● For tonight’s Friday Night Flights at Party Town in Florence, they will be pouring new brews from Full Sail, Newcastle, 2012 return of Three Floyd’s Behemoth Barley Wine AND, the newly available in Kentucky, Green Flash! The cost for the regular tasting is $2 for a full flight of beers and it goes from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.
● On the Growler Station at Party Town in Florence: Against The Grain KY Ryed Chicquen ($10.99), Avery Samael ($32.99), Stone Oaked Arrogant β@$$†μrd ($12.99), Southern Tier Farmer’s Tan ($13.99), Leinenkugel Big Eddy ($10.99), Stone Ruination ($11.99), Against The Grain Freakin’ on ESB ($8.99), Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold ($7.99), New Holland Dragon’s Milk ($12.99), Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter ($7.99), Rogue Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red Ale, Three Floyds Gumballhead ($8.99), Widmer Drifter Pale Ale ($9.99), Southern Tier Choklat ($16.99), Southern Tier Krampus ($11.99), Thirsty Dog Barrel Aged Siberian Night ($25.99), Southern Tier Unearthly IPA $12.99 and Woodchuck Amber ($6.99). All prices are for a refill. For a new growler, add $2.00. Quart, pint and new GALLON size growlers are also available.
● On the Growler Station at Party Source in Bellevue: Founders Breakfast Stout ($16.99), Rivertown Dunkel ($11.99), Brooklyn Monster Ale ($10.99), Unibroue Ephemere Cassis ($10.99), Roman Rince Cochon ($26.99), Against the Grain Who Schwarted ($6.99), BBC Queen’s Knickers ($12.99) and North Coast Red Seal ($10.99). All prices are for a refill. For a new growler, add $2.00.
● The now FOUR tap growler station at Market Wines in Findlay Market had Dark Horse “Too Cream” Stout ($14/growler and $5/glass), Founders Centennial IPA ($12/growler and $4/glass), Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine ($15/growler and $5/glass) and Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour ($15/growler and $5/glass). Add $3 if you need to purchase a growler.
● On the Growler Station at One Stop Liquors (10 Donnermeyer Dr., Bellevue, KY), they currently have Rivertown Winter Ale ($12.99), Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale ($10.99) and Thirsty Dog Hoppus Maximus ($13.99). All prices are for a refill. For a new growler, add $2.99. Also, receive $5 off your 6th refill.
● As of January 13th, Whole Foods Market Cincinnati growler station offerings are Southern Tier Old Man Winter, Anderson Valley 2XIPA, Yuengling Black and Tan, North Peak Dark Angel and Stone IPA. Southern Tier 2X Stout is coming soon. Regular fill prices are $7.49 for the 32 oz growler and $14.99 for the 64 oz growler. They also have Happy Hour pricing on Monday through Thursday from 3:00 to 6:00 pm with $4.99 for the 32 oz growler and $9.99 for the 64 oz growler. For a new growler, add $3.99.
● Whole Foods Market growler station offerings (as of January 11th) are Southern Tier Old Man Winter, Breckenridge Christmas Ale, Left Hand Milk Stout, North Peak Dubious, Mt. Carmel Squirrel Bite and 21st Amendment Back in Black. Regular fill prices are $7.49 for the 32 oz growler and $14.99 for the 64 oz growler. They also have Happy Hour every Monday through Thursday from 2:00 – 5:00 pm. You can get $2.99 select pints, $1 off 32oz growler fill and $2 off 64oz growler fill. For a new growler, add $3.99.
● As of December 16th, the growler stations at DEP’s Fine Wine and Spirits in Covington had Sierra Nevada Pale Ale ($6.49), Anderson Valley IPA ($6.49), Ommegang Witte ($6.99) and Rogue American Amber ($6.99). The DEP’s in Fort Thomas has Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous ($10.99), Schneider Weiss ($7.99), Fort Collins Rocky Mountain IPA ($6.99), New Albanian Hoptimus ($8.99), Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale ($5.99) and Left Hand Ju Ju Ginger ($8.99).
● As of December 4th, at the Growler Station at the Liquor Cabinet (1990 N Bend Rd # A Hebron, KY), they have Arcadia Ales London Style Porter, Schlafly Christmas Ale, Schlafly Coffee Stout and Point Cascade Pale Ale. For a new growler, add $2.00.








Please excuse this love letter
The heart of Hoperatives
Today is Carla’s 50th birthday. One of the nice things about being a co-owner of a blog is that you can pretty much post whatever you want when you want. If I had discussed this with Carla first, I’m sure we would have agreed that this wasn’t really beer related.
Which is why I’m glad I didn’t talk to her about this first.
Today is a big day for Carla. Fifty trips around that big ball of gas we call The Sun. You’d think all her experience circling big balls of gas would have convinced her to look elsewhere for a husband, but I’m her lapse in judgment for which I’m most grateful.
I’m making a big deal about this here on Hoperatives because, as the caption says, she is Hoperatives. I write things now and then. Jason and Jared and John and Stephen write things now and then. Carla writes this blog every single day. She works her butt off for this blog. If you read Hoperatives, then you — like me — are better people because Providence put Carla on this planet 50 years ago today.
The last couple of years have been tough for her. It would mean a lot to me if you could thank Carla for all she does in the comments to this post. I’ll never be able to thank her enough for all she’s done for me in the time we’ve been together, but that’s a different thing. If you love Hoperatives, you love Carla. Please tell her so.
Happy birthday, hon. I love you. You’re the best.