tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89037942618472511532024-03-13T14:01:13.778-07:00YAZOO BREWLinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.comBlogger436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-12479870267539478172016-02-15T15:33:00.002-08:002016-02-15T15:33:49.561-08:00New bottled on date printer...We have finally given up on the archaic hot-tape date stamper we had for the past five years. At the time, it seemed like a huge improvement over cutting a notch in the paper label with a Dremel tool and a straight edge - but after struggling to find spare parts for it from the Chinese manufacturer that supplied it, we found out that they are no longer in business...<br />
So, as part of our current upgrade of our bottling line (we recently installed a newer, faster labeler and our new 5000 bottle-per-hour Comac filler will arrive in a month), we decided to go with an ink-jet printer that prints on the bottle itself. That way, we can also date-code our Gerst Amber, which never had spot for a date code. <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RBtUAtMy1Eo/VsJav0UdomI/AAAAAAAABDQ/PVcG5Zk-0jk/s1600/new%2Bdate%2Bcoder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RBtUAtMy1Eo/VsJav0UdomI/AAAAAAAABDQ/PVcG5Zk-0jk/s400/new%2Bdate%2Bcoder.jpg" width="366" /></a><br />
The date stamp will be just above the height of the body label, on the part of the bottle where it begins to curve into the neck. Right now it is in a dark ink, so it's best to hold it up to a light to see it. We're looking at sourcing some lighter color inks that will give it more contrast, and still hold up in the bottle wash station after the filler.<br />
The date code will read "BOTTLED" and then the date and time (in military time) that the beer was bottled. I personally prefer to know the date the beer was bottled, not a "best-buy" date. Beer isn't like milk - it won't go bad after a certain amount of time. Hoppy beers tend to change the fastest, with the hop aroma falling off faster than malt flavors. Bigger beers like our Yazoo SUE, and unfiltered beers like our Embrace the Funk line, will continue to evolve over time. For most of our beers, we consider 90 days (three months) to be the shelf-life.<br />
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-73534372033763183812015-06-25T13:54:00.000-07:002015-06-25T13:54:04.680-07:00Beer line? What we are doing about beer lines at Nashville's Hot Chicken Festival this year...We hate long beer lines as much as anyone else. Last year, the surging popularity of Nashville's Hot Chicken Festival caught everyone involved by surprise. Attendance at the festival had been growing at a steady rate every year, and the Hot Chicken Planning Committee had anticipated a crowd of about 5,000 people. <br />
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To accommodate that many folks, we planned to split the beer pouring locations into two spots, on opposite ends of the festival grounds. And for the first year, the festival's beer permit covered the entire grounds, not just the Beer Tent. So people would be able to move around with their "Free Range Beer".<br />
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The day dawned, with perfect weather for the festival. After less than an hour in, the crowd had grown larger than we'd ever seen at the Hot Chicken Fest. Metro Police later estimated the crowd to be around 15,000 people. We opened all the taps at both of our beer stations and didn't close them for the rest of the day, filling one cup after another after another. But it wasn't fast enough, and the beer lines grew longer and longer.<br />
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This year, we are making some changes that we think will greatly enhance the experience. We've partnered with the organizers of Germantown's Octoberfest to use a new beer pouring technology that they successfully launched last year at their festival. It's called "Bottoms Up" and for a beer geek/engineer like me, it's almost magic. The cup has a hole in the bottom, covered with a magnetic disk. The beer flows into the cup from the bottom, and the cup is filled in about four seconds. It can empty a keg in record time, with minimal foam. Check out this video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmnp3aVGyGc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmnp3aVGyGc</a>.<br />
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We will have TWO separate locations again, each with a Bottoms Up 4-tap dispenser. One person operating a Bottoms Up station can keep eight people busy just handing out the beers. It's lightning fast, and after testing the units out at several different events, we are confident that the beer lines will be minimal this year. We know the long beer lines were a hassle last year, and we want you to know that we listened to your comments, and have come up with a great plan for this year's Hot Chicken Festival. It's grown to be a Nashville Fourth of July tradition, and we can't wait to see you again on the 4th!<br />
<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-21621188892502227922015-06-03T12:14:00.001-07:002015-09-02T07:24:29.412-07:00WHAT IS UP WITH SUMMER THIS YEAR?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So we have been getting a lot of questions, via email, Twitter, and Facebook, asking, "What the heck is up with Summer this year?"<br />
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All I can say is, be patient. Try to enjoy it. Don't over-think it, just relax and drink it all in. I know it's unusual, and it is not what you expect.<br />
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But here's the thing - it <u>will</u> get hot this year. The rain, the cool weather - it won't last. The blazing sun and 100 F heat are coming. You can count on it.<br />
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Oh. Y'all were asking about the BEER. Yes. Our Summer Ale does have an extra twist this year.<br />
