EllisTX
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Anyone know what's in the tap room right now?
St arnolds has just the regular stuff on tap in the tasting room which is the Lawnmower, amber, brown, weedwacker, Elissa ipa, and there seasonal which right now it's there summer pils. The burbon cask stuff is usually only served there during special occasions like St pattys day.
Thanks. That's got me leaning towards the Real Ale tour. They've actually got an anniversary party going next weekend I think.
Its in Blanco, TX, it's NW of San Antonio, and SW of Austin.
Yooper said:I'd love to go to St. Arnold's! That sounds like a great time. Bob hates Houston, though, and will NOT go. In fact, when we came home from S. Texas this year, we drove out of our way (to Austin!) to avoid Houston. So, please do it and post pictures so I can visit it vicariously through you!
If your in San Antonio you need to check out Freetail (BrewPub) and Ranger Creek Brewery.
thegerm said:Don't hate on houston. It's nothing fancy, but it's certainly not terrible. It's just a big sprawl of strip centers and suburbs. We can't all come from some ubercool place cool like austin, the northwest or NYC I suppose.
I attended a company christmas party at st arnold's way back in like 2002. That was well before I gained an appreciation for good beer though. Wish I could do that party over with the proper respect for beer that I have now.
-A Texan in New Jersey
Yoop! Don't hate on Houston! Sure, the traffic is pretty gnarly and the zoning laws leave a little to be desired, but it's a great place with a few good breweries and tons of awesome restaurants. I travel Tx for work, and drove right through Blanco last week, but Real Ale wasn't open. I'll be in Dallas/Ft. Worth all next week, hopefully I'll get to swing by Rahr!
Come on, St Arnolds has some really drinkable beers. Favorite right now is Weedwacker, but their Lawnmower is a great kolsch. They also have some really solid seasonals (my wife loves their Christmas Ale). The more "interesting" beers are done in small batches through their Divine Reserve series, which are hard to find (these are more of the stronger-hopped beers, otherwise a lot of the regular SA beers have pretty mild hops with some obvious exceptions).
More than anything they do a great job getting the Houston community into craft brews. The tours are a lot of fun, very classic bierhall atmosphere with everyone hanging out at long tables talking, playing board games, etc. Kids running around sometimes. Their founder is pretty into supporting craft brewing in Texas, and unfortunately the bill he was pushing to allow craft brewers to sell their beer on-site got killed (I think in the Tx Senate).
As a local Houstonian... yeah, the strip malls suck, but all in all Houston is a pretty cool place to live. Give us a break!
If by boring and bland you mean not over-hopped to the point of being undrinkable, then yes, I'd have to agree with you. St Arnold's doesn't seem to push any limits, but they do make very good, extremely drinkable beers...this years Summer Pils is the best Czech Pilsner I've had outside of Prague.Also I've never been on a st. arnolds tour but all the beer they have in stores is really...boring and bland.
If by boring and bland you mean not over-hopped to the point of being undrinkable, then yes, I'd have to agree with you. St Arnold's doesn't seem to push any limits, but they do make very good, extremely drinkable beers...this years Summer Pils is the best Czech Pilsner I've had outside of Prague.
What I really wanted to know however was why everyone hated stripmalls, seriously. I don't even know what the alternative is.
thegerm said:Houston traffic is tame. I went to college in austin... austin traffic was way worse... there were just fewer roads.
and now i'm living in northern new jersey and I miss dealing with houston drivers and traffic.
BTW, I just checked out their website to see if I had any other beers I forgot about, and I see they're looking for a brewer! Anybody in Houston looking for a brewing job? :cross:
If by boring and bland you mean not over-hopped to the point of being undrinkable, then yes, I'd have to agree with you. St Arnold's doesn't seem to push any limits, but they do make very good, extremely drinkable beers...this years Summer Pils is the best Czech Pilsner I've had outside of Prague.
Their summer pils is VERY good, Sierra Nevada Summerfest still edges is out slightly in my book though.
Up until this year I agree, Summerfest hands down. But this years Summer Pilz seems to have a little extra something. But don't take my word for it...run over to the Ginger Man and have a taste test: draft Summerfest, Summer Pilz, and Pilsner Urquell side by side.
I'd head over there now, but I'd need someone to drive me home.
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