The Top 20 posts at Potable Curmudgeon, 2nd Quarter 2016.

I'm told PS's proceeds dipped this year. 

The Potable Curmudgeon's top 20 posts for the second quarter of 2016 are listed here. These rankings are determined by a mysterious Blogger formula I no longer understand. So be it.

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95 ... 06/13/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: I know I’m gonna change that tune.

108 ... 04/18/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: Euro ’85, Part 33 … All good things must come to a beginning.

110 ... 06/27/2016

AFTER THE FIRE: Out and about in America, Europe … and my cups.

115 ... 04/15/2016

After 15 years, Little Kings returns to Cincinnati.

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(126 average) ... TWO-PART SERIES: A few beers on Estonian time. 

96 ... 05/16/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: A few beers on Estonian time (Part One).

156 ... 05/23/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: A few beers on Estonian time (Part Two).

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130 ... 04/01/2016

The Six Session Beers of Session Beer Day, 2016 (Ch. 1): Falls City Kentucky Common.

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(131 average) ... TWO-PART SERIES: The mouse, the elephant, and a clash of nonpareils.

145 ... 04/25/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: The mouse, the elephant, and a clash of nonpareils ... part one.

118 ... 04/26/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: The mouse, the elephant, and a clash of nonpareils ... part two.

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132 ... 05/09/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: Hip Hops ... A look at two new New Albany breweries.

133 ... 04/04/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: Birracibo’s local/regional “craft” beer percentage rides the bench.

134 ... 06/06/2016

Special Ed's Brewery elevates cluelessness to an art form -- and brewing hasn't even started.

145 ... 06/22/2016

HopCat is coming to Louisville, and it's gonna be yuuuge.

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(148 average) ... FOUR-PART SERIES: 18th Street's Sex and Candy

133 ... 05/11/2016

(1 of 4) 18th Street's Sex and Candy, but first, the story of 18th Street Brewery.

165 ... 05/12/2016

(2 of 4) 18th Street's Sex and Candy, and how the "Twitter Fight Over Racy Indiana Beer Label Highlights Industry Sexism Concerns."

111 ... 05/13/2016

(3 of 4) 18th Street's Sex and Candy, and wondering, "What ... the Brewers Association (Is) Doing to Address Gender and Race?"

184 ... 05/14/2016

(4 of 4) 18th Street's Sex and Candy: "Your Sexism is Predictable and Boring, 18th Street Brewery."

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149 ... 06/26/2016

Turn up at a complete stranger's house and pay them to cook you dinner.

150 ... 06/06/2016

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: A Mile Wide sidewalk superintendent.

169 ... 04/08/2016

The beer list at Doc's Cantina in Louisville.

172 ... 05/10/2016

It doesn't matter whether Guy Fieri's new Louisville restaurant has good beer because none of us will be going there anyway.

172 ... 05/27/2016

Bud Light Lime in Louisville, but in Cleveland, "Progressive Field keeps turning into a cavernous culinary and craft-beer mecca."

271 ... 05/25/2016

Hugh E. Bir's to celebrate 50 years at the ORIGINAL 4th Street Live on Sunday, June 5.

479 ... 06/03/2016

A tail of two Yetis: Red Yeti sued by Great Divide.

520 ... 05/28/2016

Roger answers all your questions on the eve of Boomtown, 2016.

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The Top 10 posts at Potable Curmudgeon, 1st Quarter 2016.

Vic's is Numero Uno.

The Potable Curmudgeon's top 10 posts for the first quarter of 2016 are listed here. These rankings are determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger.


127 ... 02/05/16

I've resigned from the Brewers of Indiana Guild's board. Now it's YOUR turn to grab an oar.

128 ... 02/09/16

NABC's Gravity Head 2016: The full lineup is here.

136 ... 02/22/16

The PC: Beef Steak and Porter always made good belly mortar, but did America’s “top” steakhouses get the memo?

144 (tie) ... 01/12/16

Tony Beard's artwork for Gravity Head 2016: "Choose Your Own Adventure."

144 (tie) ... 01/18/16

Sadly, Three Pints Brewing Company has closed.

149 ... 02/24/16

"Your Gravity Head 2016 Opening Lineup."

158 ... 02/03/16

Come drink beer with me on Session Beer Day, April 7, 2016.

193 ... 03/17/16

Join me on a Session Beer Day Brewery Crawl on Thursday, April 7.

238 ... 03/07/16

THE POTABLE CURMUDGEON: Can I get a “do-over” on Naughty Girl?

423 ... 01/07/16

Gravity Head 2016 begins at NABC on February 26.

719 ... 01/03/16

Vic's Cafe is profiled in the Courier-Journal.

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The Top 15 posts at Potable Curmudgeon for 2015.

At #1: Seems like one hundred years ago, doesn't it?

The Potable Curmudgeon's top 15 posts for 2015 are listed here, beginning with The First Ten, followed by the The Top Five.