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But first, a little bit about the style of beer. Our Summer Ale is our take on a very old German style of wheat beer, traditionally brewed in the town of Goslar and then Leipzig. The wheat beers there were brewed with the slightly salty water found in Goslar, with the addition of coriander. The wild fermentations, in which lactic acid producing bacteria were also used, gave the beer a lemony tartness that balanced well with the saltiness of the water.<br />
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After the last Gose brewery closed in the 1960's, Gose was essentially extinct until after German reunification in 1989. Breweries in Leipzig began brewing the style again, inspiring American brewers to try their hand as well. I first had a Leipziger Gose at the Spuyten Duyvil pub in Brooklyn, NY, when I was interning as a brewer at the Brooklyn Brewery. I had never had anything like it - an extremely tasty, refreshing wheat beer with tons of flavor packed into a 4% alcohol beer. <br />
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So last year, when we came out with our new Summer Ale, we brewed it along the style guidelines of the historic Gose beers. It has about 50% wheat, and we add sea salt and coriander during the boil. Last year, to try to develop the characteristic tartness of the style, we used about 20% acidulated malt in the mash. Acidulated malt is produced in Germany by the addition of lactic acid during the malting process. Adding a portion of acidulated malt to a grain bill for a beer will lower the pH of the mash, which is helpful under certain water conditions. Anyway, the acid malt did help develop a slight tang to the beer, but we weren't completely satisfied.<br />
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So this year, we tried something different, a technique we had never tried before. It's called kettle souring. We intentionally soured a portion of the unfermented beer with several different strains of lactobacillus, the type of probiotic bacteria you'll typically find in Greek yogurt, for example. After letting the "wort" sour for a few days, we brought it up to a boil to pasteurize it and prevent any more souring, and then fermented it as normal with our house ale yeast. We then blended the sour portion of Summer Ale into batches brewed like last year, to create what we think is the perfect blend of lemony tartness and bracing sea salt.<br />
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So what have people been saying about this year's Summer Ale? Here are some emails and tweets I have gotten (names withheld to respect their privacy (except one!)):<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Last year I discovered Yazoo Summer and both me and my
wife fell in love with it. So much that
in the waning days of Summer we scoured every gas station and grocery in Wilson
County in an attempt to tide us over as long as possible. We were excited to see on Facebook that it
was being bottled the other day. I
purchased some yesterday at Publix in Lebanon.
What I tasted was not what we had last year. The description offered on Facebook suggests
it is the same recipe we enjoyed last year, but the citrus in what I've had so
far drowns everything else entirely.
Like a lemon has been squeezed into the bottle. I do not get even a hint of sea salt in the
bottles I've sampled, which was one of my favorite things about the beer. Thinking it was perhaps an anomaly I asked to sample some draft at the Mt Juliet
Beer Company only to have the same
experience. We love Yazoo beer and it is a majority of what
my wife and I consume, but we both agreed something is definitely off in the
beer. If the recipe has changed, I
humbly request that you go back to what you did last year. Because it was phenomenal."</i></span></div>
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"Hey guys, I drink
Yazoo all the time, but for some reason my last 6 pack was undrinkable. I got
the Summer Ale from the Inglewood Kroger (loved it last year), but it was very
sour, not in a good way. The folks at Kroger are telling me they can't swap it
out, that it's against the law. Any ideas how to make it right? Thanks for your
time and your excellent work."</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Yazoo put out the most delicious seasonal beer for summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. If yall aren't drinking it, you're not living life to the fullest."</span></i></span><br />
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"today I bought a six pack of the summer seasonal
and its sour. Now I enjoy a good sour beer but from the description I'm not
thinking it's supposed to be a sour. Let me know."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"I have been drinking your yazoo pale ale, and hop project
brews, and I do like them but, I decided
to try the summer brew last night , let me tell you it is not my cup of beer, I
could barely get through one bottle now I am stuck with 5 bottles of beer I
will not drink. will you buy these back from me?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Hey guys - I can't get enough of this summer seasonal,
but can you settle a bet? My friend
believes it's a straight berliner weisse, but I detect salt so I'm thinking a
cross between a berliner and a gose.
Who's right? I would make this one of my regular year-round beers if
it were available. It's a well-conceived
and executed brew. Good job."</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"After a morning of yard work, your Summer Ale is saving my life! Linus, it has replaced Spring Puppy!"</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Picked up </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/YazooBrew" style="background: rgb(245, 248, 250); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@YazooBrew</a><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">'s </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> seasonal expecting awesome </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ale. I was surprised it was a </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> wheat ale. Pleasantly surprised. Yum!"</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"I just had a fantastic tour of local brews at the XXXX in downtown Knoxville. My curiosity led me to take some Yazoo
Summer Seasonal to try at home. </i><i>After opening the first bottle I was instantly repulsed.
