The TEXAS thread!

[morsetx]

.... has landed

 

[thejukes]

GIMME DAT

 

[Lutter]

Ski jeans

.... has landed

If anyone is interested in trying it on tap, the Draught House had it on last night.

I thought it was good, but it didn't blow my mind or anything.

 

[jbeezification1]

If anyone is interested in trying it on tap, the Draught House had it on last night.

I thought it was good, but it didn't blow my mind or anything.

I don't see how it could be different from other hoppy session ipas. The major plus is that you know its fresh compared to other options.

 

[Lutter]

I don't see how it could be different from other hoppy session ipas.

I think they're joking saying "Colorado Session IPA" as the beer is 7.5% ABV, lol.

 

[IndianaJones]

Anyone else in Houston area going to the St Arnold One Pot Cook-off this weekend? I'll be there with a team serving food if so

 

[Lutter]

The Texas Craft Brewers Association seems to be pushing hard to get something done about our idiotic laws this time around (after getting smacked around by the distributors last year) and have set up their own PAC. Imma need to get that shirt to go with my Open the Taps one...



Adam DeBower from @AustinBeerworks is the chair of the PAC. He's someone I trust will get **** done.

 

[Lutter]

https://www.freetailbrewing.com/raspberry-ananke-2017/

Raspberry Ananke? 8am bottle share?

These guys are speaking my language. It's been a while. Any of you SA or ATX bros going? Hey thejukes get yer ass over here.

I can honestly say that this event in 2011 or so was the drunkest bottle share I'd had. I ended up sleeping it off in the back of my car. That share began at 7am tho, lol.

 

[ExPimp]

https://www.freetailbrewing.com/raspberry-ananke-2017/

Raspberry Ananke? 8am bottle share?

These guys are speaking my language. It's been a while. Any of you SA or ATX bros going? Hey thejukes get yer ass over here.

Saw that last night and really wanted to go, but I'll be waking up super early to smoke a bunch of hog for my birthday

 

[thejukes]

https://www.freetailbrewing.com/raspberry-ananke-2017/

Raspberry Ananke? 8am bottle share?

These guys are speaking my language. It's been a while. Any of you SA or ATX bros going? Hey thejukes get yer ass over here.

I can honestly say that this event in 2011 or so was the drunkest bottle share I'd had. I ended up sleeping it off in the back of my car. That share began at 7am tho, lol.

No way I’m driving 18 hours round trip for a 1:00pm hangover and sour beer farts.

 

[Chadzero1]

I'd like to go, but I have plans at noon in Austin. I don't see that working out so well together.

 

[Lutter]

Via 313's pizza of the month is a Lobster Pizza in collaboration with Garbo's:

https://austin.eater.com/2018/2/6/16978290/lobster-pizza-via-313-garbos-austin

 

[Lutter]

Cigar City INSIDE talk:

The Jai Alai on shelves this month came from the Tampa brewery (not Austin). That’s why the cans were 2 weeks old (and not, ya know, a DAY old) on shelves.

Apparently there’s a gigantic batch almost done for the second run sitting in the bright tank at the Austin Oskar Blues brewery ready to be canned in the very near future for the next batch.

So me telling everyone last week that Jai Alai tastes “exactly like it does back home” was apparently super accurate.

Did Jai Alai hit Houston shelves too?

 

[jbeezification1]

Cigar City INSIDE talk:

The Jai Alai on shelves this month came from the Tampa brewery (not Austin). That’s why the cans were 2 weeks old (and not, ya know, a DAY old) on shelves.

Apparently there’s a gigantic batch almost done for the second run sitting in the bright tank at the Austin Oskar Blues brewery ready to be canned in the very near future for the next batch.

So me telling everyone last week that Jai Alai tastes “exactly like it does back home” was apparently super accurate.

Did Jai Alai hit Houston shelves too?

It did along with their Lager and some citra IPA who's name escapes me but was decent.

 

[IndianaJones]

It did along with their Lager and some citra IPA who's name escapes me but was decent.

Guayabera. Indeed pretty decent. I have the lager in my fridge, solid go-to after work beer

 

[boogercrack]

Did Jai Alai hit Houston shelves too?

gas stations to grocery stores, yeah

 

[Lutter]

Heard a rumor today that Thousand Oaks Brewing (out in the old Twisted X brewery) in Cedar Park closed.

 

[ExPimp]

Heard a rumor today that Thousand Oaks Brewing (out in the old Twisted X brewery) in Cedar Park closed.

