The TEXAS thread!

[CERNERDERNGHERTER]

I guess I've missed out on all the locally released bottles of 512 Peach Sour or it will be released at downtown specs Houston and I don't have time to wait in line on a work day morning.

Anyways looking for an IP trade in Austin/Houston/SA. I have Bruery sours, Crooked Stave Cellar Reserve bottles, and HF saisons, also the new Freetail bottles. Looking for someone that can trade at least 2 bottles to make the time worth it. BM me and I'll send you a list of what I have.

 

[kmello69]

I guess I've missed out on all the locally released bottles of 512 Peach Sour or it will be released at downtown specs Houston and I don't have time to wait in line on a work day morning.

Anyways looking for an IP trade in Austin/Houston/SA. I have Bruery sours, Crooked Stave Cellar Reserve bottles, and HF saisons, also the new Freetail bottles. Looking for someone that can trade at least 2 bottles to make the time worth it. BM me and I'll send you a list of what I have.

Chow told me on Saturday that Houston downtown Specs is holding on to theirs until Black Friday. If so, thats one of the stupidest things I've heard in a while.

 

[CERNERDERNGHERTER]

Yeah I've heard the same thing. I am never in Houston for Thanksgiving so that doesn't help me at all! If you knew all of the tactics they use at that downtown Specs it wouldn't sound that dumb to you.

 

[MChand2]

I am down for a meetup at jester king/drinks

Let me know what weekend you are looking at, and I'll try to make the trip down from shreveport.

 

[BusinessSloth]

Let me know what weekend you are looking at, and I'll try to make the trip down from shreveport.

I want to come down next weekend (not this coming weekend) actually. That may or may not work out though. Text me later?

 

[Nico1]

Offering up some free beer to whoever in Austin can score me one of the 99 packs of Peacemaker. BCBCS, Crooked Stave, CCB, etc...

Can pick up tomorrow.

 

[Lutter]

Offering up some free beer to whoever in Austin can score me one of the 99 packs of Peacemaker. BCBCS, Crooked Stave, CCB, etc...

Can pick up tomorrow.

There's literally people following around their delivery truck and lotteries taking place inside the stores...

Is wait until the 2nd round if you really want one... there's gonna be a lot more.

 

[Nico1]

There's literally people following around their delivery truck and lotteries taking place inside the stores...

Is wait until the 2nd round if you really want one... there's gonna be a lot more.

I would only have a need for it this weekend. :/

 

[Lutter]

Lone Pint Yellow Rose coming to 750ml bottles...

Nebraska Brewing approved for TX.

 

[ExPimp]

Lone Pint Yellow Rose coming to 750ml bottles...

Ugh, 750ml... Wonder how much they're going to charge.

 

[shelf_turd_ferguson]

Lone Pint Yellow Rose coming to 750ml bottles...

Nebraska Brewing approved for TX.

Good news but Arrrgghh- 12oz or 16oz makes so much more sense!
It will be easier to send but for local drinkers (us) I don't think a growler will be beatable.

And if they don't bottle date

 

[Lutter]

Good news but Arrrgghh- 12oz or 16oz makes so much more sense!
It will be easier to send but for local drinkers (us) I don't think a growler will be beatable.

And if they don't bottle date

My only thought I'd that they're hand bottling... it's the only thing that makes sense to me as to why to use 750ml bottles.

They should've canned. There are lots of good mobile canning solutions nowadays that peeps like Deep Ellum, Austin Eastciders, Grapevine and Branchline are using (as well as I'm sure a many others) that can sidestep the cost of a Multi-million dollar canning line.

Someone from Austin Eastciders mentioned to me that their cost to can a 4-pack is under $2 (with canning/materials). So it's not cost-prohibitive, IMHO considering the investment of a canning machine.

Someone on the other site mentioned a $8 price point.

 

[Phischy1]

Wife and I are relocating from San Diego to Houston (Katy) around Thanksgiving. I'm pretty active in homebrewing and beer in general and am interested in bringing out some San Diego IPAs for a share. Societe and Rip Current growlers as well.

Looking forward to exploring what Houston has to offer.

 

[Lutter]

Wife and I are relocating from San Diego to Houston (Katy) around Thanksgiving. I'm pretty active in homebrewing and beer in general and am interested in bringing out some San Diego IPAs for a share. Societe and Rip Current growlers as well.

Looking forward to exploring what Houston has to offer.

I'm sorry.

Just kidding! Lots of good dudes over in Houston. Their actual breweries are... ... okay?

Some kickass bars and people though. Check out the monthly bottle shares and bring some of that SD beer. I'm not fluent in Homebrew culture (I need to put more time into it) but I imagine there's an active scene there.

