He didn’t plan to make beer history when he asked a brewer friend to help him craft a beer to pour at his booth during Brewfest, Knoxville’s seminal spring beer festival. What Zack Roskop did was strike a spark that lit a brewing powderkeg that would echo among the cities’ bars for years to come….
With sandwiches like the Danny Davito and the Johnny Knoxville we were curious. Then they mentioned a 5 pound hotdog. And a giant PBR. Curious Dog had us hooked the moment we looked through the window. Matt Weidenhamer is a mad scientist. Inside his laboratory, a small corner shop hidden down a side…
“You crafty bastard.” That was it. Aaron McClain and Jen Parker, the brains behind Knoxville’s soon to open nanobrewery found their name. Crafty Bastard Brewery will be something that Knoxville desperately needs. They won’t be huge, they won’t distribute across the country, and they might not have the same beers every month. …
Knoxville’s Brewers Jam is a who’s who of brewers, but none have the lineage of Woodruff’s Brewing. What’s their history with the event?
Officially Old North Knoxville’s newest bar and beer store has been open for a couple of weeks, however Saturday night was the actual grand opening to one of the hippest new beer joints in the Happy Holler area of Knoxville. We were there to make a dent in their beer list and to take in…