly defined as a braggot, BBC Luna De Miel is a fermented honey ale flavored with a blend of raspberries and blackberries. Luna De Miel is a refreshing change from standard BBC offerings. Luna De Miel is effervescent, fruity, and light, yet warming from its moderate strength. BBC Luna De Miel is offered in a wine glass.
• ABV: 7.82% • IBU: 0.00
Dark Star Porter: A rich and robust blend of light, caramel, and dark malts sets the stage for BBC Dark Star Porter’s robust presence on the palate. This smooth but robust porter has complex notes of chocolate and roasted grains balanced by additions of traditional English hops, creating a delicious chocolaty and smooth ale.
• ABV: 5.6% • IBU: 35.0
American Wheat: A very drinkable, light-bodied Wheat Beer.

Seasonal Beers at Both Locations:

True Blue: This beer is a True Kentucky beer. Made in Kentucky by Kentucky's oldest and most award winning microbrewery, made using KY grown blackberries, which are the KY state fruit; and made using KY Cascade Hops.
A Belgian style Wit (wheat) beer also known as "biere blanche" or "white beer" originating around Louvain and Hoegarden. Witbiers are light bodied, crisp and unfiltered, which accounts for its cloudy appearance. The special yeast strain and the addition of both sweet and bitter orange peel and coriander, adds fruity and spicy flavors. We then added nearly 140 pounds of Kentucky grown blackberries and Kentucky Cascade hops.
• ABV: 4.8 • IBU: 20.0
2 Brewers 1 Pint: Which came first, the beer or the name? In this case th name came first over a few shared pints with the Cumberland brewers. For those unfamilar with the reference, some might consder 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 Brown Ale. The two malts 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 nutty aromas as well as a dryness to the final product. Two batches of this beer were brewed, one each at Cumberland and BBC. Although brewed to the same recipe, it will be interesting to note the slight differences that come from the different set of equiptment at each brewery!
ABV: 6.0 • IBU: 28.0
Bourbon Barrel Smoked Stout: A standard American stout by style, however aged in Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels for 90 days. This full bodied stout presents woth a black opaque apearance due to the heavy doses of dark malts and roasted barley. A blend of the dark grains, a portion of smoked malt, and a generous amount of pale malt lends to a filling and warming beer with notes of bourbon, caramel, coffee, toffee and smoke. With the comlplement of conditioning on a Woodford Reserve Barrel for 3 months the stout finishes with a deliciously balanced melding of barrel aged character and the smooth silky flavor of a well made stout.
ABV: 6.4 • IBU: 36.9
Belgian IPA: A BBC original experimental beer. We used an American style IPA recipe and put a Belgian twist on it. Brewed with pale ale malt, caramelized barley, imported French aromatic malts, and Belgian amber rock candy. We then hopped it generously with American Simcoe and Cascade hops. We also added fresh grapefruit, lemon, and orange zest, along with pureed mango and apricots to accentuate the citrus and tropical fruit flavors derived from American hops. Fermented with Belgian Trappist ale yeast for a fruity, spicy flavor and aroma with a dry finish.
ABV: 7.0 • IBU: 47.7 • OG 15.5
Brewed on 3-24-10
Bourbon Barrel Biere de Garde: BBC’s Bourbon Barrel Biere de Garde is brewed with imported French malts, Belgian candy syrup, and Saaz hops and aged in Woodford Reserve Bourbon Barrels. This hazy orange colored ale has an aroma layered with sweet malt, bourbon, spicy yeast. The residual bourbon and charred oak add additional caramel and vanilla flavors and also lends a dryness to balance out the malt sweetness. The taste is all about rich bourbon and caramel malt sweetness, with enough hop bitterness and alcohol presence to demand another sip. The finish is accented with mild notes of black pepper and some cocoa notes.
ABV: 8.0 • IBU: 28.3 • OG: 17.4

BBC Kegs:

1/2 barrel (15.5 gal.) = 124 each 16oz pints: $115.00
1/4 barrel (7.75 gal.) = 62 each 16oz pint: $65.00
1/6 barrel (5.16 gal.) = 40 each 16oz pints: $45.00

Things You Need to Know about Keg Rentals:

Kegs are only filled at the St. Matthews BBC location.
When calling to place a keg order please ask to speak with a manager on duty.
All keg orders need to be called in by Thursday before 4:00 p.m. to ensure they are filled before the weekend.
Keg orders can be picked up Sunday—Wednesday anytime, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday before 5:00 p.m. The doors are open as early as 9:00 a.m.
There is a $100.00 dollar deposit for kegs, taps or tubs. This must be charged on your credit card at the time of pick up and will be refunded upon return of equipment. Cash is also accepted. Sorry no checks.
Double strength or Imperial beers will be...
1/2 barrel: $172.50
1/4 barrel: $97.50
1/6 barrel: $67.00

You can find BBC beers at many local liquor stores and retail outlets,
as well as many fine restaurants.