Frankly, the only way to describe the smell is similar to a port-a-potty or
overflowing sewer. I don't know if I got a bad batch or if there was a huge
mistake in the production (polluted water) but it was so bad I had to throw it
away after a few sips and felt nauseous afterward. </i><i>I don't normally speak up about these things but
I honestly believe that there was something terribly wrong and feel disgusted
about the experience."</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Had </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yazoo</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> last night. Amazing! Takes some huevos to put out a beer like that around here!"</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"one of the best beers I have ever had. love it and love that yazoo is always trying new things."</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"It</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">'s awesome this year and was last year as well. One of the best"</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Please <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/YazooBrew" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;">@YazooBrew</a>, please keep the summer ale this way forever. It's perfect!"</i></span><br />
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"Hello. I want to start off by telling you I really enjoy your beer and always look forward to trying new Yazoo brews. I picked up a 6er of the Summer Seasonal and really had some issues with it. The smell seemed pleasant but my first sip proved to be difficult. There was an over powering taste of sourness that took over my mouth that made me think of vinegar. I hoped that maybe it was just the one bottle so I opened up another one to try and it gave me the same result. With that being said I will probably dump the remaining 4 and try something new. Now I understand this could just be me not liking a beer, but I wanted to give you the feedback just in case you are receiving other complaints."<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Yazoo</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Wheat Ale is pretty awesome. There's a touch of lemon in there, I think"</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"things I just learned about </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yazoo</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">summer</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: 1) everyone who likes it calls it a sour, except </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yazoo</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">; 2) it’s brewed with *salt*"</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"this bottle of </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">yazoo</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">summer</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> seasonal tastes exactly like vinegar and i'm not sure if it's cuz i just drank a porter and my tongue is all "?"</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- no this is def. vinegar</span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- tbh if i was like "i want to drink carbonated vinegar" i would probably be into it but i did not want to drink carbonated vinegar tonight</span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I put this gose just below Westbrook and Anderson valley. Quite nice </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yazoo</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">!... "</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.04px;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A solid subtle sour. Tart and salty and refreshing. Keep it up Yazoo!"</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.04px;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Brighter flavor on draft than in bottle. First time a waitress ever warned me about a beer I ordered. Strong opinions on this one."</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcff; line-height: 15.23px;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of the most drinkable Summer ales out there in my opinion.... as an earlier reviewer said, this is very "crushable"... So easy and drinking and refreshing... The sourness and saltiness is perfectly done... I could pound these on a hot summer day... It happens to be rainy and not very hot today but it's still very refreshing.... about to pair it with some homemade sriracha wings and I have a feeling that it's going to be perfect... so glad this isn't a straight pale wheat as those can get tiresome... this offering keeps me guessing... very nice..."</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcff; line-height: 15.23px;"><i><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Not really working for me. First </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yazoo</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I didn't really enjoy. - Drinking a </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> "</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcff; line-height: 15.23px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><i>"I love this beer and have bought several cases
of it since the summer began. Just prior to finding this beer, I was
complaining at the local growler station that the Memphis area was a desert for
sours and that I could only get them when I traveled. I prefer this gose to the
half-dozen or so I've had (including Westbrook's and Sixpoint's). It even edges
out Boulevard's excellent hibiscus gose. Those unaccustomed to sours might not
understand, but judging by the fact that I often have to hunt three or four locations
to find six packs in stock, I think people are starting to catch on. I'm going
to be sad when the run ends, as this has become my go-to brew since I first
stumbled onto it."</i></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Yazoo</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tastes like urine and regret."</span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"yazoo</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">summer</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a sour??? I'm in love"</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica; line-height: 23.04px;"><i>"Very aptly named and a bold move for this year's Summer! This is the perfect summer beer. Crisp, tart, and very satisfying. Very well done!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica; line-height: 23.04px;"><span style="color: blue;">"Pretty disgusting"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica; line-height: 23.04px;"><span style="color: blue;">"Piss in a bottle"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica; line-height: 23.04px;"><span style="color: blue;">"Tastes like I pissed in the bottle"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="color: blue;">"Pale yellow, thin head. Smells tart, lemony. Taste is lemon, salty sea air, some subtle toasty notes. Very tasty stuff."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcff; line-height: 15.23px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;"><i>"Fantastic summer beer. Golden color, aroma of straw, the wind, and Al Capone’s second wife. The flavor is a balance of tart candies and vacation. Very effervescent. Well done, Nashville."</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica; line-height: 23.04px;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>"One of the best beers I've had in a while."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>"Hey Yazoo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me start by saying that I am a HUGE fan of your work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gerst is my favorite beer ever and your
