Saint Arnolds brewery in San Antonio produces some really good beers…and I’d have to say they produce my fav beer (I’m a home brewer and try everything I can conceivably get my hands on) …it’s a cask conditioned ale…they actually have made an x-mass cask for the holidays…subtle hints of various seasonal spices (not over the top though)
Served from a beer machine (its pretty much flat beer) and at room temp, its full of floral characteristics and is perfect balance between maltiness and bitterness (IBU ~ 30-35?) Its non filtered too! When you hold it to the light it has about the translucency of a Heffeweisen (dense cloudiness), but a rich red-copper color instead of a golden yellow. Truly is a great beer, never seen it bottled and I don’t think you will…got to get it off tap.
The only flaws are no head retention and $5-6 a pint price!! ouch! well worth it though.
Seems like unicycling beer drinkers tend to gravitate towards better beers. Don’t see very many tasteless light american beers listed here. Another one I like is out of Provo, Utah from Wasatch Brewing Co. called Polygamy Porter. It’s a really decent porter with a great name and an even better label. Anyone else seen or heard of it? Pretty much only available in Utah and the four corners area.
Yeah I’ve seen it. Doesn’t it say “Why have just one?” or something to that effect on it, with a guy surrounded by all his wives? Dan Heaton was stoked to buy some when we went down for moab, I thought it was a joke… funny.
I am partial to microbrews too. Browns, stouts, bocks, porters and darker beers in general. If its red, orange, brown or black, I’ll probably at least try it. I like so many. I go to the store and just pick out something I’ve never had before. I can tell you for sure, American beers are terrible. The only two Bud Lights I’ve ever had were bought for me and I’m glad. I wouldn’t want to waste my money. The exception being Miller Lite. That seems to be palatable for some reason.
I also homebrew. I started last January and am going to start my 5th batch tonight. It’s going to be a cream stout. In the past I’ve made English brown, Kolsch, Burly Brown, and Big River Brown, all kits from midwestsupplies.com.
My favorite beer is the very first pint I ever had at a brew pub.
That pint just keeps on getting better the more I try to think back to how it tasted. I’ve had the same beer at the same pub and it has never tasted as good as that first one.
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Another one I like is out of Provo, Utah from Wasatch Brewing Co. called Polygamy Porter. It’s a really decent porter with a great name and an even better label. Anyone else seen or heard of it? Pretty much only available in Utah and the four corners area.
