Nonya HOW DARE YOU FORGET THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT AUSTIN!!!! BEER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nonya
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It's not that I forgot it's just that your Austin beer is easily forgettable in the face of more formidable beers.
I lived in Germany for 12 years. My Brother-in-law is an official judge at the beer comps in Colorado every year as well as a fine small-batch brewer in his own right. The boy grows his own barley and hops for cryin' out loud.
Your Austin micro-brew beer is weak-sauce compared to....just about everything else not mass-produced for the unwashed masses, really.
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Yeah, I can see how that can be misconstrued....I meant shoot the guns, not the Brits.
Unless it's a particularly annoying employee in which case by all means show them some "Texas Justice".
Lots of wasteland out there in west Texas between San Antonio and El Paso in which to hide a body. I've stumbled across a few cartel body dumps in the White Sands Missile Range badlands in my time stationed at Ft. Bliss.
(Why they called the U.S. Government's most run-down military installation "Bliss" is beyond me...DoD has a sense of humor I guess)
Cool Story, Yep, you are SOOOooo right, Austin is crap for beer compared to the rest of the world. Nothing to see here.
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If this is going to include after-hours beer tastings I might have to apply. After all, it's only a 5 hour drive (day trip almost) for me.
And about Austin beer represented well at the GABF (Great American Beer Festival) with a quarter of Texas' 16 awards in 2014. More if you consider it by area/region.
http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/the-competition/winners/
My fav is still my tiny local startup with the big beer taste. I'll have to bring some if chosen.
And about Austin beer represented well at the GABF (Great American Beer Festival) with a quarter of Texas' 16 awards in 2014. More if you consider it by area/region.
http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/the-competition/winners/
My fav is still my tiny local startup with the big beer taste. I'll have to bring some if chosen.
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Same could be said for some beers from anywhere I imagine?
Quality beer exists beyond Bud/Miller/Coors. With local craft breweries like Saint Arnold http://www.saintarnold.com/beers/index.html), Texas Big Beer (http://texasbigbeer.com/qr/beers.htm) and a host of others I'm quite certain you'd 'drink' those words.
And let's not forget Shiner Bock!
Texas Stu is absolutely right. If you are comparing to the "mainstream" American beers of B.M.C. to that of beers from back home in the UK, you will be disappointed quickly, unless you look into breweries that AB has bought such as Goose Island with their Bourbon County series of beers. Personally, my top favorite brewery to this day is still Russian River from the West Coast, and then Jesterking from here in Austin(Dripping springs area to be exact)
http://russianriverbrewing.com/
http://jesterkingbrewery.com/
http://www.gooseisland.com/home.html
http://russianriverbrewing.com/
http://jesterkingbrewery.com/
http://www.gooseisland.com/home.html
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OK, so I'll be first to admit there are plenty of peeps that have made bigger contributions to the community than I have. But I'd really love to go. And I have proven experience in the media, cos you guys put me on telly during the premier (when I was trying to make Mrs Federal-Dropship a widow ) I was in newsletter #51 too - I'm practically the face of Elite now!
You'd have to pay for my flights (from London) and accommodation though.
) I was in newsletter #51 too - I'm practically the face of Elite now! You'd have to pay for my flights (from London) and accommodation though.
Marcaigh gets my vote. I love Texas been there several times now but not sightseeing wish I could go
Marcaigh gets my vote. I love Texas been there several times now but not sightseeing wish I could go
Arrrr, a vote from a scurrrvy pirate!
Next time you're in, you've got to make time for sightseeing.
Best parts about San Antonio is a walk around the Alamo, the various Missions that are scattered around, and then wrap it all up on a stroll down the Riverwalk for many choices of dinner, drinks, cigars.... oh man.
Wurz, I'd be willing to buy you a few rounds or bottles to prove you wrong if you ever make it to Austin, or if I ever get up to DFW area again soon.
I'll hold you to that.
Application Sent, Fingers Crossed.
