Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Andy Ashby, one of the founders and organizers of the Cooper-Young Regional Beerfest, to talk about the history of the festival and what we can expect this year.
The Cooper-Young Regional Beerfest will be held this Saturday, October 15th, from 1-5 p.m., in the parking lot of Life Link Memphis.
Where’d the idea of the CY Regional Beerfest come from?
I’m on the board of the Cooper Young Community Association, and a lot of the board members are also really into beer…I was thinking we needed another fund-raiser, and we were all like, ‘wouldn’t it be cool to do a beer festival?’ We’re all friends and we’re all into beer, so it didn’t even really feel like a lot of work.