Spring Seasonal is probably my second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That being said, I was excited to try the Summer Seasonal, so I bought a
6-pack at Kroger in Lebanon, TN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
to say I was not only disappointed, I was a little grossed out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried another bottle to see if maybe I'd
gotten a bad one, but it was the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Definitely not my cup of tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don't think Kroger will take back 4 bottles out of a 6 pack that i've thrown
away the box to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never done this
kind of thing before, but, although I wouldn't want to just throw the beer
away, it is utterly undrinkable to my taste. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm wondering if you would be willing to help
me out with an exchange or credit for another Yazoo brew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to hearing from you."</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><br /></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>"Love the lemony notes upfront and the wheat on the back is a great balance. Solid summer ale, considering I usually hate them."</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><br /></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>"Worst yazoo I've had to date"</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><br /></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>"Overall-I visit Nashville a lot, and when I do I always make the point to grab myself some Yazoo. I really enjoy this beer during the summer. The sweet and sourness this beer has really hits the spot when I drink it. Out of the wheat beers I've tried, this one is the most complex and enjoyable."</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><br /></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>"The body is smooth, but light and very drinkable. There is a slightly puckering tart and sweet aftertaste of lemon and hints of white grape must. The finish transitions into a dry, almost crisp feel. Extremely drinkable and refreshing beer."</em></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">"Semen-like" - Tyler W. on Untappd.com</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">"Nice and Tart!"</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">"Quite tart! I would prefer a bit more salt to round out this gose"</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>"I'm normally a big fan of everything you guys do
especially the Gerst and the Dos Perros. I've even enjoyed the limited and
seasonal beers that you have put out. That is, right up until I tasted the
summer seasonal wheat beer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What were
y'all thinking? Did anyone taste that shit before it went out the door?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It tastes like watered-down, fermented lime
juice stirred with a rusty spoon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two
thumbs waaaay down!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other than that,
keep up the great work! The Gerst is brilliant!"</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><em>"I'm in love....."</em></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcff; line-height: 15.23px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, you can see that reactions have been ALL OVER THE PLACE. We haven't gotten this strong a reaction (negative or positive) to a beer ever, even "Sue". </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Personally, as a brewer, I think we nailed it. I've been drinking it almost exclusively for the past few weeks, and after a long hot day in the brewery or outside doing yard work, it's hard to beat. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I have come to realize that not everyone has developed a craving for sour, like we have at the brewery. It can be intense and surprising if you aren't expecting it. And for many people, it is an immediate sign that something is wrong with the beer. <u>Nothing went wrong.</u> <u>That's how we intended it to taste</u>. We think it is the perfect beer for summer in the South, and our brewers haven't been this pumped up about a new beer in a long time. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We realize everyone's taste buds are different, and that's why we have tried our hands at so many different beers over the past 12 years. We'll continue to make our standards, like our Pale Ale, Dos Perros, and Hefeweizen, and will always strive to make them better and better. But we'll continue to push ourselves to try new styles and techniques, always in search of making the best beers possible. Thanks again for your support, and <u>your</u> passion for good beer. </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you would like to contact me, my email is linus@yazoobrew.com. </span></div>
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-36417357074244132762015-06-03T08:51:00.001-07:002015-06-03T08:51:32.614-07:00Hop Project #83OK, I really have to apologize for the lateness of this post. Hop Project #83 has been out for a while now, and I'm just now posting the information for this brew. No excuse, I'm sorry.<br />
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Hop Project #83 is a throwback to another era, when the only place you would find an India Pale Ale was the British Empire. They said the sun never set on the British Empire in its heyday, and while that is no longer true, you can still find examples of an English IPA. It's tough to find one fresh, though, unless you pick up a six-pack of our Hop Project #83.<br />
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It's brewed with the lighter grain bill we've been using for a while now - pale malts, some caramel, and some oats. To get that classic English-style IPA flavor, it's brewed with Magnum for bittering, and then ALL East Kent Goldings hops throughout the rest of the brew.<br />
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It's a big departure from your typical American IPA. The bitterness is more restrained, and the English hops have a more herbal, orange-marmalade flavor. The bitterness comes in at the end, giving it a cleansing, clean-teeth feeling on the mouthfeel.<br />
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We hope you are liking it! But as always, once it's gone, it's gone, and we will be on to a completely different version of Hop Project soon.Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-6460858020369269802015-02-02T15:58:00.001-08:002015-02-02T15:58:21.256-08:00Hop Project #82 bottled today, 2/2/15<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ifDgGVHFZU/VNAPHT0fqJI/AAAAAAAABAk/DgICF7_pi3g/s1600/FullSizeRender-701256.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ifDgGVHFZU/VNAPHT0fqJI/AAAAAAAABAk/DgICF7_pi3g/s320/FullSizeRender-701256.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6111401312595716242" /></a></p>For this one, we used all C's - Columbus, Cascade, Chinook, and Centennial-type hops. I like it - nice and citrusy, straight up West-coast style.
