Saturday tour pics

See how much fun you could have had this Saturday? We give guided brewery tours every Saturday, starting at 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30. For not much cash, you get a souvenir pint glass and samples of our beers during the tour.

Someday our name will be in lights!

Nothing beats seeing your logo all lit up in neon. It's been a long strange trip from when my wife jumped out of bed in the middle of night and sketched out our logo on a scrap piece of paper. When she got back to bed, I asked her what was going on, and she mumbled, "I had an idea, we'll look at it in the morning." And there it was when I woke up. Our logo, which I love and think is cool, so keep it to yourself if you don't. And now, after lots of false starts with different neon designers, we found one who could replicate it in neon.

We only had a limited number of these done - heck, they're expensive! If you see one in a bar or restaurant around town, it's a great bet that they have supported us from way back.

We are also selling them at our taproom. It's the ultimate collectors item for anyone who loves Yazoo beer. We only have 25 available, and when they are gone, they're gone. We're selling them for $250 at the taproom, and we will even ship them to you if you can't make it here.

On tap this weekend April 3 - 5th

We will have on tap this weekend:

PALE ALE

DOS PERROS

HEFEWEIZEN

ONWARD STOUT

ESB

SLY RYE PORTER

We're missing the Hop Project IPA series too - if you happen to come across any hops looking for a good home, send them our way! We can't find the hops we need, at any price, right now.

Yazoo drink pretty good, don't it?

If you haven't seen this video yet, of the debate in the Alabama House of Representatives over the bill to allow over 6% abv beer into the state, check it out at http://www.freethehops.org/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEFDVc6XCcc. Skip to about the 5:30 minute mark for some of the funniest comments by Rep. Alvin Homes of Birmingham. It's an instant classic! "What's wrong with the beer we got? It drink pretty good, don't it? We got Budweiser... what's the name of some of those other beers? They drink pretty good, don't they?"

To commemorate his immortal words of wisdom, we've come up with this t-shirt design - we're thinking of getting them out in time for the Magic City Brewfest in May.

If you like this t-shirt design, send me an email at linus@yazoobrew.com and we'll get some coming.

UPDATE: Due to the fact that the Gourmet Beer Bill is still hung up in Alabama's Senate, I got some sage advice to nix this idea - don't need anything to antagonize the fine people in Montgomery. Maybe after that passes?

ON TAP THIS WEEKEND MARCH 13-15

I'm going to start posting what we plan to have on tap every weekend, so you can plan your weekend around beer ( who doesn't?)

ON TAP

Pale Ale
Dos Perros
Hefeweizen
Onward Sout
Sly Rye Porter
ESB

Alabama here we come!

We've signed a distribution agreement with Supreme Beverage, who covers northern Alabama. We're pretty close to rolling out our beer into Birmingham and Huntsville, just waiting on approval of our brands by the state ABC board. We'll probably be launching it in April, right when the weather turns nice and people head to their favorite patio for a beer. I'm really excited about Birmingham - it's full of independent restaurants, and seems to have a really developed foodie culture. Plus, we've got good relationships with three restaurants already - Mafiaoza's is opening a Birminham restaurant and are really excited about bringing in our beer as they open; Jackson's Bistro has a Birmingham restaurant as well; and, although they don't sell a whole lot of beer, Jim-n-Nicks has six restaurants there and are really trying to support Southern breweries with their draft selections. Plus, the Free the Hops group has really stoked a lot of interest in craft beers, albeit higher alcohol ones. The interest is bound to spill over into anything new that they couldn't get before, including Yazoo!

Huntsville is suprising to me. It's becoming one of Supreme's biggest markets, and they attribute it to all of the military and NASA folks moving in, after a lot of base closings in Virginia and Maryland.

St. Patty's East Pub Crawl

We're sponsoring this year's St. Patty's Day pubcrawl in east Nashville, and it looks like it is going to be a great night, if the weather cooperates. Three Crow, Red Door East, Beyond the Edge, Alley Cat, and Batter'd and Fried are all a part of it. Most places will be running a Yazoo special all night (2 for 1, $3 pints, etc.) If you make it to all five places and get your card stamped, you can win an autographed guitar, Predators tickets, and more. See http://www.eastnashvillepubcrawls.com/ for all the info.

This pubcrawl and the one we sponsor for Halloween are some of the most fun nights in east Nashville. Come on out and celebrate!