Nashville Beerventures and Beer Reviews!

What do you think of when you think of Nashville? Miley Cyrus? The Grand Ol' Opry? Country Music?  Forget that shit and jam some beer in your head (preferably through your mouth hole).  Nashville is home to some great beer, great taprooms, and great food.  Gather up your gee-tar and Patsy Cline albums, come down to Nashville and start drinking!  While there are several good local craft brews, Yazoo is one of exceptional note. (though you should check out blackstone brewery as well)  Yazoo is brewed, sold, and served all around the Nashville area and it is delicious.

Sure, Yazoo has a taproom and a brewery you can tour, (and you should visit those places) but from my experience, the best setting for a Yazoo is at the 12 South Taproom and Grill. 12 South Taproom has great beer and great food, if you're from the nashville area you need to go there...a lot...why aren't you there now?  They have all kinds of good shit there.  Are you a vegetarian? GOOD, try the soysauge, even if you're a godderned omnivore you should eat that shit! It's vegetables that tastes like sausage!

The first beer I ordered from 12 South's large selection was Yazoo's smoke porter, Sue.  I've definitely had a few smoked in my time and this one was rich and malty, but the smoked flavors took a bit of a back seat.  Sue has several interesting tastes going on, I mostly noticed a sort of dark toffee and a bit of chocolate. The smoked notes that came towards the end of the drink are very woody, nutty, and salty.

After Sue, I ordered Yazoo's pale ale.  Yazoo's Pale Ale is a nice drinkable beer and would be great on a hot summers day.  I can't say that it was the best pale ale I've had, but it's certainly not bad.  I would certainly choose Yazoo's pale ale over most pale ales out there. (Budweiser? more like infant-dolphin piss-weiser)  Aroma wise, there is a bit of citrus and hop, but nothing overwhelming (which is nice).  As far as the taste goes, there is a pretty solid biscuity flavor and a little bit of sweetness that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Next time you're in Nashville make sure you grab some Yazoo beer or stop by 12 South Taproom and drink up!

Yazoo Sue: 4/5 (Get it!)

Yazoo Pale Ale: 3/5 (have it with dinner.)