(Edit: Just received an update from one of the managers at the Saucer. The license loss only affects the low-alcohol beer (under 6%). Over 6% is considered liquor by the state, and is covered by a different license, so the Cordova Saucer can still legally sell the high-alcohol beers. Just sip ’em a little slower than you would a Bud Light. Also, the Downtown Saucer is not affected in any way by what happened this afternoon in Cordova. That means I’ll be at the Downtown Saucer enjoying a Sunset Wheat in about 30).
This afternoon I received a phone call from a friend of mine who was at the East Bumblefuck Flying Saucer on Germantown Parkway for a business function. Shortly before he got there, he was told, the police arrived and walked out with the business’s beer license. They can only serve liquor until they get it back, which is not good considering they’re a beer bar. He didn’t have details why the permit was pulled. Not sure if this affects the Downtown Saucer, but I don’t think it does. I certainly hope it doesn’t, with one of my favorite beers, Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat, on Fire Sale today. Certainly does suck for Cordovans, who won’t be able to get their favorite beers, Coors Light for example, tonight at their Saucer.
Speaking of beer, the South Main Association’s monthly meeting will be this Tuesday, August 12, at the Boscos Beer brewery at 827 S. Main (Main at Crump). There will be a tour of the brewery and a tasting. Sounds like my kind of meeting! It will start at 6 PM, free for SMA members, $5 for non-members. Boscos are the ones brewing the delicious Ghost River beers that have shown up at the Saucer recently.
The owners of Calhoun’s Sports Bar & Grill on GE Patterson asked me to let everyone know about upcoming expanded football hours. Starting August 30, the bar will open at 11 AM every Saturday for college football, and will have the ESPN College Football GamePlan. Starting September 7, the bar will open at 11 AM every Sunday for NFL football, and will have the NFL Ticket.
Over on Memphis Limelight, another Downtown blogger chimes in with thoughts about the 50 cent PBR draft at the Red Rooster tonight, and having to endure country music to get it. Lots of other good stuff there as well.