8th Wonder Dome Faux'm

We are quickly approaching some MLB playoff action, and while football has always been my sport of choice, there's just something about Fall baseball that feels so right.  So why not start drinking a brew that would be the perfect companion at the ballpark?  Houston's 8th Wonder Brewery has just the concoction you need.  Their Dome Faux'm Cream Ale is a pre-prohibition throwback beer, a crisp and easy drinking beverage for any sporting event...or just sitting around at home in the backyard or whatever.  Pouring gold with a thick and foamy white head, the 5.2% ABV beer smells of grains, grass, malt, and spicy hops.  Light and drinkable, the flavor is a good and balanced mix of malt and hops with just the tangiest bit of bite.  I imagine they'll be drinking a lot of these in Houston is the Astros can repeat this year.

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Sam's Daily American Cream Ale

It gets hot here in Central Texas, and sometimes you just need a beer to beat the heat.  Sam's Daily, an American Cream Ale from Houston's Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. will do just that.  The brew pours gold with a frothy head and smells simply of hops and malt.  As far as flavor goes, the beer tastes like something you'd drink on a June day at the ball park, or resting on a lawn chair after a long afternoon of yard work.  Sam's Daily is a sessionable brew, but at 5.8% ABV, it will still let you know it's there.

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Infamous Hijack

 Breweries are sprouting up all over central Texas like weeds...wonderful, wonderful weeds.  It's really amazing how craft beer making is taking off the way it is.  It makes me supremely happy to have so many different local brews to try, and a little jealous that i don't have a brewery of my very own.  The latest Austin has to offer comes from Infamous Brewing Co., opening just last month.  I was fortunate enough to try their delicious Hijack cream ale, an odd beer, seeing as the taste and feel are far more in line with a lager than an ale.  This golden, creamy beer goes easy on the bitterness, and is probably one of the smoothest beers i could imagine drinking.  It's a springtime/summer beer to be sure, the perfect companion following a day of yard work, or for an afternoon at the ballpark.  Bottles are on the way and should be in stores soon (in Texas anyway), and it's available in draft form at various bars and brewpubs around Austin.

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