Boscos, The Restaurant for Beer Lovers, has been attracting awards and attention since opening their first location, Tennessee’s Original Brewpub, in Germantown in 1992.

Besides being the first post-prohibition restaurant brewery in Tennessee, Boscos has also been recognized as a craft brewing innovator and pioneer. These innovations include the development and brewing of a traditional Stone, or “Steinbeer” and two gold medals in the prestigious Great American Beer Festival in the competitive “Experimental Beer Category”

Great American Beer Festival
2007 Denver, CO
Gold Medal - "Boscos Hefeweizen"
German Style Wheat Ale

Brewers Association

Recognition Award 2006

Boscos Brewing Company's head brewer and co-founder Chuck Skypeck was awarded the Brewers Association Recognition Award. This award is the craft brewing industry's highest individual award for contributions to craft brewing.


Great American Beer Festival
2006 Denver, CO
Silver Medal - "Boscos Hefeweizen"
German Style Wheat Ale

Silver Medal - "Ray's Honey Rye"
Specialty Honey Beer

Great American Beer Festival
2005 Denver, CO
Gold Medal - "Boscos Hefeweizen"
German Style Wheat Ale

Gold Medal - "Boscos XXX Pale Ale"

Extra Special Bitter

Silver Medal - "Boscos Famous Flaming Stone Beer" - Golden Ale

Smithsonian Resident Associate Program's
2005 Beer Gazetteer Presenter

Boscos was selected to participate in the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program's 2005 Beer Gazetteer. Out of 1400 brewerys nationwide, Boscos was one of six brewerys selected to present during the series in Washington, DC on August 1, 2005.

Great American Beer Festival
2003 Denver, CO

Gold Medal - "Ninkasi"

Experimental Beer

Great American Beer Festival
2002 Denver, CO

Bronze Medal - "Ray's Honey Rye"

Specialty Honey Beer

Great American Beer Festival
2001 Denver, CO

Bronze Medal - "Midtown Brown "

American Style Brown Ale

Great American Beer Festival
2000 Denver, CO

Gold Medal - "Juniper Stone Beer"

Experimental Beer

Boscos has also been a leader in production and promotion of “cask conditioned”, or “real” ale in the United States. Boscos has been recognized for applying unique innovations to this traditional method of brewing and serving beer, once common in Great Britain. Boscos has won numerous awards in the “Real Ale Festival”, the largest “Cask Conditioned Ale” festival outside the British Isles.

Real Ale Festival 2003 – Chicago

Silver Medal - "Isle of Skye Scottish Ale"

Bottle Conditioned Scottish Ales

Bronze Medal - "Olde Fool"

Cask Conditioned English Strong Ales

Real Ale Festival 2002 – Chicago

Gold Medal - "Cooper Hoop"

Cask Conditioned English Bitter

Gold Medal - "Boscos Bombay IPA"

Bottle Conditioned American Pale Ale

Bronze Medal - "Cooper Hoop"

Bottle Conditioned English Bitter

Bronze Medal - "Boscos Bombay IPA"

Cask Conditioned American Pale Ale

Real Ale Festival 2001 – Chicago

Gold Medal - "Boscos Bombay IPA"

Cask Conditioned American Pale Ale

Gold Medal - "Midtown Brown "

Cask Conditioned Brown Ale and Porter

Silver Medal - "Boscos Oatmeal Stout"

Cask Conditioned Stouts

Bronze Medal - "Midtown Brown "

Bottle Conditioned Brown Ale and Porter

Bronze Medal - "Boscos Oatmeal Stout"

Bottle Conditioned Stouts

Bronze Medal - "Boscos Bombay IPA"

Bottle Conditioned American Pale Ale

 Real Ale Festival 2000 – Chicago

Gold Medal - "Boscos Bombay IPA"

Cask Conditioned American Pale Ale

Bronze Medal - "Boscos Bombay IPA"

Bottle Conditioned American Pale Ale

Real Ale Festival 1998 – Chicago

Gold Medal - "Isle of Skye Scottish Ale"

Bottle Conditioned Scottish Ales

Real Ale Festival 1997 – Chicago

Bronze Medal - "Boscos Bombay IPA"

Cask Conditioned American Pale Ale

Boscos has been featured in numerous national publications including Southern Living, All About Beer, Men’s Journal, Beer, The Magazine, National Restaurant News, The New Brewer, American Brewer, Zymurgy, Brew Your Own, Celebrator Beer News, Ale Street News, Southern Brew News, Real Beer Page, Cooking and Eating with Beer, Restaurant Hospitality, The Taste of Memphis Cookbook, The Pocket Guide to Beer, and The World Guide to Beer.