Austin Beerworks Incognito Cowgirl

Over the weekend, a bunch of breweries and Texas beer people put together an event called The Great Texas Beer Run, the idea being to pick up as much beer to go from your favorite local brewers as possible.  I've pretty much been doing this every weekend since the lockdown began, but it was nice to participate in more of an official capacity this time around, hitting up 5 breweries over the last couple days.  I wish i could have done more...but i'll be back.  My favorite score of the weekend was the brand new Incognito Cowgirl from Austin Beerworks, a delicious, 8.2% ABV double IPA.  The beer pours a murky straw color and smells of pineapple and tropical fruit.  The flavor is that same mix of tropical fruit, the pineapple up front and center, with some dankness on the back end and a juicy mouthfeel.  A really wonderful beer for the Spring.  Hopefully someday we'll all be able to share one together.

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Lazarus Blushing Bride

I wish i could do more.  I wish i could go to every brewery in Central Texas every week and buy beer to go.  I wish i could help keep the lights on indefinitely.  I'll do what i can, but we've already lost at least one brewer to the virus (RIP NXNW).  Just try and stay afloat.  Anyway, Lazarus Brewing is doing what they can too, beginning to can some of the beers for easier access as well as setting up some collaborative brews that we will hopefully be sipping very soon.  They've also got bottles of their Blushing Bride, a delicious, 10% ABV Belgian Tripel with orange blossom honey and aged in white wine barrels.  The beer pours a nice straw color with a white head and smells of orange, fruit, and white wine.  The flavor is dominated by the white wine notes but with hints of orange and pear and a dry finish.  It's a wonderful beer, and i'll have to procure some more of it soon.

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Austin Beerworks Sakuma Sour Ale with Cherries

Still doing what i can to help out as many breweries in the greater Austin area as possible, my most recent beer-to-go purchase came from local mainstay Austin Beerworks.  The 5.99% ABV Sakuma Sour with Cherries pours a mix of red and brown and gold and smells of cherries and tartness and just a little bit of funk.  Flavors of tart cherries abound in this barrel aged brew with a lovely all around sourness that never gets to be too much.  I'm going to have to get more of these.

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Red Horn Wild Wineoceros

I've been doing my best to help out the local brewers by ordering a whole load of to-go beer and then picking it all up around the greater Austin area.  It's good.  It gets me out of the house, but still maintaining social distance as i hardly even get out of the car, and it gets me tons of great beer.  One of my visits this weekend was Cedar Park's Red Horn Coffee House and Brewery where i picked up a variety of brews.  One of those was the Wild Wineoceros, an 8% ABV brett beer aged with grapes and juice.  The beer pours nice and gold with a pretty quickly dissipating white head and smells of fruit, tart, and a little bit of funk.  The flavor is a dry and funky mix of grapes, yeast, tart (but not overly tart) fruit.  It's a wonderful beer for a Saturday afternoon, rain or no.

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