Please post your favorite everyday stuff! Looking for new ideas

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  1. bmurray10

    bmurray10 Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2013 Texas

    Fellow Texas BAs,

    I still try to grab the whalez like the rest of you, but I have far less time to do so since I moved down to Houston. I have been trying to make an effort to grab good stuff that I always seemed to pass up on in the past, for whatever reason. Recently, I have been grabbing the following brews that are relatively easy to find and not too expesnive:

    Union Jack
    Convict Hill
    FBS
    Prima Pils
    Weekend Warrior
    Weisse Versa
    Weinstephaner Heffe
    Zoe
    Temptress

    I am sure I left some out that I have purchased recently, but you get the idea. I am just curious if there are things that I normally never even notice, but are actually pretty solid brews. I got a six pack of Java Stout a week or so ago and was pleasantly surprised. I am sure that there are more. Thanks in advance!
     
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  2. mhenson42

    mhenson42 Maven (1,409) Nov 20, 2011 Texas
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    Here's what I buy...

    Founders Breakfast Stout and All Day IPA
    Ballast Point Sculpin and Victory at Sea
    Ranger Creek OPA
    Karbach Wekend Warrior
     
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  3. boogercrack

    boogercrack Initiate (0) May 24, 2012 Texas

    i came in here to post that i've been drinking the FUCK out of some temptress lately, but i see you've got that covered. carry on.

    eidt: i see you're in houston. find a joint with yellow rose on, and just attach your mouth to the spigot.
     
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  4. HookemHops13

    HookemHops13 Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2013 Texas

    I enjoy the Firestone Walker Pale 31 quite a bit. Saw some Firestone stuff on your list and some pales there so give it a shot if you haven't before. Other stuff that I have been wanting but been passing up due to drinking down the cellar.

    BCS
    Real Ale Coffee Porter
    Brick Vanilla Porter
    Narwhal
    Ten Fidy
     
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  5. TTUJohn

    TTUJohn Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2012 Texas

    My most frequent are:
    Lone Pint Yellow Rose
    Karbach Weekend Warrior
    Prairie Standard
    assorted saisons that I decide to try

    I rotate through stouts/porters depending on what is available so I don't have a true "go to," but BCS, FBS and Victory at Sea are in the fridge pretty often. Wife likes Avery White Rascal a lot right now so we get that pretty often. If other Prairie beers were in smaller bottles I would buy them more often, especially Prairie Hop and 'Merica.
     
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  6. TTUJohn

    TTUJohn Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2012 Texas

    Oh and Community Mosaic IPA now that it is in Houston (at Spec's downtown at least)
     
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  7. FUNKPhD

    FUNKPhD Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2010 Texas

    Pabst Blue Ribbon and Jager.
     
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  8. blastoderm55

    blastoderm55 Pundit (879) Jun 7, 2013 Texas

    Southern Star Bombshell Blonde. I could drink it everyday.
     
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  9. TxUltraRunner

    TxUltraRunner Initiate (0) Aug 16, 2012 Texas

    Growlers of Yellow Rose!
    West side of Houston has plenty of Community IPA.
    Anything from Prairie Ales.
     
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  10. miikezombie

    miikezombie Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2010 Texas

    Backwoods Bastard
    Ten Fidy
    Mama Mia! It's Pizza Beer!
    Atrial and Black Tuesday blend I call "Waste of Money"
    Sculpin in cans.

    Edit: Elmer T. Lee bourbon
     
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  11. starkmarvelo

    starkmarvelo Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2010 Texas

    El Cedro, Santa Fe Java Stout, Deschutes Obsidian Stout & Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12. Oh, and of course Real Ale Sisyphus.
     
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  12. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    I don't drink the same beer twice.













    Jk. Yellow Rose, Festina Peche, FBS.
     
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  13. bmurray10

    bmurray10 Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2013 Texas

    I actually picked up the Mosaic IPA Friday and I definitely liked that. I can't believe how many times I have passed up on Yellow Rose though??? I will grab that next time. I forgot Ten Fidy on my original list. That stuff is as good as almost any seasonal stout out there IMO. I have to try Festina Peche, Prairie Standard, and Yellow Rose. I think I see those every time I go to Spec's. I guess if Spec's did mix sixers where I shop, I would have already tried all of these and then some. Thanks for the suggestions so far!
     
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  14. bmurray10

    bmurray10 Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2013 Texas

    That's hilarious..........orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr not so much.
     
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  15. Daemose

    Daemose Maven (1,407) Oct 3, 2011 Texas

    Festina Peche is good. One of my favorite beers to hoard.
     
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  16. mnguyen281

    mnguyen281 Initiate (0) Apr 9, 2009 Texas

    he's really not kidding at all. I'm dead serious. fridge is stocked with PBR while his "good" beer sits in boxes.
     
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  17. FUNKPhD

    FUNKPhD Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2010 Texas

    "Good" is a relative term.

    Oh, man, that avatar is great!
     
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  18. Heretic42

    Heretic42 Savant (1,118) Aug 31, 2011 Texas

    Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
    Weihenstephaner Korbinian
    Ayinger Ur-weisse
    Schneider Weisse Tap 6
    Old Rasputin
    Duvel
    Abt 12
    Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge
    Rodenbach Grand Cru
    Aecht Schlenkerla
    growlers of Live Oak
    growlers of 512
     
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  19. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas

    Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin (and Sumpin Wild) are practically my house beers. I probably go through a case of either a month depending on what's available.

    After this... Zoe, Pale Dog, and Pearl Snap Pils are the most common things you'll find in my fridge (although my wife currently has about a billion pumpkin beers in there that I'm slowing drinking through [she's a slow drinker]).

    I also drink a lot of Bavarian and German beers... so you're likely to find me drinking Ayinger Ur-Weiss & Celebrator, Weihenstephaner Vitus, Korbinian, & Hefeweissbier; Franziskaner Hefeweiss, and Schneider Aventius Weizen-Eisbock or Weiss Tap 6. All world class... all under $5 for 500ml and no one drinks 'em!

    Seasonally... Celebration is a beer I'll buy by the case and FBS has been having some good play.
     
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  20. dronedream

    dronedream Initiate (0) Sep 10, 2012 Texas

    Dirtwolf is a great addition to this list.
     
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