Les Jones

East Tennessee > In Search of Efes Beer in Knoxville

Does anyone know where to get Efes Turkish beer in Knoxville? Melissa and I had it in New York and liked it a bunch.

LATER: We stopped by Sam's Party Store after the UT game hoping he'd have it. No luck. What he did have was some darned fine Wurzburger Oktoberfest </obligatory German spelling>.

I love me some Octoberfest. The sadly defunct New Knoxville Brewing Company had a great one that I drank at the Black Mountain music festival with Al Cruzen, one of the company's founders. He had a pup tent set up with two kegs of the stuff. Drink all you want. Good times. Al's brother is also a brewmaster and a nice guy. It must run in the family.

Does anyone know why Octoberfests aren't made year round? I hate sitting in front of the calendar 11 months out of the year, crossing out dates as the season slowly approaches.