is this happening to anybody else??

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

I think Mike may have recommended that to me once...........

Joel

Nah, Coors screwed it up..

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Leinenkugel's Red (from Wisconsin) is tastier than Killians. Don't know if it's available near you, but I know that Leinie's is being distributed more widely than before.

If I cannot pronounce it......it is unlikely that I can get it close by in either the rural areas of the Tx, or Fl gulf coast. Maybe in Tempe.......but I won't be back there until August......

There is a Specks (sp) liquor warehouse about 40 miles away that I can probably get anything.....

My computer is crashing again.....I will have to finish this in the am.


Joel

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

If I cannot pronounce it......it is unlikely that I can get it close by in either the rural areas of the Tx, or Fl gulf coast. Maybe in Tempe.......but I won't be back there until August......

There is a Specks (sp) liquor warehouse about 40 miles away that I can probably get anything.....

My computer is crashing again.....I will have to finish this in the am.


Joel

Line-en-coo-gulls.

Or Leinie's for short. Good stuff.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

...Or Leinie's for short. Good stuff.

That's like "limey" (a Brit) only with an "n"... "liney"

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Nah, Coors screwed it up..

Sorry I misrepresented you on this........my bad.......

Coors became legally available in my part of Tx in the Sping of 1976.......me and some friends bought a case (maybe two) and went the Brazoria County Fair and Rodeo......two of them threw up in the back of my car on the way home.......I have tried to stay away from Coors ever since........

There is a bar in Galveston that my middle daughter and I went to a few months ago that has close to 300 beers on their menu...........I think I will have to go back there with her often and try and sample some more of them.

My youngest is a bartender/hostess at a local Mexican restaurant.....but they don't have a huge selection......I guess I will just have to get out more.

Joel

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

My youngest is a bartender/hostess at a local Mexican restaurant.....but they don't have a huge selection......I guess I will just have to get out more.

Joel

A mexican restaurant in Texas? Isn't that sort of redundant?

I'll stick with my Shiner, thank you very much.

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

A mexican restaurant in Texas? Isn't that sort of redundant?

I'll stick with my Shiner, thank you very much.

Bock, I take it.......very good beer! And.....we do have Chinese and Italian also..........

A buddy from HS had a grandmother that lived in Yokum (just down the road from Shiner). He went to college in Victoria and I in Austin........several semesters I did not have Friday classes and we would sometimes meet up at his grandmothers farm and make the 13 mile trip to the Shiner Brewery...........

Back then, their hospitality room was unlimited. You could sit and drink all day long.......they even had several domino tables where to local retired folk would come and play and take advantage of the free beer. The hospitality room closed for an hour at lunch so the seventy something year old server could take his lunch.

Also, for some reason, you could not get Shiner in Austin back then.......you had to drive down to at least either Smithville or La Grange. On any trip that way, I always had to pick up a case of Bock for one of my classmates and he always gave me a few extra bucks for my trouble.

Looking back.......I am amazed I survived those years.............

Joel

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

Bock, I take it.......very good beer! And.....we do have Chinese and Italian also..........

A buddy from HS had a grandmother that live in Yokum (just down the road from Shiner). He went to college in Victoria and I in Austin........several semesters I did not have Friday classes and we would sometimes meet up at his grandmothers farm and make the 13 mile trip to the Shiner Brewery...........

Back then, their hospitality room was unlimited. You could sit and drink all day long.......they even had several domino tables where to local retired folk would come and play and take advantage of the free beer. The hospitality room closed for an hour at lunch so the seventy something year old server could take his lunch.

Also, for some reason, you could not get Shiner in Austin back then.......you had to drive down to at least either Smithville or La Grange. On any trip that way, I always had to pick up a case of Bock for one of my classmates and he always gave me a few extra bucks for my trouble.

Looking back.......I am amazed I survived those years.............

Joel

Spoetzl does a nice job. Nothing fancy, just a good product.

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Spoetzl does a nice job. Nothing fancy, just a good product.

The Bohunk community (German/Czech) is an interesting dynamic..........and I am not meaning to be racist........that is what it was called in the 70's.......it was propogated by them.........

Galveston County (where I grew up) is a pretty big mixed bag of nationalities........

Up near Shiner and Yokum.......totally different......mainly Czech and Germans.......and they love their beer. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.........

Lavaca County is a fun place to be.........I went to a wedding of a dorm friend in 79 or 80........I am still not sure what all happened on that weekend..........

I am surprised that Shiner is available around the country now.......We were less than 150 miles in Austin and could not get it.........It is good to see that DE who is a crap load farther away.......can get one of our treasures.........

BTW........I do still like Lone Star.......

And........I will still drink inferior beer if it is free..........and even cheap bourbon tastes good in a $150 glass.


Joel

[CecilOne]

today 9:57 AM
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[Andy]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Andy & Little Jimmy ? If not beer on your system.

The original link works again. Just had to change it for a few days.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Dakota

...My favorite regional right now is "Two Hearted Ale" (an IPA) out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. A close second is "Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale" out of Cleveland. Both of these should be available at liquor stores throughout the Midwest, at least. My local standby is Summit Extra Pale Ale (St. Paul, MN). If you're an ale man, it is not quite up to the first two, but still very drinkable and a bit less bitter.

Originally Posted by Umpteenth

Unfortuantely, this is not available in the stores here in Texas - well, at least not in North Texas. That's brewed by Bell's, isn't it? It's a very good IPA. I've had other Bell's brews that I've enjoyed, too.

