Bluegrass Brewing Company

Bluegrass Brewing Company is a brewery and a chain of brewpubs based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

History (production)[]

Bluegrass Brewing Company was founded as a brewpub in Louisville, Kentucky in 1993 by chief brewer David Pierce and a small group of beer investors. In the late 1990s, Pipkin Brewing Co began contract brewing and bottling Bluegrass Brewing Company beers. In 2001, the Bluegrass Brewing Company purchased the Pipkin Brewing Company, which at the time was located at 636 East Main Street, Louisville. In 2001, due to irreconcilable differences between the owners, the brewpub and brewery split into two separate companies with a mutual name. The Main Street brewery packaged and distributed regionally, and the brewpub, for the most part, produced beer for the pub and a non-brewing satellite location at 660 4th Street in Louisville. The Main Street location rebranded in 2015 to Goodwood Brewing as it was a separate company. David Pierce has worked on and off at Bluegrass Brewing Company on many occasions. The only current active location is 300 West Main Street.

Awards[]

The brewery regularly competes in the Great American Beer Festival, and its beers have won a number of awards, including multiple gold medals for the Bearded Pat's Barleywine, a gold medal in 2003 for its smoked beer "Black Silk" and a bronze medal, also in 2003, for its Dortmunder-style lager beer^[1]^[2] and most recently in 2008 for Kick in the Baltic Porter.

References[]

^ Beer Me! Archived August 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Great American Beer Festival - 2003 winners Archived April 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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[1] Beer Me! Archived August 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Great American Beer Festival - 2003 winners Archived April 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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