12-17-2017, 09:35 PM
Frulk, that looks like fantastic spot for your bikes to hibernate!
The beer signs on the walls in your photos took me back a good number of years. Back in the late 80's I was living in Texas and into brewing my own beer. I had a good time with it (the smell of boiling hops was my favorite aspect as my beer itself was never really much to write home about). Later on a good friend introduced me to another guy who really liked to brew beer. He was the first guy I ever met that malted his own barley. His beers were incredible. He ended up enrolling in some sort of brewing studies program in California. Upon returning to Texas he became a full fledged professional craft beer brewer. I recall being really impressed by this at the time as you could probably count the number of professional craft brewers in the state of Texas on just two hands back then. If I remember correctly, his first professional brewing job was at Fredericksburg Brewing Company. Later on he was somehow involved at Real Ale Brewing, very early on in their history. I don't know where they're at located today but back then they were operating out of a funky, weathered old building right off of the Blanco's main square. The last time I talked to this guy, he had lost interest in brewing professionally and was going back to school to become a doctor. Interesting guy to say the least.
Thanks for sharing the photos!
The beer signs on the walls in your photos took me back a good number of years. Back in the late 80's I was living in Texas and into brewing my own beer. I had a good time with it (the smell of boiling hops was my favorite aspect as my beer itself was never really much to write home about). Later on a good friend introduced me to another guy who really liked to brew beer. He was the first guy I ever met that malted his own barley. His beers were incredible. He ended up enrolling in some sort of brewing studies program in California. Upon returning to Texas he became a full fledged professional craft beer brewer. I recall being really impressed by this at the time as you could probably count the number of professional craft brewers in the state of Texas on just two hands back then. If I remember correctly, his first professional brewing job was at Fredericksburg Brewing Company. Later on he was somehow involved at Real Ale Brewing, very early on in their history. I don't know where they're at located today but back then they were operating out of a funky, weathered old building right off of the Blanco's main square. The last time I talked to this guy, he had lost interest in brewing professionally and was going back to school to become a doctor. Interesting guy to say the least.
Thanks for sharing the photos!