Yazoo Brewing
Yazoo Hop Project #59
The 59th release in Yazoo’s Hop Project Series is now available. Here are the stats:
First wort hops – Nugget and Cascade
30 minute hops – Columbus
5 minute hops – Galaxy, Nugget, and Cascade
Dry hops – Columbus
The Galaxy and Cascade hops are really nice together in this one.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Middle TN, Memphis, Central MS. One time brew.
Yazoo Fresh Hop #58 A Fresh Hop
Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) is brewing a fresh hopped IPA today destined for the Hop Project series. #58 features 200 lbs of amarillo hops picked August 31st.
Yazoo is using a new brewing method for this brew. Not a brew geek, stop here. You’ll see #58 on shelves in September.
The method:
We boiled the wort for the standard 75 minutes, and then transferred the wort back into our lauter tun, adding half the wet fresh hops in the lauter tun. We let the wort steep with the wet hops for 30 minutes, then chilled the wort down on the way to the fermenter. We then transferred another mash into the lauter tun, which still held the wet hops from the previous batch ( a kind of mash-hopping of the second batch). We then boiled the second batch, and used the other half of the wet hops again in the lauter tun with the second batch.
Sounded good on paper, but the wet hops made the second batch a sticky mess. Thank you to Quinn, our head brewer, for sticking it out over a 12 hour day to make sure we finished the brew. [YazooBrewing]
Yazoo Bottles Hop Project #57
Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) just bottled Hop Project #57. The Project series is easily one of the most prolific in the U.S.
Per Linus Hall, Brewmaster:
First wort hopped with Nugget, then Magnum at 75 mi n and 30 min, Nugget at 30 min, Cascade at 5 min, and dry hopped with Columbus.
Yazoo Talks Fresh Hop, Sly Rye Porter, Gerst, Distribution
Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) is busy. A steady stream of hop projects, new beers, and in 2012, expanded distribution.
In the brewery’s most recent newsletter, Yazoo out lines some new stuff on the way.
Yazoo recently teamed up with Sulphur Farms in Tennessee source fresh cascade hops for an upcoming Hop Project beer.
Sly Rye Porter – Arriving late fall.
Gerst 6 packs– A beer brewed in Nashville by William Gerst Brewing Company is being revived by Yazoo. Gerst closed it’s doors in 1954, but the beer was revived in the ’90s by Evansville Brewing. Due out early 2012.
The 10,000 question has been – Where will Yazoo Brewing go next? Brewer Linus Hall and company will address this formally in 2012. Pic below is from Sulphur Farms hop picking day. [Newsletter]
Yazoo Hop Project #56 Features Galaxy Hops
Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) is releasing #56 in the hop project series, with an IPA featuring galaxy hops.
Galaxy hops are an Australian breed, high in alpha acids. First bred in 1994, galaxy was crossed with a male Perle hop. Galaxy hop flavor has been described as citrus & passionfruit.
About Hop Project:
This brew is an India Pale Ale by style, but that is where the similarity to most IPAs ends. Each consecutive batch of Hop Project is brewed with a different blend of spicy, aromatic hops, never using the same blend twice. It’s a Hophead’s dream come true! Check the bottled on date and our blog to decode what specific hop varieties we used in that batch.
Yazoo Potentially Expanding. Georgia Next?
CORRECTION: Yazoo Has NOT pulled out of Mississipi. Just not hitting any new markets there.
Yazoo Brewing (Nashville, TN) is potentially expanding. The current 10 man brewing operation has seen 50% growth in the past year. Riding high on this growth, is expansion possible? Linus Hall says maybe. Apparently the brewery had to slow distribution expansion in Mississipi (an unfortunately dry desert for good beer already) to keep up with demand in the southeast.
Yazoo brewmaster Linus Hall said on Nashville Public Radio:
“We want to see if this growth is sustainable. We’re contemplating putting a lot of money into expansion and more capacity and if all the sudden the market falls off our cools off, we’ll be stuck with a lot of equipment we can’t use.”
Atlanta is a big and expanding beer market. It’s save to say that a brewery expansion would be needed to not only keep up with demand, but reach new markets. Stay postive. <NashvillePublicRadio>
