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

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

 

First Brazilian beer, not bad

 

I haven’t had one of those in a long time.

 

When I am in Brazil I usually try to find Eisenbahn or Baden Baden. It used to be pretty hard to find either but getting a little easier. Not sure if they got bought out by anyone. I like Eisenbahn’s various weizen beers.

 

Last visit I had some Cervejaria Colorado, a pilsen, and I wasn’t a big fan.

[Storm the Field 5297]

Staying in New Braunfels this weekend. Any breweries in town worth checking out?

[mdleast 8297]

Staying in New Braunfels this weekend. Any breweries in town worth checking out?

I have always enjoyed the 5 Stones beers (specifically their Shepherd series of IPAs) that I tend to pick up when in Austin.

[Fondren & Main 6726]

Drinking a prairie weekend.  Lawd, it’s sweet!

[Bottlecap 1523]

ABWs new Sun Shovel year rounder is pretty great. Uses kveik yeast, tastes like an elevated Oberon. Haven't tasted the Amber Vision in cans yet.

[mdleast 8297]

For relaxing times, make it Modern Times (Stencil Crew).

[Al_4_ISU 12473]

Flowstone Alt. Love a good Alt.

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

Jester King Cofermentation Beer/Wine Hybrid with Gewurztraminer and Blanc Du Bois grapes is fanfuckingtastic. Better than the whole Spon series

[Incredulity 11679]

2 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Jester King Cofermentation Beer/Wine Hybrid with Gewurztraminer and Blanc Du Bois grapes is fanfuckingtastic. Better than the whole Spon series

Neg’d. Take it to the wine thread.

[rage-a-holic 4417]

4 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Jester King Cofermentation Beer/Wine Hybrid with Gewurztraminer and Blanc Du Bois grapes is fanfuckingtastic. Better than the whole Spon series

At the brewery or you found it somewhere?

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

8 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

At the brewery or you found it somewhere?

Brewery only release

[Al_4_ISU 12473]

Catosphere DIPA. Citra/Strata hops

[Al_4_ISU 12473]

Franklin Street (Manchester, IA) Drugstore Cowboy. NE IPA

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Pretty solid stout for $4

Edited March 8, 2020 by Hank_Hill

[rage-a-holic 4417]

10 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Brewery only release

Thanks, I need to head up there.

[HenryJames 66135]

Liberator, imo.

[Iceman 2722]

Mmmmmmm,  Live Oak!!!

[HenryJames 66135]

[utee94 15835]

Very nice.

[Bottlecap 1523]

$10 4-packs of core beer that they probably fill 80% of their tanks with for the entire brew week. Neat. 

[HenryJames 66135]

drinkingpecanporter;dr

[HenryJames 66135]

Westmalle Extra, imo.

[HenryJames 66135]

Westmalle Extra, imo.

[utee94 15835]

20 best pilsners you can drink:

https://gearpatrol.com/2020/03/10/best-pilsners/?fbclid=IwAR0fVriithdVw3x78fYUojBBFo8KwHECcE53jYq39d_-Nc4zzN_ABKeQffQ

 

 

[HenryJames 66135]

10 hours ago, utee94 said:

20 best pilsners you can drink:

https://gearpatrol.com/2020/03/10/best-pilsners/?fbclid=IwAR0fVriithdVw3x78fYUojBBFo8KwHECcE53jYq39d_-Nc4zzN_ABKeQffQ

 

 

Austin is the domestic pilsner capital, imo. 

[utee94 15835]

8 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Austin is the domestic pilsner capital, imo. 

word

 

There are lots of good ones on that list.  I've had many, but not all.  The highly regional ones, from areas I don't really visit, I'll likely never get to taste.

I guess I'll have to drown those sorrows in Pilz and Gold.

[HenryJames 66135]

Yeah, pilsners are best fresh. That's why I pass on any European pilsners I see in the states. 

[utee94 15835]

18 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Yeah, pilsners are best fresh. That's why I pass on any European pilsners I see in the states. 

Light strike just destroys Pilsner Urquell.  It's alright draught here, but so much tastier in the Czech Republic.  

