Brownings will be officially reopening soon--

Dear Everyone,
Thank you so much for your input for Anoosh to reopen Brownings. The bats have been very helpful, and made it worth while to be there-- so, Yes, it is official. Brian is still brewing great beer, and we hope more people will get to enjoy She Devil in many places.
We will start w/ a limited menu at first. Park Place will be used for private dining, parties, & special events for the time being.
Anoosh believes that with the support he has received from friends, foodies, beerheads, & the city, that Brownings will be a great place for people to visit often.
We are shooting to open April 27, and if we can pull it together, be open on a limited basis for thunder.
You can book your derby parties w/ us as well. Looking forward to seeing everyone downtown.Thank you again

Now all we have to do is get the Brownings beer IN the ball park along with Anoosh fantastic creations behind the Concessions, and we will be a bigger first class city!!! Is this something that is attainable?
I would fight for it!

We have a beautiful baseball stadium , all we need is the foods to match!

Glad you are fearless in your goals Anoosh!

Thanks Paula

Heather,

I'm not sure that's going to be an option with Browning beer behind the counter, but I may be wrong. Bud Blech and the like may have some type of exclusionary contract with with ballpark. I've seen them sell other beers, but those were in stand-alone trailers.

Again, I'm no expert. But, this has been my experience in the past.

Heather,

I'm not sure that's going to be an option with Browning beer behind the counter, but I may be wrong. Bud Blech and the like may have some type of exclusionary contract with with ballpark. I've seen them sell other beers, but those were in stand-alone trailers.

Again, I'm no expert. But, this has been my experience in the past.

And those standalone trailers were all beers with ties to Anheuser Busch....

We can only hope that the Bats would be willing to put some of Browning's beer on tap in the ballpark. I've actually left games early to go to Brownings due to the lack of good beer in the ballpark.

Maybe if we foodies organized a campaign boycotting the Bats until they put the beer in the ballpark...?

We may have retained an empty cup from inside the park on our way out to Browning's for a game break only to return to our seats with good beer on occasion.

[Robin Garr]

We may have retained an empty cup from inside the park on our way out to Browning's for a game break only to return to our seats with good beer on occasion.

It should be noted that the Bats technically do not allow re-entry after you leave the stadium during a game, nor do they permit bringing in food and drink. Your plan may well work with a friendly (or careless) ticket-taker or usher, but I wouldn't count on it.

I did forget to congratulate Anoosh and everyone involved in getting Browning's back open again. Its great to hear that everything has been finalized and that you all can move along to get things going again.

I can't wait to get over there again!

When I had my brewery/brewpub in Tucson, we were located one mile from the AAA home of the AZ diamondbacks. The county had recently built a new ballpark for them. They agreed to allow us one tap handle (bud had 17, I think). Well, we outsold bud that first year (long lines for our one tap). But was PISSED, to say the least. They knocked us out the following year. You see, they paid the ballpark $70,000+ for advertising, and threatened to pull it. So it was a no-brainer for ballpark management.

After being out for a year, some of my friends who were county commisioners (patrons of my pub), complained, after all, the county (taxpayers) did build the darn stadium, and we got our beer back in there, our own kiosk and all. So one CAN fight Anheuser Busch and win. I did it, and surprise surprise, I will NEVER serve an AB product at any establishment of mine. Ray's Monkey House Coffeeshop is AB free and proud.....

(Roger can go on and on about the ballpark situation. I don't know that much about the Louisville details, but I suspect it is similar. AB is pretty cutthroat for total market share, and they've been crushing small brewers - or trying to - for decades)

-Nimbus

When I had my brewery/brewpub in Tucson, we were located one mile from the AAA home of the AZ diamondbacks. The county had recently built a new ballpark for them. They agreed to allow us one tap handle (bud had 17, I think). Well, we outsold bud that first year (long lines for our one tap). But was PISSED, to say the least. They knocked us out the following year. You see, they paid the ballpark $70,000+ for advertising, and threatened to pull it. So it was a no-brainer for ballpark management.

After being out for a year, some of my friends who were county commisioners (patrons of my pub), complained, after all, the county (taxpayers) did build the darn stadium, and we got our beer back in there, our own kiosk and all. So one CAN fight Anheuser Busch and win. I did it, and surprise surprise, I will NEVER serve an AB product at any establishment of mine. Ray's Monkey House Coffeeshop is AB free and proud.....

-Nimbus

How can I be dah man....When YOU dah man. Way to go Nimbus.