Beer Bums Meeting – March 2017

The Madness of March with several maddening beers and a lot of variety.  The Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero was my personal favorite, while the Illustrated Man was like biting into a tart blackberry.  All capped off with the Firestone Walker Bravo which is a Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Brown Ale.  Excellent finish to the meeting.

Deep Ellum Neato Bandito

South Austin Brewing Evel Ale

Guinness Nitro IPA

Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero

Independence Brewing Illustrated Man

Firestone Walker Bravo

Next Month, April

Beer Bums Meeting – February 2017

The February theme was open to interpretation, but everyone seemed to stick to the Valentine’s love theme.  A great variety with the Hibiscus Saison a pleasant surprise.  It’s super pink! Nooner was a nice interpretation too.  A few bonus beers rounded out the meeting with the Pineapple Austin Eastciders and the Real Ale Black Quad.

Sierra Nevada Nooner Pilsner

Adelbert's Whimsical Hibiscus Saison

Karbach Love Street Kolsch

Lakewood Raspberry Temptress

Saint Arnold  Icon Blue Chocolate Weizenbock

Austin Eastciders Pineapple Cider

Next Month, March - The Madness of March

Beer Bums Meeting – January 2017

Our meeting can run from 100 degrees and sunny to snow.  January was freezing, with no snow, but one of our coldest meetings nonetheless. We always kick off the year with our favorite beers of the previous year.  Mine was the Saint Arnold Art Car IPA, but all the offerings were great.  The Elysian Space Dust was a favorite from our Holiday Party and nice to try it again with a fresh palate.

Real Ale Devil's Backbone

Saint Arnold Art Car IPA

Big Bend Brewing La Frontera IPA

Elysian Space Dust IPA

Stone Americano Stout

Next Month, February - February themed beers??

Beer Bums Meeting – October 2016

October inspired beers leaves a lot to chance, but we ended up with another batch of great beers.  Three Oktoberfests, a Halloween-ish beer and a Berliner-Weisse.  Not a bad one in the group.

Karbach Karbachtoberfest

Pedernales Brewing Lobo Oktoberfest

Magic Hat Vamplifier

Freetail Yo Soy Un Berliner

Southern Star Oktoberfest

Next Month, November - Brewery Tour?

Beer Bums Meeting – September 2016

Tallboys!  What a perfect container of beer!  16 oz of pure beer bliss. 12 oz never seems like enough and the tallboy is the perfect solution.

Tallgrass Brewing Flyin Hawaiin Pineapple Double IPA

Wittekerke Wild

Arrogant Bastard Who You Callin Wussie

Stone Go To IPA

Breckenridge Nitro Vanilla Porter

South Austin Brewery Texas Pale Ale

Lone Star

Next Month, October - October inspired beers