[Hank_Hill 18893]

Probably in the 2019 thread but it’s 2020, breweries I should hit in SD? Got a corona ticket on the cheap so I’ll be there for ~1.5 days

[shnsajax 3591]

Probably in the 2019 thread but it’s 2020, breweries I should hit in SD? Got a corona ticket on the cheap so I’ll be there for ~1.5 days

Modern Times, Abnormal, and Aleworks are the only ones that come to mind. I’m sure there is better too.

[mdleast 8297]

Modern Times, Abnormal, and Aleworks are the only ones that come to mind. I’m sure there is better too.

Was just there in January and, as you can imagine, there are TONS of great breweries all around. I try to only visit breweries whose beers I can’t get back home so, ignoring obvious ones like Ballast Point, etc, in addition to Modern Times as previously mentioned, I’d also recommend Pizza Port and Pure Project in the immediate San Diego area. There are also tons more if you go into the North County area and/or up NE towards Escondido.

Bar-wise, i would also go by the Toronado before they close for good. I know Hamilton’s and O’Briens are also great bars.

[CooterBrown 18015]

Hops & Grain San Marcos is closing Saturday. Can’t imagine how much money was sunk into it. Hopefully, they were organized to keep it separate from the original location.

[patrickdrinksbeer 793]

plenty of craft breweries will be closing this year if people stop going to bars and taprooms for a month.

[utee94 15835]

1 minute ago, patrickdrinksbeer said:

plenty of craft breweries will be closing this year if people stop going to bars and taprooms for a month.

Hang in there man, hope you're able to ride it out.

[patrickdrinksbeer 793]

Hops & Grain San Marcos is closing Saturday. Can’t imagine how much money was sunk into it. Hopefully, they were organized to keep it separate from the original location.

i went to the internets looking for this info and didn’t see anything. is this insider friend info?

[mdleast 8297]

Damn, that San Marcos location didn’t make it very long then, did it?

[CooterBrown 18015]

i went to the internets looking for this info and didn’t see anything. is this insider friend info?

Saw it on a Craft Beer Austin Instagram post. Someone mentioned in the comments that H&G was the next up for sale. Dunno if that guy is connected.

[mdleast 8297]

In happier news, I just saw that East 1st Grocery just got it two El Segundo beers. Hadn’t heard they were going to be distributing to Texas.

 

[patrickdrinksbeer 793]

Saw it on a Craft Beer Austin Instagram post. Someone mentioned in the comments that H&G was the next up for sale. Dunno if that guy is connected.

i think that’s bad info

[Fondren & Main 6726]

Pilsners suck fucking ass, imo.

[CooterBrown 18015]

i think that’s bad info

I hope so.

[HenryJames 66135]

6 hours ago, mdleast said:

In happier news, I just saw that East 1st Grocery just got it two El Segundo beers. Hadn’t heard they were going to be distributing to Texas.

 

El Segundo pint glasses or it didn’t happen.

[HenryJames 66135]

6 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

Pilsners suck fucking ass, imo.

[Iceman 2722]

6 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

Pilsners suck fucking ass, imo.

It's not my favorite style either, but if someone is buying them; there's more capital for the good stuff.

[utee94 15835]

Pilsners are a special gift from God.  Amen.

 

[Al_4_ISU 12473]

Hating pilsners is like hating vagina.  I'm cool if you feel that way, but I sure as fuck don't get it.

[HenryJames 66135]

12 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Hating pilsners is like hating vagina.  I'm cool if you feel that way, but I sure as fuck don't get it.

This guy fucks. Probably in a barn but nonetheless.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

A good pilsner is a thing of beauty.  A shitty pilsner make me sad. 

 

[Al_4_ISU 12473]

45 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

This guy fucks. Probably in a barn but nonetheless.

I've gotten a blow job in a barn before.  So there's that.

[Al_4_ISU 12473]

1 minute ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

A good pilsner is a thing of beauty.  A shitty pilsner make me sad. 

 

Agreed.  The mark of a shitty pilsner, IMO, is sweetness.  If the first reaction to my palate is sweet over dry, I'm out.