Boulevard

My First Love

 I am just going to get this out of the way. I grew up in Kansas City, and believe Boulevard can do no wrong (except for Zon). The first beer I ever had in my life was a Boulevard Wheat. My favorite beer of all time is the Bourbon Barrel Quad. So, in this spot I will be keeping you updated on everything Boulevard. 

So You Are Saying Kansas City Needs Me to Drink Beer? 

The first time I had a Boulevard Pilsner I had come home to watch a K-State football game. Go Cats! It was smooth, refreshing, and gave me a flashback to my trip to the birth of pilsner, Prague. 

My brother was a Manager of a bar and restaurant in Lawrence at the time. He told me that they were selling it at the same price as the other Boulevard beers until they were told by the distributor that it must be sold at the same price or cheaper than "domestic" beers. 

I loved the idea of Boulevard declaring war on the big breweries. Now, I love Boulevard Pilsner even more. Ten percent of sales of this malty bottle of perfection newly coined KC Pils will now go to local charities. I can drink to that. 

Beer News

                            

It looks like Texas Microbrew laws are about to go from completely terrible to halfway terrible. Finally, microbreweries will be able to sell beer on site. However, not to go.

Whenever I go to Colorado I tour breweries, and come home with a haul of beers that will never make it to the store, or even a bottle. I share it with my beer loving friends, especially the guy who brews his own, and the breweries gain new fans.

All true beer lovers know what makes this possible. Our good friend the Growler, which by the way is the coolest name for anything ever. For some reason, even if this newest legislation gets passed Growlers will still be verboten in Texas.

This legislation is a good start. Hopefully the Texas microbreweries will make believers out of the Texas House, and Free the Growler!

                                                      Growlers: Simple, yet glorious!

For all the details check out Ronnie Crocker with the Houston Chronicle. He is doing a solid job of covering this. http://blog.chron.com/beertx/2013/05/texas-house-approves-beer-bills-on-second-reading/

Oktoberfest

September has arrived, and of course that means it is time to commence the Oktoberfest festivities. It is no surprise that German food goes well with German beer. One thing you may not know is that Polka means Polish girl. If you don't enjoy Oktoberfests you are probably reading the wrong blog.

Texas has many great Oktoberfests. So, put these dates on your calendar and see if you can make them all:

Addison Oktoberfest

September 19-22^nd 

Bavarian Grill Addison

September 22^nd

Mckinney Oktoberfest

September 27-28^th

Southlake Oktoberfest

October 4-6^th

Fredericksburg Oktoberfest

October 4-6^th

Lake Highlands Oktoberfest

October 5^th

Texas Renaissance Festival Oktoberfest
Todd Mission

October 12-13^th

Wurstfest (My personal favorite)

New Braunfels

November 1-10^th

Pivo Means Beer

Welcome to Beer Informer. I will be scouring the web, and every beer related newsletter I can get my hands on to keep my readers informed on whats going on in the world of beer.

I live in Dallas. So, I will be mainly posting about events in the DFW area. Follow me on twitter @beerinformer

Pictured above is the official blog mascot. His name is Pivo, and Pivo means beer in Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Ukranian, and Polish. Technically in Poland it is Piwo, but their "W" is pronounced like our "V". Trust me, my wife is from Poland.