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.”