March 31, 20187 yr KBS at HEB Slaughter yesterday, no limit. Wow, times have changed. Limit 2 at the Hutto location.
April 1, 20187 yr Angry Axe is brewed by Fredonia Brewery in Nacogdoches. A little bit bitter at the end but it’s good to #shoplocal.
April 1, 20187 yr Enjoying a beer brought back by mdmost that he picked up for me in the Portland airport. Wish more airports had local beers you could buy ((inside security)) that you can carry on the plane and bring home with you. The only two I know of/have been to are in SFO (the Napa Market store has OK but not great beers but a decent enough amount of them) and Stone brewpub in the San Diego airport has a cooler with beers to go though, given that it’s Stone and their beers are everywhere, it is nothing all that exotic/something you probably could get back home.
April 1, 20187 yr Enjoying a beer brought back by mdmost that he picked up for me in the Portland airport. Wish more airports had local beers you could buy ((inside security)) that you can carry on the plane and bring home with you. The only two I know of/have been to are in SFO (the Napa Market store has OK but not great beers but a decent enough amount of them) and Stone brewpub in the San Diego airport has a cooler with beers to go though, given that it’s Stone and their beers are everywhere, it is nothing all that exotic/something you probably could get back home. You can get crowlers of pecan porter at the salt lick in ABIA. Also read something about a shop in Nashville airport, but never fly through there.
April 1, 20187 yr For $5 this is pretty fucken good. Hard to beat a nice evening on the porch with good beer and a Bobalu cigar.
April 1, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, HenryJames said: Excellent beers, and there are literally 8 people here. Just opened a bottle of their barrel aged St Simon. Infected. $17 down the tubes, literally
April 1, 20187 yr Picked up a couple of crowlers of Nomura, the double ipa version of Electric Jellyfish. Saving them for lunch tomorrow.
April 1, 20187 yr Author 1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said: Just opened a bottle of their barrel aged St Simon. Infected. $17 down the tubes, literally I though about buying that. Good thing I didn’t.
April 1, 20187 yr Picked up a couple of crowlers of Nomura, the double ipa version of Electric Jellyfish. Saving them for lunch tomorrow. Got a couple crowlers yesterday as well. Just opened one. It will be a good afternoon.
April 1, 20187 yr Way random but I was trying to empty some of the heavys in my beer fridge for the Easter festivities with the family. I found a box of these in the back and anticipated they were going to be a pour after sitting on them for 3-4 years. My god, they are perfect. Best pumpkin beer ever. Now onto other things like Serendipity from New Glarus and heavys like a couple years aged BBH w cherry and BCBS.
April 1, 20187 yr Got a couple crowlers yesterday as well. Just opened one. It will be a good afternoon. It was delicious. I had a nice buzz by noon.
April 2, 20187 yr 19 hours ago, SmokeyTheBear said: Way random but I was trying to empty some of the heavys in my beer fridge for the Easter festivities with the family. I found a box of these in the back and anticipated they were going to be a pour after sitting on them for 3-4 years. My god, they are perfect. Best pumpkin beer ever. Now onto other things like Serendipity from New Glarus and heavys like a couple years aged BBH w cherry and BCBS. I loved that stuff. Haven't seen it come through town in a couple of years.
April 2, 20187 yr Was looking forward to drinking just a couple for the NCAA final tonight. Now I gotta slay some good shit dammit
April 2, 20187 yr On 3/30/2018 at 11:08 AM, TexasHooch said: Might as well get my first post out of the way here with my current daily drinker. Seems apropos. I didn't care for this at all at first, but have come around to it.
April 2, 20187 yr The time I was able to have a fresh Surly Xtra, I thought it was tremendous. However, I’m also a guy who looks forward to getting to have a Celis Raspberry again so weigh what I say accordingly.
April 2, 20187 yr Godziskie has been my favorite beer of LO's for years. I had a few at the brewery yesterday to get a good primer for the canned release. 3.0% ABV beer is fuckin great -- when its meant to be that and not some Okie ass shit.
April 2, 20187 yr On 3/31/2018 at 9:05 PM, GreenspointTexas said: Just opened a bottle of their barrel aged St Simon. Infected. $17 down the tubes, literally Infected with what? I have yet to try anything short of excellent from Hi Sign.
