Yazoo Brewing Co

I was there with a large business group that had planned for a fun afternoon of beer and a tour and payed a not small amount of money to be there. What we found was a bunch of pretentious aging hipster d-​bags who were way to cool for our business. The simple act of asking for a glass of water was met with a sneer and instructions to go to the faux beer keg for lukewarm water in a small plastic cups. I was struck by the fact that everyone from the barmaids to the manager to the bouncer were a-​holes. This place sucks beyond belief.

Yazoo’s manufacturing facility in the Gulch neighborhood of Downtown Nashville is the place to go to get a great pint of their very fresh beer. Inside and outside, sit, sip, drink, and chat to folks. $ 4 for a pint plus $ 1 as a tip is quite reasonable.
Well organized compared to some beer spots, they have a sign directing people to only order their beer under the sign that says «BEER» so there isn’t a five deep crush at the bar. It’s an organized queue.
Not much for food here. They have a cheese and crackers snack, but that’s about it.
They do have some parking. They close at 8:00 PM. *sad face*

We were told we should try this brewery as it is one of the popular ones to visit in Nashville. It was very crowded inside.
Beers are a good deal ($ 4 each). You can get 6 of their pre-​chosen tasters for $ 11. Their porter was okay, not the best I’ve ever had. Definitely a lot lighter of a porter than most.

My sister brought me here while I was visiting a couple weeks ago. There is a decent amount of seating inside and a nice patio outside, which is where we enjoyed our beer. I had the Dos Perros and would definitely recommend. Had an overall good experience. FYI there isn’t much parking and street parking is likely.

I stopped in during a recent trip to Nashville and enjoyed my brief visit.
A great little taproom with hustling and friendly workers and exactly the atmosphere you want in a place where you’re going to have «a couple».
I had the Hop Perfect IPA and it was good-​I agree with the title in terms of the amount of hops. Hefeweizen was enjoyed as was the Sly Rye Porter. I was in need of headwear, so purchased a baseball cap from their merchandise corner. I now wear it proudly and find passersby asking what is Yazoo.

Alright everyone let’s play a mini version of «Never Have I Ever» regarding breweries!
1)Never Have I Ever… been offered a beer sampler in a life size ping pong paddle
–Ok so maybe it’s not a literal ping pong paddle but the sampler tray was definitely unique and exclusive to Yazoo and it’s brand. Each mark is labeled to let you know what beer you’re sampling.
2) Never Have I Ever… carried a crate full of beer from the bar to my table
–At Yazoo if you have groups of six doing their signature beer tasting they’ll lose the tasting paddles and just give you a good ol’ fashioned milk crate. 1950s had milk deliveries and we have beer crates! P. S. the beer crate is labeled as Welcome To Unilocal!l!
3) Never Have I Ever… enjoyed an inconsistent Hop Project where each brew had a different taste for their IPA.
— Don’t get me wrong, majority of their beers were great (there was one that the group wasn’t too crazy about) but I just loved how a permanent beer was a seasonal beer at the same time. Dependent on the mood of the brewer you never know what to expect!
Looks like I lost… can anyone ship me a case of Yazoo so I can fulfill my punishment of losing?
All games aside you should definitely head on over so you can check out the Nashville craft beer scene and the neat gift shop they have including the ability to take home a six pack.

We were in town visiting from So Cal and decided to check this place out. It has a totally cool and fun vibe inside. The beers were delicious. The bartenders were great! When we visit Nashville again, we will be back!

A taproom that allows families with kids, awesome! $ 4 pints!!! $ 11 for a prefixed flight of 5 brews. Very affordable, friendly and tours, too! Wished I liked the lighter stuff; lots more ipa’s and sours on tap. The Sly Rye Porter is the only legitimate dark one and it was clean and light tasting. Great place for solos and small groups. Opened at 4pm and filled up quickly by 4:30.

It only cost $ 8 per person to go on the tour on a weekday. I’m not sure if it costs more on the weekend.
For that price you receive a souvenir glass and 3 samples of beer as well as an informative and interesting tour.

