Cumberland Brews was a really great stop at this tiny pub not far off campus in a artistic/alternative area of Louisville. Nice local neighborhood that has lots of off beat cafes, music stores, etc. A brewpub with one row of tables with just enough room between them at the bar to walk and have chairs by the bar. I've seen numerous homebrewer set ups that are the same size or bigger. It's just behind the bar and in the store window for all to see. Not sure how they keep up with demand--guessing they work a lot. Friendly place, good service, and a unique feature in the menu in which all of the waitresses backgrounds, hobbies, interests, goals, etc were outlined is a small paragraph for each. Different and I liked it.
Nitro Porter was very good, along with the Nut Brown. The Summer Wheat was one of the few wheat beers I liked on this trip because it had a clean wheat bite and taste. The Cream Ale was more of their domestic clone, so that's maybe why the wheat beer, which seemed to be the domestic clone in many pubs, was better here. Also on tap was a very good Pale Ale and a Meade, though the latter needed some work yet.
Several vegetarian options on the menu, and Ihad the Veggie Burger on the recom of the bartender. Generally I would avoid the veggie burger, but in this case it was a combo of a falafel patty base with a portabello mushroom and pepper jack, guacamole and cheese--things I love in isolation and are great together on a burger bun. Choice two that I want to have next time is the Cumberland Framers Potato Skillet--local veggies, potatoes and cheese baked together. Next time.
As I add this BA review to my blog six years later, this is the the one pub from this trip that I think about occasionally and long for a return. Truly hope that I am able to return some day. Sadly, the skillet doesn't seem to be on the menu yet, but the veggie burger has in its original form, plus several other options that look good to try.
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