What's your favorite Beer?
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Yep, Houston, to be exact.
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True, the craft brew scene is really growing right now. It's hard to keep track of all the new breweries, but it's enjoyable to try.
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I generally go for craft beer too, always love trying out something new.
I'm in the Atlanta area and there's a decent craft beer scene going here. My local growler shop has a ton of local varieties and a few knockout world class beers at any given time.
Recently sampled a local beer - Red Brick Brewing Co. The Lost Years, a beer that's aged for 3 months in Jim Beam barrels. Only had a taste but it was a very interesting beer.
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I took a tour of the Deschutes brewery a few months ago. They are in Bend OR. Such tasty beer and great people. If you haven't tried it, give it a go.
Craft beer is mostly what we drink here in UT. The quirky laws pretty much steer you that way. I'm partial to Utah beer, but a newer brewery that is out of this world good is Epic. They only make small batches and in 22oz bottles.
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True, the craft brew scene is really growing right now. It's hard to keep track of all the new breweries, but it's enjoyable to try.
Have you toured Saint Arnold's? Are there any in or around Houston that you recommend? Karbach's Weisse Versa is pretty good summer beer, I might have to check them out someday.
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Coincidentally enough, my next door neighbor is the retail sales director for St. Arnold's.
However, I haven't toured the brewery in it's new location. The original brewery was in a light industrial strip center and, frankly, was pretty bleak. I haven't toured any of the other local ones.Karbach is pretty good stuff. No Label Brewery out in Katy is also worthwhile, as is Southern Star Brewery in Conroe. Lots of good brewers in the Austin and the DFW areas, too.
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I'll probably try to go next year around November-December. That way I might actually get my hands on some Pumpkinator that everyone raves about.
If you're ever in Austin, I'd highly recommend 512 brewery. The whiskey barrel aged double pecan porter is magical. My go-to beer in Austin though is Live Oak Hefe, it's definitely worth checking out if you get a chance.
Southern Star puts out some good beers as does Deep Ellum brewing in DFW.
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Pumpkinator is good. My neighbor gave me a bottle of it a while back.
I'll have to keep those in mind the next time I'm in Austin. The double pecan porter sounds like something I'd enjoy.
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No pics, but I went to Brew Dog in Nottingham last night and drank a craft beer called Tokyo, which was 18.9%….. feel pretty shit this morning.
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It looked like a regular dark beer, but tasted like mulled wine. Reminded me of being a student, when a couple of pints of cheap red wine was how we started an evening.
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My mistake, it was 18.2%
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It looked like a regular dark beer, but tasted like mulled wine. Reminded me of being a student, when a couple of pints of cheap red wine was how we started an evening.
Haha, that's exactly what I was thinking – greatest bang for the buck. I would have tried it, given the opportunity. The use of jasmine is especially intriguing, as I am a big fan of jasmine tea. I suppose that's why it's called the "Tokyo." How strong was the cranberry flavor? I imagine that a stronger-flavor had to be introduced to balance the subtle flavors of jasmine and oak chips, with the alcohol. Interesting stuff, though. Thanks, Mega.
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It was a reasonably fruity beverage, which I guessed was more than likely the cranberry. It wasn't unpleasant, but it also was not something I could have casually drank all night. After drinking one of these, and a second beer (who's name was something like "Hello, my name is…."), I certainly had a respectable sway going on. The second beer was a mere 9.9% if I remember correctly.
Here are some past Brewdog specials of a ridiculous nature.....
Tactical Nuclear Penguin (32% ABV) - at the time, the strongest beer ever produced in a competition with German brewer Schorschbräu
Sink The Bismarck! (41% ABV) - at the time, the strongest beer ever produced. A quadruple IPA
The End of History (55% ABV) - the beer formerly known as "the world's strongest beer". Only 12 bottles released and packaged inside stuffed squirrels and stoats
They had a bottle of the last one behind the bar last night, it was indeed in a stuffed squirrel, and was priced at £999.99
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Observe the insanity….. Brewdog rules.
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The Brewdog pubs are great, really cool atmosphere, people just chatting and enjoying their beer. They have a ton of board games laying around for people to use, Playstation 2's and SNES set up for use, and the staff all really know their products.
After literally years of searching, I now have a reason to recommend visiting the UK to foreign tourists.
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Sounds really cool, and reminds me a bit of the brewery I used to work for:
http://paradisecreekbrewery.com/
I was with them when they first started, and now live a couple states away. They have just started distributing on the Best Coast; but, hopefully, continue to grow, nationally. They have a really cool atmosphere, as well. The brewery is located in a renovated Post Office, that was built in the 1930's (extremely old by Washington State standards). It has a giant movie theater screen for games (matches), huge movie theater surround, darts, pool, old-school arcade games, board games, etc..
It's located in the extremely-tiny town of my alma mater (~30k people; ~27k of which are University Students); so, as you can imagine, it's a pretty fun atmosphere. They aren't doing anything nearly as interesting, from a brewing perspective, as Brewdog. However, they have won some awards, and have made tremendous progress in 2.5+ years.
If you can't tell by now, I really miss the nights when I was the lone employee working, and I had a bar full of customers – wild nights.
Thanks again for sharing your experience at Brewdog; it takes me back. I think I need a beer now.