Stopped in after eating at Peg Leg Porker. Tried a couple of their brews and enjoyed them. The hef was good along with Daddy O. Had the Mexican amber several times around town.
Overall I thought they did a good job with their beers and recommend a stop to try them

For the beer scene in Nashville, I really liked this place. The beer was solid and the place was casual with open seating. They don’t serve food but there was a food truck outside. It’s a bit weird because TN liquor laws make «high gravity» beers taxed differently and you can’t order two beers (one for yourself and another person) if the beers are over 6.2%, so both people have to stand in line.
You can get a flight of beers that come in a cool wooden holder, but I didn’t get one because you can’t choose which beers you want in the flight — it’s a set flight.
I have been to breweries in other cities that I prefer over Yazoo but for Nashville, I’d recommend this casual hangout place to get a good beer. There are also several great restaurants and bars close to Yazoo that you could walk to.

Great local beers, the Hop Project was my favorite, being a IPA lover it makes sense! Atmosphere was very nice and even though pretty packed, they chopped down the line fairly quickly with welcoming staff at the bar. Community seating is fairly common so just politely ask if you see available seats and I’m sure you’ll make some new friends if you’re sociable. =)

I don’t know if there is room to express how much I like this brewery and the people who work there. They epitomize the hospitality that our city is known for.
It is Nashville’s oldest and best brewery, with top quality beers and a genuine commitment to the local beer scene. My personal favorite is Hop Perfect (aka Hop Project 86, aka 10 Year IPA) but you can find something to satisfy every palate.
If you are a local or just visiting Nashville this brewery should be on the top of your list.

Tennessee has some truly backward beer laws … anything over 6.2 percent ABV is taxed as liquor. Because of that, I haven’t found too many great Tennessee-​made beers or breweries in Nasvhille. But Yazoo is the best of those I’ve been to thus far.
This is a no-​frills place, albeit in an up-​and-​coming neighborhood. They don’t serve food, though there are usually food trucks outside. You walk in and wait in one line for a beer, and then you find a seat or a spot at the patio.
There is luckily a wide selection of beers. You can order several in a flight, but for some odd reason the beer selection in the flight is selected by the bar and can’t be changed. Thought that was odd. I would have gone with a flight to try many beers, but I didn’t want to waste time with a pale ale and a hefeweizen.
Despite the weird liquor laws, there were a couple of «grown-​up» beers. I ordered the Sue, a malty, smoky 9 percenter served in a 12-​oz glass. It was very tasty and possibly the best Nashville-​made beer I’ve ever had. My wife had a double-​IPA that tasted, well, like a double IPA. It’s pretty hard to mess those up.
One great thing this place has going for it is it’s cheap. Pints of normal beers and 12-​oz pours of «high-​gravity» beers (anything over 6.2 percent, as if a 6.5 percent beer is high-​gravity) are just $ 4. It seems like a cool atmosphere where a lot of young people hang out.
I’ve been to countless breweries, and no place in Nashville is going to rate among the best simply because they have one hand tied behind their back by the government. But Yazoo is worth a trip if you’re in Music City and are searching for a local beer hangout.

I’ve enjoyed see Yazoo grow through my 6 years in town. When I first arrived in Nashville, it was just getting settled in to the brewery and felt like a startup. Now, it feels like a well thought-​out brand with a fantastic hangout as it’s taproom. Beer-​focused beer purists clearly have been running it the whole time, though.
I haven’t dropped by Yazoo in a while and stopped in on Saturday to try their Daddy-​O Pilsner. We’re trying to decide between beers for the wedding and I’d yet to try this little guy. As it turns out, I was quickly reminded of what I missed about visiting Yazoo.
It’s a vibrant atmosphere for beer lovers with the best variety of options of any of the breweries in town (Mantra seems to be gaining on it) available for the public in the taproom. They care about the quality of their work and it shows. I love bread-​y beer and their Pilsner certainly hit the spot. It was yeast and bread with a light crisp finish and I’m choosing it for the wedding if I can get my hands on it. I say all this to say that, if you haven’t been to Yazoo in a while, go back. It’s worth it.
Pros:
Vibrant taproom with fantastic selection
Cons:
Crowd and the lines
Overall:
The beer here is still the most well-​rounded and professional in Nashville. It’s easy to overlook for all of the other options in town now but Yazoo’s quality shouldn’t be discounted. They make a really good beer and that’s what you want from them!

