2018 Beer

[Okie State 3,889]

Maybe a Bottlecap question. What are the best breweries in Austin for someone with a wife, a five year old, and a one year old?

[Okie State 3,889]

Try them both. They’re about a mile apart.

We've done Live Oak. I love it, but we'll probably do something new this time.

[4th&Five 42,005]

Hi Sign needs the business and is great. Go there. 

Most of the breweries in town are kid friendly or at least tolerant. ABGB is great. Jester King is nice when it’s not 105. My kids like ABW because they have board games. Same with St. Elmo. 

Edited August 18, 2018 by 4th&Five

[Okie State 3,889]

Hi-Sign or St. Elmo are the likely destinations.

[HenryJames 67,366]

20 minutes ago, Okie State said:

Maybe a Bottlecap question. What are the best breweries in Austin for someone with a wife, a five year old, and a one year old?

Brewtorium has a lot of room to run around, and it’s indoors. Austin Beerworks also has room enough to caper as does ABGB. But definitely hit Hi Sign.

[HenryJames 67,366]

Hi Sign also has Courson’s BBQ, and they’re excellent.

[Okie State 3,889]

Hi Sign also has Courson’s BBQ, and they’re excellent.

That's good to know. Thanks.

[deft 7,059]

Odd13 is a newer Colorado brewery, and they make good stuff.

Clown shoes branding ripoff much?

No. You can take a crowler though. 

They usually have it in cans on site takeaway but heb also usually has it.

Maybe a Bottlecap question. What are the best breweries in Austin for someone with a wife, a five year old, and a one year old?

All of them? I regularly take a 7/5/2 yo group to abw.

[shnsajax 3,607]

Holy fuck Rum Runner might be one of the worst Founders beers ever.

[shnsajax 3,607]

Sorry Barrel Runner not Rum Runner.

[Okie State 3,889]

It didn't sound appealing at all to me so I never picked one up.

[Okie State 3,889]

Made it out to Hi-Sign. Pretty cool setup they have here. The girls are already claiming the chalk wall.

[Dark Horse 2,429]

12 hours ago, shnsajax said:

Sorry Barrel Runner not Rum Runner.

Yes, surprisingly terrible. 

[Okie State 3,889]

One for me. One for the wife. Good stuff.

[4th&Five 42,005]

That looks good. I may head out there this afternoon. 

[Okie State 3,889]

That looks good. I may head out there this afternoon. 

I enjoyed everything I tried. BBQ was pretty good too. I'll be back.

[HenryJames 67,366]

2 hours ago, Okie State said:

One for me. One for the wife. Good stuff.

They’re canning Violet is the coming week.

[4th&Five 42,005]

Violet is already out. Got it at HEB yesterday. Finally trying Hi C and I dig. The construction has to be a bitch for biz. 

[Okie State 3,889]

They’re canning Violet is the coming week.

They ran out of six packs to go and that was my wife's favorite that she tried.

['stache 22,143]

Goddamn this is fucking good.

[deft 7,059]

Made it out to Hi-Sign. Pretty cool setup they have here. The girls are already claiming the chalk wall.

TROGDORRRR!!!!

[Okie State 3,889]

TROGDORRRR!!!!

Hahaha, didn't even notice that. Awesome.

On another note, just ran across a straggler 6 pack of DR18 at Total Wine by my SIL's house. Fantastic.

[deft 7,059]

My trip was a month or two ago.

[Okie State 3,889]

Ahh, good. Would have been disappointed had I overlooked something so obvious.

[Archer 474]

Tried this one tonight. Wasn’t sure at first but after a couple drinks started to like it. Could have just been the 17% ABV kicking in. Still a little warm for stouts but it’s getting closer to season 

 

https://imgur.com/a/64psKhS

[Archer 474]

27 minutes ago, Archer said:

Tried this one tonight. Wasn’t sure at first but after a couple drinks started to like it. Could have just been the 17% ABV kicking in. Still a little warm for stouts but it’s getting closer to season 

 

https://imgur.com/a/64psKhS

[El Guapo 16]

21 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Violet is already out. Got it at HEB yesterday. Finally trying Hi C and I dig. The construction has to be a bitch for biz. 

Stopped by yesterday and filled a growler of a WC style IPA called Lucifer something. Outstanding. These guys just don't make a bad beer, do they?

The bartender thanked us for coming in and mentioned that the construction was really hurting their business. He said Google maps had been giving people inaccurate directions and falsely reporting road closures. I don't know how google keeps up with that stuff but I imagine it can't be easy with all the construction.

Go support these guys, they deserve it.

 

Edit: talking about Hi-Sign in case that wasn't clear.

Edited August 19, 2018 by El Guapo

[4th&Five 42,005]

I think it was Lucifer’s Fake News or something. It was very good. I didn’t try the BBQ but it smelled really good. 

