I've always had a fondness for the underdog. There's something amazing about a no-namer who fights their way to the top and emerges triumphant. It's easy to root for the sure win, but it takes balls to put your money on the underdog. Besides, it makes for some hella good entertainment. I'm mean look at history: David vs. Goliath; Braddock vs. Baer; Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral; Lincoln Hawk vs. the Las Vegas Arm Wrestling Confederation; Rocky vs. Apollo Creed; Rocky vs. Apollo Creed II; Rocky vs. Mr. T; Rocky vs. Captain Ivan Drago; Rocky vs. too many bills; Rocky vs. Old age; Big breweries vs. micro breweries. As the Austin, Texas based band, Spoon so eloquently put it in their aptly named song, Underdog, "You got no fear of The Underdog, that's why you will not survive." Oddly enough, the beer we're featuring this week is from good ol' Texas too. Spoetzl Brewery, based in Shiner, Texas (population 2,070) has been in the business of making beer for a century. They've been doing this for a hundred years and this is the first time I've heard of them? If they've been able to last this long without going bankrupt, selling out, and continuing to fly under the radar than they must be doing something right. 

WEEK 21:

Shiner Bock 


It's got a beautiful amber color when poured in a pint glass, with almost no head. It has a very light flavor, but it starts to evolve in your mouth the more you drink it. And any beer that leads me to drinking more beer is a winner in my book. It's obvious that this is a brewery that takes pride in what they do and it shows in a well made product. Keep up the good work fellas, maybe in a hundred more years you'll be dominating the beer world, but until then I'll just enjoy the fact that you're not over priced nor have you sold out to some foreigners while trying to maintain that you're still "American made." Yeah, I'm talking about you Anheuser Busch. What are you going to do, throw a wooden shoe at me? Cheers! 

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