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Southern Star Spring Pils

June 13, 2018June 9, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Southern Star Spring Pils pours a clear golden color with almost no head. Just a thin skin of white foam that keeps a tight collar and quarter skin. Nothing sticks to the glass, so no lacing. The aromas of grain give Spring Pils a very bread smell with hints of fruity esters. As it warms

Southern Star Humidity

June 6, 2018May 24, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Humidity by Southern Star Brewing pours a murky gold and there might be a hint of amber in it. The beer is 100% opaque. A white foam head forms when poured. The head has almost no stick or lace. The head dissipates almost as fast as it pours. I poured Humidity from a 12 once

Midnight Cab a Unique Beer

May 30, 2018May 20, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Midnight Cab for Rahr and Sons Brewing Company is a unique Black Saison beer. It is aged in red wine barrels, a nice clever recipe that’s pretty well put together. Deep chocolate brown and some nice body out of the can, with a nose of oak tannins and roasted barley. Lots of bitter dark grain

Iron Thistle Scottish Ale

May 23, 2018June 9, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Iron Thistle Scottish Ale pours slightly hazy dark ruby red/brown color with a single finger fairly dense head. This dense head is light khaki with good retention. This reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown

Orange Show from Saint Arnold

May 16, 2018May 14, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Continuing my beers of Texas series this week I am trying Orange Show from Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston Texas. Orange Show is a blonde ale brewed with almost 2,300 pounds of blood oranges. These are puréed and for each batch. This works out to about half-pound of purée per gallon of beer. A strong

Texas Shade a Wheat Beer

May 9, 2018April 23, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Texas Shade is a strange one. It pours golden and slightly cloudy as you would expect a witbier to do. The head is fizzy and short-lived. After that, the aromas of wheat and yeast flow out first followed by a blast of citrus. The taste packs a tart sour punch. Texas Shade is brewed by

Heart O’Texas Red Ale

May 2, 2018April 20, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Heart O’Texas is very dark red-brown color with a thick cream-colored head. This beer wears its 6.3 abv very well with just a nice warmth dancing in the mix. Aromas are all malt up front, with the barest smidge of fruity hops. A hint of sweet, citrus flavor appears up front with a spicy bitterness following,

5 O’Clock Pils

April 18, 2018April 9, 2018 Charles Prevatte

5 O’Clock Pils Pils is described as this “The pils malt is light yet with a pleasant bready character, emphasized by the decoction mash wherein a portion of the mash is removed, boiled and added back. Saaz hops, the only hop that has never been hybridized dating back to when it was first cultivated from a

Saint Arnold Brewing Summer Pils

April 11, 2018April 8, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Saint Arnold Brewing Summer Pils has so much more taste and “depth” to its taste compared to the other pilsners I’ve tried,. I thought it was just another one of those hipster beers, but I’m glad I tried it; it goes down smooth and is pretty tasty. Definitely worth trying out. I love most Saint Arnold beers,

White Noise Whitbeir from Saint Arnold

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Charles Prevatte

This is another installment in my beers of Texas series. White Noise is a crisp Belgian style wheat beer (Whitbeir). This brew is based on the Witbier produced as a part of Saint Arnolds 2015 Icon series. That beer was based on a recipe from Celis White that added some oats added for a little