Thirsty Planet Turns One, Plans Party

Happy Birthday TP! All the details here.

Jester King Starting Tasting Room Hours and Tours

People have been waiting for this day. From Jester King:

This Saturday, May 14th, and every Saturday thereafter (unless you hear otherwise), our brewery and tasting room will be open to the general public from 1-4pm. $10 gets you a tour and a souvenir glass to take home. Of course, we'll also have some of our beer available for sampling (for which your souvenir glass will come in handy), though we're actually struggling a bit to keep up with production right now, so the selections this week may be somewhat limited. We'll have a keg or two of Wytchmaker and a bit of Black Metal, which we're hoping will be enough to get us through the day, and should be, provided that we're not descended upon by droves of thirsty fans the moment we open the gates. Just to be safe, we're limiting attendance to 100 guests, but we're expecting a pretty light turnout the first time around, so we're not anticipating that this will be a problem.

RSVP here.

Now pair this with a visit to Thirsty Planet and Barber Shop and you got yourself a nice little daytrip. Just saying.

Whip In is 25

And they are throwing a 4 day party. Sounds right. Plenty of music and this:

w/ $2.50 draft BREW SPECIALS from
(512) BREWING
FRANCONIA
INDEPENDENCE
JESTER KING
LIVE OAK
RANGER CREEK
REAL ALE
SAINT ARNOLD
THIRSTY PLANET

New Beer from Thirsty Planet

It's called Silverback Pale Ale and some of the proceeds from the beer will go to Austin Gorilla Run.

More Thirsty Planet news via Liquid Austin.

2010: Best and Worst

Best: Truthfully, I can't think of the "best beer" I had in 2010. I know I had some good ones. But none really pop into my head as the best . . . Peche Mortel was amazing back in January. Ohhhh and Jubel...too good. Sierra Nevada's four 30th anniversary beers were all solid, the stout and barleywine being my favorite. (512) Whiskey Barrel Double Pecan Porter was delicious most of the time. My bottle was perfect. Ok, now I remember, THE BEER is Grand Teton Double Vision Dopplebock. INSANE, no that is too far, it was close to insane - perfectly delicious.

I will also note my great pleasure in seeing the openings of our newest breweries: Thirsty Planet, Jester King (loved that Black Metal Stout last week) and Black Star. And it was exciting to follow the development of breweries like Hops and Grain, South Austin Brewing and Circle Brewing.


Now the worst: Live Oak Primus. It pains me to say this. I used to love this beer. I was so looking forward to it this year. I could not get enough of it last year. This year, after several pints, I'm just not feeling it. Something is off, it's leaving me flat, unaffected. I only include this as my worst beer, because it did not live up to it's past mighty form. Maybe I changed. I'll keep chasing the dragon though. I want my Primus passion back.

Thirsty Planet Grand Opening

Saturday was the grand opening party for Thirsty Planet.



Right away I grabbed a Yellow Armadillo Wheat. As I took this photo I bumped into an older lady and spilled my beer on her. Stupid, clumsy blogger. I apologized and she said "A towel would be nice!" That's me, making friends everwhere I go.



The wheat was good. Light, drinkable. I'd like to try it again in a bar.



The brewhouse and the line for food.



Tasting room and shop.

Brian, Tammy and Co. put on a great party. They have a beautiful brewery, a very impressive setup. Things are looking good.

Black Star Beer Social this Weekend

Beer AND FOOD!

Featuring Thirsty Planet brews.

July 17, 2010
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

TP BHIPA @ FS this week

That title is some crazy code, huh? What's that Sam:

I should have Thirsty Planet IPA pouring at the Saucer by the end of the week.

Thirsty Planet Update

Courtesy of USABeerTrends.

MLP #9 with Thirsty Planet

More My Last Pint action with Thirsty Planet. This time Tammy chimes in...

MLP #8 with Thirsty Planet

It's up now, fresh for yah.

Thirsty Planet is Brewing!

From their website:

May 11, 2010 WE ARE BREWING!

The Yellow Armadillo has hit the brew kettle! Happy day at the brewery for sure!!!

h/t: BTA-TWEET

Thirsty Planet Fixin' to Unleash

Thirsty Planet popped up out of nowhere. They have a nice website. That is all I can tell you. But thanks to Liquid Austin and Beer Town Austin, we now have much more info on our newest purveyor of our favorite beverage.



From Liquid Austin:

They’ve done such a good job of keeping things quiet that they’re maybe three weeks away from brewing their first batches, with getting beer out the door in maybe six. Expect a draft-only operation for the first 60-90 days, with bottles to follow. The first beers to roll out with be Yellow Armadillo Wheat, Buckethead IPA and Thirsty Goat Amber.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking, that those don’t sound terribly adventurous — and adventurous is exactly what we need more of? I asked them about that. Brian notes that the IPA will have 75 International Bittering Units, enough to satisfy any hophead, his wife included. “I like IPAs that take the enamel off my teeth,” Tammy says. Brian also has intriguing ideas about brewing with chipotles and Hatch chiles.

From Beer Town Austin:

Currently, they own a very large brewery with room to expand into bottling very soon. And besides the first three beers, Brian plans to utilize their large and hostpitable tasting room as a laboratory for various experimental brews he plans to churn out on his 5 barrel pilot system. He mentioned trying some more exotic styles including smoked porters, double IPAs, fruit beers, beers with brettanomyces, and various local ingredients. He hopes to cultivate a brewpub type atmosphere at the tasting room to share beers and receive feedback. In addition to the large tasting room, they plan to develop an outside bier garten for outside drinking, local music, and cyclist recouping (this place will be an excellent biking destination). Brian mentioned he’d like to keep the tasting room open multiple times a week to encourage more of a brewer/drinker relationship.

ANOTHER AUSTIN BREWERY!

Don't look at me. They just keep coming. Bring em on!

Check em out: Thirsty Planet Brewing

HT: Texas Beer