Love their Sue imperial porter – very rich, with slight chocolatey notes at the end. Only $ 4 or so for a 10 ounce pour too!
Their pale ale is not my favorite, but I liked their darker beers.
Also, cool ambience with lots of indoor and outdoor seating.

A really cool brewery set in the hip and eclectic neighborhood known as the Gulch. Yazoo is of course a local craft brewery that continues to grow and turns out amazing brews. The brewery has a nice patio for the nice weather days and a large indoor seating area. They serve a pimento cheese dip and a beer and cheese dip, I believe. I wish they would expand their food offerings just a bit or park a food truck outside. The tour was great! It is inexpensive and you get to sample 4 of the beers. All of the guides are funny, personable, and knowledgeable about the history, current operations and future endeavors. The ale and Dos peros was great.
One of the best coffee shops in the country is right across the street also!

While we were in Nashville, we were looking for something to do, my wife found this brewery on travelocity, she saw that it got really good reviews and we decided to go.
Their beer was great and cheap, I liked the Dos Perros, which was named after the owners’ first two dogs, also I liked the pale ale. We got there and asked about their tours, which you can reserve online or if they still have some spots left they will sell you one when you walk up to the tour desk.
Our tour guide #Lucas was great, he kept us laughing throughout the tour, that really made it more interesting and fun.

Their beer is solid. That’s it. End of review. Beer is the reason we all go there. Try the Rye Porter or even the Sue if you’re up for it. You can get Yazoo’s ale and Dos Perros throughout the city.
But I’ll continue because I also took a brewery tour. It was great. Lucas showed us around and he was funny and informative and has a talent of speaking rather fast. But you’ll get what he tries to say. You even get a free 5oz glass (yaayyy!).
Yes that’s it. Don’t expect to spot unicorns. It’s a brewery not the forbidden forest of Harry Potter! Although after a few drinks you’ll start to fly. Cheers!

My boyfriend and I recently visited Nashville, and one of the first things we did was pick up some beer for our hotel room. Without knowing about Yazoo, we purchased their beer to bring back to our room.
The beer was phenomenal! While in Nashville, we wanted to do a brewery tour and we were so happy Yazoo offered one.
The tour was cheap, funny and friendly. We got there a half hour earlier than planned, and we were able to catch an earlier tour no problem. The beer you sample is delicious, and the information was very present in the tour. We learned so much and were happy to gain insight on the company itself.
We took some beer to bring back home, and even got some souvenirs. This is a wonderful place is you want to do a tour, and have a relaxing time.

This place is everything you could want in a small craft brewery. Amazing beer, great tours, and friendly people, check them out!

The brewery tour was lack luster. Really not worth your time or money. I haven’t been on many tours but for being the premier brewery in Nashville I expected much more.

My girlfriend and I visited Yazoo for a Saturday brewery tour. It was both of ours first brewery tour ever and the guy that did the tour (Tall guy, loud voice, made a lot of jokes) did a great job with mixing in humor, information and Yazoo history.
All the beers were great, with the Pale Ale being my favorite. We drove from Georgia so I got a growler filled up to take home with us.
Overall a great experience — for $ 8 you can’t beat the tour and the glass they let you take home is pretty cool. The taproom is lively and pretty busy. If I was a Nashville local I would definitely consider this a go-​to hangout spot.
¹⁰⁄₁₀ –would tour again.

Had a great time visiting this local brewery! We took a tour and it was great. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and energetic. We got to taste samples of 3 different brews during the tour. A great brewery with a wonderful background story. My favorite was Dos Perros and the Hefeweizen. Excited for them to expand into other states. Yum!

Best brewery we visited in Nashville, based on the variety of the beer selection. We have seen Yazoo beers on draft throughout the South, so were not especially motivated to check out the brewery while we were in town. But oddly (I mean, this was really strange to us), Yazoo is the ONLY brewery in town open before 4pm on a Friday. We needed a Friday afternoon activity, so we stopped in.
We got super lucky because Yazoo was having an anniversary party, so drafts were incredibly cheap and there was a festive atmosphere, but even at full price, this would have been our favorite stop. To me, the point in visiting the source is to try beers you can’t normally find. Yazoo totally delivers by having some special stuff on tap, including a couple of different wild and sour beers, at least two different IPA’s and a gose.
Seating inside is ample and comfortable, kind of middle of the spectrum in terms of breweries that run from super sleek/​restaurant-​like to garage/​warehouse-​like. That patio was a bit small, which for this city is a bummer since weather is nice for so much of the year. But Yazoo is definitely worth a stop!

