BrewHound's Blog

I recently joined Austin's local homebrew club - The Austin Zealots. If you are a homebrewer serious about having a good time with other homebrewers, getting feedback on your beers and enjoying the beer culture of Austin, look into the group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/austin_zealots/

They meet every second Saturday of the month on the back porch of The Ginger Man. This weekend I went to my first meeting - after the Live Oak Anniversary Party (at which I had 2 of their new IPA, which I found very delicious!) The Zealots meeting is basically this - you bring a few bottles of your beer and sample from everyone else's beers. Very simple, but big fun to be sure. I tried to keep a list, but - uh.... lost track eventually. It went something like minus members' names involved: Belgium Pale Ale, Saison, Spring Saison, Double D, ESB, my own O'Rojo Spiced Irish Red, APA/IPA, American Wheat, Amber, Ahtanum Ale, Hefeweizen, Rauchschwarz, Belgium Dark.... so you see, there is no lack of diversity. You get the full spectrum of beer.

In the wise words of homebrew guru Charlie Papazian: "Relax. Don't worry. Have a homebrew."

Check out these pictures and video......