Top 5 Best Beer Spots in Louisville

5. The Irish Rover – The Rover normally keeps 11 beers on tap, with 8-9 being excellent. They also have a great bottle selection that regulars like I know about.

 

4. Holy Grail – While not a friendly bunch (they all think they are beer experts), the bar has a great selection of beer.

 

3. Bluegrass Brewing Company – All the beer is locally made and fresh. They change beers throughout the year while always keeping the best such as their Bourbon Barrel.

 

2. Flanagan’s Alehouse – Excellent selection of draft and a never ending selection of bottled beers.

 

1. Sergio’s World Beers – At least 1100 different beers in-stock at any given time. What more needs to be said?

Top 5 Best Sports Bars in Louisville

5. Hooters in St. Matthews – Overrated food and drink prices. Then, again, who cares when you are surrounded by hot girls dressed like sluts?

 

4. Krazy Dave’s – Nobody in Louisville would agree. I picked it because there’s always room; enough TV’s and most bar goers will watch sports elsewhere.

 

3. Roosters in Middletown – Cheaper than B-Dubbs with tons of TV’s and specials throughout the week.

 

2. The Brickhouse – Hot girls and unlike Hooters, good food and tons of great imported beers.

 

1. Buffalo Wild Wings of St. Matthews – Great bar staff and the best managers in Louisville. To this day, best wings in town!

Krazy Dave’s of Louisville

Krazy Dave’s is one of those neat little “hole in a wall” bars you find hidden in a middle of a neighborhood. Inside the bar doesn’t look like much. Pretty small. Nothing really sticks out. The bar makes up for it in other ways, though.

 

They keep it simple at Krazy Dave’s. No chef made food. Just good old fashion bar junk food. If you are on diet, don’t eat here. The bar has a few TV’s, outdoor seating, a pool table, dart boards and of course, karaoke. I’m not saying the karaoke is good. But they have it.

 

Food 8.5 out of 10 – The food is typical bar food. Chicken wings, burgers and pizza. The chicken wings and chicken fingers are decent, but nothing amazing, as are the fries. The Burgers (Krazy Dave’s Burger) are pretty good. I was amazed at how good the pizza is here. I’ve never heard people mention Krazy Dave’s as a good pizza parlor in Louisville. Their veggie pizza is excellent. What really caught me off guard is how awesome their Philly Cheese Steak is. I would rate it in my top 3 favorites found in Louisville.

 

Beer Selection – 6 out of 10 – This is the only area I knock Krazy Dave’s for. They have four beers on tap and only a handful of bottles, mostly common beers such as Bud Light, Miller Light and Coors. You will not find a large selection of Microbrews or imports here. On the bright side, very cheap prices when compared to other bars.

 

Wine/Spirits 8 out of 10 – I think they have wine…… While a small spirits selection, they have a lot of good stuff. They keep around 8-10 decent Kentucky Bourbons, George Dickel and other common and popular brands stocked. I was happy to see Makers 46 and George Dickel Rye on the shelf. Two decent Whiskeys and priced cheap when compared to other bars.

 

Service 10 out of 10 – This bar is one of the friendliest bars I’ve been to in quite some time. All the bartenders are cool people. My two favorites are Hoyt and Debbie. I’ve never had bad service from anyone here. You make friends here very quickly.

 

If you are in the Goldsmith Lane area and only have $10 to spend, check out Krazy Dave’s. A pitcher of Miller Lite is only $7. I live in the area and I try to stop by at least bi-weekly. Cool place, good food and cheap prices on most booze!

 

Overall score – 32.5 out of 40, 81.3% (misleading score due to the beer selection)

Drake’s of Louisville

Last week I took a date to Drake’s of Louisville, located in St. Matthews. I had never even heard of this place before I met this gal. Anyways, I took her since it was one of her favorite places to eat. To be honest, the sushi there was good. Drake’s was actually a decent place for dinner.

Drake’s is a nice size bar, right in the heart of St. Matthews. They have around 15 beers on draft, along with different sizes to choose from. They have a sushi bar along with tons of bar food. My date loved sushi and I like it. We started out with fried chicken dumplings. They were excellent. I am not sure what the dipping sauce was, but it rocked. I tried white tuna rolls along with veggie rolls. Both were pretty good. Not the best sushi I’ve ever had, but not bad at all.

I ordered a Guinness. They poured it in the typical pint glass. I must admit, it was decent. Some bars have no clue on how to hook up a Guinness keg correctly, more less pour one correctly. I would give their pour a 7.5 out of 10. It’s no Irish Rover pour, but I’ve had much worse. My only disappointment was the fact they had a sign for BBC Bourbon Barrel and yet, they didn’t have it on tap.

