Goodwood Brewing Company

Founded: 
2015
Brief History and Information: 

The guys behind Goodwood are three of Louisville’s longest-serving brewing veterans, running production breweries in the city since 2001. Now thrilled to branch off on their own, this splinter group of beer makers has rebooted its brewery around the success of its most renowned product: Bluegrass Brewing Company's Bourbon Barrel Stout (now the Goodwood Bourbon Barrel Stout). To that end, Goodwood’s "shade-grown beers" are all touched by the natural gradations of reclaimed casks and other wood types for flavorful expressions that are unique to Goodwood, and use the local limestone water - one of the other key ingredients in Kentucky Bourbon.

Location: 
Louisville, Kentucky
Map: 
Tap Room Hours: 

Tuesday – Friday 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Saturday 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.

What They Brew...

  • American Strong Ale
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    Goodwood Bourbon Barrel Ale is refined by its time in the cask, not defined by it. The process produces balanced, adjunct-free ale with delicious bourbon notes. This copper-toned beaut is medium-...

  • American Stout
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    Goodwood Bourbon Barrel Stout is an homage to Kentucky’s proud distilling legacy – brewed with the same limestone water as its namesake whiskey and patiently seasoned in bourbon barrels. This...

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    Goodwood uses casks from some brandy distilling friends to patiently age our Honey Ale – super freaking patiently, actually. Goodwood Brandy Barrel Honey Ale is brewed with locally sourced honey...

  • American Pale Lager
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    Goodwood Louisville Lager is the first and only beer brewed with 100% Kentucky-grown grains. And, in a tip of the cap to our Slugger-making neighbors downtown, white ash – common in baseball bats...

  • American Pale Ale (APA)
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    If poplar is good enough for the Mona Lisa, we figured it'd make a pretty good canvas for Goodwood Pale Ale. Aged on poplar and brewed with American hop varietals, this floral, hoppy masterpiece...

  • Saison / Farmhouse Ale
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    Goodwood Red Wine Barrel Saison is aged in a variety of wine casks, adding distinct and changing variances to each batch. This beer for all saisons is enchantingly complex with notes of toasted...

  • English Brown Ale
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    You’ll go totally walnuts over this oak-aged, walnut-seasoned brown ale. Made with a brewing style that dates back to 16th-century England and using a blend of six choice malts and two English...