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Nashville Beer:: A Heady History of Music City Brewing
Nashville's main industry is music. But where good tunes go, good booze follows, so it's no surprise that the city enjoys a lively local beer scene, as well. The city's brewing history dates back to the 1800s, when German immigrants first settled in the area. The rise and fall of Gerst Brewing Company, one of the first established Nashville breweries, left people thirsting for local beer after the company closed its doors in 1954. In the last decade of the century, a boom of brewpubs brought the drinking class some newer, more exotic styles of beer, and the people of Nashville have been under the influence" of creative brewing ever since. Food, beverage and travel writer Chris Chamberlain tells the story of beer from the Music City and introduces us to the breweries and beer lovers that make up a local scene well worth raising a glass to."
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Nashville Beer:: A Heady History of Music City Brewing
Nashville's main industry is music. But where good tunes go, good booze follows, so it's no surprise that the city enjoys a lively local beer scene, as well. The city's brewing history dates back to the 1800s, when German immigrants first settled in the area. The rise and fall of Gerst Brewing Company, one of the first established Nashville breweries, left people thirsting for local beer after the company closed its doors in 1954. In the last decade of the century, a boom of brewpubs brought the drinking class some newer, more exotic styles of beer, and the people of Nashville have been under the influence" of creative brewing ever since. Food, beverage and travel writer Chris Chamberlain tells the story of beer from the Music City and introduces us to the breweries and beer lovers that make up a local scene well worth raising a glass to."
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Nashville Beer:: A Heady History of Music City Brewing

Nashville Beer:: A Heady History of Music City Brewing

by Chris Chamberlain
Nashville Beer:: A Heady History of Music City Brewing
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Nashville Beer:: A Heady History of Music City Brewing

Nashville Beer:: A Heady History of Music City Brewing

by Chris Chamberlain

Overview

Nashville's main industry is music. But where good tunes go, good booze follows, so it's no surprise that the city enjoys a lively local beer scene, as well. The city's brewing history dates back to the 1800s, when German immigrants first settled in the area. The rise and fall of Gerst Brewing Company, one of the first established Nashville breweries, left people thirsting for local beer after the company closed its doors in 1954. In the last decade of the century, a boom of brewpubs brought the drinking class some newer, more exotic styles of beer, and the people of Nashville have been under the influence" of creative brewing ever since. Food, beverage and travel writer Chris Chamberlain tells the story of beer from the Music City and introduces us to the breweries and beer lovers that make up a local scene well worth raising a glass to."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626195394
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 10/21/2014
Series: American Palate
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 1,034,084
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Chris Chamberlain is a food, drink, wine, spirits, travel and personal interest writer based in Nashville. He is a regular writer for the Nashville Scene and their Bites"? food blog as well as Nashville Lifestyles magazine and has contributed to the Nashville City Paper, Her Nashville, Relish, Julep, Local Palate, the Bourbon Review, 2001 Edgehill and Gravy. He is the author of "The Southern Foodie" and its sequel, "The Southern Foodie's Guide to the Pig."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5

Introduction 7

I Nashville Brewing in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

1 The Rise of Nashville Brewing in the Nineteenth Century: "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" 13

2 William Gerst Brewing Company: "Roll Out the Barrel" 18

3 Nashville's Brewery Scene Goes Dark and the Rise of the "Killer B's": "The Waiting Is the Hardest Part" 27

4 Bohannon Brewing Company/Market Street Pub: "The Y'all Come Back Saloon" 29

5 Blackstone Brewing Company: "Black Water" 32

6 Boscos Pizza Kitchen and Brewery. "Memphis in the Meantime" 43

7 Big River Grille and Brewing Works/Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery: "Rollin' on the River" 50

II Middle Tennessee's Twentieth-Century Craft Beer Renaissance

8 Yazoo Brewing Company: "My Head's in Mississippi" 59

9 Calfkiller Brewing Company: "Goin' Up the Country" 68

10 Cool Springs Brewery: "Suburban Legends" 77

11 Jackalope Brewing Company: "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar" 83

12 Turtle Anarchy Brewing Company: "Happy Together" 90

13 Fat Bottom Brewing: "You Make the Rocking World Go 'Round" 96

14 Mayday Brewery: "Gall It Heavy Metal" 102

15 Czann's Brewing Company: "French Kissing in the USA' 108

16 Black Abbey Brewing Company: "Paint It Black" 114

17 Tennessee Brew Works: "Mr. Roboto" 122

18 Little Harpeth Brewing: "River of Dreams" 132

III Other Brewery Projects: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

19 Brewing in the Hinterlands: "Darkness on the Edge of Town" 141

20 Contract Brews: "Workin' for a Living" 144

21 Breweries That Didn't Make It: "Another One Bites the Dust" 151

22 Future Middle Tennessee Brewery Projects: "Shapes of Things" 154

23 Service Providers and Associated Groups: "You've Got a Friend" 158

Timeline of Major Nashville Breweries 165

Notable Nashville-area Brewpubs, Taprooms, Craft Beer Bars and Growler Filling Locations 167

Index 171

About the Author 175

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