The last two weeks have seen two beer festivals come and go here in Austin. The Flying Saucer had Beerfeast on Saturday, September 29th, a day which threatened rain but did not deliver until the very end of the event. I had 12 delicious things and only spilled beer on one other person.
(512) Brewing, 2010 Double Pecan Whiskey Porter
Breckenridge Brewery, Autumn Ale, Fall Seasonal
Brooklyn Brewery, Fiat Lux, Wit Beer
Dogfish Head Brewery, Punkin, Spiced Ale
Harpoon Brewery, Octoberfest
Hops & Grain Brewery, Dark IPA
New Belgium Brewing Co., Metric 10.10.10, Belgian Style Pale Ale
Ommegang Brewery, Biere D’Hougomount, Harvest Ale
Ommegang Brewery, Seduction, Belgian Dark Ale
Real Ale Brewing Co., 4-Squared, Double Blonde Ale
Sixpoint Brewery, Sweet Action, Belgian Style Abbey Ale
Stone Brewing Co., 16th Anniversary Ale, Double IPA
Then this weekend was the Texas Craft Brewers Festival where I had more delicious things. I don’t know if this list is complete because I didn’t have note taking technology. Oh well.
Adelbert’s Brewery, Black Rhino, Dark Ale
Hops & Grain Brewing, Bourbon Barrel Aged ALTeration, Altbier
Jester King Craft Brewery, Funk Metal, Barrel-aged Sour Stout
Rahr & Sons Brewing, Stormcloud, English-style IPA
Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling, OPA, American Pale Ale with Oats
Real Ale Brewing Company, Oktoberfest
Rogness Brewing Company, Beardy Guard, Biere de Garde / Saison
Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Oktoberfest
Southern Star Brewing Company, Pro-Am, Double IPA
Additionally, I’ve been stuffing my face this week! Yays!
Thursday night I ate at Second Bar and Kitchen with a young lady. We shared buffalo fried pickles, I had a beet salad and pork chop with hominy, barbequed escarole and sweet onion, she had the flank steak with chimichurri and potato salad and we shared pumpkin cheesecake in a jar. Also a bottle of Vall Llach Embruix (Priorat, Spain, 2008). Then Friday was the traditional Home Slice Pizza lunch followed by the biggest taco ever from Sao Paulo’s and chocolate pots de creme at Vino Vino. Saturday was Round Rock donuts for breakfast before four hours of yard work and then two Boomerang’s meat pies at the beer festival and then an Old Fashioned and chocolate cookie marshmallow sandwich thing at Contigo. Finally, today after a two hour bike ride, I had brunch at Frank where I got “Pig and Eggs” which is chicken fried pork chop plus eggs and hash brown casserole.
I’m going to have to step up the cycling if this keeps up but it’s awesome to eat all the things.
I also watched Good Night, And Good Luck which was excellent and fits thematically with The Newsroom which I’ve been watching over and over since early September. My book pile is getting a little out of hand though so it’s probably time to start chipping away at that and give the TV a rest. I have been instructed to get some whiskey and ice cream and watch The Godfather. I’ll probably fit that in some time in the next week or two.
And the Austin Paella Lovers United festival and cookoff is coming up at the beginning of November followed by the East Austin Studio Tour. I want to say there’s something towards the end of October also but I can’t remember and there’s nothing on the calendar.