They had Utopia tastings at Specs, too, but Koch was so late getting there that I had to leave before they broke it out. My buddy stayed and picked me up a bottle though, so not all is lost.
1:07a, 8/20/11
Just picked this up
Tastes similar to Leffe to me
Edit to remove massive picture, sorry about that guys
[This message has been edited by Linz02Ag (edited 8/25/2011 9:52p).]
Tastes similar to Leffe to me
Edit to remove massive picture, sorry about that guys
[This message has been edited by Linz02Ag (edited 8/25/2011 9:52p).]
9:23p, 8/20/11
Just switched the St. Arnold's seasonal at the local burger joint to Octoberfest. Good stuff.
1:03p, 8/23/11
From Chron:
Breaking news: The first 11,000-gallon batch of Santo, the recently announced black Kölsch from Saint Arnold Brewing Co., had to be dumped because of problems that arose when scaling the beer up from test production.
The brewery says a new, smaller batch with a tweaked recipe is being brewed today this week.
But it will be at least six weeks before the beer could hit the market.
Santo, a variation on the best-selling Fancy Lawnmower, was expected to go on sale Sept. 1. Instead, the release looks more likely early to mid-October at the earliest.
Breaking news: The first 11,000-gallon batch of Santo, the recently announced black Kölsch from Saint Arnold Brewing Co., had to be dumped because of problems that arose when scaling the beer up from test production.
The brewery says a new, smaller batch with a tweaked recipe is being brewed today this week.
But it will be at least six weeks before the beer could hit the market.
Santo, a variation on the best-selling Fancy Lawnmower, was expected to go on sale Sept. 1. Instead, the release looks more likely early to mid-October at the earliest.
1:04p, 8/23/11
St A announced they are delaying the release on Santo.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/saint-arnold-brewing-company/were-delaying-the-release-of-santo-and-heres-why/10150272055258008
http://www.facebook.com/notes/saint-arnold-brewing-company/were-delaying-the-release-of-santo-and-heres-why/10150272055258008
quote:
We regret to announce that we are delaying the release of our newest beer, Santo. After brewing a 10 gallon test brew several months ago that we were enthusiastic about, we scaled up the recipe and recently brewed our standard 3,700 gallon batch. In fact, we have three such batches in the fermenters right now. After filtering a batch this week and getting it ready for packaging we tasted it. It was good, but it was missing that spark that separates a good beer from a great beer. So we are dumping the over 11,000 gallons of beer we have in the tanks.
We are brewing another batch tomorrow with a series of recipe tweaks. We will taste this in two to three weeks. If we are excited about the results, we will release it then (or more likely, about three weeks later so we can brew some additional batches). If we again do not believe it is a world class beer, we'll continue tweaking. We apologize for this issue. We would rather experience the embarrassment of delaying the release than release something that isn't the best beer we can brew.
6:19p, 8/24/11
Enjoyed the heck out of some SA Oktoberfest last weekend with the TexAgs crew.
picked some New Belgium Hoptober today....so freaking good. Convinced this is going to be in steady rotation at our tailgates and my fridge this fall.
picked some New Belgium Hoptober today....so freaking good. Convinced this is going to be in steady rotation at our tailgates and my fridge this fall.
10:14p, 8/24/11
yeh i went through many sixxers of that two years ago.. kinda forgot about it last year though, will have to pick up some next specs trip.
4:20p, 8/25/11
Spadilly, where did you pick up the New Belgium? Specs?
I love their beers, but lately their seasonal releases haven't been up to par. Hope this one is good.
I love their beers, but lately their seasonal releases haven't been up to par. Hope this one is good.
5:14p, 8/25/11
interesting on the Rice brews. If I remember right, didn't Brock graduated from there?
6:08p, 8/25/11
Anyone try Clown Shoes out of Mass yet? Specs got some in this week so I might head downtown to grab some.
6:54p, 8/25/11
quote:
Kroger at Wirt/Westview
The Kroger at West and BW8 didn't have it.
Ended up with some Rahr Blonde and SA Oktoberfest
8:49p, 8/26/11
based on a recommendation i'm drinking this tonight...good for a lager but not enough flavor to put in regular rotation...
4:54p, 8/27/11
as the resident Clutch fanboy, im excited to see the upcoming Clutch 'Lips of Faith' brew from New Belgium
Clutch - Lips of Faith Series
Clutch - Lips of Faith Series
8:49p, 8/27/11
Having a real ale morgul ale at rockwells. Sold in half pint, for good reason it's 17% abv it's a porter aged in makers mark barrels. Holy crap it almost just tastes like straight whisky, but without the bite.
9:35p, 8/27/11
pondering hitting rockwells tomorrow while my girls are out. ... or captain toms for micheladas....
7:53p, 8/29/11
Anyone hitting up the craft brew festival in Galveston this weekend?
I'm guessing it'll be pretty sweet but I can't swing it.
I'm hoping someone goes and files a trip report here.
I'm guessing it'll be pretty sweet but I can't swing it.
I'm hoping someone goes and files a trip report here.