Today is the start of Memphis Beer Week, the first annual celebration of craft beer in the Bluff City. Let’s have a look at events going on Downtown today:
The Flying Saucer is hosting Sour Hour at 4 PM, tapping a sour beer collaboration between New Belgium and Yazoo breweries. In addition, they will have Wayan Sour, New Belgium La Folie, and Yazoo Sour Saison. Beers will be paired with desserts from local bakeries and pastry shops.
At 5, Aldo’s Pizza Pies will tap Ghost River Noble Prized Porter. You can be one of the first in the city to try this new release from Memphis’ local brewery.
Ghost River returns to the Beer Week lineup two hours later at 7, when they will be hosting a special beer dinner at McEwen’s. Call the restaurant for menu and reservations.
This is not a Downtown thing, but worth mentioning anyway… I’ve told you in the past how Cash Saver on Madison has a great build-your-own six-pack deal. Well, now I’m hearing that they have a really good bomber shelf too, for those who prefer to supersize their craft beer.
Bark in the Park is today at AutoZone Park at 1:35 PM. Dogs and their owners can sit in a special section and watch the Redbirds game. I hear that Vegas will be there and she is super excited about the game.
The MemphisWeather.net blog reports that the Mississippi River is on its spring rise, but not enough that Memphis in May events will be threatened this year.
Random pro wrestling video of the week: The Freedom Fighters debut in Memphis Wrestling, spring 1985. Jim Hellwig and Steve Borden made their first appearance. They had absolutely zero personality at the time.
Random pro wrestling video of the week #2: Several months later, Hellwig and Borden made their debut in the Universal Wrestling Federation (formerly Mid-South Wrestling). By that point they were a heel team, The Blade Runners, Rock and Sting, managed by “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert. Rock got fired from the UWF the following year. He went to World Class Wrestling and became the Dingo Warrior, then went on to fame in the WWF as The Ultimate Warrior, then legally changed his name to Warrior Warrior (I’m not making this up) and showed up at WCW Halloween Havoc ’98 for a horrible match and a huge payday. Sting became… well, Sting, the greatest wrestler never to perform in the WWF/E. He’s still active in TNA Wrestling in his 50s. Anyway, as for the video itself, great entrance music and great posing after the match, as if to say, “Not only are we huge, we’re also batshit crazy” (which is actually true in real life for the Warrior).
I think people may have taken a comment I made here yesterday the wrong way. People got the impression that I think it’s silly that some of my friends sit on a rooftop and look at Rajun Cajun Crawfish Fest, rather than being physically present at the festival itself. Not so! In fact, just the opposite… if I have any objection, it’s that my friends don’t think big enough. Next year they should try to be passengers aboard the international space station, where they can take satellite photos of Rajun Cajun. Because that would be fun, right?
Thanks to my poker buddies Dennis and Will for buying me PBR last night while I watched the Grizzlies game at the Blind Bear. Monday is an absolute must-win road game for the team.
Time to get in the shower and then head out to Rajun Cajun! It’s on the river between Union and Beale. If you look for me, look to your left, look to your right, but no need to look up, because I’ll be keepin’ it real on the street all day long.