Houston Hops: Picking Houston's Best Flagship IPA

Have you ever wondered if your brewery biases influence how you rate a beer? Do you think you’d be able to identify your beer in a blind tasting lineup? Adam and Drew bring on their very first guest Ryan for a very special hop-forward blind beer tasting event to crown the winner of the Best Flagship IPA in Houston, TX! These aren’t the small lot darlings, these are the higher production IPA’s that you’re likely to find in stores outside of the Houston area. We’ll put five beers to the test while also discussing the evolution and explosion of the Houston beer scene.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beers and their descriptions:

Hopadillo: Karbach Brewing Company. Houston, TX. 6.6% ABV.

Hopston TxIPA: 8th Wonder Brewery. Houston, TX. 6.2% ABV.

Art Car IPA: Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Houston, TX 7.2% ABV.

Mini Boss: Eureka Heights Brew Co. Houston, TX. 6.8% ABV.

Hipster Sauce: 11 Below Brewing. Houston, TX 6.5% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Rocket Fuel - Vietnamese Coffee Porter. 8th Wonder Brewery, Houston, TX.

Bud Light: Anheuser-Busch. St. Louis, MO.

Miller Lite: Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI.

Shiner Bock: Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX.

On every episode, we rate beers on a scale from 0-5, 5 being the highest.

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