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October 8–11, 2026 · Louisville, KY

Greene'sBachelor Party

2 Tailgates: ACC and SEC Maybe 2 Top 25 Teams? Infinite Beer and Bourbon Elite Dudes

Greenies — Commonwealth of Kentucky seal
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Thursday · October 8

Wheels Down, Pints Up

Land, drop bags at HQ, Walmart, and hit the Ale Trail.

Out · Thu Oct 8 · UA 359910:23a → 12:39pEWR → SDF · United · nonstop 2h16
Back · Sun Oct 11 · UA 356911:15a → 1:31pSDF → EWR · United · nonstop 2h16
Typical fare~$538 RT

Flights are ~$200 cheaper into Cincinnati (~1:40 from the Airbnb) — if there's a ton of interest in flying into CVG, we can probably figure out a one-way ~12-person van each way, and the math might math.

UA 3599 landing at Louisville Muhammad Ali International
HQ — the Airbnb in the Highlands
Home base

HQ · The Highlands

Airport → HQ → the super store on the map above. Drop bags, claim beds — the whole weekend runs out of this front door.

The Walmart run

Groceries and Supplies — 14 Dudes, Weekend Order

Gear — buy first
  • Coolers ×3 (two 70-qt drinks, one 50-qt food)
  • Folding tables ×2
  • Red Solo cups ×200
  • Cornhole set
  • Pong balls ×36
  • Dice ×6
  • Footballs ×2
  • Trash bags (30 ct)
  • Paper towels ×6
  • Koozies ×14
  • Bottle openers ×3
  • Portable charcoal grills ×2
  • Charcoal 2×16 lb + chimney starter + lighter fluid + lighters ×2
  • Grill tongs + spatula + aluminum foil
  • Paper plates ×100, napkins, plastic cutlery
  • Sunscreen ×2
Friday breakfast
  • Eggs — 4 dozen
  • Bacon — 4 lb
  • Breakfast sausage links — 2 lb
  • Bread — 3 loaves
  • Butter — 1 lb
  • Shredded cheese — 2 bags
  • Hot sauce ×2
  • OJ — 3 half-gallons
  • Ground coffee — 2 lb
  • Bananas — 14
  • Advil — 200-count bottle
  • ↩ Back to Friday breakfast in the itinerary
Friday tailgate drinks
  • Beer — 5 cases (120)
  • Seltzer — 1 case (24)
  • Bourbon — 2 handles (1.75 L)
  • Water — 2 cases (48)
  • Gatorade — 12
  • Ginger ale — 4 L; cola — 4 L
  • Ice — 6 bags (buy Friday)
Saturday BBQ
  • Hot dogs — 24 + 24 buns
  • Bratwurst — 15 + buns
  • Italian sausage — 15 links
  • Burger patties — 12 + 12 buns
  • American cheese — 24 slices
  • Ketchup; mustard ×2; relish
  • Sauerkraut — 2 jars
  • Onions — 3
  • Chips — 5 bags; pretzels — 2
  • Salsa + queso
  • Cookies — 2 boxes
Saturday tailgate drinks
  • Beer — 7 cases (168)
  • Seltzer — 2 cases (48)
  • Bourbon — 2 handles + 1 fifth
  • Water — 3 cases (72)
  • Gatorade — 24
  • Ice — 8 bags (buy Saturday)
Snacks and greens
  • Veggie trays — 2
  • Caesar salad kits — 3
  • Fruit — grapes 2 lb, clementines 1 bag
  • Hummus 2 + pita chips 2
  • Mixed nuts — 2 lb
  • Granola bars — 2 boxes
💬 Comment on the grocery list

Friday tailgate food is catered sandwiches + salad (details in Friday). Saturday breakfast is a pre-order (details in Saturday). Crawl steps off at 4:00 PM — keep scrolling.

Louisville Ale Trail
4:00–10:00 PM · six breweries

The Ale Trail

Uber to TEN20 Craft Brewery and walk our way home. Walk times are on the map.

Stop 1 · 4:00–4:50 · Butchertown

TEN20 Craft Brewery — 1020 E Washington St

Getting there: one 8-minute Uber from HQ at 3:45 — the only ride of the night.

22,000-sq-ft beer hall with a beer garden and rooftop.

Signature beer: the house Premium Lager — crisp and clean.

Stop 2 · 4:55–5:50 · 4-min walk

Gravely Brewing Co. — 905 E Main St

The self-declared world's first music brewery — live-music energy, patios, Latin kitchen.

