Trip to Nashville, Tennessee
Last weekend we took a roadtrip to Nashville-- the one in Tennessee was our destination, though we passed through Nashville, Indiana, too. About a 4 1/2 hour drive-- not too bad.
We went to see a Bela Fleck and the Flecktones show. If you don't know me well enough to know (both of you out there), the Flecktones are my very favorite band. This was an interesting show, featuring the Nashville Symphony. First the symphony played some pops tunes, then the Flecktones came on and played some by themselves, then they played a few together, then some Flecktones, then more together. Not all the songs were signficantly improved by having a backing symphony, but several of them sounded really great. Now the countdown is on till the new 'Tones album is released...
But.
More to the point of this blog, we had dinner Friday night at Bosco's in Nashville. This was a great walk down memory lane for me. While I lived in Memphis, Bosco's was my regular bar. The Memphis place was the original Bosco's. They then opened a brewpub in Nashville, then another one in Memphis, then they closed the original one, and finally they opened another location in Little Rock.
Bosco's is a remarkable place. They opened a brewpub in Memphis when most people there had never heard of microbrewed beer. They started out making fairly basic beers, including a very marketable "Flaming Stone Beer," based on a very old extinct brewing method.
They built up a following and then gradually expanded the palate of their customers, making more and more bold beers. They now make a lot of very good beer, including a lovely IPA and a great Scottish-style ale. They also have cask-conditioned beer every weeknight. The cask is tapped at 5:00 by a lottery-drawn cellerman, who gets a special glass, the first pint, and an invitation to an end-of-year party. This is a great promotion that more brewpubs should copy-- starting with my current regular place, Upland.
So I drank several cask-conditioned IPAs. Delicious. Also had a Wee Heavy Ale, which is an amped-up version of their regular Isle of Skye Scottish Ale. Oh, and the food is pretty good too.
We went to see a Bela Fleck and the Flecktones show. If you don't know me well enough to know (both of you out there), the Flecktones are my very favorite band. This was an interesting show, featuring the Nashville Symphony. First the symphony played some pops tunes, then the Flecktones came on and played some by themselves, then they played a few together, then some Flecktones, then more together. Not all the songs were signficantly improved by having a backing symphony, but several of them sounded really great. Now the countdown is on till the new 'Tones album is released...
But.
More to the point of this blog, we had dinner Friday night at Bosco's in Nashville. This was a great walk down memory lane for me. While I lived in Memphis, Bosco's was my regular bar. The Memphis place was the original Bosco's. They then opened a brewpub in Nashville, then another one in Memphis, then they closed the original one, and finally they opened another location in Little Rock.
Bosco's is a remarkable place. They opened a brewpub in Memphis when most people there had never heard of microbrewed beer. They started out making fairly basic beers, including a very marketable "Flaming Stone Beer," based on a very old extinct brewing method.
They built up a following and then gradually expanded the palate of their customers, making more and more bold beers. They now make a lot of very good beer, including a lovely IPA and a great Scottish-style ale. They also have cask-conditioned beer every weeknight. The cask is tapped at 5:00 by a lottery-drawn cellerman, who gets a special glass, the first pint, and an invitation to an end-of-year party. This is a great promotion that more brewpubs should copy-- starting with my current regular place, Upland.
So I drank several cask-conditioned IPAs. Delicious. Also had a Wee Heavy Ale, which is an amped-up version of their regular Isle of Skye Scottish Ale. Oh, and the food is pretty good too.
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