Yazoo voted "Best Locally Brewed Beer" by the Tennessean's Toast of Music City awards

Thanks to all of you who voted! The paper said that over 44,000 votes were cast in the Food and Drink category. I'm not sure how representative the results were of all the great restaurants in town ( some of whom were inexplicably absent). But "Best Locally Brewed Beer" - we'll take it!

NITRO STOUT

We're looking for a dragracer to sponsor? No, it's just a new twist on an old friend. We have a batch of our Onward Stout on tap at the Yazoo Taproom, and at a few other good beer bars in town. What makes it different? We're dispensing it with a blend of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, in the style made famous by Guinness and other beers like Boddingtons, etc.

Carbon dioxide is the usual gas for dispensing beer. Most people don't realize that it creates a flavor in your mouth. When carbon dioxide meets water, it forms carbonic acid, which has a slightly tart taste. Nitrogen is a pretty inert gas, and doesn't add much to the flavor of the beer. But since air is made up of about 80% nitrogen, bubbles formed in the beer by nitrogen last much longer than bubbles formed in the beer by carbon dioxide, which is only about 0.03% of air. So by pushing a beer with a blend, you get a beer with a nice, long-lasting creamy head, and a beer that tastes much more malty because of the lower levels of carbon dioxide. Whew, techincal stuff done!

It's amazing the way the flavor of this beer changes when it is on nitro. You'll have to come by the taproom and try it out for yourself!

Bottling line position opening

Thans to all who applied for the bottling line position. It's been filled. We'll hang on to all the resumes we got in case another opening comes up.

Cheers!

City House event pics

Thanks to Tandy and everyone at City House for putting on this event! It was a lot of fun, and we'll definitely do it again.

5th Birthday Bash for Panty Raid

We know a lot of the ladies in Panty Raid - heck, we even sometimes trust them with our children! So it's with great pleasure that we are proud to sponsor them for their 5th Birthday Bash at the Cannery Ballroom this Saturday. It's a great time, and fun for all. And there will be special guests, we hear!

TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS! TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Panty Raid!'s Fifth Annual Tease-a-Thon and Birthday Bash!
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Cannery Ballroom 9pm sharp
Join us for PANTY RAID!'s Fifth Annual Tease-a-Thon and Birthday Bash on Saturday, July 12th, 2008. That's right, PANTY RAID! is turning five this year and will be celebrating downstairs in the Ballroom with a Three-Hour Burlesque Extravaganza!

In addition to getting to see PANTY RAID! members past and present [Ramona Rouge, Ruby van GoGo, Lula Licious, Ring Girl RoxXxy, Hot Lava Lizzie, Bianca 13, Monique Honeybush, DJ Lonesome and Mister Bananapants], you'll also get to see some of our favorite Nashville friends too [Bodhicitta Bellydance, Kicky LaRue, Gypsyville, SideShow Bennie and our Guest Host for the evening, Tommy Keenum]!

As a special treat, we're flying in Pogo-tease Artist ROKY ROULETTE from San Francisco, CA, and have invited our friends GYPSY HANDS TRIBAL BELLYDANCE from Knoxville, TN to round out the show!

But that's not all folks! We've got additional surprises "up our sleeves"… but we can't give it all away, now can we?

Dig out your best birthday attire, put on your party hat and get ready to attend the best Birthday Bash ever!

Advance tickets available on the Westside at Katy K's Ranch Dressing and Grimey's New and Pre-Loved Music, on the Eastside at Platinum Salon and The Groove, and online at http://www.mercylounge.com/! Tickets $15 advance $18 at the door. Showtime 9pm sharp.

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Cookout with Tandy Wilson of City House at the Yazoo Taproom courtyard

Well, it's the lazy, dog days of summer. The 4th of July is rapidly fading in our memories, if you can remember it at all. There's the Music City brewfest coming up, but that's weeks away. What to do?

Come on down to the Yazoo taproom on July 14th, from 5:30- until the food is all gone. We're hosting Chef Tandy Wilson from the acclaimed City House in Germantown. Since it has opened last year, City House has been on the receiving end of rave reviews, and justly so. Tandy will be setting up a grill in our courtyard, and promises some great surprises for all comers. It's only $15 for three small appetizers and the three beers paired with... come on, you can't even put four gallons of gas in your car for that much! It promises to be a fun, relaxing Monday afternoon, just what the doctor ordered for the dog days of summer. For more info, email linus@yazoobrew.com or call 320-2090, check out http://www.cityhousenashville.com/.

Music City Brewers Fest tickets on sale now

We have tickets for sale to the Music City Brewers Fest, held downtown July 26th in front of the Country Music Hall of Fame. They are $35 in advance, $45 the day of the event (if you can find any!) It sells out every year before the gates open, so get your tickets early!

We will only sell these tickets during our normal taproom hours, Thursday-Friday 4-8 PM and Saturday 2-8 PM.

There will be a maximum of four tickets sold per person, and we are not selling tickets over the phone. Come on down to the taproom in person and get your tickets! And just to let you know in advance, the taproom will be closed that Saturday so that we all can attend the Music City Brewers Fest. See you there!

http://www.musiccitybrewersfest.com/