April 2, 20187 yr Author 11 minutes ago, Bottlecap said: Godziskie has been my favorite beer of LO's for years. I had a few at the brewery yesterday to get a good primer for the canned release. 3.0% ABV beer is fuckin great -- when its meant to be that and not some Okie ass shit. Their lightweight offerings are money.
April 2, 20187 yr 15 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said: Infected with what? I have yet to try anything short of excellent from Hi Sign. I'm going to guess bacteria Edited April 2, 20187 yr by Bottlecap
April 2, 20187 yr On 3/31/2018 at 9:05 PM, GreenspointTexas said: Just opened a bottle of their barrel aged St Simon. Infected. $17 down the tubes, literally chiming in here, friend of the program. i reached out to the founder and he asked if you could send an email to the info@ email address that is on the website (www.hisignbrewing.com) to let him and the head brewer know the details. also, this was some tasty stuff at my daughter's 5th birthday party on saturday (she stuck to capri sun):
April 2, 20187 yr 40 minutes ago, mdleast said: The time I was able to have a fresh Surly Xtra, I thought it was tremendous. However, I’m also a guy who looks forward to getting to have a Celis Raspberry again so weigh what I say accordingly. It's a damn fine beer when fresh. Problem for me is that when that came out, I still felt Surly was the brewery that set the bar in the Upper Midwest and made some of the best beers I'd drank. As they expanded, the product hitting distro seems a little less adventurous than it used to, and just not at the same level. A big part of that is that the way the beer scene has exploded in the same area with a high level of excellent small breweries that have the flexibility to put out small batches of riskier beers. This beer seemed like a sign of Surly becoming a staid monolith, and I resented it for that. So I had unreasonable expectations, basically, and didn't give it a fair shake. While I don't see Surly as the pinnacle any more, they still make really good beer that I still drink plenty of.
April 2, 20187 yr 21 minutes ago, captained said: chiming in here, friend of the program. i reached out to the founder and he asked if you could send an email to the info@ email address that is on the website (www.hisignbrewing.com) to let him and the head brewer know the details. 2 Isn't their brewhouse pretty much automated, tho? Probably something to do with packaging. This is their first bottle release, right? Doesn't shock me that something weird might occur on that part of the process. But I dunno, maybe they brewed this batch on the pilot and the infection was during the brew.
April 2, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, HenryJames said: Live Oak canning Grodziskie. Trailer was awesome: Edited April 2, 20187 yr by Yankee
April 2, 20187 yr Anyone else going to the LO 21st anniversary party on Saturday? I'll be there, look for a guy wearing a burnt orange shirt. Also, I sure hope Grodziskie doesn't push Gold off the shelves any time soon. Why Not Both?
April 2, 20187 yr Grodz is a year rounder, right? Gold is coming off at summer, probably for Berliner
April 2, 20187 yr Author Yeah, the seasonals are Primus (winter), Gold (spring), Berliner (summer) and Oaktoberfest (fall).
April 2, 20187 yr Cool, then I sure hope the large retailers are ready and willing to add a slot for another year-rounder. I currently have every LO variety in cans in my beer fridge, except for Fest, since I forgot to save any and drank it all one weekend...
April 2, 20187 yr I want Lichtenhainer in cans next. I can really do without Oaktober ... give me a smoked tart wheat beer at around 3.5% for some FUKKIN tailgating, bros.
April 2, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Bottlecap said: Grodz is a year rounder, right? Gold is coming off at summer, probably for Berliner It will be interesting to see how well it sells. We see other breweries substituting out one of their year rounders for another IPA or APA. Live Oak just says old-world style lagers is what we do and you will get a smoked beer. Love it...
April 2, 20187 yr There are a lot of avenues for infection in barrel aged beers. Brewers have to hope the alcohol content in the wood is high enough to be antimicrobial. That’s not always the case.
April 3, 20187 yr hit up austin beerworks, abgb, and 512 on saturday. had some excellent brews, finished off with a bell's oberon at brotherton's.
April 3, 20187 yr yeppers. 12-4, 12-6 something like that. strange setup there as far as a tasting room goes (or the lack thereof), but their beer was excellent. had pecan porter on nitro and co2, as well as this new 4-citrus white ipa. it was excellent. the citrus cut the hops bitterness nicely. they have a bourbon barrel coming out soon but only in large bottles, aka jester king.
April 3, 20187 yr Pretty sure they don’t like making money. Can’t be too successful or people will accuse you of selling out.
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