Cute, homey atmosphere in downtown Nashville. Buy your tickets ahead of time; they sell out quickly and only have limited numbers. Parking can be difficult as the lot is small and street parking is hard to find. We each got a flight of their sample beers. No complaints! Beer cheese dip cool and refreshing as well.

I went yahoo for Yazoo.
My favorite brewery tour on my day of brewery tours was Yazoo.
Was it the award winning wheat beers? The amazing sample of food the food trucks from outside let us have? Was it our super fun and quirky your guide? It was it all.
The complex is in the old corsair distillery. Which prior to that was a warehouse that made electronic equipment for other warehouses (yes, weird I know) The head brew master trained at Brooklyn Brewery and learned a thing or two from up there, back by my ways.
The tour was nice, not too long, and came with some great enthusiasm. She was easily the best tour guide of the day. The beers here are all stellar. Even if you don’t like a certain type of beer, it wasn’t all that bad. They didn’t get too hoppy with their IPAs, and I appreciate that.
Easily the best bang for your buck if checking out the breweries in The Gulch.

Our sampler tray came a little precarious looking in the six round hole peg board but it was all good. We had fun sampling the beers out of the cute little goblets. They had plenty of seating though the place was packed and really really loud, adding to the festivities. Definitely a fun way to kill an hour or so in the area. We shared a sampler and that was a good idea but for those who are true drunks, it’s a good idea to get your own.

If you go to one brewery in Nashville, make this the one! The first time I was here, I only had time for one beer, but this time I made sure I took in the experience of the brewery. People were waiting in line before the brewery even opened; it’s not just a Fourth of July thing, because it was also packed back in November. There’s nothing flashy about Yazoo, but that’s what I like about it. They don’t need to overcompensate for anything — the beer is the center of this place. No one is walking around with cheese plates, nor are there half drunken glasses of beer sitting around.
We had the sour, the porter and the hefeweizen (and I had Sue last time). It’s unfortunate that we couldn’t try more, because it was obvious all four had been hand crafted and fine tuned to perfection.
Sue is a hit, but if there’s one beer you have to try it is the hefeweizen. It will blow you away.

Beer is pretty good, but the tour is worth it, especially for only $ 8.
The amber ale is my favorite. We were in town for a bachelor party and the tour and bar are a great idea for a bachelor party. Tour is only 40 minutes and tech attached bar is a good time.

We stopped in for a tour as we just love visiting craft breweries any time we’re visiting a new city. A bit on the higher end for price for a beer tour ($ 8) considering we only had 3 samples and got to keep the sample glass, but then again maybe I’m spoiled because I live in Milwaukee most of our tours include a lot more beer for that price. The tour was pretty standard, but felt like it dragged on for the most part — not sure if that was a tour guide problem, or if all tours are the same — either way, I could have skipped the tour.
Overall I felt like their beers were either love or hate — and I still would say it would be worth stopping at just because I love craft beer, but skip the tour and just get a sampler at the bar.

If you know me, you know I love to experience the local flavors wherever I go – so obviously I had to stop at Yazoo on my last visit to Nashville. We actually tried to go last summer when I was in town, but they were sold out before we had a chance to reserve our tickets. Needless to say, I was on top of it this time and purchased our tickets well in advance (you can preorder them on their website). I’m glad I did because boy oh boy, did we get our money’s worth!
First of all, the location is AH-​DOR-​ABLE. Like, I would come here all the time if I lived in town. The patio was the perfect size, but since it wasn’t quite warm enough for outdoor drinking just yet — we opted for the equally perfect inside. But, let’s be honest: we came for the tour. It ran about 45 minutes and holy generous pours! We probably had a total of a pint of samples between the three beers. It’s by no means a large brewery, but I love even the small microbreweries (did you know Yazoo was the first in the state of Tennessee?). After sampling the hefeweizen, we happily stayed for a pint after the tour was over.
I highly recommend checking out Yazoo if you’re a local (like my friends were) or a tourist (like I was) — just remember to get those tickets in advance and get ready for a good time!

