I’m not going to tell you that Shiner Bock is my favorite beer or even that it is a bock. I think it deserves better than it gets at the ratings sites (2.6/5 at Rate Beer and C+ at Beer Advocate), but we don’t seek it out when eating smoked meat in Texas. Just as a f’rinstance.
But I like some of the beers more — the Shiner 99 is a pretty nice Helles, at least if you have it fresh, as I did — and that this little brewery with a certain amount of German heritage and Texas terroir will soon celebrate 100 years of business.
Now they’ve produced this commercial that gives us one more reason to appreciate the old fashioned Western saloon.
Pencil us in for a visit on their 100th anniversary.
I’ll have to admit, their new 99 Helles wasn’t too bad at all. I’d choose it over the new Michelob all-malt, if given a choice.
You just had to take that shot, didn’t you?
I’d agree, but that Michelob is better than you are willing to admit ;>)
Yeah I think Shiner gets an overly bad rap sometimes. But then again they were the brewery that introduced me to beers beyond those of BMC back when I was in college, so they hold a special place for me. As for their Helles, its not bad, neither was their 97.
Hey Stan, are you on the take from A-B too?
Cuz that’s what I always hear whenever I say something less than withering about the Michelob all-malt.
Hey Stan, are you on the take from A-B too?
Definitely, and from Shiner too.
“whenever I say something less than withering”
I can’t say anything withering about it – there’s nothing there to wither.
But to the thread and Stan’s question, I was only looking for a comparable beer that’s out there. My first taste of the Shiner Helles left me a little flat (so to speak), but as I sipped a little more I realized there was some good malt character in it. Maybe not as much as some of the Victory or Capital stuff, but more than the new Mich.
And no Stan, I’m willing to admit that my experience from throwing myself on the live grenade that was that Mich sixer was nothing but underwhelming. On the other hand, based on the Helles, I may have to give Shiner some second looks.
Speaking of Michelob, anyone know when we can expect new brews from them since A-B basically cut them loose? I’m hoping Michelob can slide in along side Sam Adams as a nationally available craft-ish brewery. Am I overly optimistic?
It’s not clear to me what will happen with Michelob, but I don’t see them ‘cut loose.”
But if the dunkelweizen is pretty much the same at the one they sold draft only and in Colorado only that’s a good start.