The TEXAS thread!

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Marfa Lights was outstanding. Big Bend is earning that hype and I like their Tejas lager as well.

 

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Marfa Lights was outstanding. Big Bend is earning that hype and I like their Tejas lager as well.

Yep. I'm glad they're building a new facility down in San Antonio that'll be easier to visit than ******* Marfa/Alpine. They've been sending some good **** up to Austin lately.

 

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I’ve been twice now and, while their beer is still fermenting right now.... The Brewer’s Table should be on any beer fan’s list coming to Austin. Their taps are extremely curated and it’s one of the few places I can name that has Jester King on tap that aren’t named “Jester King”.

The food all incorporates ingredients from the brew process and will pair closely with the beers ingredient wise (if say, the use an herb in the beer, that herb will show up in one of their entrees).

They’ve also got the baker from Miche Bread baking their bread. Same dude Jester King work with on Kvass,

Highly recommended. Can’t wait to try their beer, which is all wood... all lagered.

 

[jacobbocce72]

Oh man... I’m gonna be here all the time...

 

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Oh man... I’m gonna be here all the time...

You and me both, bub.

It's actually further along than the picture shows, seeing it yesterday. It's right behind where Hopdoddy (and, seemingly every other sit down restaurant in Round Rock) is.

 

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Brewer's Table doing their grand opening on Sunday, gonna drop by. The steam beer and the corn lager sound solid plus I'd be down for that tea beer.

You’ll get a first taste of the half-dozen brews on June 10, when the Brewer’s Table will host its grand opening celebration with live music, a photo booth, outdoor yard games and activities for the kids. The grand opening is free to attend, although $25 pre-sale tickets will get you food and three beer pours.

Here are the six beers to expect. Note that most of them are light, easy-drinking options, as per the lager style.

• The Common Lager (5.2 percent ABV). The flagship beer, it’s brewed as a traditional steam beer would be — via open fermentation in the Brewer’s Table’s custom coolships underneath beautiful wooden foeders.
• Idée Fixe (5.4 percent ABV). Featuring English breakfast and black teas, as well as candied lemon, it’s a perfect summer sipper.
  
• Vor Ort (4.3 percent ABV). Featuring locally milled blue corn, this beer is essentially a corn lager, but it’s no Bud Light. Vor Ort is a nod to how American brewers used to make beers, well before macro brewing processes came along and introduced corn syrup.
• Transatlantic Flourish (5.4 percent ABV). What do you do when you have a bunch of leftover flowers that you don’t want to go to waste? Incorporate them into a beer, of course. The final product features carrots and dried jasmine.
• Beets by Drew (5.4 percent ABV). If the Common Lager draws from Maddux’s brewing background — as a previous Anchor Brewing employee — then Beets by Drew is Durish’s particular masterpiece (to be clear: He’s devised the entire beer program). It’s got roasted beets, about a half-dozen varieties of mint from HausBar Farms and a base of smoked malt and rye.
• Baltic Hash (7.4 percent ABV). Want a dark beer option? You got it with this Baltic porter, normally an ale but brewed with lager yeast in this case, as well as sweet potatoes and mesquite pod syrup.

 

[Shaggs]

Spending the next week in Austin. Cannot wait to drink a live oak hefe from the source

 

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Spending the next week in Austin. Cannot wait to drink a live oak hefe from the source

You're gonna need a lot.

It's hot as **** here right now.

Keep in mind that Live Oak is pretty much right across the street from the airport. If you're Uber/Lyfting into town it's a pretty good first stop.

They also had the Weisser Rauch on 2 weeks back when I was there, which is the smoked version of the Hefe. Don't sleep on that.

 

[Shaggs]

You're gonna need a lot.

It's hot as **** here right now.

Keep in mind that Live Oak is pretty much right across the street from the airport. If you're Uber/Lyfting into town it's a pretty good first stop.

They also had the Weisser Rauch on 2 weeks back when I was there, which is the smoked version of the Hefe. Don't sleep on that.

National sales meeting for my brewery. Getting a rental car and heading there

 

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I took at look at the BA Southwest forum....

... and it's about as active as this SW forum.

... ... I guess people just use Facebook nowadays for beer talk locally?

Beer is dead long live beer.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Not just facebook but even on facebook the metro groups (at least the ones I joined) are way more active than state groups. Even in Texas the DFW group probably runs two or three times as fast as the Texas group.

 

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If anyone goes through Austin airport: mind checking how much crowler fills cost in there?

 

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If anyone goes through Austin airport: mind checking how much crowler fills cost in there?

Chadzero told me a crowler of Coors Light was $26 but he could've been ******* with me.

 

[Chadzero1]

Chadzero told me a crowler of Coors Light was $26 but he could've been ******* with me.

Hahaha, that's only if you get the combo meal with a brisket taco!


So TABC approved this back in May
The Boston Beer Company – Samuel Adams Longshot R.W. Austin Helles (K)

My buddy Ronnie from the Austin Zealots homebrew club won the Sam Adam's Longshot this year. Only kegs in Texas will be at Opal Divine's on Mopac (Austin) this Saturday 5-7pm. Come celebrate!

