AUSTIN, TEXAS
Bohemian state capitol, Austin, home of University of Texas, benefits enormously from pub-sprawled 6th Street area, visited March ’04 (with Houston-via-Chicago pal Bob Conley).
Nearby Naches Street brewpub, LOVEJOYS (closed July 2012), submitted exquisite fruited-grained Hop On Pop IPA, dry coffee-roasted black cherry-influenced Enns River Stout, bittersweet bread-n-buttered Sparky’s Special Ale and wavering soft-hopped Samson’s Best Pale Ale.
Tried buttery citric spice-hopped Live Oak Big Bark Amber Ale on tap at Highway 35’s Pappadeaux Restaurant while eating shellfish beforehand.