Get to know Cumberland Brewery, a craft brewery in Louisville

Kentucky is home to more than 40 craft breweries cranking out beer in cities both big and small.

We probably all know that Louisville and Lexington have become craft beer hotspots, with brands like Against the Grain and West Sixth expanding from single locations to huge community presences.

But as the industry grows nationally, it's also reached into smaller areas like Elizabethtown and Danville, where microbreweries can serve as community connectors.

Here, learn about one of the breweries that are fermenting in Kentucky.

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CUMBERLAND BREWERY

1576 Bardstown Road, Louisville | Facebook: @cumberlandbrews

Opened: 2000

Owners: Mark Allgeier

Bio: Hot food, cold beer, comfortable chairs.

Top three beers: 

• Cream
• Pale
• Red
• All made from the best stuff on Earth: water, yeast, grain, hops.

Most inventive beer: We're still masterminding.

Fun fact: We've been around long enough that we are seeing the children of our regulars become new customers, second-generation Cumberland beer drinkers.

Edited for style and clarity.

Bailey Loosemore: 502-582-4646; bloosemore@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @bloosemore. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: www.courier-journal.com/baileyl.