Brewed in Dixie

04/16/2026

Three Gerst Amber neon signs/clock for sale (each sold separately). All in perfect working condition. Clock is from the 1940s, but face has been redone. The 2 Gerst Amber signs are from the late 1980s - early 1990s when brewed by the Evansville Brewing Co. (ignore the mini cans/bottles at the bottom of the third one). Pick-up in Nashville area. Please DM with questions or offers.

03/17/2025

Honoring St. Patrick’s Day with the "Gerst Girl in Green." William Gerst was German, not Irish, but this lithograph advertising his Nashville Brewery (circa 1900) certainly seems appropriate for St. Patrick's Day.

03/03/2025

The Germantown Brewery District historical marker after the March 3, 2020 Nashville Tornado (5 years ago today).

01/23/2025

01/14/2025

Thanks to Pat B. for posting this pic!

The bottling line at the William Gerst Brewing Company in the 1940's.

01/13/2025

Colorized photo of the Diehl and Lord building on the corner of Church and Front Streets along the Cumberland River. Diehl and Lord started importing Schlitz to Nashville and repackaging in 1888.
(📷 circa 1900)

01/09/2025

01/08/2025

https://www.chowhound.com/1750050/first-state-to-package-canned-beer/

Beer didn't always come with a fizzy popped tab. Thanks to a few innovative thinkers and drinkers, this state was the first to get on board with beer cans.

01/03/2025

Diehl and Lord crock bottle - Nashville Tennessee.

12/28/2024

June 30, 1870