Louisville Craft Beer Week
Event Listings
Wednesday, Oct. 18
Louisville Craft Beer Week Kickoff Party at Parlour Lounge
6 p.m.
131 W Chestnut St, Jeffersonville, IN 47130
All Week — Oct. 19-29
The Butchertown Social Special
1601 Story Ave
Any local 20 oz draft + Angel’s Envy or Rabbit Hole pour, $8
Thursday, Oct. 19
After Oktoberfest Beer Dinner at Eiderdown.
7 p.m.
German-themed, 4-courses, paired with beers. $45
Against the Grain Keep the Glass Night at Grind Burger Kitchen
5 p.m.
829 E Market St
Grind Burger Kitchen will be kicking off Louisville Craft Beer Week by featuring Against the Grain’s collaboration with Way Beer “Beer My Way or the Way Way” with Belgian snifters to take home as well as a couple other ATG draft favorites and pint glasses!
Brew in the Lou – Louisville Beer Tour
2 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Mint Julep Tours, 140 N. Fourth St. Suite 326
Go on behind-the-scenes tours at three Louisville craft breweries (Goodwood, Apocalypse Brew Works and Mile Wide) with tasting flights at each stop and insight from your Mint Julep Tours ‘brew guru’ in between. Bus tours depart from the Mint Julep Tours gift shop on the 3rd floor of the Galt House Hotel. Cost is $79 per person which includes transportation, tours with tastings, pretzel necklace and brewery swag. Tickets must be purchased in advance at mintjuleptours.com or by calling 502-583-1433
Hop Out For a Cause with Uinta Brewing at Hilltop Tavern
7 p.m.
1800 Frankfort Avenue
Uinta Pint Night & Dare to Care Can Drive, Bring in 5 cans to be entered into a raffle to win an Uinta care package featuring a hammock! Hopnosh, Tangerine Hopnosh, Grapefruit Hopnosh, Lime Pils, and Golden Ale on tap, keep the Uinta/Hilltop Logo Pint Glass.
Sour Craft Kids at Four Pegs
7 p.m.
1053 Goss Ave
Join us for select sours on draft, free Sour Patch Kids and live music! Beer List: Prairie Twist, Evil Twin Sour Bikini, Jolly Pumpkin Bam Di Castagna, *More TBA
Twist and Stout: Paying Homage to the Darkness at Boombozz Highlands Taphouse
1448 Bardstown Rd
Walking Dead Steal-a-Glass at River City Drafthouse
7 p.m.
1574 Bardstown Rd
Walking Dead season is approaching; no better way to prepare than partaking in our Walking Dead Steal-a-Glass. We will be featuring Terrapin Walking Dead Blood Orange IPA and Rogue Dead Guy. Purchase either beer and take home the breweries glassware!
Friday, Oct. 20
Bandade Presents: The Daybreaks (Trio) / Skrizzly Adams at Apocalypse Brew Works
6-9 p.m.
1612 Mellwood Ave.
Charitable concert to benefit people affected by Cancer
Special beer tapping!
Founders Night at Pearl St. Taphouse
5 p.m.
407 Pearl St, Jeffersonville, IN 47130
Come on out to The Pearl to kick off Louisville Craft Beer Week with our Founders Tap Takeover! We’ll be having Lizard of Koz, Doom, reDANKulous, Nitro Rubaeus, Mosaic Promise, Red Rye, and Centennial. Our beer cheese all week will be made with All Day IPA. Also, two secret special features from Hoppin’ Frog and Two Brothers. Don’t miss out.
Fruit Forward III at Nachbar
2 p.m. – 4 a.m.
969 Charles St
Ten beers on tap will prominently feature fruit.
West Sixth Tap Takeover at Four Pegs
7 p.m.
1053 Goss Ave
Celebrate your Friday night with some of Lexington’s finest beer, free schwag and the always good times at Four Pegs! Beer List: Transylvania Tripel, Oktoberfest, Heller Heaven, Berliner Weisse
LOCALS ONLY at River City Drafthouse
7p.m. – 1 a.m.
1574 Bardstown Rd
Our LOCALS ONLY event will be featuring brews from all of your local favorites. We will be putting on as many One-offs as we can find from our local breweries and will be inviting the breweries to come hang out with us as well! It’ll be a partyyy!
Saturday, Oct. 21
Coffee & Beer Night at Quills
4-9 p.m.