Great taproom. Very casual and friendly. Staff is wonderful and helpful. All of their brews on tap and a few light snacks (spiced pecans are amazing).
They have pints for $ 4 or tasters including a nice sampler.
There are a few gifts (glasses and shirts primarily). First time I’ve seen a beer can shaped glass.
The highlight was the tour. Just shy of an hour with tastings (which includes a souvenir glass) with a great guide. We had Lucas tonight who was a joy.
Highly recommended! But get your tickets early as they sell out quickly ($ 8; a bargain at twice the price). Kudos to the entire team here.

Yazooooooooooooo! I feel like I should be yodeling every time I say the name of this brewery.
I went to Yazoo a couple times while in Nashville and really enjoyed the laid back atmosphere. The first time we went just 30 minutes before they were closing so I couldn’t get a sampler. They did let me get a pint though so we drank inside, had an enjoyable time. The second time, I got the sampler and we sat out on the patio. It was a Saturday and it was interesting because everyone on the patio seemed to know each other. It was a super chill time plus there was a food truck onsite for anyone with the munchies.
5 oz pours are just $ 2 and you can get an insane sampler for $ 11. 6 generous pours come in the sampler in a nifty little Yahoo branded holder. You don’t get a choice in the 6 beers given as it’s printed right onto the holder which beer is which.
I tried many brews while at Yazoo Brewery including the Pale Ale (appears to be the flagship beer), Dos Perros, Gerst Amber, Sly Rye Porter, Hefeweizen, Hop Project, Onward Nitro Stout and the 10 Year IPA. Also at various bars I went to, Yazoo was often the only local brew on tap. Based on that, it seems to be the most popular of the Nashville breweries or perhaps the biggest. The two standouts for me were the 10 Year IPA and the Hefeweizens. I like both of those beers best but the rest were just meh to me. I did like the Hefeweizen in particular as it had one of the strongest fruit tastes I’ve ever had in a beer with a lot of banana right at the end. As with most things, to each their own tastebuds and what they enjoy.
Though I wasn’t jumping up and down at each sip of Yazoo’s beer, I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I liked the atmosphere and their prices were spot on. They have quite limited hours being open 4−8pm Wednesday, Thursday & Friday then 12−6pm on Saturday. I would highly recommend popping in on all the Nashville breweries if you’re in town! Yahoo is well worth a visit.

Unilocal Spring Break 2014 is what brought me to Nashville. Oh, & sure, 1 of the 1^st things I did after I got into town was get out of town & run down to Lynchburg to check out Jack Daniel’s. But, after that, I spent most of the rest of my spare time in the Whiskey Belt looking into Nashville’s craft beer scene.
In fact, on the same day I’d gone to Jack Daniel’s, Yazoo Brewing Company was the 1^st place I went to when I got back into Nashville. It had been a long day & Yazoo doesn’t stay open that late, so I strolled in right before closing time. I then proceeded to order their standard 6 taster sampler + 2 seasonal samples.
The sampler was 6, 5oz. pours of their year-​round stuff for $ 11. Each seasonal sampler was also a 5oz. pour for an additional $ 2 each. That’s 40oz. of 8 different beers for $ 15. Not too shabby, not too shabby at all. & despite ordering all that beer so close to their closing time, staff didn’t bat an eyelash as they poured & served my selections.
Quite the contrary, everyone here was friendly, conversational & well-​informed on Yazoo beers. Because of screwy TN liquor laws, all the beers I tried were under 6.2%abv. All told I tried: Pale Ale, Dos Perros, Hefeweizen, Sly Rye Porter, Hop Project 78, Gerst, Helles Bock & 10 Year Anniversary White IPA.
I liked everything. Though, because of the lower %abv, I felt most of the beers, to varying degrees, were a little light on flavor or body. Their Hop Project IPA was quite hoppy, but the hoppiness was much more focused on bittering hops than dry-​hopping for flavor/​aroma. Their 10 Year Anniversary White IPA had more dry-​hopping flavor/​aroma, like a West Coast IPA.
Not surprisingly, being West Coast myself, the 10 Year Anniversary White IPA was my favorite of the bunch. After being the last man standing & closing the place out, I made the short walk back to my hotel. Yazoo Brewing Company was my 1^st Nashville craft brewery & was a great kickoff to exploring the local craft beer scene.