Signature beer: Debaser — their flagship NE IPA, one of the "Core Four."

Food checkpoint: tacos and loaded nachos. Next food: wings at stop 3.

Stop 3 · 5:55–6:50 · 5-min walk

West Sixth NuLu — 817 E Market St

Courtyard taproom, pinball, Lexington roots — a UK warm-up for Saturday.

Signature beer: West Sixth IPA — the green can in every Kroger in Kentucky.

Food: wings and tots if the tacos didn't happen.

Stop 4 · 7:00–7:55 · 3-min walk

Akasha Brewing — 909 E Market St

NuLu's funky sour house — board games, 20-oz pours, bar cat named Roxy.

Signature beer: Fehr's XL — Louisville's 1872 pre-Prohibition lager, once the most-consumed beer in the city, resurrected from the original recipe.

Stop 5 · 8:15–9:05 · 17-min walk

Mile Wide Beer Co. — 636 Barret Ave

Taproom behind a grain silo in an old biscuit factory — pinball, arcade, beer garden.

Signature beer: Idlewild — their flagship IPA: dry, crisp, tropical.

Food checkpoint (last one): Mac’s brick-oven pizza.

Stop 6 · 9:20–10:00 · 15-min walk

Awry Brewing — 1025 Barret Ave

Rooftop deck, legendary bathrooms. Three blocks from HQ.

Signature beer: Normal Boy — the taproom's cult-favorite lager.

10:06 PM · 6-min walk

Home

Route ends at the front door.

Home — HQ at night, end of Thursday
Florida State vs Louisville
Friday · October 9

Museum into an ACC Showdown

Florida State @ Louisville — L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. Kickoff 7 PM.

Morning

Breakfast at HQ

Cooked in-house — everything's on the grocery list.

Late AM

Morning activity — tap a pin, read, vote

Tap ⚾ or 🥊 to read and cast your vote.

Tap ⚾ / 🥊 to vote
Tap a pin

The Friday map

Two museums, one vote — Slugger Museum (⚾) vs Muhammad Ali Center (🥊). Closes Tuesday, 10/6.
~12:15 PM

Sandwich scoop

Ev's Deli is a short walk from either museum — order by noon (closes 12:30 PM). Backup: Morris Deli delivers to HQ.

1:30 PM

Bus pickup at HQ

Red-stripe coach loads sandwiches, salad, coolers, games. The HQ→stadium leg is drawn on the map above — 12-min drive.

2:00 PM

Lots open — tailgate on

2550 S Floyd St. Lots open 5 hours before kick.

The tailgate at the L&N lots
7:00 PM

Kickoff — Florida State at Louisville

Seats together — section info to come.

Friday night inside L&N Stadium
~11:30 PM

Bus home, then bars

Straight from the lots to the front door — then on foot. Only places open past midnight made the map:

Open past midnight · tap for intel
Tap a bar

Post-game, post-midnight

Every pin here is still pouring after 12. Walk times from HQ on the lines.
LSU vs Kentucky
Saturday · October 10

SEC Main Event: LSU at Kentucky

Kroger Field, Lexington. Every one of the driver's 15 legal hours: 11 AM to 2 AM.

~9:30 AM

Breakfast sandwich delivery

Pre-ordered bagel sandwiches from Maya Bagel Express land at HQ. Orders due Tuesday, 10/6 in the form ↗ — one per man, name on it.

Maya Bagel Express
11:00 AM

Bus departs HQ

Blue-stripe coach today. The driver's 15-hour clock starts — everything for the day gets loaded now.

12:30 PM

Arrive Kroger Field lots

1540 University Dr. Exact lot pin updates when we buy the parking pass. Full BBQ deployment on arrival.

The tailgate at the Kroger Field lots
All day

The true barbecue

24 dogs, 15 brats, 15 sausages over charcoal; cornhole, pong, die, football; bourbon in blue cups.

Kick TBD

LSU at Kentucky — night game

Kroger Field — capacity 61,000. Night kickoff.

Night game at Kroger Field
Post-game

Bus home — 2:00 AM at HQ

The 11 AM–2 AM window is the driver's entire legal day. The bus leaves when it must.

2:00 AM

Bars?

Highlands Tap Room is open until 4 AM — an 8-minute walk from HQ.

Highlands Tap Room, 2 AM
Sunday · October 11

The Morning After

Checkout and flights. The kitchen is closed — no food is given.

