Mile Wide Brewing Company's batches are under way, so look for beer soon.

Louisville KY's next brewery to open, Mile Wide Beer Company, reports that its first batches have been brewed and are safely working in their fermenters.

The best qualities of grassroots brewing are exhibited by the first two visible names in the "like" column: Rick of Akasha and Nicholas of Gordon Biersch, cheering a competitor which isn't.

Here is a look at Mile Wide's tap handles.

By the time I get back from Sicily, there should be new beers to sample.

Mile Wide Beer Company at Facebook

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