The “Love Handles” department in _Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® _is devoted to great beer bars. Here are the three beer bars that we explored in Issue 9 (October/November 2015).
Holy Grale (Louisville, Kentucky)
This beer bar housed in a renovated church serves up divine brews.
WHAT IT IS: Located in Louisville’s bustling Highlands neighborhood in a former Unitarian Church, Holy Grale (pictured at top) is a destination beer bar that’s reverent about serving great brews. Owners Lori Beck and Tyler Trotter, who also own the Louisville Beer Store, have created several distinct areas within the unique space, each decorated in a church-inspired theme that also recalls a traditional Belgian pub. The main bar serves an ever-changing selection from its twenty taps, while seven more taps upstairs, in a hushed space dubbed the Choir Loft, are reserved for the rarest-of-the-rare. An intimate beer garden out back feels like an urban oasis and is a great place to sip beer under the night sky.