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Including Zeigenbock.
Well they've sold it at Crawford Bock for years...CDUB98 said:Indeed.Quote:
Including Zeigenbock.
Karbach actually just stumbled upon Zeigenbock. It wasn't planned.
AB InBev owned Zig for a while, but sales were faltering....for obvious reasons. So, the Karbach folks just said, hey, let us give it a go. So they've been producing it lately. All-in-all, I don't expect it to last long, but in the short run, with lower overhead, the company could make a few dimes from it.
I think if one made a beer that tastes like Miller Lite they would make a killing.TheMasterplan said:
Craft breweries need to start making drinkable 4-4.5% beers.
It really is questionable whether Crawford is Zig, but it's actually not. I asked.drumboy said:Well they've sold it at Crawford Bock for years...CDUB98 said:Indeed.Quote:
Including Zeigenbock.
Karbach actually just stumbled upon Zeigenbock. It wasn't planned.
AB InBev owned Zig for a while, but sales were faltering....for obvious reasons. So, the Karbach folks just said, hey, let us give it a go. So they've been producing it lately. All-in-all, I don't expect it to last long, but in the short run, with lower overhead, the company could make a few dimes from it.
Kidding, but why would they make it at the small brewery when it can be cheaply mass-produced at any of the big facilities?
May have had an A/C problem?htxag09 said:
We tried the Karbach pizza place a couple of weeks ago and holy hell was it hot in there. It was actually cooler to get our pizza and eat at the beer garden outside than staying in the restaurant.
St. Arnold's Grand Prize doesn't quite taste like Miller Lite, but it's practically water and only 90 calories.TXAG 05 said:I think if one made a beer that tastes like Miller Lite they would make a killing.TheMasterplan said:
Craft breweries need to start making drinkable 4-4.5% beers.
I wonder how many homeless have been camping out in that old Foodarama.TX04Aggie said:
Can someone please do something with the foodarama on 18th and TCJ or knock it down. And why is it taking years to put in a gas station in the parking lot that already had a gas station?!
Didn't someone put up a fake sign saying this and everyone in the neighborhood went crazy?BigGuyKy18 said:
A Trader Joe's would crush it in that spot
Probably, I think everyone in the grove wants a Trader Joes.Chewy said:Didn't someone put up a fake sign saying this and everyone in the neighborhood went crazy?BigGuyKy18 said:
A Trader Joe's would crush it in that spot
Chewy said:Didn't someone put up a fake sign saying this and everyone in the neighborhood went crazy?BigGuyKy18 said:
A Trader Joe's would crush it in that spot
Chewy said:Didn't someone put up a fake sign saying this and everyone in the neighborhood went crazy?BigGuyKy18 said:
A Trader Joe's would crush it in that spot
Nothing more refreshing than some neckbeard ale with the smell of ninos con pies apestosos wafting through the air.Quote:
In other news, Urban Air just opened and has Art Car, Mini Boss, and several lighter options. You can also get a bottle of Veuve if you're feeling fancy.
Art Car & nachos were the best $11 that I've ever spent.Panama Red said:Nothing more refreshing than some neckbeard ale with the smell of ninos con pies apestosos wafting through the air.Quote:
In other news, Urban Air just opened and has Art Car, Mini Boss, and several lighter options. You can also get a bottle of Veuve if you're feeling fancy.
Announced today July 5 will be last day of Shepherd location. It was known for some time that Shepherd was on the chopping block too as they had not been brewing new beer and dabbled with seltzers to make some quick cash. I think they had planned a few months longer though.drumboy said:
Since we're doing brewery closings, ElderSon announced that their North location on 1960, in the old Southern Yankee spot, is closing. They also adjusted the hours at the Shepherd pub and won't be open on Sundays. Seems like an odd decision.
In other news, Urban Air just opened and has Art Car, Mini Boss, and several lighter options. You can also get a bottle of Veuve if you're feeling fancy.
For the size of our city? I don't know. I've was surprised how many breweries you find in midsized towns in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and the like. At the same time, I think consumers are on to new things.CDUB98 said:
I've long thought the craft brew scene in Houston was oversaturated.
Those 3 states easily drink more beer than Texas. Especially Wisconsin.BBRex said:For the size of our city? I don't know. I've was surprised how many breweries you find in midsized towns in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and the like. At the same time, I think consumers are on to new things.CDUB98 said:
I've long thought the craft brew scene in Houston was oversaturated.
It DID support it. I think with changing tastes/fads in drink choices that breweries are no longer a top choice for a bar hang depending on who you are going out with. I'm well past my frequent bar drinking days but when we go out the wives and ladies in our group want to go somewhere that has wine and seltzers available. 10-15 years ago we just went to the brewery and the non-beer drinkers would just drink the beer because thats what was there. You combine that with the current crop of 20 somethings drinking less in general than my generation did and certain neighborhoods of houston found themselves with more breweries than what the area is willing to support. Its tough enough being a neighborhood bar in an area with lots of bars let alone a neighborhood brewery. Then you factor in that these beers are going for $8 a pint before tips and food and it suddenly looks way more appealing to just find a friend's place to hang at and drink there rather than dropping $100 for 2 people for an afternoon in a poorly air conditioned strip centerBBRex said:
True. I wouldn't expect that kind of saturation here, but I figured for the size of the metro area, Houston could support what it has.
Prices definitely keep me from drinking much outside the house.Quote:
Then you factor in that these beers are going for $8 a pint before tips and food and it suddenly looks way more appealing to just find a friend's place to hang at and drink there rather than dropping $100 for 2 people for an afternoon in a poorly air conditioned strip center
