Boscos (Brewpub) of Memphis, TN, Nashville, TN and Little Rock, AR
Beerwise this was worst of the classes so far. The speaker wasn’t bad and did his requisite admission of crime (providing beer to a minor and producing beer greater than 5% abw or approx 6.5% abv (illegal in TN)), but the beer didn’t excite me at all. I probably won’t spend much time on this but to go down the list of 7 beers we sampled: Boscos Famous Flaming Stone Beer, Ray’s Honey Rye, Germantown Alt, Boscos Stock Ale, River Rail Red, Boscos Bombay IPA and Boscos XXX Pale Ale.
None of these beers was very good, the River Rail Red and Bombay IPA were pretty drinkable and the XXX Pale Ale was decent, but other than that I’d say skip it. I don’t think it was much of a style prejudice. Since I didn’t care much about these beers I’ll probably just bullet point my notes for them.
Boscos Famous Flaming Stone Beer:
* Brewed with hot rocks ~700 - 800 degrees.
* Stones heated in Pizza ovens and added to wort.
* Creates carmel and mineral flavors.
* 5.5% abv
Ray’s Honey Rye
* Named for Ray Daniels (of “Designing Great Beers” fame.)
* 5.25% abw making it illegal to brew in TN (ooops!)
* 40% Rye.
* I wasn’t happy witht he after taste.
Germantown Alt
* Munich and Chocolate Malts.
* Mid range hops.
* Mostly a brown ale.
* German Style.
* 5.5% abv
Boscos Stock Ale
* Added Raw Cane Sugar (Adds alchol, doesn’t add any body)
* 7% abv (Illegal to brew in TN)
River Rail Red
* 6.25 abv
* Cascade hops (approx 35 IBU)
* It’s a pale ale not a red.
Boscos Bombay IPA
* 50IBUs
* Cascade and Centennial hops
* 6.25% abv
Boscos XXX Pale Ale
* No notes.
Afterwards had a Young’s Oatmeal Stout and a Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter. Yummy.
Later.