Yes, we know that Lone Star is the national beer of Texas, but that ain’t it, pictured above. And although Shiner’s brewery is the oldest independent one in the state, it’s not Shiner, either. It’s a shooter of Independence Brewing Company’s Pale Ale. Independence, located in southeast Austin, is one of Texas’s handful of “craft breweries” — small-scale operations that produce fewer than 2 million barrels annually and are generally low in additives and high on appeal to discerning beer drinkers. Other craft breweries around the state include Live Oak, also in Austin, Real Ale in Blanco, Rahr and Sons in Fort Worth, and Saint Arnold in Houston. (Texas Highways put together a tour of them in its July issue.) Altogether, these boutique operations produce but a drop in the barrel compared to the output of the likes of Spoetzl (which makes Shiner) and Lone Star.
Which Texas craft beer is your favorite?
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Independence doesn’t currently make a pale ale. That’s most likely their amber.
It says “pale ale” … it’s the one with Angelina Eberly on the label. It’s possible that it’s been in my fridge for a while, though. Did they stop making it at some point?
My bad, you are correct. I was looking at another brewery.
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