TnDC Field Trip #10 (#6 revisited)

This has been by far the best Field Trip to date. We made a little run up to NashVegas and checked in to the Hamppy Inn across from BlackStone Brewery. Around 4 we headed a few short blocks away to Yazoo Brewery to enjoy some of their beers in the Tap Room. After filling 4 growlers, Dos Perros and Hop Project #9 for The Enabler and Wassail and "The Project" for me, Merry and I settled in for a couple of hours to enjoy some TN cheese and spiced pecans, oh and a couple of pints of brew of course (note to self no Hefe for Melonhead). Later that night we stopped in and had dinner and SEVERAL memorable beers with Junk at Bosco's. I started with their Flaming Stone beer. It was alright but left me wanting more. Brewed using a "traditional German technique" stones are heated in the wood oven and placed in the kettle during brewing, great color and overall taste. Next was their seasonal Glacier Pale Ale and this was a definite improvement! A basic pale ale using Glacier hops gave it a slightly minty hint, nice. 90 shilling into the gullet! I first tried this beer in February at BlackStone and though this was an excellent beer, I still think the BS version may have been better. Bombay IPA in Junk's 2008 stein which btw is a gnarly idea. I love the idea of mug clubs with great ceramic steins to clutter your life forever. Then to culminate the night a 2008 bottle conditioned Export Stout (to wake to stout mouth within) sponsored by the new Memphis chapter of TnDC. This beer came in a great brown fliptop and had a taste unlike any other stout I have drank. Some snooze then the best part of the trip. I personally guided tour of BlackStone Brewery by the assistant brewer, Red, (will not denote him in pink for this serious entry) . I once sat in on a lecture given by Ian Wilmut, clone biologist of Dollie, who btw had shortened telomers from birth, I'll let you look that one up! And I equate this tour with that lecture. To listen to the significant jump in knowledge of brewing from Red was awe inspiring. I compare twig and titanium. He has gone from licking caps of extract to filtering beer at 80 hectoliters/min and amazing amounts of pressure in Pa (or bars, no not the kind you drink in). You never know who's life you'll touch. The Brewmaster there, Travis Hixon, hooked me up with some sweet door prizes for C.A.B.S (Central AL Brewers Society, website coming soon), and I'll be honest, I'm going to brew something orgasmic to hold onto one of them! I came home fired up about brewing again and on Christmas I plan on brewing my first batch of mead. Oh and yes I snagged a few growlers, Maris Otter, Oatmeal Stout, St. Charles porter (at this rate this thing will catch up with Alaskan's Smoked Porter if it keeps winning) and Liquidity Bock. The grub at both places was pound packing and supreme. Even posed for a few photos for the paparazzi, ok it was just Merry, but still a great pic! Not sure how I'll top this one but my thanks go out to everyone involved. PS- Get to bottling again guys at BS and thanks Junk for the "Eli 164" bathroom souvvy;)