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  • We want the Funk…Give up the funk!

    You’ve got a real type of thing going down – George Clinton So back in July I mentioned 2 potential pieces of news I was excited about…one still needed to be confirmed, which was Linus Hall (Owner of Yazoo Brewing Company) and I were going to use one of my funky barrels to age a…

  • YAZOO Fortuitous Release Date and Details!

    Back in December I sat down with my friend Linus Hall of Yazoo to talk about Fortuitous (Their Smoked Sour project). Today Linus released the details of the 800 HAND BOTTLED release. I am so pumped for this release as it’s the first locally bottled sour beer I know of in Nashville. Check it out…

  • Upland Brewing’s Gilgamesh: The Epic Sour Ale

    Continuing our adventure into the realm of sour ale brewing, we designed a recipe to create an Upland version of a traditional Flanders Red. Melding flaked maize into a turbid mash and adding Belgian candi sugar during a long kettle boil, we prepared this ale for epic proportions. We then incorporated wild yeasts and other…

  • Russian River Talks a New Beer, Their Coolship, “Sonambic” and Future Beatification Blends

    Just about a month ago Russian River Brewing hit us with these 2 huge bits of news. First was the releases of Beatification batches 4 and 5…but I thought the neatest news was the installation of a “Coolship” (a shallow pan used to cool wort while inoculating the wort with natural yeasts and other microbes). So on…

  • A Message From Cantillon About The Brussels Gueuze Museum

    A few days ago this message hit my inbox from Jean Van Roy of Cantillon  in regards to The Brussels Gueuze Museum … I thought I would pass it along. He asks that you contact him at this link with any questions.  Message to our loyal members and to all fans of Cantillon Brewery!  Like every year…