Follow Sean Inman to the best in craft beer
Beer at airports cannot all be great and varied choices like in Portland or Denver, sometimes you have to settle for one place or maybe just one beer.
Such is the case for Mitchell Airport serving Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. You can go to the Miller Brewing restaurant and bar or you can head to Baron’s Beer Garden where you can quaff a Spotted Cow from New Glarus along with a small handful of other craft choices.
We start our holiday travel journey at BNA, he awkward acronym for Nashville’s airport where you have a lot of choices from Fat Bottom Brewing, Little Harpeth Brewing, TailGate Brewery, Tennessee Brew Works and Yazoo Brewing Company.
Let’s pick a beer from each to help after making it past security…
From Fat Bottom, we will get their Ruby American Red Ale with a malt forward taste and a restrained hop presence then move on to Little Harpeth for their Chicken Scratch pilsner made from malted barley and locally grown corn. Next is TailGate where we will taste their Lager Projekt: Vienna Lager with layers of toasty malt with a slight sweetness and nuttiness.
At TBW we will check out Dubbelneck “a full-bodied Abbey ale that showcases complex flavors derived from the malted barley and Belgian yeast including caramel, toffee, dark cherry, and subtle notes of nutmeg.” Lastly we reach Yazoo for a bit of Tennessee brewing history and their Gerst Amber “with mostly German malts and a hint of flaked maize, remaining as true as possible to the original Gerst recipe.”
Boulder Beer @the Denver airport
Main Terminal, Level 5
phone: (303) 342-8326
To start or finish your GABF adventure!
Heard this info through the hop vine…
Just in time for the coming Autumn, New Belgium Brewing Co. is back with a new brew. Hoptober Golden Ale is the brewery’s take on a fall seasonal, compete with crushed leaves, hoarded acorns, and a bit of squirrel fur. Or maybe not. But it does feature five types of hops:
The wide array of hops include Centennial, Cascade, Sterling, Willamette, and Glacier hops, while pale and wheat malt are mashed with rye and oats. The medley of ingredients sparks a bonfire of citrus notes, fruity cheers, and a bold finale.
also for you GABF’ers
New Belgium Hub @ the Denver airport Concourse B
phone: (303) 342-6650