Late nights the bar turns into a nightclub. By looking around at the crowd there, I doubt this would be my type of bar. It was your typical trendy bar geared toward the ages of 21-25. I could care less about their “house” music and watching pretend tough guys drinking their fruity drinks. I’m a man. I prefer some Dropkick Murphy while sipping some Irish Whiskey or Scotch. Just saying.

Overall, I would give the place an 8 out of 10. That’s only judging the early dinner hours, price level and the food. Like I just stated above, I highly I doubt I would like the “clubbing” scene of Drake’s. The place is worth checking out. Do yourself a favor and try the fried chicken dumplings.

 

When Bud Light commercials were fun

Dimaonds Pub and Billards (ST. Matthews)

A few years back I dated a girl who loved Diamonds.  I drove by a few times and didn’t like the crowd I saw. It was a mix of college frat boys and guys with wife beaters pretending to be “hard”. I never once went with my ex. To be honest, I never had one desire to go there. Funny since I used to live 1 mile away.

Last week a couple of my lady friends from work wanted to go. I really didn’t want to go. At the same time, they are my friends and I wanted to hangout. So I ended up going. I actually ended up having a great time. Don’t get me wrong. Most of my great time was due to my friends. At the same time I did find some positive things to say about Diamonds of ST. Matthews.

Diamonds is a decent size bar. They have a large number of pool tables. Don’t ask me how many, I never did count. The bar is large and the prices are not that bad. I had some Jameson on the rocks and paid $6.25 or $6.50 for it, which is not that bad. I then ordered a 23 ounce Guinness which was $5.75, a very good price. Don’t get me wrong, it was watered down when compared to the pour I get from the Irish Rover. Then again, most Louisville (and American bars) cannot pour a Guinness correctly.

After my first beer was down, I ordered “The Buffalo”, a Buffalo chicken sandwich which came with homemade potato chips. The sandwich was really good. I only wish the hot sauce had a little more kick to it. Other than that, the sandwich was very tasty. The homemade chips were awesome. They were BBQ and had a great flavor to them.

I did like how clean the bar was. They do an excellent job keeping that place clean. Even the men’s restroom had clean floors and clean looking sinks. Most bars, no matter how clean they are, have nasty restrooms. Diamonds does a excellent job keeping the entire building clean. When leaving the restroom I didn’t feel like I had caught an STD.

Service there was so, so. I know my friends and I are not regulars. I did not expect VIP treatment. The female bartender was very nice. No, I am not saying that because she was cute. She always smiled and called me “honey” when I ordered from her. The male bartender was not very good. He was not even nice to my female friends. Some of the other staff was not too friendly either.

Outside they have a nice deck and tons of sitting room. They have a small bar outside and had two guys playing live music. The bar was mix of different people. Near the bar, it seemed older men, mostly white hung around. Your “wanna be tough” guys with wife beaters hung around the pool tables. Outside was more of your college to preppy type of people. The only person who bothered us was an old guy who was trying to hit on my two female friends. What a loser!

Overall, I would give the bar a 7.5 out of 10. Not bad since I boycotted the bar for years, even when I lived within a mile from there. Would I go again? Not alone. No desire. Would I go with some friends? Yes I would. Decent prices and really good junk bar food.

 

My favorite pictures

Since I took down tons of pictures on here, I have gotten emails asking to put some up. Fine, I will. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the past few years. Enjoy.

Here I am fresh back from Ireland in 2010 (see shirt). With me are my friends Shannon and Kelly. No offense to my friend Shannon, doesn’t she look hot in that hat? BTW, I survived a few nights in Dublin. Millions of brain cells did not.

Halloween 2010. Besides Brett (The Penguin), no one is sober in this picture.

  

I was 20, maybe 21 here. Man I was good looking once. What happened?

Ireland 2010, again. My favorite thing is next to me. Her name was Rosie O’Sullivan. Lovely and I can still hear her beautiful accent like it was yesterday. O’Sullivan means “dark eyed-one” in Irish. This beautiful angel did have dark eyes.

Aww, Shannon and Kristen with me, with Shannon’s husband in the background. Both married, both lovely and I’m still a nerd.

I’m no thug. I’m not ghetto. My alter-ego “T-Bone With A-1”, well, that’s a whole different story. Yes, the gun is real.

It was New Year’s 2013….. I have no clue what’s taking place here. I was on beer #16 along with tons of Bourbon already down my throat.

My favorite person from work with me one night at the Highlands Taproom. Emily beyond beautiful like always!

