You might know the name Deschutes by the river in Oregon which is famous for fishing, hiking and float trips. Or, if you were ever in the U.S. Army and had to learn map reading, you know of the “Deschutes Fire Tower” on the Tenino Map Sheet. Well, there is another Deschutes, this one is
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The Beers of Texas Part 7 – Saint Arnold Amber Ale
Saint Arnold Brewery’s Amber Ale is a crisp refreshing beer. It is a full-flavored ale with a pleasant caramel character that is derived from brewing with a specialty Caravienne malt. The rich body is evident when you pour the beer and it forms a nice medium head in the mug. A complex aroma of hops
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The Beers of Texas Part 6 – Shoofly Coconut Lime Ale
This is a seriously funky beer. If Jimmy Buffet was not making Land Shark Larger, he would be brewing this. This is a really tropically flavored beer. Shoofly Coconut Lime Ale is a refreshing golden ale blended with natural flavors of coconut and lime. Floral notes complement the mellow coconut and understated lime flavors. The
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The Beers of Texas Part 5 – The Fort Worth
This is an American Session Ale brewed to honor the crew of U.S.S. Fort Worth. U.S.S. Fort Worth is a Freedom Class littoral combat ship named after the city of Fort Worth, Texas, the home town of Rahr and Sons Brewing Company. This was my first American Session Ale and I must say it is
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The Beers of Texas, Part 4 Franconia Lager
I know it has been a while since the last installment of this series, but you can look forward to more of the beers of Texas over the next few weeks. This lager is a full bodied southern German style lager. It has a deep golden in color and contains a malty sweetness throughout the
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La Rubia Blonde Ale from Wynwood Brewing Company
Wynwood uses only premium products in all of their beers. They procure the best malts from the US and use them as the base malt and mobile them with British and German Malts to create their caramel malts. They seek the finest hops from the US, England, Germany, New Zealand and Czech Republic. Wynwood puts
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Beers of Texas Part 3
The Southern Star Brewing Company is not just any old brewery. For one thing, they are not some huge mid‑western beer empire out of Milwaukee, or the like. The Conroe brewers are Astros fans. They got started in 2007—four Texas families and six generations strong. Like many local brewers, Southern Star started out to make
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Beers of Texas Part 1
When we have visitors come from out of town, we always want to give them give them a true taste of what our local community’s food and drink is like. We introduce them to the nicest folks around; obviously feed them real beef barbecue; and of course you’d hand them an ice cold Texas beer.
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