Beer 2020: Pint glasses or it didn’t happen.

[HenryJames 66143]

Drinking Hefeweizen and speaking Spanish.

#murica

[HenryJames 66143]

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

Had some extra time yesterday before the game so I hit up Bell Springs, One Shot, Fitzhugh, Jester King, and Meanwhile. Swung by Double Horn and Bear King today on the way to Inks Lake SP. All of em were packed to the gills except for One Shot. 
 

Not shockingly, One Shot was the worst of the bunch. 

[HenryJames 66143]

How were the others aside from JK? 

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

 Bell Springs was solid for a brew-winery. Nice spot as well. Its far out there tho
 

Fitzhugh was also extremely nice. Central TX farmhouse style setup. Gigantic playground and outdoor area. The IPA and the Australian Sparkling Ale werent half bad. Food was claimed to be made in house, but a Poke E Joes employee delivered the food to our table. 
 

Meanwhile is a gigantic setup. Crazy lines for beer. Got a few to go in some crowlers.... werent many spots to sit/hang out because it was so busy. Location is awful (between Orf brewing and Independence), but they seem to have some strong initial hype. The IPAs I had were strong for a brand new venture.

 

I knew what I was getting myself into with Double Horn. Wasnt expecting much. The food was better than I expected and the beers were pretty meh. Had two different IPAs and a Pale Ale.

 

Bear King is literally across the street. Awesome place for Marble Falls. Food looked good (didnt order any) and the place was pretty busy. Had a little too much to drink at Double Horn and so we got some crowlers to go. 

[DDD Dad 14346]

Shot 92 today so I needed a little something to pick me up.

[HenryJames 66143]

[DDD Dad 14346]

Shot 92 today so I needed a little something to pick me up.

“I’ve seen things”.

[ousuxndallas 65]

First one I've ever had. Tis good.

[HenryJames 66143]

Hacker Pschorr, imo.

 

[HenryJames 66143]

Black is Beautiful, imo.

 

[HenryJames 66143]

Celis, imo.

 

[mdleast 8298]

We all know that 2020 has been the year of the themed pint glass with your beer.

I’m here to let you know that 2021 will be the year of the themed background with your beer.

[Continental Op 3934]

1 hour ago, mdleast said:

We all know that 2020 has been the year of the themed pint glass with your beer.

I’m here to let you know that 2021 will be the year of the themed background with your beer.

Turning Point put out the exact same thing this week.

[HenryJames 66143]

8 hours ago, mdleast said:

We all know that 2020 has been the year of the themed pint glass with your beer.

I’m here to let you know that 2021 will be the year of the themed background with your beer.

Did you get the Frankenberry and Booberry bears as well?

[mdleast 8298]

8 hours ago, Continental Op said:

Turning Point put out the exact same thing this week.

I believe they were having Ingenious on as guest taps.

[mdleast 8298]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Did you get the Frankenberry and Booberry bears as well?

No just saw this one as a single and actually would have probably passed on the others as a chocolate stout I can get my head around.

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

The stout was easily the worst of the bunch. The frankenberry was meh, the booberry was pretty solid

[Okie State 3824]

Porter kind of night.

[HenryJames 66143]

Two porters one cup?

[Okie State 3824]

It's a big cup.

[Al_4_ISU 12475]

Porter kind of night.

Pecan porter just sounds like something that would hit the damn spot

[HenryJames 66143]

Primus, imo.

 

[Okie State 3824]

Pecan porter just sounds like something that would hit the damn spot

It does. It's good stuff.

[zlavydra 2123]

Not quite as good as Allagash Saison, and not close to the OG DuPont.

[HenryJames 66143]

Yeah, Dupont is the gold standard.

[PantsTent 2002]

Primus, imo.
 

Been killing these the last week. Make it year round!

[mdleast 8298]

Having a 3-Way tonight

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Not much of a pumpkin beer guy, but the time was right and this was subtle.

[Guest]

Real Ale blew me away with their Bomber variety pack last Winter.  This is a nice offering going into Fall.  Glad they put their Black Quad in there in the place of some lighter stuff from the past few years.

[HenryJames 66143]

Their variety packs are great. Wish more breweries did them. Really like the Nomad.

Edited October 31, 2020 by HenryJames

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Costco variety 24pks are the main reason I have a membership 

[HenryJames 66143]

What breweries? 

[utee94 15841]

2 hours ago, slorch said:

Real Ale blew me away with their Bomber variety pack last Winter.  This is a nice offering going into Fall.  Glad they put their Black Quad in there in the place of some lighter stuff from the past few years.

Heh, you know the comparison is strong, when Devil's Backbone is considered "lighter stuff."

Real Ale does good Belgians, that's for sure.

[utee94 15841]

17 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Primus, imo.

 

Look at you, always looking for cheap "likes."

I want to bust into my Treehugger tonight as a celebration, but I'm not sure I should drink it if the Horns win, or if the Horns lose and usher out the Tom Herman era.  It's truly a dilemma.

 

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Might be regional, mine has like 5 DFW breweries then real ale and left hand. Shiner obviously. Usually in the $22-25 range too so solid deal.

[Incredulity 11681]

But then I have to deal with the dud in the variety pack.  Bought an Elysian IPA variety pack 2 years ago and I still have 4 Avatar Jasmine flavored IPAs in the back of garage fridge.

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Yea I mean I don’t buy ones that are 1/4 something I know I won’t drink, like jasmine IPAs

[Guest]

That's the beauty of the Bomber and Belgian VP's by Real Ale.  0% shitty beer factor.

First thing I do when looking at a VP in the store is , "Ok how many IPA's, blueberry ales, and bullshit are in this?  Oh, zero?  Ok.   I am interested."

Edited October 31, 2020 by slorch

[Incredulity 11681]

Yeah, if I had realized it was I might have skipped it.  I saw Spacedust and Immortal and figured whats the worst that could happen.  I found out.

 

Also another thing COVID has fucked up is my strategy to get rid of those stragglers.  Normally throw them in the beer cooler for a big barbecue or hang out and they disappear.  Of the two that are gone I drank one and pawned one off on my unsuspecting brother during Superbowl.

Edited October 31, 2020 by Incredulity

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Texas Beer Co. out of Taylor might have the worst IPA I’ve ever tried.

Edited October 31, 2020 by Hank_Hill

[HenryJames 66143]

Out of Taylor sign out front shoulda told ya.

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Buddy brought some samples he got at a work thing. Just brutal.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19139]

A few from today...

 

 

Edited November 1, 2020 by PenelopeWitherspoon

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19139]

Changed the photo of the Brooklyn Bel Air Sour...

 

 

[MoJames 8244]

Yum

[Al_4_ISU 12475]

This is the best pils I’ve had in awhile.



Before I get grilled about “New Zealand style”, it’s just where the hops come from

[rage-a-holic 4434]

Pliny, Mango Hefeweizen and Strawberry Berliner-Weisse were good. The blackberry cider was way too fucking sweet.

 

[rage-a-holic 4434]

Also good:

 

Crooked Stave - Peaches of Immortality

[shnsajax 3591]

This is the best pils I’ve had in awhile.



Before I get grilled about “New Zealand style”, it’s just where the hops come from

Been drinking a lot of the Steigl Pils lately which is a really surprising thing to say but it’s pretty great and cheap.