   Halloween 2012. Gilligan’s Island. We came in 2nd. Rigged ass contest.

Sad….. my last night in Ireland 2010. This was me along with some of the staff from the Arlington Hotel. These people were beyond nice and showed me true hospitality. I never felt home sick due to them and I almost didn’t want to leave. If Rosie O’Sullivan would have been mine, I would have never left……

 Even though I was not in this picture, this is beautiful to me. This was Ireland. This is where my DNA came from. The forefathers of my dad came from here. I am proud of that. Seeing Ireland firsthand was a dream come true. My dad never got to see Ireland. I made it a goal in life to do so. It was even better than I ever dream it could have been. I am proud of my short-tempered, whiskey drinking, folklore believing, hatred of the British, lover of red-heads and Celtic DNA.

Only by the Night (Kings of Leon – 2008)

Sex is on Fire – There is a sexy girl I know. We get along quite well. I know for a fact she is an airhead and sleeps around. I haven’t made my move yet because like an idiot, I wasted time on a dumb ex and then two weeks on another loser. On my birthday this girl looked so damn good in some tight jeans. I am not a betting man. But if I was, I am betting this girl could rock the bed.

Use Somebody – I was talking to a girl named Lindsey. She had a job, a car and her own place. Unlike my ex, she had no drug problem and had all of her teeth (and her teeth weren’t rotted from drug use). She was also a redhead, my all-time favorite. We went out on a few dates and had fun. All my friends liked her. She was supposed to be my date this past Saturday. She ended up ignoring me Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Finally she texted me Saturday night and informed me her friend was in the hospital. She then stated she would come see me after work on Sunday since I was out celebrating my birthday. She texted me Sunday night and I asked her was she coming to see me. She said she would Thursday. I then texted her back saying “Ok, liar.” The bitch then called me going off while I was out with my friends. Bitch, get a life. You lied, not me.

17 – I feel like a pervert. A few times this year I’ve been cutting through Seneca Park to see my parents. There will be a group of young Sacred Heart girls jogging, normally in short, shorts. Damn, these girls be looking good as hell. I have three nieces older than these girls and another niece the same age. Man I wish I was 16 or 17 once again.

Be Somebody – I am sick of fake ass people. My friend Shannon’s cousin, my ex, this Lindsey bitch and so many others I’ve met or seen this year. How do these people wake up, look in the mirror and go about their day? How can you be happy in life being a pathological liar? How can you lie daily, steal and abuse drugs and think you “rock”? I guess it’s all mental. Maybe people are born to be losers. I rather be somebody than a fucking loser.

More of my birthday presents

Before I ran Louisville Strange Brew, some friends and me ran a local TV show known as “Strange Brew” some 14 years ago. Our show nor this site is named after this movie. This is a gag gift. Our show’s name was my idea. I named it after a Cream greatest hits album called “Strange Brew”. BTW, this is a very underrated cult movie from the 1980’s.

Shannon and Keith got me a bottle of Bushmills’ 10 year. John got me a bottle of Jameson. Three bottles of Irish whiskey for Christmas. And yes, I am currently drinking the 10 year as we speak.

My niece Michaela and my nephew Matthew custom-made this for me. This is probably my favorite gift of all.

British Steel (Judas Priest – 1980)

Breaking the Law – My loser ex begged me to talk to her a few weeks back. After four days of talking to her, I gave up. She is a pathological liar. She is currently charged with deception by theft for over  $500 (a felony), driving while under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. This is not her first run in with the law. She was charged with reckless driving and charges dealing with heroin back in 2010. And she wonders why I dislike her, lol.

Grinder – Once again I need to stress how hot a certain girl at the Highlands Taproom Grill is. I would almost sell my soul to Satan to have her grind that ass all over me. I am getting hard thinking about her. On to the next topic.

Living After Midnight – My birthday is Monday and I work. Oh well, party time this weekend. Thank God for DD’s cause I’m going to be loving till the morning. First thing first, I have a date with a sweet redhead. Then when she’s gone, it’s party time cause I’m taking the city by 1AM.

Rage – Some prick named Joe Alliger (or something like that; he’s not important enough to recall his name) contacted me about my ex. He added me a few years ago on Facebook because she asked him to spy on me (true story). Today he informed me she told him I stole money from a bank account. That is news to me. Damn, wish I had some extra money. Anyways, the prick started telling me how I love her (even though she begged me to be in her life) and wanted her. I told him that he is a worthless prick. Anyone friends with a thief, liar and drug addict is a fucking loser. I banned him because like her, I hate fucking losers.