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<br>Danielle came up with this recipe, and helped brew and dry-hop it. So give her a high-five next time you see her in the taproom!Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-39178847851364173622014-12-31T09:28:00.001-08:002014-12-31T09:28:38.228-08:00Another bottling of Hop Project #81!The second run of #81 was bottled on Monday, Dec 29th. <br />
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For this batch, which is #80 in the series, we decided to make a pretty big change. When we began the series years and years ago, my favorite IPAs all had a dark amber color and a nice sweetness to balance out the extreme hoppiness. Our Hop Project grain bill was heavy on the Crystal malts, the malts that give you that dark red color and the residual sweetness. However, tastes change over time, and after the success of our 10 Yr IPA lately, we decided to change up the grain bill on Hop Projects going forward. We think that a lighter base to the grain bill will help us highlight the hops even more.<br />
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So without further ado, here's the notes for Hop Project #80:<br />
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We changed the grain bill on this one to get a lighter malt body, cutting out a lot of the Crystal malts and using about 30% wheat malt, and some flaked oats and wheat. We used Bravo hops for bittering, and Citra and Falconer's Flight for flavor and aroma, and for dry-hopping as well.<br />
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My tasting notes: well, of course I like it! The aroma tells you that this is going to be really hoppy, but there is a pleasant creamy sweetness from the oats that delays the initial hop bitterness. Then the hops really shine, full of juicy tropical notes, and then on to a lingering clean bitterness. <br />
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We hope you enjoy this one, and as always, feel free to leave us some comments on how you think our latest twist to the Hop Project series is going!<br />
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-41506606188288798262014-08-10T15:03:00.001-07:002014-08-10T15:17:37.798-07:00Re: Hops Harvest Thursday 8/14/14Hi all,
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It looks like the annual picking of the hops will be this coming Thursday August 14th. I counted 275 vines this year, so the picking will probably take at least four hours. We will start picking around 4 pm and go until finished. Volunteers can count on a fun experience of picking the essential ingredient in the Bells Bend Preservation Ale, with plenty of Yazoo beer along with your hop picking companions. Volunteers will also get a case of this years' Bells Bend Preservation Ale and free admission and beers at the Hop Harvest Square Dance party later on in the fall when the beer is released.
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If you would like to volunteer, please email <a href="mailto:linus@yazoobrew.com">linus@yazoobrew.com</a> for directions to the farm.
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-28132983441441231872014-07-18T06:12:00.001-07:002014-07-18T06:12:42.891-07:00Hop Project #79 bottled today, 7/18/14<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-O-t5qfOIo/U8kdSzslovI/AAAAAAAAA-8/QDOsLUSYZw4/s1600/photo-762891.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-O-t5qfOIo/U8kdSzslovI/AAAAAAAAA-8/QDOsLUSYZw4/s320/photo-762891.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6037388984418935538" /></a></p>Here comes the next batch of our perpetually changing IPA! This amber beauty is the brainchild of Seth, and uses Warrior, Galaxy, Cascade and Columbus hops.
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<br>It's got a great nose, tropical fruit, a little earthy and maybe a hint of green tea. Plenty of bitterness too!
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<br>Look for this in stores around TN and MS starting next week. If you can't wait, come by the brewery this weekend!Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-31746348731421282582014-01-14T15:09:00.000-08:002014-01-14T15:10:19.182-08:00Hop Project #76 out today! Bottled 01/14/14<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwTDkt_mUF3i23Bz9HeheCzPe3H4lHJ1TiOIOrvAPIRo-7TYjX0075jvUsJxLn7KaHV96XAlTOD5MU3QFhfzQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>For this, the 76th in the series, we went back to combine some of our favorites - Warrior, Chinook, Cascade, and Columbus.
