I had one today in Illinois and it's the best beer available!

MajorityWhip: Abstruse: MajorityWhip: Go back to school, youngster.

Just because they don't let you ride on the short bus anymore doesn't mean you graduated. The "Bush Family" as you put it is from Massachusetts and Connecticut, not Texas. Dubya's a carpetbagger who moved here solely to become gubner because the Texas governor basically has absolutely no power whatsoever.

And the monument is on the site where the wounded Sam Houston accepted Santa Ana's surrender.

And it faces South in defiance.

Er... it?

'Defiance' faces west, if I recall correctly, drawing her sword. 'Peace' faces east depicted as a wounded Houston, and south is a commemoration to the fall of the Alamo fort under siege by Santa Ana's troops.

I may be way off base, but that is the arrangement I recall. It's been years since I've been there.

The 'Bush' thing was a swing and a miss, though. He's yankee, but we're stuck with him just like the rest of the world was not that long ago.

MajorityWhip: Go back to school, youngster.

You missed the boat on your facts and now want to play ITG, while running roughshod over history. And just because you are getting schooled by Farkers, is no reason to resort to ad hominem, youngster.

Have another Shiner and step away from the keyboard.

/J.D.'d a long time ago
//headed to the gym in 26 minutes

wsupfoo: -The best beer made in Austin, and for that matter Texas, is Live Oak Hefeweissen. You can only get it on draft.

*Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooool*

I've been tempted to get a kegerator solely so I could drink Live Oak at home.

awww... all the yuengling hate makes me sad. ill have to drink extra for you guys. i gotta drink a shiner AND a yueng now.

i will agree, however, the regular lager is best when it comes from a tap, and their premium is even better than the standard lager. i have heard, but not experienced, that the yuengling in the south, from the brewery in florida, is horrible shiat compared to the pennsylvania brewery, due to water selection or some horseshiat. i am unfortunately in delaware, so i dont exactly get the best of anything, i think the shiner might be slightly skunked by the time it gets here, but it is still mighty tasty.

just to throw more random shiat in this thread, delaware has a beer called dogfish head. they have a 120 minute IPA, and it has 20% ABV. it is more of a sweet wine kind of a flavor than the traditional hoppiness of an IPA, and it will hit you like a brick.

/no caps for me
//my shift key has a breathalyzer

Sorry I'm late. I've been drunk all day.

I like this beer the best...



It is heaven in a bottle. Brewed in Munich since 1417. Yep, 592 years. Now that is impressive.

/Drunk, full of bratwurst, and burned by fireworks is the only way to experience independance day son
//Going to go pass out now
///Happy birthday Shiner and USA!!!
////Thud

Having drunk many gallons of it in the past, I've grown tired of Shiner Bock and don't drink it any more. It's something about the taste.

But as soon as I polish off the Sam Adams in the fridge, I'm going to buy some Bohemian Black based on the reviews above.

SoxSweepAgain: Hollywood Cole: SoxSweepAgain: Ugh, beer from Texas.

Nothing good comes from that redneck hellhole.

/fark Texas.

....says the lonely sober fatass.

Wrong, wrong and wrong.

And not in Texas, so I have that going for me.

And we do appreciate that.

100 years? And? Oh wait, that's considered old and "historical" there.

I went down to visit my friend in Houston once, and all the bars had Shiner for $2 or less a bottle, and it was some of the best beer I'd had to date. It's sad you can't get it in NYC.

Just got back from Germany and I'm wondering if I should follow Germany time (4:24 PM) and crack open one of the Shiners in my fridge at 9:24 AM or if I should wait until later... decisions, decisions.

God bless German and Czech influence on Texan culture!

Late to the party, but I'm 19th-ing the love for Shiner Black.

My Mom grew up in Shiner. My Grandparents Lived in Shiner their entire life's, My Grandfather was even mayor for a while. I have spent many a days in that small town. I have to say I have been getting a kick out of these comments.

/ love the black
//great for any cook out

I'm gonna have to sample the black lager after reading the threads.

The Black lager and the Smokehaus (mesquite-smoked hops) are excellent, but the Commemorator (a porter style) is my favorite drug right now. I'll cry like a little girl when/if they stop making it.

I'm so glad shiner is getting the first national credit it deserves and some free publicity. If anyone has never had Shiner beer, I highly suggest you try Shiner Bock (as mentioned many times in this thread), it's shiners flagship beer and their most popular.

While living in Texas I learned one thing about beer. Shiner Bock is what Texans drink, while Lone Star is what they export so that residents of the other, inferior, 49 states can pretend to be Texans. I guess that's two things, though.

/you're not worthy
//meh. @ shiner...

I tried Shiner a couple of times . I wasn't all that impressed with it . It's not the worst thing ever but not the best either .

RagingLeonard: Shiner was better before Gambrinus bought it and started brewing it with corn.

Real Ale and Live Oak FTW.

WORD!

Shiner of the 1980's was a delicious masterpiece... not so much so today.

/drinks Dos Equis Amber rather than any Shiner