I've had some of the Great Lakes brews, but can't remember if I've had this one, or not. Most of them have been pretty good. Again, we don't see those here.
Aha! We do get Summit Extra Pale Ale! This was my wife's favorite until I brought home Stone Ruination. Now, I have to keep the fridge stocked with enough Ruination for us both!

Yes, the "Two Hearted Ale" is brewed by Bell's.

Thanks for the recommendation on Stone Ruination. My local liquor store carries that, but I haven't tried it. It's from Cali, and I didn't think anything good could come from Cali... I'll have to give it a try.

BTW, does anyone else think the way many of these smaller breweries name their beers is annoyingly too clever? They seem to be in a contest to have the most dangerous name. It's just beer, after all.

[Dakota]

OK, I'm having second thoughts after reading a bit about Stone Ruination.

Warning: ale geeky post ahead. Sorry, but this thread has already been completely hijacked, so ...

If you're into ales, the three on my list earlier in this thread would fall within the range of what is generally called American-style pale ales, which are an Americanized rendition of the traditional English Bitter (what got me started on ales was Marston's Pedigree unpasteruized - or "live" ale from pubs in the British midlands 30 years ago).

These ales (APA's and bitters) are generally top out at 45 IBU (hop bitterness) and 5-7% alcohol by volume. Summit EPA is 45 IBU and 5.3% ABV. Great Burning River is 45 IBU and 6% ABV. Bell's Two Hearted Ale is an IPA, and therefore should be a bit hoppier and higher in alcohol, which it is, at 7% ABV; the brewer don't list the IBU of this beer, but it tastes hoppier than the Summit and one beer review site estimated it at 60 IBU, another as "not quite a DIPA" which would be about the same. Anyway, this range (45 - 60 IBU) is what tastes best to me.

Stone Ruination is 100+ IBU maybe as high as 130, falling into the Imperial IPA range (or West Coast ale, or "extreme" ales), which gives me pause. I'm not sure I could seriously enjoy an entire 6 pack. Maybe I'll see if I can find it on tap around here first.

Here is a list of APAs available in Texas (source link below) that should be more to my taste on the IBU scale:

• Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn Ale
• Great Divide Denver Pale Ale (DPA)
• Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale (the author's second-favorite of this list)
• Kona Brewing Fire Rock Pale Ale
• Full Sail Pale Ale
• Independence Pale Ale (Austin, not Philadelphia)
• Left Hand Jackman’s American Pale Ale
• Anchor Liberty Ale
• Southern Star Pine Belt Pale Ale (the author's favorite of this list)
• Samuel Adams Boston Ale (not the Boston Lager)
• Santa Fe Pale Ale
• Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (a classic of the style)
• Stone Pale Ale
• Summit Extra Pale Ale

Source... Dallas Examiner Drink American, drink a pale ale - Dallas craft beer | Examiner.com

Of this list, I've only tried 2 (Summit and Sam Adams... as he notes, the ale, not the lager). Maybe I'll try the Stone Pale Ale rather than Stone Ruination.

[Dakota]

Well, I stopped by the store yesterday intending to buy a Stone ale of some kind. Geez, that stuff is expensive! I passed for now... maybe it'll go on sale. I bought some Alaskan IPA instead (it was on sale). Not bad.

Still looking for the American equivalent to Marston's Pedigree Bitter (the last remaining brewery using the Burton Union brewing method) "live" ale from the cask. Even the bottled Pedigree (when you can find it) is not the same, as it has been pasteurized for greater shelf life.

American ales tend to have hyped up the hops more than the English counterparts.

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Originally Posted by Dakota

OK, I'm having second thoughts after reading a bit about Stone Ruination.

Warning: ale geeky post ahead. Sorry, but this thread has already been completely hijacked, so ...

If you're into ales, the three on my list earlier in this thread would fall within the range of what is generally called American-style pale ales, which are an Americanized rendition of the traditional English Bitter (what got me started on ales was Marston's Pedigree unpasteruized - or "live" ale from pubs in the British midlands 30 years ago).

These ales (APA's and bitters) are generally top out at 45 IBU (hop bitterness) and 5-7% alcohol by volume. Summit EPA is 45 IBU and 5.3% ABV. Great Burning River is 45 IBU and 6% ABV. Bell's Two Hearted Ale is an IPA, and therefore should be a bit hoppier and higher in alcohol, which it is, at 7% ABV; the brewer don't list the IBU of this beer, but it tastes hoppier than the Summit and one beer review site estimated it at 60 IBU, another as "not quite a DIPA" which would be about the same. Anyway, this range (45 - 60 IBU) is what tastes best to me.

Stone Ruination is 100+ IBU maybe as high as 130, falling into the Imperial IPA range (or West Coast ale, or "extreme" ales), which gives me pause. I'm not sure I could seriously enjoy an entire 6 pack. Maybe I'll see if I can find it on tap around here first.

Here is a list of APAs available in Texas (source link below) that should be more to my taste on the IBU scale:

Source... Dallas Examiner Drink American, drink a pale ale - Dallas craft beer | Examiner.com

Of this list, I've only tried 2 (Summit and Sam Adams... as he notes, the ale, not the lager). Maybe I'll try the Stone Pale Ale rather than Stone Ruination.

Sweet Tom.....Thank you......I live in a fairly rural area, but am within 35 miles of the larger cities........my city is not small.......it just has no specialty stores. The closer you get to Houston, you can get pretty much get what you want.

I just have not had many suggestions as to what to get........now I do.

Thanks again.

Joel