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<br>It's agressively bitter with that resiny grapefruit character that those West Coast hops are known for. We hope it gets you through the next few months of winter!Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-90221457514964191632013-12-31T11:37:00.001-08:002013-12-31T11:37:41.766-08:00One of those 2013 year in review things...It's been another banner year here at Yazoo! We're always so excited and focused on what the future will bring, that we don't often stop to look back. But some great things happened in 2013:<br />
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Probably the coolest - craft beer lovers across the state were successful in lobbying and convincing Tennessee's legislators to Fix the Beer Tax, equalizing the tax burden on both big and small brewers in Tennessee. We kicked off the reform with a rally at the Yazoo taproom, with brewery owners, distributors, and craft beer lovers packing the room. The cooperation between the TN Craft Brewers Guild, the Tennessee Malt Beverage Association, and craft beer enthusiasts continued with Fix the Beer Tax rallies in Memphis, Knoxville, Johnson City, and Chattanooga. Thousands of supporters wrote their legislators in support. We had news coverage in all the cities, with the Tennessean, the Knoxville News Sentinel, and the Nashville City Paper's editors endorsing our cause. The result was an overwhelming vote for passage! We still have the highest beer taxes in the country, but the tax structure before placed a much higher burden on smaller brewers. <br />
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Besides travelling all over the state for the Fix the Beer Tax rallies (man, we have a long state!), one of the most fun parts of the reform effort was our collaboration with Calfkiller Brewery on The Beacon. We bottled the second batch at Yazoo in February, just in time to get it out in stores and get more people's attention to the tax reform bills. The newspapers again loved the idea, and our label showing craft beer's taxes as the fattest part of the tax "pig" seemed to really drive the point home. Some craft beer reviewers didn't know what to make of a light bodied smoked wheat beer made with Tennessee honey. But the Sergios liked it, we liked it, and it definitely seemed to help get attention to the tax reform bills.<br />
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In February, we also bottled our Onward Stout for the first time. <br />
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This beer has long been a favorite of ours at the brewery. Lila worked up a great label for the Onward Stout, depicting the famous and true story of how Theodore Roosevelt's bear hunt in Onward, MS, inspired the creation of the Teddy bear.<br />
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That month, we also resisted the calls to put out a Yazoo "Harlem Shake" video. Remember that craze?<br />
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The Embrace the Funk beers picked up steam, with a collaboration blend with New Belgium for the Memphis Craft Beer week in April that we called "Rufus". <br />
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To really showcase both what we were doing with Embrace the Funk, and to celebrate sour and wild beers in general, we decided to turn the first Sunday of May into our annual "Embrace the Funk Fest". The first Embrace the Funk Fest featured about a dozen beers that Brandon deemed were ready, including Rufus' debut in Nashville and bottles of Wild Child. The Bloomy Rind had hand-selected an amazing variety of their wildest, funkiest cheeses. and some of Nashville's funkiest DJ's spun their favorite 70's vinyl. Some really rare beers from across the world made surprise appearances too. If you haven't already, pencil in the first Sunday in May for Embrace the Funk Fest 2014!<br />
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In June, Brandon, Lila, and I headed up to the Big Apple for Savor 2013. We decided to bring two of our Embrace the Funk beers to see what the reception and feedback would be. We took our Brett Saison, a bright and funky farmhouse ale; and Wild Child, a smokey and sour ale. The comments we got were very encouraging, with several thumbs-up from writers and bloggers later on - thanks Jake and Nick - <a href="http://www.dcbeer.com/news/savor-wrap-0">http://www.dcbeer.com/news/savor-wrap-0</a><br />
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We were bummed when registration for the Great American Beer Fest closed after only one day, leaving many breweries out in the cold. However, our friend Chad at Crooked Stave in Denver invited us and a whole host of other breweries out for the first ever What the Funk Festival. Some of the best sour and wild ales were featured, and it turned out to be one of the hottest tickets in town during the GABF. <br />
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July always brings the annual Hot Chicken Festival in East Park in east Nashville. This festival is the brainchild of Mayor Purcell, and has been going so strong for years that a little rainstorm this year couldn't slow it down. I think the rain actually helped cool the fires a little.<br />
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The picking went late into the night by the light of the headlights of a couple pickup trucks. We managed to get them all picked and into a batch of beer the next day. The beer turned out great - a very nice and sessionable pale ale that really showcased the character of the hops. We were able to get a full 700 cases or so bottled up and out to middle TN.<br />
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By the time October rolled around, we were ready to party. We turned ten years old in October 2013, and to celebrate we decided to hold a two day party on Oct 4-5th. The 10-Year IPA we brewed for the event was received so well, we decided to brew another batch and bottle it. And when the power generator blew out on the last band of the night, our friends the Delta Saints took it in stride, finishing with an acoustic set from the back of my old Ford next to the loading dock. It was one of those "only in Nashville" moments!<br />
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October also saw us launch the first-ever beer kiosk out at the Nashville airport. Another first - you can walk up to our Yazoo "Craft Beer on the Fly" beer kiosk, order a tall Pale Ale, Dos Perros, Hefeweizen, or Hop Project - and walk anywhere in the airport with it! (inside security, of course)<br />
