Bluegrass Brewing Company

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Bluegrass Brewing Company is a microbrewery based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company was founded as a brewpub in St. Matthews, Kentucky in 1993 by chief brewer David Pierce. In 2002 the BBC purchased the Pipkin Brewing Company which is located at 636 E Main St Louisville KY. The Main street location now bottles American Pale Ale, Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout, Bearded Pat's Barleywine, Dark Star Porter, Alt Bier, Nut Brown Ale, and Gold. There are now four BBC locations the original brewpub in St Matthews, the microbrewery on Main St, a pub in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and the newest location downtown at 4th Street. Some of their beers include American Pale Ale, Summer Wheat, Altbier, Luna de Miel Raspberry Meade, Dark Star Porter, Frambozen, Nut Brown Ale, Kolsch, Belgian Red, Kylee's Smokin Wheat, Van Winkle Bourbon Barrel Stout, and Professor Gesser's Mind Numbing Ale. 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]