Commercial Beers
Barrel Filling Procedure and ETF Updates
I guess this is the longest lapse in updating the website I’ve had, but wow has there been a lot going on! I’ve had some questions on what pre-filling procedures we use at Yazoo and since wood barrels are readily available to home brewers nowadays I thought we would go over our techniques. But first…
BrandonSAVOR’ing The Experience
*2 Part post As many of you know I had an awesome opportunity to showcase 2 beers I worked on at Yazoo during SAVOR last weekend in New York. What an incredible experience the weekend turned out to be! Linus and I brought our Brett Rye Saison and Wild Child. I was really impressed with the…
Troy Casey of AC Golden Q&A Part 2
***A lot of great response from the first part of my Q&A with AC Golden brewer Troy Casey. So as promised last week here is part 2! Enjoy! *** ETF: What’s the temp range and the swing of the barrels? I haven’t seen the barrel room, but you said it’s inside of the brewery, so…
I Feel Like Funkin’ It Up…Feel Like Funkin It Up!
Here I go again with the TV show ties…The title is a reference to a song by The Rebirth Brass Band most recently used in the show Treme‘ and one I heard live during a recent New Orleans trip. Well I do feel like Funkin’ it up! I hope you do too because….. Here is the official…
Hill Farmstead Membership: Some Deets From Shaun
About a week ago Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead Brewery shocked many beer lovers by announcing an upcoming membership sale. The owner of the recently awarded RateBeer #1 Brewery In The World gave Embrace The Funk a few details about the program and how you can get access to some of the great sour/wild beers in…
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…