 

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That bottom Beer has got me all tingly.

 

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Update from 2 mins ago:

Pinthouse RR has walls.

 

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https://www.brewbound.com/news/constellation-brands-acquires-texas-four-corners-brewing

Constellation bought Four Corners up in the Dallas area.

I assume it took me 3 days to notice because no one cared, lol.

 

[JGlitz87]

I liked them when they were the only brewery in Oak Cliff (though calling Trinity Groves Oak Cliff is a bit of a stretch). When Small Brewpub opened, I never went back.

 

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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bu...ouston-13091924.php?__twitter_impression=true

Saint Arnold’s new restaurant/beer garden is open.

Looks awesome. I was never able to make it to the brewery when I was in Houston because of the weird hours they were open (only lunchtime and not on Sundays?... it never worked out)

 

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Went to a Texas CraftPAC fundraising event last night where I met the State Senators for Central/East Austin (Eddie Rodriguez, D) and Hays/Blanco County (Jason Issac, R).

It was pretty hilarious how much these guys disagreed with each other completely and totally given that their platforms are mirror opposites of one another but, mostly due to the boom of distilleries, breweries, and wineries in Dripping Springs and Austin these guys are coming together to help with beer reform (mostly championing Off Site sales at Breweries in the 2019 session).

In local news it looks like Hi Sign got picked up by Brown Distributing (they were self distributing). Confused the crap out of my Purchasing people (but it's... for Hi Sign... but it's for Brown... *boom*)

 

[jbeezification1]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bu...ouston-13091924.php?__twitter_impression=true

Saint Arnold’s new restaurant/beer garden is open.

Looks awesome. I was never able to make it to the brewery when I was in Houston because of the weird hours they were open (only lunchtime and not on Sundays?... it never worked out)

They just updated their business hours. They close at 10pm Sun- Wed and 11pm Thurs-Sat. You can find more on the website.

 

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https://www.512tech.com/technology/...-beer-with-membership/pWyd0tbAZJNvX11joQm40J/

Anybody in Dallas use this? It just moved into Austin. $9.99/month gets you 1 "free" beer at participating locations.

Austin Beerworks is on there. I could make back my money in like 2 trips. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[Chadzero1]

https://www.512tech.com/technology/...-beer-with-membership/pWyd0tbAZJNvX11joQm40J/

Anybody in Dallas use this? It just moved into Austin. $9.99/month gets you 1 "free" beer at participating locations.

Austin Beerworks is on there. I could make back my money in like 2 trips. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

There was some decent feedback on this r/beer thread

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There was some decent feedback on this r/beer thread

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The Reddit rabbit hole led me to this. There are placards put up by the city for areas only Willie Nelson is allowed to smoke weed in. Ha.

 

[pldevo]

Silly brewers working together. Don't you know that's a big no-no in Texas?

https://tenemu.com/news/texas-alcoh...erreuxs-collaboration-minor-miner-ale/08/2018

https://collectivebrew.com/2018/07/31/minor-miner-an-illicit-beer/

 

[JGlitz87]

They were pouring from the bottle. They still had bottles available at the brewery, but a lot of the BA Sasquatch treatments have been brewery only.

I have a group of guys that I do a Bible/Book study with in the summer. We all split the Membership figuring, why not? I will be reporting back how they are. We got bottles of the following BA treatments to Sasquatch

Bourdeaux barrel
Coffee and Coconut
Maple
Birthday (Double Chocolate and Marshmallow)
Salted Caramel

plus

Ogre (plain stout)
BA Ogre
BA Trojan Horse (BiL)

So the summer is over and here is my brief notes. If you have not had any of these, it seems that they have gotten over their consistency issues a bit, but still have some room to grow to be enough to highly praise.

Stand Out -
Bourdeaux Barrel Sasquatch. This was such a well balanced and awesome beer. Like Red Velvet Cake. I hope they make this again so I can horde it.

Solid
Bourbon Barrel Birthday - This might as well came from Florida. So much fudge it was almost overwhelming. If you got a sweet tooth, you will love it. If you don't, then you will not.
BA Trojan Horse - Just a well made BiL. I was very pleased.

Standard Local Options
Ogre + BA Ogre - Good representations of the style, but nothing I would seek out if it was not local to me.

Adjunct Bombs that Missed for me
Coffee and Coconut - Way too much coconut for me.
Maple - Very little stout, almost all Maple.
Salted Caramel - Just generic sweet taste all around.

If they can figure out how to dial in the adjuncts a bit, they have a solid base to work with. I am hopeful for their future.

 

[SirDickButts]

Shiner Dewberry Berliner is tasty AF .

 

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Has anyone seen Shiner Wicked Juicy IPA on shelves yet?

 

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I feel like Tupps Brewing is ******* killing it right now.

 

[THRILLHOUSE1]

I feel like Tupps Brewing is ******* killing it right now.

I've liked what I've had from them. I haven't tried DDHIPA Series 3, but seems like everyone has been raving about it.