Brew Day

By On March 10, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Home Brewing

I went to Brad’s (@thile) house today to help him and Mike (@flyboymike) with an all-grain brew. There was a little excitement when the string suspending the grain bag above the kettle broke while Brad and I were squeezing the wort out of it, but luckily it landed in the kettle and not on either [...]

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Statement from Lucky Town Brewing Co

By On March 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In News and Issues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW MISSISSIPPI BREWERY ‘LUCKY TOWN BREWING’ KICKING UP DUST ON KICKSTARTER.COM

Jackson, MS, USA – If everything goes their way, on March 12, 2012 Lucas Simmons, Chip Jones, Brandon Blacklidge & Angela Aiello will have the budget to begin to make their dream a reality. The group is attempting to make history [...]

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Fourth Annual Miss-I-Sippin Event Coming to Oxford

By On February 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In News and Issues

This press release was just sent to Beer Nut HQ:

(Oxford, MS) We all know that Coors beer is a good compliment to a fully loaded pizza and Dos Equis goes down nicely with a cheesy enchilada. The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council in Oxford, Miss. has become experts in pairing beer with food over the last [...]

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Outlook Improves for Favorable Beer Legislation

By On January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In News and Issues

From the Clarion Ledger:

Previous Senate Finance Committee Chairman Dean Kirby, R-Pearl, prevented past bills from being discussed by his committee — effectively rendering them dead on arrival. He was not reappointed to that post this year.

No new bills have been introduced as of this writing, but this [...]

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2nd Commercial Brewery in MS Closer to Reality

By On October 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News and Issues

From the Madison County Herald:

Lucky Town [brewery] is moving closer to filing the required federal and state paperwork that will lead to its becoming the second licensed brewery in the state of Mississippi.

“We’re not stopping until it’s a reality,” brewmaster Lucas Simmons says. “We’re going to [...]

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