Flights open at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Tunica

This is a new favorite place for craft beer lovers

By David Grisham

Enjoy flights of craft beer in 4-ounce glasses to select 16-ounces of your favorite at Flights Craft Brews + Apps at Sam's Town Tunica.

TUNICA RESORTS —Flights Craft Brews + Apps at Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall is celebrating its grand opening on Thursday, Sept. 3. Flights Craft Brews + Apps serves regional craft beer and appetizers and is located on the second floor of the casino next to Twain’s Steakhouse. The soft opening for the bar took place on Aug. 13, so one can enjoy the Flights experience now. In addition to craft beer and apps, also enjoy crafted cocktails and a fine selection of bottled beer.

Craft beers come from breweries that are smaller than large-scale breweries and emphasize quality, flavor and brewing technique. Flights is a great place to sample a variety of craft beers, as “flights” consist of four 4-ounce glasses, each containing a different beer. This allows one to try multiple styles and brands of beer and then order a 16-ounce glass of the beer most preferred.

Flights is open weekly at Sam’s Town, Thursday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to midnight. Alan Handler, Sam’s Town food and beverage manager, said Flights is a great place to eat, relax and enjoy a variety of best-rated craft beers. One can also enjoy sports on the weekend on Flights’ many flat screen HDTV sets in addition to the latest in regional craft beer offerings. “We will be changing beers quarterly. This is the first bar of its type in Tunica. We’re the first casino to bring this concept to Tunica,” Handler said.

Flights is located on the second floor.

The upscale bar has a unique appeal and provides a place to go away from the action of the casino floor. Well lit, with wood paneled walls and lots of bar-top space, one won’t find video poker inside of Flights. It’s all about experiencing beverages, apps and enjoying conversation with friends, or catching some sports action.  There’s also available WiFi. Handler credited the Facilities Department for building Flights and making it possible.

Craft beers currently available at Flights include: Abita Andygator High Gravity, Louisiana; Michelob Amberback, Missouri; Shock Top Lemon Shandy, Missouri, Covington Strawberry Ale, Louisiana, Tine Roof Juke Joint IPA, Louisiana; Southern Prohibition Devil’s Harvest Extra Pale Ale, Mississippi, Wiseacre Get Up to Get Down Coffee Stout, Tennessee, Tin Roof Voodoo Bengal Pale Ale, Louisiana, Chafunkta King Fish Ale, Louisiana; Yalobusha Copperhead Amber Ale, Mississippi and Naked Pig Pale Ale, Alabama.

Appetizers available include waffle fry nachos, pulled pork egg rolls, hummus and vegetable platter, buffalo tenders, turkey lollipops, pulled pork nachos, pulled pork sliders, chicken wings, Italian stuffed mushrooms, Bang Bang Shrimp and beef tenderloin sliders.

Crafted cocktails include such selections as Melon Patch, UV Watermelon Vodka, pineapple juice and Sierra Mist; Grapefruit Crush, Deep Eddy Grapefruit Vodka, triple sec. grapefruit juice and Sierra Mist; Blue Lagoon, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Blue Curacao and lemonade; Peach Fuzz, Cabo Wabo Tequila, Peach Schnapps, orange juice and grenadine; Sweet Tea, Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka an water; I Don’t Care, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, triple sec. sour mix and Sweet-n-Low; Harvest Moon, American Harvest Vodka, triple sec. sour mix and grenadine; and Bloody Mary, Absolut Peppar Vodka, Absolutes Bakon Vodka and Zing Zang Bloody Mary Mix.

You’ll want to check out Flights for yourself. It’s good to know this experience is available in Tunica. Plan to bring your friends and enjoy.