Brewhouse South

A bit of a schizophrenic place that can’t decide if InBev or craft rules the day. Bud advertisements are everywhere, and I counted almost a dozen different macro adjunct lagers on the list - since they all taste similar, why so many? The craft part of the menu is actually very strong, but it’s scattered throughout the menu, they should at least separate out the macro pale lagers. Bottle list is good too. Sports bar feel, with TVs everywhere. Food was standard pub grub, but tasty enough. Friendly service.

Visited in July of 2015 and was impressed with the selection and especially the service. Bartenders knew their beer and enjoyed the food as well. Recommend if you are in the area. This is coming from a visitor to TN so I don’t know what is available in the stores or at other places.

I was pleasantly surprised with this place. I had the Shin er Christmas ale, which has a very delicate balance of flavors, and my pint poured so cleanly, I couldn’t have done it better from a bottle. I have come to expect dirty tap line, but this place does not have them. the bartenders were also very knowledgeable about the beers they had on tap, up to a point of being able to tell me what was available without having to look it up (and they have a lot of beers). The selection is smaller than Flying Saucer, but it is also more diverse.

Got to check this place out while I’m back in town for a few weeks. The bar was long and spacious, also lots of booths and table seating. Tap selection was large and looked awesome at first, but after looking at it a little more, I realized that 90% of the taps can be bought in local grocery stores. There was nothing really special on tap like you usually find at the Midtown location. I got the cajun sampler- red beans and rice, gumbo, jambalaya. I swear to god i put there cajun food to shame when I cook it on my own. Oh well, I wasn’t expecting much anyway. Another thing that bothered me was the fact that the bartender was going outside every 20 minutes or so to smoke what smelled like a cigar, maybe it was a philly or black and mild or something because it was more dank than a cigarette aroma, it could have been a weed blunt, not that I care that he was smoking necessarily, other than the fact that it was all I could smell on my glass when he poured the beers. The setup of the restaurant is way more open than the Midtown location since this used to be a Texas Roadhouse. I would take the outright cigarette smoke and cramped hell of the Midtown location along with the better tap list than this place on most days.