Austin, TX

[homebrewer_99]

Sounds like a great project.

I think I have a handle on it. Thanks.

 

[drengel]

shiner is definitely nothiing like a german bock. actuallly none of their beers come close to what they say they are. that said, the bock is still a good beer, just not to style. much lighter...less malty...

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

doh! thought it was this past weekend.
Shiner helped get craft beer demands up in Texas as far as I'm concerned. in the not so distant past we had either budmilcoors, or shiner bock. we chose the bock! i like the blonde too. but, are still not traditional german beers.

 

[TxBrew]

Shiner's Hefe Weizen is fairly tasty. It's not a top notch weizen but def. it's not the worst.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Yeah, I've had the Weizens. Not bad considering we are not in Germany.

 

[El Pistolero]

Shiner's Hefe Weizen is fairly tasty. It's not a top notch weizen but def. it's not the worst.

Hey TxBrew, have you tried their Dunkelweizen? Is it just me, or does this taste more like a lager than a weizen?

 

[drengel]

yes i give huge props to shiner for getting people drinking a type of beer i'm sure alot of people had never heard of. back in the day i'm sure many non-german texans had never heard of a bock. i also give them props for keeping it cheap and continually coming out with new beers. and even though its not to style, i grew up drinking shiner instead of the crap most people drink when theyre teenagers and i love spoetzl for allowing me that freedom. when i eat bbq its hard for me to drink anything other than shiner.

 

[TxBrew]

Hey TxBrew, have you tried their Dunkelweizen? Is it just me, or does this taste more like a lager than a weizen?

Oddly I haven't tried that. Guess I'm trying a new brew out tonight!

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

and even though its not to style, i grew up drinking shiner instead of the crap most people drink when theyre teenagers and i love spoetzl for allowing me that freedom. when i eat bbq its hard for me to drink anything other than shiner.

ahmen brother! the good ol' day's of a Shiner keg party at my brother's when he was at A&M. does go so well with that Hill Country style sausage and brisket...... i cut my beer teeth on it good times, good times....

 

[homebrewer_99]

Mindflux/Sudster: OK. We're heading south today. I'm not sure if we're going to make it to Fredericksburg...maybe...I haven't started the car yet...

We're staying o/n in San Antonio and will be in Austin on Sunday. How about sometime around or after lunch?

I'll call you / you call me.

I'll PM you just before leaving...like now.

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

my wife and i will be in Fredericksburg next weekend, staying at the brewery if anyone wants to meet for a brew or 12? we're going to try and hit Real Ale's new place too......

 

[Mindflux]

Bill,

Good deal Yeah sometime around or after lunch is just dandy.

 

[homebrewer_99]

my wife and i will be in Fredericksburg next weekend, staying at the brewery if anyone wants to meet for a brew or 12? we're going to try and hit Real Ale's new place too......

Next weekend meaning "next weekend" not this weekend? Talk about bad timing.

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

yea, the 16th-18th. missed it by that much!

y'all have a good time?

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

so HB 99, any beers you liked in the Austin vacinity?

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

shiner is definitely nothiing like a german bock. actuallly none of their beers come close to what they say they are. that said, the bock is still a good beer, just not to style. much lighter...less malty...

I can't disagree with you. I think it is perhaps a case of German immigrants working with the ingredients/conditions they found in TX? Just guessing. AmerItalian food is nothing like anything I saw in Italy, but I'll stuff my gut on either version!

 

[homebrewer_99]

so HB 99, any beers you liked in the Austin vacinity?

Well, I met up with Mindflux and a few of his friends...first at the Draught House for lunch, but it doesn't open until 3 PM. We, me and my wife, were sitting outside waiting when a pick-up pulled up and parked. It was Josh, the brewer. We spoke for a couple of mins. About 10 mins later he came out with a couple of samples for me (my wife doesn't drink beer). The lighter brew was really good, but the porter was something to be desired...and I desired no more...

Anywho...he recommended Billy's on Burnett for having a lot of beers on tap. We eventually found out way there and drank up a bunch of good brews. I can't remember which ones though. There were a lot that I didn't care for though. I'm glad they gave out samples first. I gave Mindflux a bottle of my Dim Wit (gingered wheat) to sample and a Bavarian Weizen glass that I purchased in Germany as well as about 30 beer coasters from Germany and the Czech Republic...Sudster...you missed out dude...I had the same gift for you, but you didn't show up.

We eventually made it back to the Draught House for several more rounds. I remember the smoked porter and I always drink German Hefe Weizens when possible, so I had a few of them too. Mindflux's friends had to leave so he stayed and drank with me for a couple more hours...I drove him over to his friends place so he could pick up his car, then I drove back to Temple. He had his digital camera and we had a couple of pics taken. Unfortunately, I dropped my camera near the Alamo the day prior. It took 3 pictures and decided to die permanently so I'm pictureless for once in my life...care to guess what I'm buying myself for Christmas?

Upon recommendations on this forum, I picked up some beers...a 6er of real Ale Pale Ale - too bitter for my taste; 3-6ers of St Arnold's Christmas Ale - not bad...will definitely share at Christmastime; and a 6er of Fat Tire - a definite Belgium style flavor (only 1 left).

We went downtown Austin on 6th St. looking for a BBQ place (name escapes me at the present) which we NEVER found even after we ask several people to include the police. We went over to the Gingerman on 4th and Guadelupe, but I refuse to pay for parking at an establishment you will be spending $$$ in so we never got out of our car.

All in all we had a good time.

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

hhhmmm? where you looking for Dan McKlusky's on 6th? it's a killer steak joint. or, maybe it was Stubb's BBQ. it's on a side street off 6th.

bummer on some of the brews. i figured you'd like the Real Ale Brewhouse Brown Ale, but maybe you didn't get one? hope you had some Live Oak too, they good.

glad the trip was worth it!