These rankings are determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. Most of the top posts pertain to local or regional stories, and this pleases me. It comes as little surprise that readership declined during the period of my absence, while I was campaigning for mayor of New Albany. Numbers began rising again in November and December.

On January 1, The Potable Curmudgeon begins its 12th year. As always, thanks for reading.

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THE FIRST TEN


233 (tie) ... 03/30/2015

The PC: Our bedfellows are becoming stranger with each passing legislative session.

233 (tie) ... 06/09/2015

Floyd County Brewing Company (in New Albany) is getting closer to opening.

237 (tie) ... 06/06/2015

Dry-hopped Clausthaler, or Hopster from Shelton Brothers?

237 (tie) ... 03/16/2015

The PC: As I’ve been saying since 1980, alcohol is a different matter entirely.

240 ... 07/23/2015

Roger Baylor's $21 at 55 Birthday Party Fundraiser on Monday, August 3.

294 ... 02/26/2015

Media notice: Roger A. Baylor will take a leave of absence from NABC to run for mayor of New Albany.

314 ... 08/14/2015

My column in the latest Food & Dining Magazine is about Gordon Biersch.

330 ... 07/16/2015

Josh Hill departs Floyd County Brewing Company.

382 ... 01/02/2015

Indiana does Platonic Sandwich Dialogues: Is a hot dog a sandwich? Is pizza? Are tacos?

417 ... 10/17/2015

November 7 is Bluegrass Brewing Company's 22nd anniversary party.

427 ... 03/13/2015

Donum Dei's grand opening is on St. Patrick's Day -- Tuesday, March 17.

446 ... 01/17/2015

These requests from abroad, Vol. 11: "I love beer for the fact that with every breath of the world is getting better."

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THE TOP FIVE


509 ... 03/09/2015

The PC: All about localism at the 2015 Indiana Craft Brewers Conference.

650 ... 02/02/2015

The PC: Budweiser explains the Doctrine of Trojan Geese Transubstantiation.

708 ... 12/27/2015

The whoredom of "craft": Breckenridge's Todd Usry on authenticity, first in February, then in December.

944 ... 01/01/2015

"Craft Brewers Are Running Out Of Names," clever or otherwise.

1,609 ... 01/19/2015

The PC: Ripped straight from the pages of an Onion satire: “13 white males not really so eager to discuss issues like racism and sexism.”

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for October and November, 2015.

Numero Uno.

Once again, I'm combining two months into one. Only when the mayoral election had concluded was I able to get back to beer writing, so October and November comprise one Top Five list, as always determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger.

The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

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155

Akasha Brewing Company is open, so go there and check it out.

157

Celebrate Food & Dining: The magazine's 50th issue is on the street, and my column is inside it.

168

Bourbon County Yawn: There is nothing so desirable that you willingly pay your mortal enemy to have it.

191

Nipping and nibbling at BBC St. Matthews, Akasha and Over the 9.

408

November 7 is Bluegrass Brewing Company's 22nd anniversary party.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for August and September, 2015.

In honor of the fact that I forgot to post an August list, and September proved to be too busy for me to accomplish very much outside of campaigning for mayor, these two months are combined into one Top Five list, as always determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger.

The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.


149

Kentucky State Fair homebrewing competition winners for 2015.

182

The New Albany Restaurant & Bar Association presents Biers on Parade, at the Farmers Market on Saturday, October 3.

200

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for July, 2015.

203

Stephen "Taco Steve" Powell, his taco cart, and downtown New Albany.

297

My column in the latest Food & Dining Magazine is about Gordon Biersch.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for July, 2015.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.


147

"There Are Four Types of Drunks, Says Science."

156

"Am I post-craft?" Yes, The Cat's Back is where I'd rather be.

167

If you care about whatever "craft" remains in beer, then Firestone Walker's "deal" with Duvel Moortgat means absolutely nothing.

210

Roger Baylor's $21 at 55 Birthday Party Fundraiser on Monday, August 3.

287

Josh Hill departs Floyd County Brewing Company.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for June, 2015.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

74

Dry-hopped Clausthaler, or Hopster from Shelton Brothers?

84

Get a colonoscopy, already -- and listen to me on the Rusty Satellite Show.

104

Floyd County Brewing Company (in New Albany) is getting closer to opening.

106

Some déjà vu on the unfortunate closing of My Old Kentucky Homebrew and its brew-on-premise facility.

118

The PC: Euro ’85, Part 10: Habsburgs, history and sausages in Vienna.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for May, 2015.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.


78

Liver issues? Maybe you're eating too much.

111

I profile the Crescent Hill Craft House in the new issue of Food & Dining Magazine.

123

NABC's lineup for the RiverRoots Music & Folk Arts Festival in Madison, May 15 & 16.

148

Thumbs up as we welcome the BJCP's long-anticipated bee style guideline revisions.

167

Rants, bar fights and strip clubs. Maybe it's time to become a wine drinker.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for April, 2015.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1.

Thanks for reading.

