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Great tour Vince, thanks!I toured the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas today.
Shiner is a relatively small town somewhere between San Antonio and Houston, and about a two and a half hour drive from Corpus Christi. Here is the entrance:
And the old brewery which houses the gift shop:
There is no entrance fee, and a visitor is given four wooden tokens to be exchanged for 7-ounce cups of Shiner beer.
They have several varieties. I believe that is a lemon pils in the picture.
And here is a Shiner Bock, which accounts for 75% of their production:
"Bock" means "goat" in German, and you will see a few at the brewery.
Following are exterior and interior shots of the new brewery. Note that the brewery was not producing today as it was Saturday. (A good excuse to return on a weekday to see the brewery in action.):
Here's a sign from one of the buildings showing a diagram of the brewing process for their bock beer:
I guess the brewery doesn't follow the Rheinheitsgebot, but I like it. It's better than Budweiser or Miller, or any light beer or IPA.
I almost bought this shirt:
I did buy this:
Prosít!