Adelberts or Hops & Grains

Hops & Grains is the better brewery by a mile. I have not been to the tour, but here they will often have some of their Greenhouse beers on. Which are excellent one offs.

 

H&G.

I like Adelberts, but H&G does great things.

 

I prefer H&G by 1000X. The tour is fine but the beers available in the tap room are extensive and awesome.

 

Haven't been to H&G, but the Adelbert's tour was the worst one I've been on (early April 2013). It was short, not explained well, couldn't hear the guide, and he didn't seem receptive to questions. Maybe it was just that guide.
Their beer is OK but not great, and most of what was offered was their regular stuff (not all of it). I think 1 or 2 of the 6 things they offered were brewery only barrel experiments, and their barrel-aged dubbel was so dang wine-y. You get a wristband for 6 tastes, and I think 3 of the 6 beers 'cost' 2 ticks (the highest ABV and barrel ones).

I had a good time overall, it was a good atmosphere aside from the tour, and do plan to go back to Adelbert's. But if you want a tour it seems like everyone is saying H&G...

 

Hops and Grain. Its not even a contest.

 

I've had a great time at both. I did the Adelbert's tour earlier this year. I ended up just kind of wandering off on my own and ran into Scott (owner) who was brewing at the time. I ended up talking to him for a couple hours and walked through a good bit of his brewing process. He even opened a bottle of Flyin' Monks that he had been aging for a while (early batch 1). Tasty stuff. I even got to the point of discussing of brewing my own beer (large batch) at his brewery. Scott is a great guy.

H&G does have a great selection of beer. My only problem is it gets a little too crowded in their tasting room on Fridays. I haven't actually been on a formal tour there.

I think you'll have a good time at either location. (512) is also offering tours this weekend.

 

H & G for sure!!

 

I had a similar experience with Adelbert's when they were giving out samples at Central Market. It seemed like I was bothering them when I asked questions. I just went over to the Rahr booth and started talking with their ATX Sales Rep, Carl. Very cool guy, and I promptly bought a 6er of Gravel Road.

 

For those of you who have had a bad experience at the Adelbert's tasting room, on behalf of everyone at the brewery, I apologize. We truly want everyone who supports us by coming to the brewery to have a great time. However, we don't receive too much feedback face to face, so it is usually only through threads like this where we can hear about what we're doing wrong. If you've raised any concerns about our tasting room (or tastings with our beer elsewhere) in this thread, I'd really like to hear more about it so we can address the problem. If you could shoot me a BM with some specifics, I would really appreciate it.

 

H&G by far.

 

At Adelberts, you will likely be able to taste all of them. So that should be good.

H&G, I have no idea what they have all the time. I would just head straight for the greenhouse series though.

 

They always have the core 3 (Alteration, Pale Dog, Zoe) and 4 or more Greenhouse beers on tap (which are rotating as they run out of them). They always seem to have 1 barrel-aged beer as well.

 

keep in mind H&G is no longer a free tasting room bc of all the freeloaders who'd show up and not even throw in a tip for the tap pullers. Never been to adelberts, though their beer is good to pretty good, so I can't compare. H&G is pouring a special sour during their tour right now -- a lacto/brett barleywine. And its damn good.

 

If you have to choose at Adelbert's, Philosophizer is my favorite beer from them, followed by Tripel B. The internet agrees (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27934). When I went, I couldn't try them all because I think you needed 8 ticks to try them all and you only get 6 ticks. Might've changed/change as the taps change.
If you like sour/wilds, their Rambler (I had it on tap at an ATX pub, not the brewery) was way off style and reminded me of a wild ale. The Friday tasting I went to filled up, so stake out a table early if you want one.

From H&G's website, they do tours Saturdays at 1 and 3pm, so do Adelbert's Friday @5pm (or whatever time they start on Friday, if it change).

 

In the event that you do end up having to choose one, I'll put in a vote for H&G. They may be making the best beer in Austin right now.

 

I prefer H&G beer, but then I think they are my favorite Austin brewery. I do like Adelbert's a lot, also.

I think I prefer Adelbert's tasting room experience, although it seems to be quite crowded nowadays compared to last year. If I could do one, it would be H&G - but Adelbert's is worth the visit too.

 

Hops and grain still runs fri tours right? What time does that start at?

 

This isn't really a decision I would ever make. No offense, but I don't really enjoy Adeltbert's stuff. Hops and Grain Zoe and Alteration are two very good ones. Adelberts kinda seems meh and I know that's harsh, but just being honest.

 

Taproom Friday 2-6, Sat 12-4

Tours Sat 1 and 3

 

I don't think they actually have tours on Fridays. The tasting room is open, though (unless something has changed in the last month).

 

ABW>H&G>512>Jester King>pinthouse pizza>LIVE OAK>Adelberts>thirsty planet>rogness>circle>south austin the others that are left out fall inbetween the middle there somewheres

 

Go with H&G. You can't go wrong with H&G, ABW, JK, or Live Oak.

 

I'll be at the Hops & Grain tour with the wife tomorrow, btw.

 

Hops and Grain all day!

 

I'm not going to lie.... I go on the tours to taste the beers... I enjoy the tour if I walk around.. but often I don't even go on that part... I just drink and enjoy time with friends.

I really like the Adelberts I've had... I've never seen Hops and Grain on tap anywhere in Houston.. guessing they don't hit here... BUT if I get to go to one tasting/tour in Austin.. it would be Live Oak.

 

No kegs of H&G that I have seen, but cans of Zoe, Alteration, and Pale Ale at various Specs, Kroger, and HEB around Houston. All are good, and Zoe is excellent.

 

Zoe back at Specs Smith St. Good stuff!