SlimeyBooger said:Back in my BMC days, Shiner Bock was my go to "fancy" beer. It's been several years since I've had it, but I should really pick up a six pack of that sometime to see how it tastes with my fairly newly refined palate.
Homebrewtastic said:Celebration was quite good. But they put out a lot of crap too. If anyone here has has the Ruby Redbird. Well..... My condolences.
I am currently boycotting Shiner (and I live in Texas). My son got two seperate six packs - one 102 wheat and one Blonde - that tasted horrible a few months back. Not like bad because we don't like the style (I have had both several times, like the Blonde) - bad like possible batch infection. Wrote Shiner to let them know they need to check their quality control and after two weeks got some response back from them like "we can't buy beer back because of laws - we can only work through distributors". Kinda a "piss off" response. I didn't even ask for money or beer. No, sorry, no we'll check into it, no we will try to do a better job. I got the feeling they got too big for their britches. Really left a bad taste in my mouth (PUN).
Fast forward to a few days ago. Bought a Shiner variety pack as it has a new Rye beer bundled in and I wanted to try (pretty nice IMO). One of the styles was their hefewiezen. I have had this many times as that is one of my preferred styles - but this one was so bad I ended up pouring it down the drain - which I DO NOT do often. A real sour infection type taste, nothing like what it usually tastes like.
As far as I am concerned - I will not support breweries that refuse to address quality issues. I remember watching the Dogfishhead shows last year and if they did not feel their brew was up to snuff - they dumped the entire thing loosing thousands of gallons and dollars. Looks like Shiner is putting profit above quality (and their customers).
Shiner used to be our go-to beer when we were going to kill a 12 pack of something that we didnt make. Its a relatively cheap and decent BBQ beer, but nothing I'd ever seek out if it went into short supply. We've kind of gotten away from it lately, though. Rahr is rapidly becoming the local commercial beer of choice in our house.
How far does Rahr distribute? I rarely get to Corpus Christi, and the local HEB doesn't have all that much. They carry New Belgium, Sierra Nevada, and a couple of St. Arnold's and they have a mixed 6'er of Real Ale (but I only really like the rye pale ale).
Rahr...I find their beers to be incredibly hit or miss. The winter warmer is good (the barrel aged version is phenomenal) and the alt was pretty good but I find most of their regular offerings incredibly mediocre or just bad. I recently had their scotch ale infused with coffee. It was pretty good although it tasted like they used Folger's or some other cheap coffee. I keep meaning to hit the tour. On Wednesdays they do a tour that includes an experimental beer but the Saturday tour I'm told is also pretty good. If you go on Saturday you can stop at T&P Tavern in the old T&P Station for "Rahr Recovery" with $2.50 Rahr pints. It's owned by a homebrewer so there's a decent mix of beers.
How far does Rahr distribute? I rarely get to Corpus Christi, and the local HEB doesn't have all that much. They carry New Belgium, Sierra Nevada, and a couple of St. Arnold's and they have a mixed 6'er of Real Ale (but I only really like the rye pale ale).
How far does Rahr distribute? I rarely get to Corpus Christi, and the local HEB doesn't have all that much. They carry New Belgium, Sierra Nevada, and a couple of St. Arnold's and they have a mixed 6'er of Real Ale (but I only really like the rye pale ale).
Where'd you get the Iron Joe? I missed it. They do the experimental on Saturdays, too. Last week was a smoked porter that I liked a lot, but probably wasnt ready for mass appeal. I'm not a fan of Ugly Pug, but other than that one, I like most of their stuff. Pecker Wrecker might be a little overhopped, but not by much.
Only if the laws get repealed. I wish we can get some more brews around the country soon. All the beers yall talk about i cant get my hands on them down here but there are a lot of local brews i'm loving and waiting to get my hands on them. i dont know why TABC has to be such a-holes about it. Its crazy that texas is that strange and strict about alcohol whole other states are more relaxed. One day it will change and breweries can have brew pubs like others do. Anywho, i enjoyed the wild hare pale. Its different from what they usually do. I liked it
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