Over a Pint Episode 13 with John Brack of Austin Homebrew Supply
Welcome to Over a Pint episode 13, the baker’s dozenth.
Recently we went out to Opal Divine’s Marina with homebrew extraordinaire, John “JB” Brack for the Wednesday TX Pint special. John works at Austin Homebrew Supply and is very active with the Austin homebrew club, the Austin Zealots.
If you’re a homebrewer, you’ve mostly likely been blessed by JB’s expertise in recipe selection/tweaking, or in retrospectively assisting you with identifying what went wrong with your brew. If you’re a regular of the better Austin beer bar scene, you’ve prolly shared a pint or a laugh with him.
JB’s been part of Austin beer culture since the 90′s, and even though that’s not that long ago, the ATX beer landscape has undergone quiet a few changes. JB talks about the big brew pub boom of the 90′s, the microbrews of yesteryear, the current resurgence of Texas microbrews, and how homebrewers have played such an intrinsic role in shaping the current scene.
He drops major kudos to Live Oak (of which we are both drinking in the video), Real Ale, (512), Independence, and future brewstars, Jester King.
Thanks to Opal Divine’s, JB, and Austin Homebrew Supply !
Crack open a cold one, watch the video, and next time you see JB, buy him a beer.
Enjoy!
This episode had a surprising amount of out takes. Maybe JIB will have some spare time and compile and post them. It took me a few times to actually nail the cheers and sip wt/out spilling my beer down my face…
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JB, you’re so charming!
JB rocks! Very entertaining, would like to see more with him.
I found this site on the Austin metablog, and already I feel right at home. Keep up the good work.