You're gonna want to point your car northwest and hit the gas for 175 miles every so often to get to the good beer.

 

[Phischy1]

I (and everyone) is spoiled rotten by the beer in CA. For an area roughly the size of Houston we have 94 operating breweries. Some suck, most are pretty good, and about a dozen world class outfits cranking out the beer. I've been homebrewing for over a decade and brew pretty decent beer.

Growlered IPA has a pretty short shelf life so I'll hope to set something up quickly once i arrive.

That and start brewing quickly. I know a few people that homebrew and I've spent some time in Houston. I'm always happy to teach people to brew and split 10 gal batches off my system. Lots to do before we move. It'll be so different living back in TX again after 14+ years in SD.

 

[elbrooksie]

Someone on the other site mentioned a $8 price point.

That was me, the "around $8" came straight from the brewery (I was talking to them about a news story I was writing).

Lower than I expected, but that is a good thing, hopefully they make it to Dallas soon, great beer.

 

[nablock]

Wife and I are relocating from San Diego to Houston (Katy) around Thanksgiving. I'm pretty active in homebrewing and beer in general and am interested in bringing out some San Diego IPAs for a share. Societe and Rip Current growlers as well.

Looking forward to exploring what Houston has to offer.

Hit me up when y'all get to town. We'll have a nice bottle share.

 

[Phischy1]

Hit me up when y'all get to town. We'll have a nice bottle share.

Good deal and I will do so. I can take limited requests as well if there's something from SD you're interested in. I will have Alpine bottles of Pure Hop, Duet, Nelson for sure, and pretty much all of my Societe Growlers (3) and Rip Current growlers (3) full. I also have growlers for pretty much every brewery in SD county as well. But driving my wife's subaru out which should be pretty packed with other crap as well. Let me know and we can work something out.

 

[mattchow]

Wife and I are relocating from San Diego to Houston (Katy) around Thanksgiving. I'm pretty active in homebrewing and beer in general and am interested in bringing out some San Diego IPAs for a share. Societe and Rip Current growlers as well.

Looking forward to exploring what Houston has to offer.

I'm in Katy area as well, hit us up!

 

[boogercrack]

My only thought I'd that they're hand bottling... it's the only thing that makes sense to me as to why to use 750ml bottles.

They should've canned. There are lots of good mobile canning solutions nowadays that peeps like Deep Ellum, Austin Eastciders, Grapevine and Branchline are using (as well as I'm sure a many others) that can sidestep the cost of a Multi-million dollar canning line.

Someone from Austin Eastciders mentioned to me that their cost to can a 4-pack is under $2 (with canning/materials). So it's not cost-prohibitive, IMHO considering the investment of a canning machine.

Someone on the other site mentioned a $8 price point.

from what i heard, the brewer really likes the 750 bottles in terms of design and historical relevance in terms of beer. they chose to use this as the means of distribution. i don't see what the problem is; they can do as they damn well choose. jester king chose wonky ass bottles that looked more like old gose bottles, and everyone thought it was neat. what's the difference? sure it's not the most cost efficient or user friendly, but who cares. if the $8 price point is accurate, sure it's more $/oz then most growler fills of the same beer, but that's cheaper per ounce than sculpin or double jack bombers. like a buck more than endeavour extrapolated out for ~25oz. whoopty doo.

perhaps they never wanted to can.

 

[deadmolecules]

Good deal and I will do so. I can take limited requests as well if there's something from SD you're interested in. I will have Alpine bottles of Pure Hop, Duet, Nelson for sure, and pretty much all of my Societe Growlers (3) and Rip Current growlers (3) full. I also have growlers for pretty much every brewery in SD county as well. But driving my wife's subaru out which should be pretty packed with other crap as well. Let me know and we can work something out.

Gimme all da Alpinez!

 

[Phischy1]

Gimme all da Alpinez!

Hopefully theyll have something limited on for growler fills right before i leave.

Time will tell...just have to list the house and wait to see. Going to GABF and spending a full week there. No idea of what sorts of goodies I'll be returning with.

 

[Phischy1]

Having seen multiple breweries here start to can...its open ended if its a better format for the product. It is more convenient for sure but the process on the small scale leads to DO pickup and a short shelf life. The BMC uses equipment that is filling and sealing extremely quick which is not the case for small guys. If the can date on oskar blues is more than a month old I won't buy. Mobile canning units, used locally, is the same situation. Pass.

I do like cans but I like to see how a brewery is using them to determine the shelf life and what window is good. My 2 cents.