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In November, we were honored to be voted the Best Local Brewery by the readers of the Nashville Scene. While we have won "Best" awards from the Scene before, there had never been a category just for breweries (probably because there just weren't very many breweries before!) We are so honored and humbled by your support, and we promise to keep trying to brew the best beer we can for you!<br />
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We finished out the year by bottling our 10-Year IPA in 750 ml "big bottles". We were only able to get a limited amount of the hops we used in this beer, but we will keep brewing it until we run out for good, and hopefully in 2015 we can contract for a long-term supply.<br />
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The 10-Year IPA is a light-bodied India Pale Ale, brewed with lots of wheat and oats, and generously hopped with the relatively new varieties of Citra and Mosaic hops. These hops are hard to get right now, so enjoy this brew while you can! <br />
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For now, due to the limited run for this beer, we'll be bottling it in 750 ml "bombers". They'll be released this coming Saturday, Dec. 7, starting at noon at our taproom. The following week, we'll be shipping limited quantities out to our distributors, so if you can't make it to the taproom, look for it at your favorite good beer stores soon!<br />
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-6955081718993072412013-10-02T10:12:00.001-07:002013-10-02T10:12:51.165-07:00BIG weekend coming up...We have a big party weekend coming up at Yazoo! We first started brewing in October of 2003, ten years ago this month. We're going to celebrate the only way we know how - new beers, great music, great food, and hopefully with all our friends! Details about the party are here - <a href="http://www.yazoobrew.com/10years.html">http://www.yazoobrew.com/10years.html</a>. Details about the new beers are below:<br />
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We have two new beers coming out. The first, as you know if you've been reading our blog, is the Bells Bend Preservation Ale. I am calling it a new beer, even though we released one the past two years, because this is the first year we've actually had enough hops to BREW with them. The last two years, we simply steeped the wet fresh hops in a batch of our Pale Ale. While those beers turned out great, I didn't feel like we would capture the true essence of the Bells Bend hops until we were able to use them as part of a full batch of beer.<br />
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But this year, we got three times what we picked last year, and were able to use the hops in the final hop addition. We steeped the fresh hops in the hot wort at the end of the boil, before cooling the wort and adding the yeast in the fermenter.<br />
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The result? A great, well balanced American Pale Ale, with a nice blend of biscuity malts and pleasant bitterness, and a great hop aroma. Will it blow away the hopheads in the crowd? No, but that was not the intent. We wanted to make a well-balanced beer that showcased a locally-grown hop, and that's what I think we did! (Hopheads - and I include myself in that group - we didn't forget you - see the next post!)<br />
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As last year, a portion of the sales of this beer will go back to the Sulphur Creek Farm, so that they can continue their mission. We hope to expand the hop field even more next year with these proceeds.<br />
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The bottle release party will be this weekend, Saturday Oct 5th, starting at noon at the brewery. After the release, we will continue selling the beer at the brewery, and we will also be sending cases of the beer out to our distributors as well. The 750 ml bottles of Bells Bend Preservation Ale will be selling for $4 each or six for $20.Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-2297373062968025922013-09-27T11:24:00.001-07:002013-09-27T11:24:53.114-07:00Bells Bend Preservation Ale bottled today! This year's Bells Bend Preservation Ale was bottled today! Check it out:<br />
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Bottles will be released on Saturday, Oct 5th at the brewery as part of our 10 year Anniversary party. Come on down and get you some! And if you helped pick the hops with us this year, we've got your share stashed away, so don't worry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now for the hard part! Hand picking cones off 150 vines!</td></tr>
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-50039014559714644612013-08-20T14:37:00.001-07:002013-08-20T14:37:32.429-07:00Big Hop Picking Party this Thursday, August 22 Our Mystery hops are ready to be picked out at Bell Bend! I love this time of year! We'll be picking them out at Sulphur Creek Farm, just north of the intersection of Ashland City Hwy and Old Hickory Blvd. We have about 150 vines to cut down and pick this year, about three times as many last year. So we are looking for volunteers who want to come out, drink some fresh hop beer (from the Cascade variety we picked three weeks ago), and get your hands sticky and green from all the hops. It's a fun time, and it's a great way to get back to nature and see what actually goes into making a good beer. If you would like to volunteer to help, please email Linus at linus@yazoobrew.com and he'll get you hooked up.Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-24208120087505464902013-08-20T14:33:00.000-07:002013-08-20T14:33:27.879-07:00Hop Project #74, first batch out 08/19/13We bottled our next batch of Hop Project, #74, yesterday on 8/19/13. Ivan took a turn with this one, and here is his description of the beer:<br />
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Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-28568913075748514892013-07-24T12:58:00.001-07:002013-07-24T12:58:06.617-07:00Getting ready to pick some hops next Tuesday, July 30th - want to volunteer?Well, the mixture of the rain and hot weather has the Cascades ahead of schedule this year. We are planning on picking the 30 or so Cascade plants we have out at Sulphur Creek Farms in Bells Bend this coming Tuesday, July 30th, during their weekly potluck night. It's a fun time, and if you would like to volunteer to help, let us know at <a href="mailto:info@yazoobrew.com">info@yazoobrew.com</a>. It's a great time, with plenty of cold beers to help with the picking. We normally chop down the vines, spread them out on a big table, and hand-pick the hop cones during plenty of conversation and cold brews.<br />