Wheels up out of SDF
Morning

Checkout

Pending instructions.

On you

Food: fend for yourself

On your own.

~9:30 AM

Drive to SDF — ~20 minutes

UA 3569 departs 11:15 AM, lands EWR 1:31 PM. NFL Sunday — SDF has TVs at the gates.

The Dudes

Fourteen strong. Send a photo and a one-line bio to the chat for your card. Cards below are P1–P14 placeholders.

Costs

Every number below assumes a 14-way split. Estimates firm up as we book.

ItemGroup totalPer man
Charter bus + driver (Fri + Sat)$5,724$409
Airbnb — the Highlands, $1,537/night × 3 ↗~$4,611~$330
Tickets — FSU at Louisville, fine seats (on sale Mon Jul 27, 10 AM ET; est. vs Vivid Seats $54 matchup avg / $84 Louisville avg)~$1,400~$100
Tickets — LSU at Kentucky (avg of $193 and $218 upper-level, Vivid Seats)~$2,877~$206
Groceries and supplies — Walmart-priced (beer incl.; no spirits sold there)~$1,380~$100
Bourbon — Liquor Barn run~$180~$13
Catering — Fri deli sandwiches + salad, Sat bagel delivery~$430~$31
Driver tip — 20% of bus cost~$1,145~$82
Shared subtotal (14-way split)~$17,750~$1,270
Flight — NYC round trip (individual)~$538
Spending Money*~$300–450
All-in per man~$2,100–2,250

*Thursday crawl tabs, bar drinks Friday and Saturday nights, stadium beers at two games, Ubers (airport, TEN20, museum, late nights), museum admission.

How to pay: Venmo @greene-andrew — note "Greene's" plus your name. Deposit 1 ($945: bus + house + LSU–Kentucky tickets) due at booking; Deposit 2 (~$325: FSU tickets, groceries, catering, tip) trued up after. Flights (~$538) and bar money are on you.

Packing List

October in Kentucky: 70s in the sun, 40s at a night kickoff.

Gameday

  • Louisville red (Friday)
  • Kentucky blue or neutral (Saturday)
  • Layers for night kicks
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Pockets only / clear bag — stadium policy
  • Portable phone charger
  • Sunglasses

House + crawl

  • Night-out fits ×2
  • Light jacket
  • Toiletries + meds
  • Cards / poker chips
  • Cash for covers

Leave at home

  • Grills, tents, coolers — bought on the grocery run
  • Glass anything — cups in Solo cups

FAQ

Logistics, money, and rules.

Risks to Budget

The Costs tab covers the shared spend (~$1,270/man, 14-way split). These are the biggest out-of-pocket outliers it does not cover:

  • • Thursday crawl tabs — six breweries of beer and food, ~$60–100
  • • Bar drinks Friday and Saturday nights — ~$50–100 per night
  • • Stadium beers at two games — $10–14 each, adds up fast
  • • Ubers — airport, TEN20, museum, late nights — ~$40–70 for the weekend
  • • Museum admission — Slugger ~$20–22 or Ali Center ~$16
What's the bus situation?

Full-size charter coach + professional driver via CharterUp — $5,724 total, 4.8-rated operator, cooler and cornhole cargo space, power and AC.

When should I book flights?

Now. Reference: United EWR→SDF nonstop — UA 3599 out Thu 10:23 AM, UA 3569 back Sun 11:15 AM, ~$538. Cincinnati runs ~$200 cheaper and is ~1:40 from the house — enough Cincinnati interest and we'll look at a one-way van each way.

Where are we staying?

A house in the Highlands — walkable to everything, bus at the door. View the listing ↗. Exact address hits the chat once booked.

What do I need to respond to?

Three quick forms: Museum vote ↗ · Saturday bagel order ↗ · Grocery comments ↗. Everything closes Tuesday, 10/6.

What are the tailgate rules?

Louisville's lots: open 5 hours before kick, no kegs, grills attended, no open containers walking the lots — hence the one house rule, cups in Solo cups. Assume Kroger Field is similar.

What's left to do?

buy FSU–Louisville tickets Mon Jul 27 at 10:00 AM ET · buy 14 LSU–Kentucky tickets · book the bus and the Airbnb · Kroger Field lot pass · Friday catering + Saturday bagel orders · dude photos and bios · redeploy on Netlify and check the live site.

When is money due?

Goal is to secure RSVPs ASAP and book flights, Airbnb, bus, and LSU–Kentucky tix. Rest is more flexible.