If At First You Don’t Succeed . . .

Well, better luck next time I guess.

We made it to the finals in Petrol’s homebrew contest with Karbach but alas, we didn’t place. That’s ok, we were still more encouraged and determined to homebrew and enter more contests. The festival itself was a lot of fun and packed  – I have never seen Petrol so full of people.

Now onto the beer I tried, I had never had any of these before and went with half-pints. Also, while I didn’t order a pint, I did try Chris’ Real Ale Kraken and it was sublime.

Avery Mephistopheles – This jet black stout was the first I’ve tried of Avery’s Demon series and it was very impressive. I was glad I only ordered the half pint as it was a sipping beer that weighs in at 15.1% alcohol.

Next was the Oskar Blues Ten Fidy. I tried this beer on the recommendation of a random beer nerd in line and did not regret it.

Finally, I had some of Saint Arnold’s Bourbon Barrel Winter Stout. Winter Stout is one of my favorite Saint Arnold seasonal beers and spending some time in a bourbon barrel only increased that love.

There was a bottle share/swap before the main festival and we found the carnage of it when we went behind the bar to hear the announcement of the winner of the contest. All in all, we had a great time on a beautiful Houston day with delicious beer and good friends.