Last week, I was hanging out at the Saucer and decided to get some beers done for my plate. I saw two new ones by Yazoo, a brewery up I-40 a ways in Nashville. The Saucer has carried their Dos Perros and Pale Ale on draft for a while. The two new beers, however, come in bottles.
Yazoo Sue is a rauchbier, or smoked beer.
I’ve already tried one rauchbier, Aecht Schlenkeria, and it tasted like a trip to BBQ Fest. It was like drinking a glass of smoked bacon. Good thing I love bacon. Yazoo Sue is similar. It’s not a beer I’d want to drink every day, but it’s tasty when in the mood for it. Here’s what the Saucer has to say about Yazoo Sue (click to see the image in a larger size):
Yazoo Hop Project is a unique beer indeed, a member of the IPA family.
The brewers use a different combination of hops with every batch they make, so you’re never getting the same beer twice. You can look at the side of the bottle to see when your beer was brewed:
You can then go to the brewery’s blog (yazoobrew.blogspot.com) to read about the hops used in your beer. It looks like I had batch 34, brewed the third week of August. They used Warrior hops at the beginning of the boil, then added a hop they’ve never used before, Sorachi Ace.
Here’s what the Saucer has to say about Yazoo Hop Project:
The good news is that neither of these beers will put a big hurt on your wallet. If I remember correctly, Sue was $5 and Hop Project was $4.75. At this point in my push toward my next plate (about 145 beers down, 55 to go) inexpensive beers are always appreciated.
If you’re a fan of beer, these are both worth trying.