Brown Porter, the Working Man’s Beer

Last week I said I don’t have a favorite beer, but I have a few favorite styles. Like Belgian Wit, Brown Porter is another favorite. Although it’s usually called Porter, it’s full name distinguishes it from Robust and Baltic Porters, which are delicious in their own right. Many well-known American Porters actually fall into the Robust … Read more

Yazoo’s Cooking with Beer with Chef Kraig Hansen

We still have a lot to tell you about our brewery visits from vacation and Kendall’s got some posts in the works, but I wanted to tell you about this week’s awesome Cooking with Beer at the Yazoo brewery. This Tuesday evening Kendall and I stopped by Yazoo for a special beer and food event … Read more

Welcome, Fat Bottom.

Nashville needs more breweries and today we get one. Not only is Fat Bottom Nashville’s newest brewery, it’s East Nashville’s first. Many have been anticipating this new brewery for weeks, even months, but I’ve been waiting for a year. About a year ago, Ben Bredesen stood up in a monthly staff meeting to announce he … Read more