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Yazoo Brewing Company in Nashville is now bottling its historic Gerst Amber Ale. (More info on Gerst is here.)

Check out this video of a Gerst run on April 27. The line puts out about 100-120 cases an hour.

Craft beer fans converged on Handy Park off Beale Street in Downtown Memphis on Saturday for the 3rd annual River City Brewers Festival.

More than 100 different beers were served, from craft beers to homebrews provided by the Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs. There were also plenty of free food samples, from chicken wings to steaks to pork sliders.

Unlike last year’s festival, which was soaked by rain, Mother Nature cooperated, delivering a perfect 85-degree sunny day.

There were two tasting sessions — Session A from noon to 4 p.m., followed by Session B from 6 to 10 p.m. Festival attendees received a commemorative 5-ounce tasting glass and could sample as many beers as they liked.

Some of my favorites were New Belgium’s Shift Lager, Red Brick’s Old Stock Ale, O’Fallon’s Hemp Hop Rye and Widmer Brothers’ Pitch Black IPA.

The sun was on full blast during Session A.

Justin tapped the first keg of Yazoo Brewing Company’s Gerst Amber Ale in Memphis.

Gerst beer, created by William Gerst in 1893, has been recreated by Yazoo.

Boscos Squared’s brewer Adam served up Memphis-brewed craft beer.

Atlanta’s Red Brick Brewing, which has been distributing in Memphis for about a year, served its fantastic Stock Ale in addition a Blonde and Brown.

Laughing Skull Amber Ale, another excellent offering from Red Brick, was served.

The Patrick Dodd Band provided the soundtrack for the day.

Just what everyone needs: a PBR toaster.

A hoppy highlight was New Belgium’s Shift Lager, which made its Memphis debut.

Lazy Magnolia brought a keg of its new Southern Hops’pitality IPA, as well as the Southern Pecan Nut Brown Ale, Deep South Pale Ale and Jefferson Stout.

And, of course, there was cornhole!

Yazoo Brewing Company has brought back a Nashville favorite, Gerst Amber Ale. The beer, created by William Gerst in 1893, was once one of the most popular brands in the South.

The beer has been recreated by Yazoo. (Wanna see the recipe? It’s here.)

Gerst has been available at Yazoo’s taproom for awhile and will soon be bottled at the Nashville craft brewery. The retro-style labels, in fact, have now been approved, Yazoo announced Wednesday.

Good news! After several iterations, everyone involved is happy with the label and six-pack art design, and the ATF signed off on the label approval. We’ve got the labels and six-packs being printed in the next week! It generally takes 3-4 weeks to get all that done, and then you should start to see bottles of Gerst in stores! [source]

Here is the front label. What do you think?