Did they really change their name to "goodwood"?

 

And why wasn't any logical person consulted?

Haha they did how bad is that new name!

For what it's worth though, the nut brown is still good.

 

I'm going to buy the bourbon barrel stout tomorrow evening after I take the praxis, just to make sure everything is okay.

 

 

Honestly though, I'm a little surprised that I hadn't heard. It's been a couple months now. I guess drinking less will do that to a person though.

Haha they did how bad is that new name!

I guess it could be worse.

 

Like they could have renamed it "volunteer brewing company" or something satanic like that.

BBC actually split into two separate entities operating under the same name some years ago, and I believe the story was that the separate owners both shared rights to the beer recipes, while only one retained the licensing to bottle and sell it to retail distributors. There is a BBC that does still exist - I know at least the St. Matthews location on Shelbyville is still open and operating under the BBC name, but the BBC Taproom that was located down at Clay and Main is now Goodwood.

 

Goodwood's whole "schtick" is aging their beers in various different types of barrels and/or with staves of different wood species (not unlike Budweiser's beechwood aging process). To be perfectly honest, I'm not really into the wood seasoned beers for the most part. I've tried four of their beers:

1 - Poplar aged pale ale, which I didn't care for at all.

2 - Saison, finished in a red wine barrel, which I thought was an okay beer, but a mediocre saison.

3 - Bourbon Barrel Ale, finished in a bourbon barrel, which I thought was pretty so-so.

4 - Walnut Brown Ale, seasoned with oak and walnuts. Admittedly, I'm not a big nut brown ale drinker, so I wasn't expecting much, but I didn't think it was too bad.

I love barrel-aged beers. But you aren't doing a good job of selling me on Goodwood's offerings.

 

I would love to see them go in the barrel-aging direction that Wicked Weed did with their Funkatorium.

BBC actually split into two separate entities operating under the same name some years ago, and I believe the story was that the separate owners both shared rights to the beer recipes, while only one retained the licensing to bottle and sell it to retail distributors. There is a BBC that does still exist - I know at least the St. Matthews location on Shelbyville is still open and operating under the BBC name, but the BBC Taproom that was located down at Clay and Main is now Goodwood.

 

That's about the size of it. I still miss my favorite location -- Theater Square on South Fourth (thanks a lot, Kindred Healthcare) -- but I go to the remaining downtown BBC fairly regularly. The Third and Main and St. Matthews locations will continue to operate as BBC and continue selling their standard-bearers (APA, Dark Star Porter, etc.) as well as whatever seasonal things they have going on.

I just do not get the attraction to beers finished in bourbon barrels. That stuff is awful, and for some reason people gleefully pay $7 a pint for it at the bar I work at. I prefer my beer to taste like beer and my bourbon to taste like bourbon, and never the two shall mix.

I just do not get the attraction to beers finished in bourbon barrels. That stuff is awful, and for some reason people gleefully pay $7 a pint for it at the bar I work at. I prefer my beer to taste like beer and my bourbon to taste like bourbon, and never the two shall mix.

The bourbon barrel thing is a little overdone and there are some bad products out there. But get your hands on Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout and come back to me.

 

But I don't just mean bourbon barrels as I've had beer aged in several different barrels that turned out fantastic.

That's about the size of it. I still miss my favorite location -- Theater Square on South Fourth (thanks a lot, Kindred Healthcare) -- but I go to the remaining downtown BBC fairly regularly. The Third and Main and St. Matthews locations will continue to operate as BBC and continue selling their standard-bearers (APA, Dark Star Porter, etc.) as well as whatever seasonal things they have going on.

 

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Was Dave a big donor?

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Was Dave a big donor?

 

Kindred is expanding their HQ, which sits at the corner of Fourth and Broadway in Louisville. To do so, they're tearing down the buildings currently in theater square which, until a couple months ago, included a BBC restaurant and taproom.

The bourbon barrel thing is a little overdone and there are some bad products out there. But get your hands on Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout and come back to me.

 

But I don't just mean bourbon barrels as I've had beer aged in several different barrels that turned out fantastic.

 

I've had some of the Founders beers before and did enjoy them. Can't recall if the breakfast stout was one of them. We get at least one of theirs at the bar I work. I'll have to check it out.

 

As a general rule, however, stouts are low on my list of favorite types of beer. Never cared for Guinness.

I've had some of the Founders beers before and did enjoy them. Can't recall if the breakfast stout was one of them. We get at least one of theirs at the bar I work. I'll have to check it out.

 

As a general rule, however, stouts are low on my list of favorite types of beer. Never cared for Guinness.

Founders is a fantastic brewery. The regular breakfast stout and the KBS are two different animals. KBS comes out once a year in very limited quantities, but it more than deserves the reputation it's acquired.

Brewer David Pierce leaves NABC to return to BBC - Insider Louisville

 

Interesting. So BBC's brewmaster from 1993-2009 left and went to New Albanian brewery in New Albany (they've been putting out some SOLID freaking beer as of late), has now left New Albanian and is going back to BBC, which is now just a brewpub in St. Matthews after the folks who owned the BBC Taproom at Main and Clay separated, took the bottling and distributors license with them, and started Goodwood Brewing. I wonder if we don't see BBC bottling and distributing again before too long here now.

Not sure I've ever had their beer. Have to give some of it a try here soon.