800 East Main St.
Quills new Firehouse cafe in NuLu will host a “”Coffee & Beer”” night to explore different unique pairings of two of our favorite beverages, designed to keep you perfectly suspended between waking and sleeping. We’ll have affogato beer floats, coffee beers, espresso & beer pairings and a Monnik-Quills infused brew on tap as well. The party isn’t over until you try them all.
Indiana Crashes LCBW at The Red Yeti
256 Spring Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47130
Jeffersonville’s local brewpub will be hosting some Indiana only libations! Maui, Tallgrass, and Lord Hobo will all be on this draft feature/pint night.
OctDOBErfest: Bluegrass Doberman Rescue Fundraiser at Apocalypse Brew Works
2-6 p.m.
1612 Mellwood Ave.
Come with your well behaved dog (no matter the breed), costumes for you and your dog encouraged! We’ll have a dog costume contest, raffle items, BDR tshirts, and craft items available as well as ambassador dobes in attendance.
Sunday, Oct. 22
Derby City Art Collective at Apocalypse Brew Works
1-7 pm
1612 Mellwood Ave.
Local art for sale and live art demonstrations. Chef Lawrence Weeks from Locals Only is preparing Apocalypse beer inspired po boys (meat and vegan options) and pretzels with beer cheese. Saving Sunny, Inc. will be there with rescue dogs. Fun for all ages! Face painting, readings, music and more!!
His Dork Materials at Monnik Beer Co.
3 – 10 p.m.
1036 E. Burnett Ave.
Attention beer dorks! We will be tapping 10 variants of our milk stout, His Dark Materials. Variants will include coffee, cherry, marshmallow, vanilla, coconut, habanero, bacon with maple syrup, cinnamon, blueberry, and chocolate.
Tuesday, Oct. 24
Bell’s Firkin Flannel Party at Hilltop Tavern
7 p.m.
1800 Frankfort Avenue
Come hang out with us and wear your best Flannel, Prize for Best Dressed!
We will be tapping a Two Hearted Firkin, and have Octoberfest, Roundhouse, Two Hearted, Best Brown on tap! Oatsmobile & Oarsman Cans available.
Mile Wide Pint Nights at Grind Burger Kitchen
5 p.m.
829 E Market St
October 24th, 25th, and 26th Grind Burger Kitchen will feature three different Mile Wide drafts with unique Mile Wide glassware to take home! Tuesday: Motherboy, West Coast Scavenger IPA w/ Mosaic Hops, with snifter; Wednesday: Leroy Brown, Brown Ale with pub glass; Thursday: Volksfestbier, Oktoberfest, with Willi Becher glass.
Mile Wide Tap Takeover at Drake’s Paddock Shops
6 – 10 p.m.
3921 Summit Plaza Drive
Mile Wide Beer Co. Tap Takeover! Motherboy, Idlewild and Leroy on tap with swag giveaways.
Tripel Dubbel: A Nod to All Things Belgian at BoomBozz Highlands Taphouse
1448 Bardstown Rd
Wild Yeast Seminar with Josh Hambright from Central State Brewery at Portage House
7:30 p.m.
117 E Riverside Dr, Jeffersonville, IN 47129
Owner and head brewer at Central State, Josh Hambright, will come and grace us with his wisdom about experimental yeast in the brew process. Guest taps from friends in Indy New Day Meadery as well as Lord Hobo will be available for drinking pleasure.
Wednesday, Oct. 25
Float Flight at Monnik Beer Co.
6 – 10 p.m.
1036 E. Burnett Ave.
We are partnering with our friends at Louisville Cream to bring you a flight of beer floats! Ice cream flavors will be expertly paired with beers to give you an indulgent beer experience like never before.
Thursday, Oct. 26
Beer by the numbers at Nachbar
2 p.m. – 4 a.m.
969 Charles St
We will tap ten beers with a common thread of Numbers.
Mile Wide Pint Nights at Grind Burger Kitchen
5 p.m.
829 E. Market St
We will feature three different Mile Wide drafts with unique Mile Wide glassware to take home! Volksfestbier, Oktoberfest, with Willi Becher glass.
Special Firkin Tapping at Monnik Beer Co.
2 – 11 p.m.
1036 E. Burnett Ave.
Special cask tapping. Check our Facebook page for details!
Stein holding Contest at Somewhere Restaurant
7 – 9 p.m.
1135 Bardstown Road
Come test your strength against other beer lovers! We will also have the Leinenkugel girls here for some mini pumpkin painting! Order a Leinenkugel Harvest Patch and keep the pint (while supplies last).
New Belgium Halloween Trivia Pint Night at Hilltop Tavern
7 p.m.
