Tag: Yazoo Brewing

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Brewery + Airport Tour # 1 – Nashville

We start our holiday travel journey at BNA, he awkward acronym for Nashville’s airport where you have a lot of choices from Fat Bottom Brewing, Little Harpeth Brewing, TailGate Brewery, Tennessee Brew Works and Yazoo Brewing Company.

Let’s pick a beer from each to help after making it past security…

From Fat Bottom, we will get their Ruby American Red Ale with a malt forward taste and a restrained hop presence then move on to Little Harpeth for their Chicken Scratch pilsner made from malted barley and locally grown corn. Next is TailGate where we will taste their Lager Projekt: Vienna Lager with layers of toasty malt with a slight sweetness and nuttiness.

At TBW we will check out Dubbelneck “a full-bodied Abbey ale that showcases complex flavors derived from the malted barley and Belgian yeast including caramel, toffee, dark cherry, and subtle notes of nutmeg.” Lastly we reach Yazoo for a bit of Tennessee brewing history and their Gerst Amber “with mostly German malts and a hint of flaked maize, remaining as true as possible to the original Gerst recipe.”

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Eagle Rock review # 2

OK, I did not deliver on the promised Eagle Rock video reviews. They will have to be pushed to February. The reason being that I have a crapton (technical craft beer term) of beer from the Southeast of this fine brewing country and I could not rationalize buying more beer whilst staring into a full ‘fridge.

It’s a great problem to have though!

Instead here is a video of some beers from Tennessee, Yazoo Brewing and Smoky Mountain

Thanks to Ayn and Gev for doing the legwork (driving) to get me these brews!

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that’s right, even Tennessee has beer

And here is one of the most acclaimed of the Volunteer state breweries latest creation….

This is what the Yazoo Brewing blog says about this autumnal offering,“Fall Ale is made with all German malts – Munich, Vienna, Cara malt, and a little bit of Rye. It’s generously hopped with Hallertauer and Tettnang hops from Germany. It’s an ale, not a lager, but it’s loosely based on a typical Octoberfest beer, with our own twist with the Rye malt. It will be available as the next beer in our Brewmaster’s Reserve 4-pack, beginning around the third week of October – you know, about the time that all the “Octoberfest” beers that came out in July are starting to show their age!”

Now if I could just get my hands on of their beers then I just might reach my goal for the 50 Beers from 50 States quest.