Live Oak Beers

Discussion in 'Southwest' started by Ford, Jan 13, 2013.

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  1. Ford

    Ford Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2012 Texas

    Wow.. in the last week I have now tasted Primus, their Hef and Pilz for the first time... they are all so good.

    Awesome to see them on tap all over Houston. I've seen them at Premier Draught, Nobi Public House and Buffalo Wild Wings in Clear Lake... last three places I've bought beer at... fantastic!

    Now I can't wait to try their other beers... looks like they have 4 regular and 4 seasonal.. nice.
     
  2. champ103

    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    Yep, all those are great. Those along with their Roggenbier and Schwarzbier cement them as my favorite American breweries making German styles. Though Old Tree Hugger is a hell of a barleywine. I have had an Eisbock version of Primus. F@#!*^% hell that is good.
     
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  3. Ford

    Ford Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2012 Texas

    I'm super impressed.. and now officially a huge fan... I will be searching out their other two regulars and the seasonal as they hit taps around Houston... or if I make it up to Austin soon.
     
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  4. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas

    Old Tree Hugger is my favorite straight-up non-barrel-aged barleywine.

    They made the mistake of having this at the Draught House Anniversary Party this year (2010 batch). After about the 5th pour I was about ready to fall over... with happiness!

    If you get a chance, visit the brewery in Austin. It's amazing how dainty the brewery is!
     
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  5. TapThat

    TapThat Devotee (369) Nov 8, 2012 Oregon

    Whaaa? Eisbock Primus?!? That sounds mind-blowing.
     
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  6. pwsoldier

    pwsoldier Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2007 Minnesota

    I was there for that one too. It was heaven in a glass.
     
  7. FUNKPhD

    FUNKPhD Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2010 Texas

    I'm glad that LO taps are showing up more and more frequently in Houston than in the past. As awesome as it is to have a LO keg on hand, it can get a bit expensive :confused:
     
  8. jumpjet2k

    jumpjet2k Initiate (0) Feb 18, 2009 Texas

    Maaaaan... I want to try some EisPrimus...

    The last time I went on a Live Oak tour, it really struck me that these guys just don't have any low-quality beers. Their QA standards and consistency seem to be better than many other breweries. This contributes to the their fairly limited scale of their line-up, especially considering it's a fifteen-year-old brewery.

    In short, the quality of the beers that come out of that tiny, dingy, beat up old building is pretty remarkable.
     
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  9. ThirdEyePA

    ThirdEyePA Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2011 Texas

    I got to try some Liberation Ale this weekend and was really impressed.
     
  10. TapThat

    TapThat Devotee (369) Nov 8, 2012 Oregon

    Well color me jealous.. Hopefully this is something that they do again at some point. I've heard that we can expect a few one off's this year. Dopplebock sometime in the next two months I believe
     
  11. champ103

    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    I wouldn't hold my breath. This was very limited. Basically they guys at Freetail said "hey look at this, it will be gone by the end of the day." When Scott says that, you get the beer:grinning:
     
  12. Ford

    Ford Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2012 Texas

    mmm.. I love Dopplebocks...

    also Gordon Street Tavern in Alvin, Tx has posted they have Live Oak Hefe on tap now.
     
  13. reverseapachemaster

    reverseapachemaster Zealot (722) Sep 21, 2012 Texas

    Live Oak definitely makes some fantastic beer. I remember a year or two ago they had an oak aged mild that was really good. I wish some of their one off beers would reappear.

    The only LO beer I've had that was a miss was their oaktoberfest last year. On at least one batch they blew the diacetyl rest and there was clearly diacetyl left in the beer.
     
  14. Ford

    Ford Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2012 Texas

    I had Primus again today.. just want to reiterate.... it's great.

    It does look a bit like murky ditch water...ha.... but man.. the smell and taste are amazing.
     
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  15. TapThat

    TapThat Devotee (369) Nov 8, 2012 Oregon

    Tapping a keg of the Tree Hugger on Sunday for a little Groundhog's Day celebration. Also going to have a firkin of Liberation on hand as well.
     
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  16. TapThat

    TapThat Devotee (369) Nov 8, 2012 Oregon

    Make that Saturday actually
     
  17. lokieman

    lokieman Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2011 Oklahoma

    Treehugger growlers.....?
     
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  18. cLin

    cLin Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2010 California

    I'm currently in Dallas right now and I was so excited to see Old Tree Hugger listed on the board at Meddlesome Moth for their Barleywine event. Sadly, I was too late and Tree Hugger wasn't available anymore. I had a vintage draft of it at Whip In a couple years ago and it blew me away.
     
  19. pwsoldier

    pwsoldier Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2007 Minnesota

    Okay, now they're just teasing us....

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  20. wreckem8010

    wreckem8010 Crusader (401) Dec 7, 2010 Texas

    S#&% just got real...
     
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