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The big field of about 150 vines of the mystery Bells Bend Preservation hop is coming along great too, but they aren't ready to pick yet. We are going to shoot for sometime around the third week of August to pick them. In the meantime, we will be using the first-picked Cascade hops in a special small batch that should be ready in time to drink while we are picking the Bells Bend hop - turning the main hop picking afternoon into a real "pickin party"! <br />
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Once we have the mystery hops picked, we should have enough to brew a full big 40 bbl batch this year, and to get bombers of the beer out in stores this year!Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-6758830021855869382013-06-19T16:03:00.000-07:002013-06-19T16:03:36.582-07:00Hop progress out at Sulphur Creek Farm in Bells BendI checked in with Eric and Loran out at Sulphur Creek Farm today. The hops are really thriving this year! With all the rain mixed with plenty of sunshine, they are way ahead of last year. The row of about 25 Cascade-variety plants are already budded-out with huge cones, and smell great already. They may be ready for harvest in about a month, amazingly.<br />
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The bigger field of our "mystery hop" is doing great too, with almost all of the 150 or so plants coming up. The rhizomes that bore cones last year were divided up and the new plantings are doing well. The two-year old rhizomes already have vines that have reached 17' or so and have good buds coming out. This variety snoozed last year until late August, when the cones popped out in what seemed like two weeks! That's probably the time frame for this year too.<br />
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We are so lucky to have our partnership with Sulphur Creek Farm on growing these beautiful hops. I can't describe how rejuvenating it is to be able to walk a field filled with the very herb that we love in our Pale Ale and Hop Projects. It really brings home the fact that as brewers, we and our beers are only as good as the ingredients that go into what we create. Here lately my life has been all about long days filled with finicky bottling lines, undersized air compressors, balky CO2 refrigeration systems, and other mechanical problems, but walking up and down rows of beautiful hops and crushing a few ripe cones between my fingers, and smelling the fragrant lupulin, really brings me back to Earth. Cheers! Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-63368499125459696432013-06-19T15:39:00.002-07:002013-06-19T15:39:32.801-07:00Hop Project #73 is out!Hop Project #73 was bottled for the first time yesterday, June 18. This bottling run was a monster (for us), about 1000 cases, so you should see it soon in all the markets Yazoo is distributed in. <br />
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This recipe was designed by our Ken Price, and used liberal amounts of Nugget, Columbus, Ahtanum, Cascade, and Kohatu hops. My tasting notes: attractive dense head on the beer, slight green tinge; some dank, herbal notes in the nose, a little citrus; a pleasant resiny bitterness that lasts and lasts, finishing clean but definitely hoppy. <br />
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Ken always puts together winners for our Hop Project series, and this is no exception. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-6658140772699507232013-05-30T09:42:00.000-07:002013-05-30T09:42:04.040-07:00Benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims tonightJoin us tonight, Thursday May 30th, at the taproom for a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims, as part of the neighborhood Gulch Cares night. We are donating 50% of sales tonight to the United Way for their tornado relief fund. Come by, have a pint or get a growler to take home, and visit some of the local restaurants that are also donating a portion of their sales tonight.<br />
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<br />Linushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11665984606656750803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903794261847251153.post-35823554615805686792013-05-09T12:17:00.000-07:002013-05-09T12:17:09.332-07:00OK, back to work!First off, if you missed out on Embrace the Funk Fest last weekend, well... you definitely missed out. But we will have a few of the beers that we debuted there on tap at our Yazoo taproom over the next few months, as well as a few others that we haven't released yet.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">"Rufus"</span></b> - on tap now - a sour red ale fermented with two strains of brett, blackberries, and blackcurrants, and then blended with "Oscar", New Belgium Brewing's sour base beer for blends like their "La Folie". We were honored when New Belgium agreed to do a sour beer blend with us, and we think the result is fantastic. It was a big hit at Embrace the Funk Fest, and here's your chance to have it again, starting <span style="color: red;"><b>today, May 9, at 4 PM at the Yazoo taproom.</b></span> Due to the limited supply of this beer, and our desire to spread the funk to as many people as possible, we will only serve pints of this beer, no growlers to go.<br />
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<b style="color: red;">"Wild Child" </b>- on tap after Rufus is done (in a few weeks?) - a blend of Sue and Dos Perros wort, fermented with a special blend of brett and souring bacteria, and aged with sour cherries in a barrel we sourced from Russian River. This one is dark, fruity, funky and sour. <br />
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<b style="color: red;">"Brett Rye Saison" </b><span style="color: #444444;">- </span>still in the Janky Tank (our special sour beer fermenter), but will be kegged next week, going on after Wild Child is gone - our Rye Saison seasonal fermented with two additional brett strains.<br />
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<b style="color: red;">"Berliner Weisse" </b>- an intensely sour wheat ale fermented with the addition of lactobacillus and brett. Will be available after the Brett Rye Saison is done.<br />
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