Recap: Photos tell the story of the Brendan's/NABC Brunch (Saturday, January 16).

We'll be doing this again, probably in April. Here's the preview, published previously here: This Saturday, January 16: Beer Brunch at Brendan's, with NABC beers.

This Saturday, January 16: Beer Brunch at Brendan's, with NABC beers.

In November, I devoted my LEO column to beer and breakfast food pairings:

Moreover, the overarching aim in establishing food and beer pairings for breakfast is to liberate beer from its hackneyed “something ice-cold to drink after work” tradition.

I'm happy to report that Brendan's Public House (3921 Shelbyville Road in St. Matthews) is running with the beer & breakfast concept this coming Saturday, January 16, in the form of a Beer Brunch with some of NABC's beers, and I'm really excited about the possibilities even if we'll be doing it after 12.00 noon.

Gotta walk before you can run, you know.

Beer Brunch at Brendan's starts at 1:00 p.m. and will last until 3:00 p.m. The menu will consist of four courses, with three listed below and one yet to be determined. The menu thus far:

Tomatillo/Hoptimus Huevos Rancheros
Solidarity Baltic Porter Glazed Country Ham with Chipotle cheddar grits
Beaks Best Bread Pudding

Brendan's is limiting reservations at 25, with the cost being $30 for the food, beer, and stimulating conversation with NABC personnel in attendance, including me, otherwise known as The Publican. One or more of NABC's brewers will be there, too, although I can't tell you which ones at this time.

Call 502.895.1212 for reservations.

Bank Street Brewhouse wants you to be on television: Monday, November 16, 5 - 9 ... in the morning.

I've got a heavy day in Indy tomorrow, as John and I are heading north to sell NABC draft and to pause momentarily in the early afternoon to accept Indiana Main Street's award to Bank Street Brewhouse as business of the year in a statehouse rotunda photo op. Suit or "These Machines Kill Fascists" t-shirt? Is there any doubt which I'll choose?

Meanwhile, and far more importantly, Dave Pierce and Jesse Williams will be in the brewhouse planning the festivities for a television gig that materialized without warning earlier today.

This Monday, November 16, Bank Street Brewhouse will be the scene for "Fox in the Morning's" remote of Manufacturing Mondays, a new segment by Keith Kaiser. He'll be helping brew a batch of Community Dark. We'll be airing live at intervals between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. -- that's right, IN THE MORNING. Some readers will remember a similar feat for Gravity Head 2008 at the Public House, when Terry Meiners joined us.

Since I just finished writing about breakfast and beer for LEO, a scheme is being concocted for Jesse to invade Chef Josh's kitchen and prepare an exclusive beer breakfast in honor of the morning telecast. Details will follow as the "new" house chef releases his menu notes.

Here's the skinny: We need you to come be a part of another early morning spectacle. NABC will provide coffee, food, and beer once the clock strikes 7 a.m. Okay -- it's a work day. So what?

Stay tuned!

"Mug Shots" today in LEO: "Beer for breakfast."

Regard today's piece as the first of many discussions to come. Credit goes to Beth H. for introducing the notion. Now we just need to do it: A breakfast food and beer pairing ... at breakfast.

Mug Shots: Beer for breakfast

You don’t need to climb to the top of the nearest mountain for a consultation with the resident guru to know that you can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning.

I’m not referring to hair of the dog (lowercase), although Hair of the Dog (uppercase) remains a respected small-batch, high-gravity Oregon brewer of beer that just might succeed in curing a hangover when judiciously consumed during the morning hours after a long evening’s debauchery.