Austin Beerworks Pearl Snap Pils

Lately it seems that every year, Austin gets more and more breweries to choose from.  And that's about as awesome as anything you can think of.  Austin Beerworks has been around for a couple of years and are at the forefront of abandoning your fancy-schmancy bottles in favor of the aluminum can...the peoples' way to drink beer.  At the head is the delicious and refreshing Pearl Snap, a German-style Pilsner.  This is your basic everyday beer.  It goes with anything...BBQ, Mexican food, cigarettes.  You name it.  To me, it tastes like drinking a beer with your dad after spending a Saturday afternoon mowing the lawn.  And that's as fine of an endorsement as anything i can think of.

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Adelbert's Naked Nun

Always happy to find a local brew that tastes as good as this one.  Austin's own Adelbert's Brewery (named after the brew master's deceased brother) makes a variety of different beers, each with their own back story.  The Naked Nun is a Belgian Style Wit Ale with hints of orange and coriander in the mix.  It gets its name from a story involving Adelbert getting robbed and stripped only to find aid from a group of Colombian nuns.  It's pretty easy to drink and goes down very smooth.  While this is an exceptionally good beer, i'd say that the spices make it feel like a late autumn or winter beverage.  It's not really a summer time beer.  And, apparently that's my thing right now.

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Alaskan Summer Ale

And we now have a nominee for my new favorite beer for the summertime...Alaskan Summer Ale.  The good folks at Alaskan Brewing Co. deliver the goods on this Kolsch-style brew, a perfect mix of hops and malts that complement each other in the best possible way.  Damn, this beer is refreshing.  There are hints of fruit and sweetness that don't overpower, making this a ridiculously easy beer to drink.  As far as food pairings go, i'd recommend it with anything.  I know i throw this out there a lot, but this is a perfect beer to beat the heat...and we can now get the stuff in Austin.  Hazaa!

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Real Ale Devil's Backbone

It's May.  And we're in Austin.  It's only going to get hotter, so i must divert myself away from the usual dark and heavy brews i love so.  Bring on the crisp and refreshing pale ales my friends.  Texas's own Real Ale Brewing Company unleashed their yearly batch of Devil's Backbone, a Belgian style Tripel ale.  It's a wonderful mix of malts and hops with a blend of sweet sugars, and served ice cold, is wonderful for these upcoming long and sweaty days.  But, be wary.  The 8.1% alcohol by volume content can pack a wallop you were not expecting.  It is a damn good beer though, the kind of brew i start thinking about around 4PM when i'm still at work, as if it's calling me from my refrigerator.  Ahhh.

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