Who?

 

[Chadzero1]

Heard a rumor today that Thousand Oaks Brewing (out in the old Twisted X brewery) in Cedar Park closed.

Wouldn't surprise me. We stopped by during Bark for Beers, and everything I had ranged from bad - awful, with the exception of the porter which was okay, but astringent.

 

[Lutter]

Who?

You're the third person now who has said that to me, lol.

 

[jmgrub]

Any San Antonio area folks in here? Headed to the Final Four from March 30-April 3 and was hoping to get some brewery/bar/beer store and restaurant recommendations (TB folks always have the best recs). May also have some time to meet up at some point if anyone is interested in grabbing a beer.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Lutter]

Any San Antonio area folks in here? Headed to the Final Four from March 30-April 3 and was hoping to get some brewery/bar/beer store and restaurant recommendations (TB folks always have the best recs). May also have some time to meet up at some point if anyone is interested in grabbing a beer.

Thanks in advance!

You gonna have a car? What area of town will you be staying in?

San Antonio is really really big.

 

[jmgrub]

You gonna have a car?

San Antonio is really really big.

Yep, will have a car. We will be staying about 20 mins away from Riverwalk, Alamo Dome etc.

 

[Lutter]

Yep, will have a car. We will be staying about 20 mins away from Riverwalk, Alamo Dome etc.

Oh well if you've got a car you're all set.

I'd check out
- Freetail Brewing (they have a brewpub on the outskirts of town to the North [with great pizza] and a production brewery near Downtown)
- Weathered Souls Brewing (they're my favorite brewery in SA at the moment... they make fantastic stouts and hazy IPAs).
- Big Hop's Growler Station. Big Hops actually has 3 locations now around town so you should have one near whichever part of town you're in. They have all their menus online and prolly have the widest selection of local beers you'll find in town. http://www.bighops.com
- Beer store: Spec's. Spec's is a giant liquor store kinda like Total Wine or Binny's. There are a few around town and they'll be your best bet for local & regional beer. Certain HEB stores (Texas grocery chain) have amazing selections as well, but not living in San Antonio, I couldn't tell you which ones anymore reliably. Generally HEB Plus! (think: Super Walmart but with mostly food) stores will have the best selection.

 

[jmgrub]

Oh well if you've got a car you're all set.

I'd check out
- Freetail Brewing (they have a brewpub on the outskirts of town to the North [with great pizza] and a production brewery near Downtown)
- Weathered Souls Brewing (they're my favorite brewery in SA at the moment... they make fantastic stouts and hazy IPAs).
- Big Hop's Growler Station. Big Hops actually has 3 locations now around town so you should have one near whichever part of town you're in. They have all their menus online and prolly have the widest selection of local beers you'll find in town. http://www.bighops.com
- Beer store: Spec's. Spec's is a giant liquor store kinda like Total Wine or Binny's. There are a few around town and they'll be your best bet for local & regional beer. Certain HEB stores (Texas grocery chain) have amazing selections as well, but not living in San Antonio, I couldn't tell you which ones anymore reliably. Generally HEB Plus! (think: Super Walmart but with mostly food) stores will have the best selection.

Thanks dude! Very helpful - I appreciate it.

 

[Lutter]

Hopefully some locals will chime in as I'm a once-every-6-months visitor to SA nowadays. Panda ?

 

[thejukes]

I used to always hit up Gabriel’s for bottles. It’s right next to Freetail Pub on 1604.

 

[Lutter]

I used to always hit up Gabriel’s for bottles. It’s right next to Freetail Pub on 1604.

Unfortunately they got really ****** around when Big Hops opened (the proprietor was the long time beer manager there IIRC).

Last time I went there wasn’t anything exciting and all the beer they had was out of date.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Any San Antonio area folks in here? Headed to the Final Four from March 30-April 3 and was hoping to get some brewery/bar/beer store and restaurant recommendations (TB folks always have the best recs). May also have some time to meet up at some point if anyone is interested in grabbing a beer.

Thanks in advance!

Lutter's recommendations are all good.

If you're making that long flight from the middle of the Pacific you should extend the trip and drive up to Austin for a couple days.

 

[jmgrub]

Lutter's recommendations are all good.

If you're making that long flight from the middle of the Pacific you should extend the trip and drive up to Austin for a couple days.

I wish, but my wife would give me hell if I left her here with no friends and family around for longer than I'll already be gone. Need to check out Austin another time.