Texas' First Brewery

Po recently made a visit to the Kreische Brewery State Historic Site, the ruins of the first brewery established in Texas, and sent me these cool photos (sorry it took me so long to post them, Po!). I really need to get down there and visit. (Click on the pics for much higher-quality versions.)

And on that previous topic …

More minors and beer: (once again stealing from KC Beer Blog): http://kcbeerblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post.html

Even I'm appalled

I was doing some dusting here in the office, and this long-forgotten trophy from my running days caught my eye, and I realized it needed to go on the blog immediately. It's from a 5K race that was held in Bastrop State Park, and as you can probably guess, Miller Lite was the major sponsor.


The trophy might strike you as merely amusing, but here is what's appalling about it: I was only FOURTEEN YEARS OLD when they awarded it to me! They gave this trophy to a TEENAGER.

I mean seriously – don't you think it's just wrong to promote beer this lame to a minor?

Masterful photography

My daughter is in love with the camera. I sense a career in photojournalism in her future. She took these mouthwatering photographs of my beer fridge.

People with too much time on their hands

Somehow, this just screams "entertainment for Nosregref." I can hear him now, doing his Homer Simpson giggle as he watches it.

Need to save money on beer?

I confess I'm totally stealing this from my friends at KC Beer Blog, because it's cool:

If you've ever been curious how far your beer dollar will go in various places around the world, check out pintprice.com.

UPDATE: Holy crap, I sure hope the price listed for Eugene, Oregon ($13.86!) is an error, because I'm spending a week and a half there this summer. Surely that's a mistake. I was in Portland just last summer, and while not cheap, they certainly weren't charging that.

UPDATE 2: Okay, I see there are multiple entries for Eugene, so the $13.86 has to be some sort of weird error. The other listings show more reasonable prices in the $3 range.

A new brewery is coming to Austin!

And as far as I'm concerned, there's always room for one more. Get ready for the (512) Brewing Company, Austin. Looking at the blog on their website, it looks like they're almost ready to start business.