1800 Frankfort Ave.
Hosted By Turner Luesing, Free to Play, Swag for the winning team. Costume Contest. Fat Tire Cooler for Best Costume! Tap Lineup: Voodoo Ranger IPA, Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA, Fat Tire White, Blackberry Oskar, Specialty keg TBA, keep the Voodoo Ranger Pint Glass
Friday, Oct. 27
Deschutes Fresh Hop Friday at Hilltop Tavern
5 p.m.
1800 Frankfort Avenue
Hop over for a pint during Frankfort Avenue Trolley Hop! We will have Chasin Freshies IPA, Fresh Squeezed IPA, and Mirror Pond Pale on tap, Keep the Stainless Steel Pint!
German Biernacht at River City Drafthouse
7 p.m. – 1 a.m.
1574 Bardstown Rd.
We will be hosting German Biernacht (Beer Night) at River City Drafthouse! We will have a huge array of all different types of German style beers. We invite you to bring your own steins and show off your awesome collections! Prost!!!
Local Brewer Rap Battle & High End Sour Tasting and Brewer Rap Battle at Parlour Lounge
7 – 10 p.m.
131 W Chestnut St, Jeffersonville, IN 47130
We will be featuring rare flights of some the best beers in the world. At 10 p.m., we will kick off the Brewer Rap Battle. Every Brewer in town is welcome to grace the stage to spit their best game about why their beer is the best, and your beer taste like wet feet! Special guest judges are Jeremy Irving from Copper & Kings, Michael Minton from Dauntless, and beer/festival specialist Tisha Gainey. High End Bombers and Copper & Kings Brandy specials all night!
Jolly Pumpkin Tap Takeover at Four Pegs
7 p.m.
1053 Goss Ave
Select beers from Jolly Pumpkin on tap. Beer List: Madrugada Obscura, La Roha Du Kriek, Sobrehumano Palena’ole and Baudelaire IO
Saturday, Oct. 28
Hoppleganger: HopHeads Unite! at Boombozz Highlands Taphouse
1448 Bardstown Rd
Randy Mosher Seminar/ 5 Rabbit Tap Takeover at Parlour Lounge
5 p.m.
131 W Chestnut St, Jeffersonville, IN 47130
Come listen to author of “Tasting Beer” and Owner of 5 Rabbit Brewery talk about his favorite thing, BEER. Randy Mosher is a writer, lecturer, and creative consultant on beer and brewing worldwide. He is the author of “Tasting Beer,” “Beer For All Seasons,” “Radical Brewing,” and “Mastering Homebrew.” He is active in the leadership of the Chicago Beer Society, the American Homebrewers Association, and the Brewers Association. He is also a partner in and the creative director for 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, a brewery in Bedford Park, Illinois. 5 Rabbit’s delicious Latin America themed libations will be abundantly available as well.
TRICK or TREAT?? at River City Drafthouse
7 p.m. – 1 a.m.
1574 Barstown Rd
TRICK or TREAT, but for adults! We will have a variety of “trick” beer , ranging from hot pepper beers to super sour and barrel aged: along with “treat” beers, ranging from sweet stouts to fruit ales and everything treat-like in between. It’s the trick or treating we’ve all dreamed of!!!
Sunday, Oct. 29
Brew in the Lou – Louisville Beer Tour
2-6 p.m.
Mint Julep Tours, 140 N. Fourth St. Suite 326
Go on behind-the-scenes tours at three Louisville craft breweries (Against the Grain’s production facility, Great Flood’s taproom and Monnik’s brewery) with tasting flights at each stop and insight from your Mint Julep Tours ‘brew guru’ in between. Bus tours depart from the Mint Julep Tours gift shop on the 3rd floor of the Galt House Hotel. Cost is $79 per person, which includes transportation, tours with tastings, pretzel necklace and brewery swag. Tickets must be purchased in advance at mintjuleptours.com or by calling 502-583-1433.
New Albanian Research & Development Tapping/Costume Contest/Art Show at Parlour Lounge
131 W Chestnut St, Jeffersonville, IN 47130
We will be tapping 9 never before tapped NABC beers from their research and development lab. Vote on your favorite new beer to be the next major production. We will also have 9 artist doing live art throughout the day, vote on your favorite art works to become the label for the winning beer! Come dressed as your favorite NABC beer label charachter for a chance to win prizes from NABC and Parlour!
Special Firkin Tapping at Monnik Beer Co.
2 – 11 p.m.
1036 E. Burnett Ave.
Special cask tapping. Check our Facebook page for details!