r/NashvilleBeer • u/CraftBeerRobot • 4d ago

Couple updates

Just saw this https://x.com/WaltripBrewing/status/1901790346721231117

And hoppn river North opens up on Saturday. Friday night if you reserved a ticket.

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u/NashvilleLocalsGuide 3d ago

I think Hoppin' is already soft opened. To be frank, their beer menu is "more of the same" and contains all of the usual suspects. I will drive by today and see, but I would not pay for a ticket to get in a day early, unless you want to drink beer you can get at restaurants around town by the ounce.

As for Waltrip, that is interesting. The beer there is fairly marginal, so if they are doing the Broadway $12/pint schtick, I would forgo the beer.

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u/CraftBeerRobot 3d ago

Agree with it all. The reserved ticket i think is free from hoppin but i saw their beer lineup on untapped. If that's correct then it is the usual suspects with a couple i wasn't familiar with

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u/NashvilleLocalsGuide 3d ago

The reality is we have two businesnessmen gloming on a successful franchise with likely no clue about beer. The question here is whether they will survive. Beer geeks will check it out, but with a mediocre list, it will depend on pricing of the beer, as I can get a pint of all of those elsewhere. If it is around 50 - 60 cents per ounce ($6 - around $7.50 per pint), they could win. If more, they are playing the "we can rip off the tourists in Nashville" bullshit everyone else is doing.

I will see about the tickets and check the place out, but I doubt I will do out of anything other than filming the curiousity for the channel I am starting and playing with the novelty.

Personally, I doubt the original people in that location will survive. Once Oracle and all of the other housing is up there, it will be like where Monday Night and other "East Germantown" spots are and they will do well. After the novelty, I don't think a lot of people will trek to River North to pour their own beer. It is much like Hi-Wire, which I think would have gone out of business in that location even if Helene had not hit them hard, as that part is just a block or two too far out of the mainstream gulch and too much construction shutting roads down all the time. A year or two from now, that spot might be hopping.

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u/Commercial_Cow_6752 3d ago

Eh, I’d rather just go straight to the source and support my favorite local breweries.

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u/mrspicytacoman 3d ago

What a lame beer list, was mildly interested in this never been to one b4. I'd imagine u don't have to tip right?