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In Kentucky, a revolution is brewing—literally. “Craft beer is encroaching on bourbon territory,” says Louisville local news station WDRB, “and a two-week festival in Louisville is out to prove it.” This week Craft Beer Week kicks off in Kentucky’s largest city, which produces one third of the world’s bourbon supply. But until the festival runs its course, the American whiskey variant will be taking a back seat to beer, as 70 different events are attended by dozens of local craft breweries—and at least one talented glassware designer.

Louisville-based Matthew Cummings runs The Pretentious Beer Glass Company, and his handcrafted creations are as different from steins, tumblers and growlers as it gets. Cummings’ Dual Beer Glass is the one that most caught our eye, designed for you Half and Half or Black and Tan drinkers.

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