Crafty Bastard Brewery | Coming Soon

We heard a female voice call out,”are you the people we’re looking for?” as we stepped through the door of the 4th & Gill apartment building. “We sure hope so!” was our reply. It was a warmer than usual November Monday afternoon here in fantabulous Knoxville, Tennessee and we were getting to meet the people behind Crafty Bastard Brewing for the first time. Jen Parker and Aaron McClain were ready for us – glasses ready and beers chosen.

We had barely shaken Aaron’s hand before he began telling us what he had lined up as if we were old friends – our kind of people. We moved to the porch to enjoy the weather as Aaron poured Berliner Weiss in four glasses and began telling us about their approach with this beer before noting that half way through he’d add some prickly pear syrup as was common in Germany. Clean, refreshing, very drinkable – quickly drinkable and with the syrup added, wow – what a change. The beer was perfect for the weather and would only be better paired with a dock on the

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