Did you know that Black Friday is one of the biggest days in our local craft beer scene? Some people spend it shopping. We like to spend it celebrating a crazy day of dark beers!

Now to the special releases:

Creature Comforts – Curious No. 14 and No. 15 plus Opening the cellar door event featuring re-releases of Wood Cellar and Mixed Ferm beers. Concurrence Blend 1, Blend 2, Blend 3, Subtle Alchemy 001, 002, 003, and Existence

Variant Brewing – Splodey King crowler release. 11% with Hawaiian black lava sea salt, black cherry, blackberry, and black currant

Dry County Brewing – Mint Chocolate Stout release

Orpheus Brewing – Stouts All The Way Down: The Cinnamon Duality: Cassia – imperial stout aged in rye whiskey barrels with Cassia cinnamon, 13%, tasting room only, 375ml bottles and Stouts All The Way Down: The Cinnamon Duality: Ceylon – imperial stout aged in rye whiskey barrels with Ceylon cinnamon, 13%, tasting room only, 375ml bottles

Cherry Street Taproom – Old as Shit Imperial Stout will be available in 16oz 4-Packs for Black Friday Kegs N’ Eggs. Which is a Russian Imperial Stout base beer infused with Cocoa Nibs and Vanilla Bean soaked in Jeremiah Weed Sarsaparilla Whiskey. Black Friday Black IPA, Shutdown Stout, Barrel Aged Shutdown Stout, D.E.C.O.S.

Steady Hand Beer Co. – Imperial Coffee Stout release

Printers Ale Mfg Co – Printers Ale Artifact Barrel Aged Imperial Stout is a rich, decadent, layered, smooth, and born from a grain bill of over 10 malts. 4 editions of this will be released. This stout was aged in emptied bourbon and whiskey barrels from ASW aged for 6 months.

Second Self Beer – Albatross, a dark beer fermented in bourbon barrels

Scofflaw Brewing – Cognac Barrel Aged Absentium Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Absentium Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Vanilla Absentium Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Coffee Absentium Stout, Bourbon Barrel Aged Hazelnut Absentium Stout, Rum Barrel Aged Coconut Absentium Stout

Torched Hop Brewing – 2 new Imperial Stouts (more info to be announced)

Three Taverns Brewery – German Chocolate Helms Deep, Enchantress Luxure, The Dirty Dirty, Black Portent, and Feest Noel

New Realm Brewing -Pastry Porter Horse

Tucker Brewing Company – Rum Barrel-Aged Rauchbier

Rome City Brewing – Milk Chocolate Peppermint Stout Crimmus Beer

And also a smorgasbord of special beer tappings:

Wrecking Bar Brewpub  – Open at Lunch. Pouring Jemmy Stout, Siberius Maximus, Siberius Minimus and more

Dry County Brewing – Mint Chocolate Stout, Gourd (Pumpkin spice Old 41 Oatmeal Stout), KBA, Barrel Aged Quad, Bad Hombre, Rye Barrel Bad Hombre, Rum Raisin Porter Cask

Steady Hand Beer Co. – Imperial Coffee Stout, Pecan Pie Porter, Otzi Black Lager, Future Mind Porter, and Rif Mountain Stout

SweetWater Brewing – Heaven’s Stout – Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout aged for 3 years in Heaven Hill barrels, Proof of Heaven – Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with chocolate and raspberries, Sinner’s Son with Coconut, Sinner’s Son with Orange, Sinner’s Son Mexican Coffee,  and Sinner’s Son Double Coffee

Second Self Beer– Oathbreaker, Albatross, Bourbon Barrel Aged Mole Porter, Bourbon Barrel Aged Mole Porter w/ Coffee, The Rapture Will Be Televised (last keg!), Manic Pixie Dream (last keg!), 2018 Older Olye, 2017 Oldest Olye, El Velorio, and Mole Porter

Burnt Hickory Brewery – Big Shanty,  BBA Thrilla in Da Nilla (bourbon barrel vanilla shanty), Mother Superior (frosted sugar cookie stout), I Did It All for the Cookie (oreo stout), Snicky Snicks. Snickers Stout,  Allman’s Joy. Coconut Choco Stout, Wilfred Brimley Reese’s Stout, Kolb’s Farm Maps and Legends, BBA Kolb’s Farm, The Return of Shanty Claus, Breakfast of Chumpions French toast Shanty, Super Powerhead orange Creamsicle IPA.

New Realm Brewing – Pastry Porter Horse and Parting Shot Black IPA

A ton of breweries are open for special hours as well. Be sure to check their Facebook accounts for the latest.

Southern Beer Tours Gift Cards Also Available

While your Black Friday shopping, grab a gift card for your loved ones for this Christmas. Our gift cards never expires. You can purchase a specific tour type, add a dollar amount, or select add-ons like Fox Brothers BBQ delivered on tour, for the ultimate Beer Tour Gift. Buy them now