Remember when, our lake had no water in it and we had no local brew scene?
Well those days are gone!
We attended MAIFEST at Saengerrunde Hall. Local breweries poured German varieties.
We wore our traditional German attire and brought our own steins to hold our beer between sips. My father brought these back from Munich (Oktoberfest).
We arrived late and did not get to use all our beer tickets, although we put in a good effort for such a short time. Brave Combo played while we enjoyed sausage from Smokey Denmark
No brewery tour would be complete without a stop at our neighborhood suds shop, Strange Land.
We had pizza delivered, he thought it was pretty good.
Soda water on tap.
Another great sunset.
The lake?....
It's just about FULL!. It's been a few years since we've gone out to see Lake Travis. It hasn't been much of a lake for a few years. Now it's got water in it, and a brewery at the Oasis. The temperature was moderate and a gentle breeze was flowing... it was just about perfect.
I'm getting back into the groove of smoking. I brined the bird overnight and had it smoking by 10 AM the next morning. Took him out of the smoker at 6 PM (eight hours) and it was perfect; tender, moist and flavorful. I'm ready to do it again. Maybe next time I'll double up on the birds so we can share. I did recalibrate the temp meter on the BGE, that seemed to help get the temp where I wanted it.