 

[shelf_turd_ferguson]

from what i heard, the brewer really likes the 750 bottles in terms of design and historical relevance in terms of beer. they chose to use this as the means of distribution. i don't see what the problem is; they can do as they damn well choose. jester king chose wonky ass bottles that looked more like old gose bottles, and everyone thought it was neat. what's the difference? sure it's not the most cost efficient or user friendly, but who cares. if the $8 price point is accurate, sure it's more $/oz then most growler fills of the same beer, but that's cheaper per ounce than sculpin or double jack bombers. like a buck more than endeavour extrapolated out for ~25oz. whoopty doo.

perhaps they never wanted to can.

The brewer can do what they want. However, I think plenty will agree that an IPA in a 750 is odd.
IPAs are a style where 12 or 16oz vessels make the most sense, at least based on the pattern of beer consumption I've seen in myself and others.
And it may be cheaper than Sculpin or FW DJ bombers, but not the 6/4 packs that are available, so big whoop.

I'd definitely buy a 6er of YR for $12, maybe even $16. But a 750 for $8 is like a $22 6er. I usually don't like to get caught up in this bomber/750/6er number game, but I think we'll see that draught pints and growler fills will be the way to go for Texas drinkers. But hell yeah I'll send some in trades if I can send 'em fresh!

 

[HopAG]

Good deal and I will do so. I can take limited requests as well if there's something from SD you're interested in. I will have Alpine bottles of Pure Hop, Duet, Nelson for sure, and pretty much all of my Societe Growlers (3) and Rip Current growlers (3) full. I also have growlers for pretty much every brewery in SD county as well. But driving my wife's subaru out which should be pretty packed with other crap as well. Let me know and we can work something out.

That could be fun. I need some feedback on some sours and would love to see if you could try them. Always great to meet other homebrewers. Homebrewer share anyone?

 

[Phischy1]

That could be fun. I need some feedback on some sours and would love to see if you could try them. Always great to meet other homebrewers. Homebrewer share anyone?

Which sours? Even out here they can be difficult to find. But RR shows up on the shelves often.

I have 2 kegerator hosting 7 taps...plan to brew like mad when I get there so early Jan-ish I should have my best beers back on.

 

[Lutter]

from what i heard, the brewer really likes the 750 bottles in terms of design and historical relevance in terms of beer. they chose to use this as the means of distribution. i don't see what the problem is; they can do as they damn well choose. jester king chose wonky ass bottles that looked more like old gose bottles, and everyone thought it was neat. what's the difference? sure it's not the most cost efficient or user friendly, but who cares. if the $8 price point is accurate, sure it's more $/oz then most growler fills of the same beer, but that's cheaper per ounce than sculpin or double jack bombers. like a buck more than endeavour extrapolated out for ~25oz. whoopty doo.

perhaps they never wanted to can.

Historical... relevance? He should put the beer in open-topped buckets or ceramic pitchers then.

Sculpin & Double Jack are also available in 6-packs and 4-packs for $15 and $12 respectively, which is a lot cheaper than this option.

You're right that they can do what they want, but 750ml is wonky for IPA.*shrug*

 

[HopAG]

Which sours? Even out here they can be difficult to find. But RR shows up on the shelves often.

I have 2 kegerator hosting 7 taps...plan to brew like mad when I get there so early Jan-ish I should have my best beers back on.

Oh I'm talking about some homebrewed sours I have made! Want to get some honest feedback from one homebrewer to another. Also, when is my invite to come over. 7 taps of homebrew?! hell yes

 

[Phischy1]

Oh I'm talkintonreome homebrewed sours I have made! Want to get some honest feedback from one homebrewer to another. Also, when is my invite to come over. 7 taps of homebrew?! hell yes

Plan is to expand the big kegerator another three taps to return it to its 7 tap glory of old. I like to homebrew and my wife approves. Hell, she brewed her first solo batch a few weekends ago. It will be Jan before my death star is fully operational. We will be staying with family for awhile until we figure out where to buy so will be in the Katy area initially.

I am a BJCP judge but sours aren't my specality. I will give you feedback from what I know and I'm currently reading the American Sours book. And I'm now spending considerable energy learning to make them.

What is the growler law in TX?

How many proposed breweries in the Houston area? San Diego county will be over 100 by new years. Its just nuts out here.

 

[Lutter]

The growler law in TX is "container must be sealable," lol. Really... I've seen places do fills from 16oz mason jars to 5 gallon "party pigs". Forget all those retarded Cali laws. Labeling or warning stickers are not required.

Any bar with an off-premises license can do fills. You'll find growler "stations" and bars that do fills.

Some grocery stores do fills as well. Whole Foods & Central Market are notables with some HEB supermarkets doing fills (at least in ATX, not sure if they're doing that in Houston yet). Generally they do only 32oz & 64oz fills.

Brewpubs can do fills, but production breweries cannot... so most fills are done off-site.

As far as breweries go, there's 80-90 in the entire state with a lot more in planning.