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The Beer Summit

Jul 30, 2009 22:20

So the so-called "White House Beer Summit" occurred today. As a beer commentator I would of course be remiss not to offer some analysis on this.

However, it appears a number of different political commentary blogs have already thoroughly analyzed it, so instead I'll just point you to the best of those that I have found The basic breakdown ( Read more... )

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chandrielle July 31 2009, 15:26:11 UTC

I would have had them fly in a keg of Rahr Iron Thistle. (SRSLY, come to Texas and try it. It's only served three places on tap and they can't afford to bottle it.)

emo_snal July 31 2009, 15:48:29 UTC

Where is it again? Fort Worth? I'm very intrigued about it.

Next time you come visit Dave you should bring me a bottle :D

Also Iron Thistle is a sweet name. What kind of beer is it?

chandrielle July 31 2009, 15:57:22 UTC

Fort Worth, tiny little brewery. They can't afford to bottle it because it costs something like $35,000. So they just do a few kegs and send it to two bars in the immediate area, and then serve it at their Saturday tasting that they hold for two hours. The Rahr Brewery tasting is so much fun. $5 gets you three full glasses of whichever beers you want and you get to keep the glass. They only bring out one keg of the Iron Thistle for the second hour though because it's high in alcohol content and they don't want everyone getting completely smashed and then driving home. The keg is empty in just a few minutes so you have to catch it fast.

According to their site, Iron Thistle Scottish Ale got the 2009 National Grand Champion title for Scotch and Scottish Ales at the US Beer Tasting Championships. It's SO FREAKIN GOOD.

emo_snal July 31 2009, 16:20:37 UTC

If I'm ever in the Fort Worth area.... speaking of which my friend pavel-lishin lives around there, I should tell him to check it out.

chandrielle July 31 2009, 18:01:28 UTC

This cracked me up. I wish there was more to the story, like where this was taken. Maybe it was at the championship?

emo_snal August 2 2009, 18:57:20 UTC

Haha that's awesome. THAT's the kind of respect a keg should be treated with :D

Speaking as an Austin resident... nationelectric July 31 2009, 15:50:38 UTC

Wait, where are these places?

Re: Speaking as an Austin resident... chandrielle July 31 2009, 15:59:27 UTC

Sadly, you can't really find Rahr outside of downtown Fort Worth. It's a tiny little brewery and they can't produce enough to even make it to the eastern reaches of Fort Worth, where I live. But they win all sorts of championships with their really tasty beer. Come up here sometime and go to their Saturday tasting. It's one of my favorite things to do in town.

Re: Speaking as an Austin resident... nationelectric July 31 2009, 19:37:29 UTC

I just may do that. I haven't had an excuse to go up to Fort Worth in years, and honestly, I kinda miss it. I like the cut of its jib.

Re: Speaking as an Austin resident... chandrielle July 31 2009, 19:43:03 UTC

http://www.rahrbrewery.com/

Every Saturday from 1-3pm. You'll see people from all walks of life there - hanging out, listening to music, and having a great time. I'm starting to build a nice collection of souvenir glasses. :)

I'd recommend taking the short tour because the Rahr story is pretty cool, but you might miss the one keg of Iron Thistle. I did. But they do serve it at the Flying Saucer in downtown Fort Worth and a lot of people tend to head over there after the tasting to get more of it.

Re: Speaking as an Austin resident... nationelectric July 31 2009, 23:00:40 UTC

Cool! Yeah, I'll add that to the list of tx roadtrips. Thanks!

I like this:

We no longer allow dogs - sorry.

I get the impression that there's a story there...

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