I had my first Hefeweizen last night. It was creamy and light and delicious. I prefer to drink beer on tap, you see, and never before had I met a bar that had it.

I'm visiting Austin at the moment, mainly as an exploritory mission to see if it's truly as fun as my advance scouts reported. Upstate NY is kinda dull, and murderous on dating.

So far I've experienced the Alamo Drafthouse and good beer, so I have a favorable impression right now. Any of you out there have things to recommend/see/do in Austin?

Who's Hefe?

Weihenstephaner?

Bob Schneider is a good show, if you can find him.

In Response to zamphir (#27244):

Weihenstephaner?

I have yet to see that on tap outside of the Peculiar. Have there been other sightings?

I buy enough of that stuff that my local purveyor has started carrying bottles just for me.

Maybe I have a problem.

In Response to jettaboy20 (#27246):

I have yet to see that on tap outside of the Peculiar. Have there been other sightings?

My local pub has it on occasion.

In Response to zamphir (#27250):

Lucky

The only 'hefe' I can get on tap in this area is Harpoon's UFO. I've gotten pretty used to it, and it's halfway decent with alot of lemon.

Actually, I'm usually pretty psyched to see it when I'm out, because my choices are usually limited to Sam Adams, Bud and Guiness.

In Response to jettaboy20 (#27255):

I've seen it at a bar in Boston. But usually, if you want hefe around here, it's Harpoon UFO or Blue Moon. Neither of which I dislike.

In Response to Llamarama (#27260):

Really? Which one? I don't know how I missed that. I'm really not that big a fan of the Blue Moon. Alot of the people I've met who are local-ish go crazy for it, but I'm just not that fond.

In Response to jettaboy20 (#27261):

Hmmm, someone WOULD ask that question. I must have had several that night...

But I'm pretty sure that it was at the Other Side, which is across Mass Ave from Newbury Street in Boston. They have quite a beer selection, as well as a lot of other good stuff--worth going to even if I'm incorrect.

As for Blue Moon, I'm not a huge fan, but I like it.

In Response to Llamarama (#27260):

Blue moon's domestic and brewed by one of the unholy major american brewers, but I must (in fact) fess up to not hating it. Tragic, I know. I must have poor taste (or something).

In Response to jettaboy20 (#27246):

It's probably not very helpful, but since you're asking for sightings, I found some on tap in a bar in Berlin last year. It was nice. And offered in litre glasses.

In Response to Euan (#27270):

I'm pretty sure MacGregor's in Rochester, NY has Weihenstephaner on tap. And I know it has two varieties of Franziskaner. And it has a few hefe's from other breweries too, but I can't be arsed to remember which ones because it's been over a year since I've been there.

In Response to mcgrue (#27265):

Um, might there be a more substantial problem with Blue Moon showing up in this discussion?

Damn, you people are getting lazy.

Best fries in Portland, Oregon, though.

In Response to mcgrue (#27265):

So was Blue Moon your first Hefewozzit then?

Also, aside from the fact that Phillip drinks it constantly, how is this goats-related? Sounds like a ringer to me.

In Response to themysticalone (#27283):

I'm pretty sure MacGregor's in Rochester, NY

If they do, they've added it in the last four years or so. That used to be one of my regular haunts while at RIT. Man that place was great.

In Response to jettaboy20 (#27294):

Most of my time there was spent during my senior year at RIT, which was last year, so it could possibly be recent.

I still drank the Konig Ludwig more often though.

Oh dude. I'm an "advanced scout". That's so cool.

In Response to Deathalicious (#27290):

This gets back to the point I was trying to make . . .

In Response to Deathalicious (#27290):

Christ, it isn't one as far as I know. It's a Belgian White that's owned by... Coors.

I swear, I didn't know at the time! I was young and foolish, and the trendy burrito place's bartender suggested it because they were all out of Strongbow and K (I likes me Burritos with me ciders, yar.)

But yeah, I drank something owned by Coors (which was bad) and I admitted it here (which was worse). I await the flogging and public humiliation.

In Response to Deathalicious (#27291):

topic: "beer"

forum: "the pub"

which part of this doesn't make sense to you?

In Response to phillip (#27323):

Does Coors make beer these days?

In Response to mesmer242 (#27312):

Que?

In Response to zamphir (#27324):

I guess that depends on how liberal the definition you use.

In Response to mcgrue (#27320):

I had heard "good" things about it. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and tried it on tap at my local 250+ beers on tap place. It wasn't half bad...at the least it wasn't another pilsner. Then I tried it out of the bottle (when my choices were extremely limited). That stuff is skunk!!!

Moral of the story - its a horrible horrible beer in the bottle, deserving of the name Coors. On tap, it will suffice if there isn't better around.

In Response to mcgrue (#27320):

Christ, it isn't one as far as I know

Ah, here we go!

I used to drink it a bit at a local pool place a few years ago, until finding out that PBR was $1. Back then, it seemed less likely that it was a Coors confection. It beat the 'Oregon' beer brewed in Cincinatti, I will say.

In Response to zamphir (#27324):

"Does Coors make beer these days?"

They never did! It's all advertising. But we know that now don't we. ;-)