[Fondren & Main 6,900]

20 hours ago, 'stache said:

Goddamn this is fucking good.

Nice pickup.

[HenryJames 67,366]

3 hours ago, El Guapo said:

Stopped by yesterday and filled a growler of a WC style IPA called Lucifer something. Outstanding.

Was it piney and bitter?

[El Guapo 16]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Was it piney and bitter?

Making bittering hops great again.

[SmokeyTheBear 5,569]

Slamming NXNW Mango Zombie Dragon this afternoon. Not super high on NXNW but their latest batch of Zombie Dragon is delicious.

['stache 22,143]

I liked Barrel Runner. Very tropical and unique.

[HenryJames 67,366]

Sourduck Market already has both Violet and Lucifer’s Fake News on tap, and I live two blocks away.

 

[Bottlecap 1,523]

On 8/17/2018 at 7:07 PM, Okie State said:

Maybe a Bottlecap question. What are the best breweries in Austin for someone with a wife, a five year old, and a one year old?

Oops. my bad. for future reference:

1 kid: all breweries except maybe blue owl

With more kids (i have three, kill me) I'd feel comfortable at: ABGB, Hi Sign, Jester King, Last Stand, Live Oak, Oasis, Oddwood (maybe, its kid friendly, but small), Pinthouse N/S, Skull Mechanix, Southern Heights, St Elmo, Family Business, Treaty Oak Brewery/Distillery (beer is terrible, cocktails tho), and Vista out past Salt Lick. I didn't miss any that I feel comfortable at, though your milage may vary. Vista is really my favorite pick w/r/t quality of beer, food, and overall experience. Live Oak is right up there too, but my kids are too wild for all that exposed rebar from ABIA construction. 

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Sourduck Market already has both Violet and Lucifer’s Fake News on tap, and I live two blocks away.

 

Sour Duck has been my new go-to. Whoever their buyer is, is on it.

[tokamak 6,687]

I have no idea what y'all are doing to entertain your kids at breweries but I'm jealous. My 4-year-old and 18-month-old are driving me up a wall within 10 minutes of arrival at a situation like that.

[Okie State 3,889]

Chalk, coloring books, giant Jenga/Connect 4, playground, etc. They're fairly self-sufficient if any of those are available.

[4th&Five 42,005]

My girls are 10 and 6. Pretty easy for them to stay entertained at JK or ABGB with all the other kids around. Games and coloring books do the trick most places. 

['stache 22,143]

I hope the legal changes in October in Oklahoma allow for kids in taprooms.  I live close to most of our taprooms and see no reason I can't let my kids play with the board games. I took my daughter recently to the food truck park and "beer garden" and she had a blast playing cornhole.  I wish people weren't so uptight about shit, and that people were more responsible to not ruin shit for the rest of us in perception.

[Okie State 3,889]

I hope the legal changes in October in Oklahoma allow for kids in taprooms.  I live close to most of our taprooms and see no reason I can't let my kids play with the board games. I took my daughter recently to the food truck park and "beer garden" and she had a blast playing cornhole.  I wish people weren't so uptight about shit, and that people were more responsible to not ruin shit for the rest of us in perception.

I guess I didn't realize that wasn't a thing in Oklahoma since I've been down here for over six years now. A friend recently came down to Houston to visit and couldn't believe there were kids out at the places we went to grab some beers. He wants to bring the whole family back now to check out different places we didn't have time for.

 

What's the law up there in regards to that? Just certain places?

 

['stache 22,143]

As far as I can tell (and I've asked) kids can't be in tap rooms but can be in the outside patio areas.

[Okie State 3,889]

Ahh, so maybe his surprise was mostly due to them living in a small town without many options.

[utee94 16,088]

My kids (10 and 8) love to play on all the concrete block with exposed rebar at Live Oak.  When they get tired of that, board games.

JK and ABGB are good too, but the lack or rebar is disappointing to them.

[Smax 3,800]

Having my first Houston Haze and its pretty tasty

[Bottlecap 1,523]

Collabs never really meet my unreasonable expectations, but I'm really excited about this one

 

Launch on draft is this friday at Zilker

Tall boy cans soon. Just in time for FB season.

[HenryJames 67,366]

Geuze, imo.

[deft 7,059]

Punkin, imo

[captained 57]

On 8/18/2018 at 2:48 PM, HenryJames said:

They’re canning Violet is the coming week.

Done now. Picked up a case in the taproom this afternoon. Small batch of helles lager and a hef on the wall too, though not sure if they’re actually on the board. They were tasty. 

[Zepol87 9,341]

Went to Harpoon today in Boston after work. It was fun but nothing special. Weather sucked. Any other Boston must hits?

[drt 646]

Trillium. Thank me later.