Medal-Winning Beers

Bearded Pat's Barley Wine: American Style barleywine: so named because of its high, wine-like alcohol content and the usage of American hops. Deep amber in color and full bodied, with a blend of fruitiness, maltiness and hop bitterness to balance.
• ABV: 11.0% • IBU: 89.8 • OG: 24.3
Smoked Porter: Dark and rich robust porter brewed with beechwood smoked barley malt.
• ABV: 7.5% • IBU: 38.1 • OG: 14.8
Wort Hog Dort: This Dortmunder style beer was originally brewed in the area around the city of Dortmund in western Germay. It is a full bodied pale lager that falls beteen the dryness of a German Pilsner and the sweet maltiness of Munich Helles. Brewed with imported German Pilsner malt, Northern Brewer and Hallertau hops. Finished with a late kettle addition of Spalter Select.
• ABV: 6.0% • IBU: 28.4 • OG: 14.3
American-Style Amber Lager: Light copper-colored and medium bodied, this lager is brewed with imported German Pilsner and Munich malts. It has a mellow malt flavor balanced by German Hallertau and Czech Premiant hops
• ABV: 6.2% • IBU: 18.6 • OG: 15.0
Baltic Porter: Baltic Porter is a real beer for a real Nordic man (or woman). Baltic Porters were originally brewed strong in order to stand the long travel from the UK to the Baltic region. The style was well-suited to the cold winter in that part of the world. Baltic Porters (sometimes called Imperial Stouts or Double Brown Stouts) are jet black with a dense tan colored head and have coffee, chocolate and toffee like flavors and aromas, with some smoky and sulphuric notes. Warming: alcohol strength and a full body balance out a distinct bitterness originating from the German Hallertau hops and UK black patent malt.
• ABV: 8.5% • IBU: 42.8 • OG: 20.8

BLUEGRASS BREWING COMPANY WINS “BRAIN OF BREWERS” COMPETITION IN DENVER COLORADO

Lallemand Inc., a worldwide company producing and developing multiple strains of yeast for the brewing, baking and wine industries held a national brewing competition using their yeast and invited all breweries to compete. The brewers were invited to enter into three different beer categories with prizes awarded for each category and a grand prize, “Best of Show” which combines all categories. Bluegrass Brewing Company entered three beers in the competition. Our Pilsner placed third in the Lager category, BBC‘s Sweet Stout, (also known as Milk Stouts), “Delightful Udder” won the Stout category as well as winning “BEST OF SHOW”.

The beers were entered and judged so as to coincide with the Great American Beer Festival which is held in Denver Colorado every year and is the largest beer festival in the United States. The “Brain of Brewers” as a huge competition with many National breweries entering to win the $45,000 in prize money. There were 33 breweries which entered a total of 99 beers including: Miller-Coors, (Nationally Distributed Brewery, Top 3 in sales in US) Odell Brewing Company (Nationally Distributed Brewery, Fort Collins, Colorado), Widmer Brothers Brewing (Nationally Distributed Brewery, Portland Oregon), Port Brewing Co. (Nationally Distributed Brewery, Mid size Brewpub of the year 2009, San Diego, California), The Bruery (Nationally Distributed Brewery, Placentia, California).

For more information please contact Pat Hagan 502-291-7533, or Jerry Gnagy 502-396-7203.

BBC Wins 3rd-Place Medal
at the Barrel Aged Beer Festival in Chicago

Bourbon Barrel Rye Porter

Rich and chocolaty robust porter brewed withGerman rye malt, lending a spicy and nutty flavor. Aged in Knob Creek bourbon barrels for 100 days.
• ABV:7.5 • IBU:30.4% • OG 16.0

Bluegrass Brewing Company has been sending tasty brews to the Great American Beer Festival for over 12 years now. As you can see below, we have collected quite a few GABF medals throughout those years. Here is a list of the comments the judges made about some of our brews this year. We didn’t come home with any medals this time, but 6 out of the 8 beers we sent went into the medal judging round, which we are still very proud of!

Great American Beer Festival Judge Tasting Comments...

Kick in the Baltic Porter

“Flavor was roast and raisin, completely terrific, excellent beer to savor, very enjoyable, right on for style.”

Hot Carl (the pepper beer)

“Excellent harmony of flavors, a very creative beer, complex and very drinkable, well balance heat, heat increases as after taste diminishes, chilies not bitter or hot.”

English Mild

“Attractive brown color, light flavors of dark malt, hops and fruity, very subtle, great example of a UK style mild, sweet malt caramel up front.”

Rye IPA

“Gorgeous orange color, bright fresh clean hops, delicious hops dominate but nice minty rye flavor is very good, well done crisp beer; nice job, like the kick the rye gives.”

Pro-Am Competition

Cherry Whit

“Loved the cherry layers, nice whit flavors and hints of cherry, good balance, unusual combo that works for me, slightly tart but refreshing, dry finish.”

Smoked Bock

“Good malt character, forest fruits, chocolaty, gently smoked, smoke and Munich malt. Nice.”

The Basic Brewing Process...

The basic building block of beer is two-row barley malt which has been prepared for use in brewing at a malting house.

Various specialty barley malts such as Vienna, chocolate, and black patent are used where dictated by stylistic considerations; they add color, flavor, and texture to the finished beer. Wheat, oatmeal, and rye also can be selected for use by the brewer, again depending on the style of beer being brewed.

The barley malt is cracked, and this grist is poured into the mash tun. Hot water is added, creating the thick, porridge-like mash. When the optimal temperature of the mash is reached, the flow of water is stopped and the mash allowed to rest. During this time, starches in the grains are converted into simple sugars and absorbed into the water. Later, yeast will transform these sugars into alcohol.

At the completion of the mash, the liquid (now called wort), is transferred into the brew kettle and boiled. During this time the hops are added. Hops are the ideal bittering agent for beer, serving to balance the sweetness of the barley malt and to add flavor and aroma to the beer.

When the boil has concluded, the wort is pumped through the wort chiller to it because yeast cannot survive in excessive heat.

Once cooled, the wort is poured into the fermenters and the yeast is pitched. Fermentation begins soon after, and typically lasts from four to six days.

When the initial fermentation has subsided, the beer is racked into Brite tanks, where final conditioning, settling and carbonation take place, usually in a time span of two weeks.

The finished beer is then pumped to the serving tanks or kegged, tapped, poured, and enjoyed by the consumer.

When enjoying your beer consider these things:
Appearance, Aroma, Taste, Mouthfeel, and Drinkability.
Always Drink Responsibly. Thank You.

We won the 8th best fruit beer in the US from Draft magazine!