About – Tennessee Beer, Wine & Shine Festival

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The Festival

Since 2010, we are a team of Nashville residents, led by our chair, Bill LaFollette, with a dream of bringing to our Donelson community an event that will enable avid beer and wine aficionados to enjoy sampling craft, seasonal and micro beers, and a variety of wines in the beautiful grounds of Two Rivers Mansion in our community.

One of the earliest and best preserved of the early Italianate houses in Middle Tennessee and part of an 1100-acre plantation located on fertile, rolling land between the Stones and Cumberland Rivers. Two Rivers Mansion was purchased by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County in 1966, the fourteen-acre tract, which includes the mansion is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Overall since the beginning of the Festival (originally Tennessee Beer Festival in 2010, and evolving to Tennessee Beer and Wine Festival in 2015) we have given over $450,000 to charities in the Donelson Hermitage area. The charities that received donations were Two Rivers Mansion, Exchange Family Center, Fifty Forward Donelson Center, Gateway Project of Donelson, Buchanan Log Home, Leadership Donelson Hermitage, Donelson Hermitage Chamber of Commerce, Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce, Holy Rosary Academy and Bambini Montessori.

The Tennessee Beer and Wine Festival is held the third Saturday in October at Two Rivers Mansion. Last year over 1,700 enthusiastic beer tasters showed up for a great afternoon of some of the best craft beer tastings. Over 40 local, national and international breweries were there with a selection of over 100 beers to taste. We are so pleased that we can give money to so many worthwhile non profits while promoting the Donelson Hermitage area through the festival.

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2018

Respective photos immediately above show 2018 checks being presented to left to right: Holy Rosary Academy, Donelson Gateway. Donelson Hermitage Chamber of Commerce.

2017

Bill LaFollette presenting check from 2017 proceeds to Buchanan Log Home’s Cathy Durham.

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Craft Beer

The craft beer movement has been booming across the country, and Nashville has become home to an amazing list of beer breweries.

The Black Abbey Brewing Company – The Black Abbey Brewing Company was founded in 2013 in Nashville Tennessee. We take an artisanal approach to beer, crafting unique and approachable ales from the highest quality ingredients. From our belgian-influenced blonde and abbey ale to our coffee-infused porter and american style pale ale we focus on beers that are delicious, quaffable and refreshing. We hope that you enjoy getting to know our brotherhood of beers and look forward to sharing our brewing vision with you over a pint!

Czann’s Brewing Company – Czann’s Brewing Company has a catalog of several ale recipes that are available year round and seasonally. The Brew Masters overall approach to designing each beer is to strike a balance between solid malt flavor and hop bitterness. Base and most of the specialty malts are supplied by Franco-Belges, one of the largest malteries in Europe. Rather than just adding bitterness, German and American hop varieties are selected to add to the overall flavor of each beer. And finally a clean yeast strain allows the flavor contribution from each ingredient to stand out in every glass. Czann’s is an old family name. Pronounced “zons” the name draws on my German and French ancestry.