is this happening to anybody else??

[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

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