Beers I Want This Weekend...

...but am to cheap to buy (right now). A man can dream.

Hops & Grain Tasting

Beer Town Austin beat me to the punch with this one. Whatever. I stole the above picture from their website. Hops & Grain had us over to try some of their homebrews, which they plan on scaling up once the brewery is open. And just as Beer Town Austin imported his notes straight from his iphone, I am going to give you the straight dope directly from my notepad:

Alt
It was like a malt/hop battle. Dry hopped with Saaz and it shows, or should I say it smells like it. It is light drinking, but no light bodied.

Schwartz
Good roast and smoke rolling around in there. Finishes clean. Super dark, black (duh). Zesty and clean.

Pale Ale
Citrus hop aroma and flavor. Some DMS, but not off-putting.

Red
Hoppy and bitter. I really like this hoppy red. Malty finish, but bitterness stays around.

Hoppy Brown
Gnashing hops. Piney. Some milkiness. I feel like this would be a great leaping point for great variations. Additions of cherry would be "tasty."

If I had to rank them from my favorite to least favorite, it would look like this:

1. Red
2. Schwartz
3. Alt
4. Hoppy Brown
5. Pale Ale

*Alt only slightly edged out the Brown

Thanks guys.

Saint Arnold Pub Crawl Returns to Austin

Again with the crawling. From the latest Saint Arnold newsletter:

We will be having an Austin Pub Crawl on Saturday, June 19 so if you are looking for an excuse to visit Austin, you may want to mark you calendars.

The last one was fun and I bet this one will be better. Who wants to bet me? Come on.

My Last Pint

New website alert: My Last Pint.

This is the deal. We launched it with an interview with Sam Calagione.

Enjoy (I hope).

Uncle Billy's 3rd Anniversary Beer List

From Uncle Billy's facebook page...

UPDATE: BEER LIST

The following will be on Tap/Keg for the Ann. Party:

1. 3rd Anniversary Ale "Dave Tripel" - Belgian-style Tripel, strong & pale, hint of candy sugar, straight German Pils malt, Styrian Goldings hops and fermented with Westmaille yeast - 8.5% ABV

2. 2nd Anniversary Ale "Boozer Chavez" (one keg)

3. World Beer Cup & GABF winner "Hell In Keller" (one keg)

4. Hop Zombie (one keg)

5. Bitchin' Camero (one keg)

6. Woodeye Rye (one keg)

7. Oatmeal Stout (one keg)

8. Ax Handle Pale Ale (one cask)

9. Agave Wit

10. Hill Country Amber

11. Back 40 Blonde


*The Anniversery Beers are served in half-pint glasses only. Also, many of these are one keg, so when it runs out...it's gone! Get here early!

Anchor Sold???

...sending shockwaves through the Twitterbeerverse...

Southern Star 2010 Pro-AMm Winner Announced

And it is a smoked porter. Mmmm, love that style.



BA chatter here.