100 (tie)

In observance of Session Beer Day, 2015.

100 (tie)

Love is blind: Finally, an IPA tasting that makes sense.

109

The PC: Who'll put the beer in Boomtown?

110

"This year, Three Floyds' Dark Lord Day will double as a craft beer-soaked protest rally."

146

The PC (Hip Hops): What “Craft Beer” Is, and What It Isn’t.

211

A wonderful BBC Louisville Lager, food and good times at the Crescent Hill Craft House.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for March, 2015.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

133

The PC: Our bedfellows are becoming stranger with each passing legislative session.

153

R.I.P., Cutters Brewing Company.

192

The PC: As I’ve been saying since 1980, alcohol is a different matter entirely.

264

The PC: All about localism at the 2015 Indiana Craft Brewers Conference.

387

Donum Dei's grand opening is on St. Patrick's Day -- Tuesday, March 17.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for February, 2015.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

98

The PC: The Weekly Wad was a modest start.

168

In Kentucky, House Bill 168 should be passed.

174

The PC: Happy Gravity Head!

230

Media notice: Roger A. Baylor will take a leave of absence from NABC to run for mayor of New Albany.

514

The PC: Budweiser explains the Doctrine of Trojan Geese Transubstantiation.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for January, 2015.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

172

Beer Business 101: How Brewdog successfully lied through its teeth.

289

Indiana does Platonic Sandwich Dialogues: Is a hot dog a sandwich? Is pizza? Are tacos?

345

These requests from abroad, Vol. 11: "I love beer for the fact that with every breath of the world is getting better."

898

"Craft Brewers Are Running Out Of Names," clever or otherwise.

1228

The PC: Ripped straight from the pages of an Onion satire: “13 white males not really so eager to discuss issues like racism and sexism.”

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for December, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.


109 (tie)

All about the Flat12 Bierwerks Jeffersonville grand opening party on Sat., December 6.

109 (tie)

"History Brewing" in New Albany.

119

These requests from abroad, Vol. 6: "I wish you prosperity and development!"

173

This may be the only honest piece of "beer writing" I've read in 2014.

442

The PC: NABC joins forces with Taco Punk at Bank Street Brewhouse in downtown New Albany.

1,282

The PC: If you tolerate this, then your children will be next.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for November, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.


144

The PC: Local remedies are a fine palliative for RateAdvocate.

155

Sun King borrows a page from NABC and mocks the Man.

203

Diary: On the Gooseislandization of 10 Barrel Brewing by the aesthetic assassins at AB-InBev.

212

It does not get more "WORD" than this: "The Short Life and Ugly Death of 10 Barrel Brewing."

217

John Holl asks beer industry peeps for their reaction to the cover of The New Yorker.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for October, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.


90

The PC: Now that the Louisville Bats have a new majority owner, are the prospects for local beer in the ball yard any brighter?

94

More about the city of Louisville's craft beer business report.

103

Here's the flip side of Stone in Richmond.

105 (tie)

THE PC: Football, swill, brain death and the American Dream.

105 (tie)

These requests from abroad, volume four: "May I ask you to send me one set of your beer labels?"

106

Craft beer costs dissected.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for September, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

70

THE PC: Getting in tune with the straight and narrow.

77

Every state in the USA, ranked by its beer narcissism quotient. How very unexciting.

138

Diary: From platinum to unplugged in a six-pack or less.

143

THE PC: Kevin, meet Tony. I’ll just take notes and drink beer.

178

The PC: The steamy sweetness of watery boats.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for August, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

114

Diary: Take your IPA Day and shove it.

136

The PC: Anti-local craft beer unconsciousness, revisited.

136

The PC: Slave to words.

153

Crescent Hill Craft House opens on Monday, August 25.

162

Baseball's craft beer market explodes ... everywhere except Louisville Philistine Field.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for July, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.


134

Diary: “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

141

I know they teach English in high school. Perhaps you should attend class.

158

The PC: Well, ya gotta start somewhere, with the party of the first part.

187

The Pour Haus is open in Tell City.

197

The PC: Well, ya gotta start somewhere, part two ... and the clouds begin to part.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for June, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

135

But what if minors began drinking warm beer? Then what?

155

One fine day at Design Werks in North Vernon.

160

"Craft" beer could stand some of its own revitalization first.

233

Ten vital commandments for localism in beer.

343

The PC: Therapeutic ramblings as BSB Mach II trundles forward.

Top Five posts at Potable Curmudgeon for May, 2014.

The Top Five is determined by numbers of unique hits, as reported by Blogger. The list begins with No. 5, and ends with No. 1. Thanks for reading.

109

The PC: Welcome to Nail City, Part One.

114

Pete Coors 2: "We bought a craft brewery in Georgia" and can Keystone it as we please.

157

The PC: The uses of the past.

162

News of Trojan Goose Island Beer Bridge just reached the subway.

225

Shock and awe: "Blind taste test: Indiana's best beers might surprise."