Real Ale Brewing Company
| File:RealBrewingCompanyLogo.JPG Handcrafed beers from the Texas hill country | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Blanco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 30°06′48″N 98°24′46″W / 30.113255°N 98.41274°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Annual production volume | 40,000 bbls/year | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Brad Farbstein | ||||||||||||||||||
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Real Ale Brewing is a Regional sized American brewery founded in 1996 in Blanco Texas.
History
The Real Ale Brewing Company, was established in 1996 in Blanco, Texas. Their beers can be found primarily in San Antonio, Austin, and Houston. Originally operating out of a tiny basement brewery on the square in Blanco, the brewery relocated in May 2006 to a brand new facility in Blanco, where they have increased production massively.[1] The owner credits the local Blanco River as "some of the best brewing water for the styles of beer that we make," making Blanco an ideal location for the brewery.[2]
Local partnerships have included Austin-based Fireman's Texas Cruzer, a BMX cruiser bike manufacturer, for which Fireman's #4 Blonde Ale is named.
Mysterium Verum
Mysterium Verum is a line of beers produced by Real Ale Brewing Company in which the beers are aged in barrels. Some of these beers are additionaly inocculated with wild yeast and/or bacteria. A list of these beers follows:
| Name | Name before aging | Base Style | Wild Beer? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Highlander | Real Heavy | Scotch Ale | No | |
| Scots Gone Wild | Real Heavy | Scotch Ale | yes | |
| The Devil's Share | The Devil's Backbone | Trippel | no | |
| WT3F!? | The Devil's Backbone | Trippel | yes | |
| The Kraken | Sisyphus | American Barleywine | no | |
| Empire | Lost Gold | American IPA | no | |
| Imperium | Lost Gold | American IPA | yes | |
| Morgul Ale | Porter | Robust Porter | no | |
| Shipwrecked | Real Heavy | Scotch Ale | no |
Brewer's Cut
In 2012 Real Ale Brewing Company started the Brewers Cut product line. The Brewers Cut line focuses developping new recipes to put out to the public, and then relying on customer feedback through social media to determine whether the recipe will be bumped up to a year round product, a seasonal product, or set with plans to be brewed at a later date again in the Brewers Cut Series. This is a Limited release product; The releases are as follows:[6]
| Release Number | Name | Release Date | Style | Packaging size | ABV | |
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| 01 | Singnature Hop Pale Ale | 2012 | Herkeles American Pale Ale | 6-Pack | 5.5% | |
| 02 | Black Quad | 2012 | Black Quadruppel | 4-pack | 9.6% |
Awards and Recognition
Real Ale Brewing Company was awarded their first Great American Beer Festival Medal in 2010. They received a gold for the Rio Blanco Pale Ale in the English Bitter category. [7] Real Ale Brewing Company was awarded two silver Medals at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival; one for the Fireman's #4 in the Golden/Blond Ale category, and the other for the Hans Pils in the German Pilsner category.[8] In 2011 Real Ale Brewing Company ranked #49 in the Brewer's Association annual list of the top 50 Craft Breweries by sales in volume for the year of 2010. In 2012 Real Ale Brewing Company ranked #45 in the same list for the year of 2011. [9] [10]
References
- ^ http://www.austin360.com/restaurants/content/food_drink/bars/stories/xl/2006/04/20beer.html Pierre Celis is back, and Real Ale's got him
- ^ http://www.insiteaustin.com/insite_extras.html A Taste of Texas for American Beer Month
- ^ texasbrews.org/news/real_ale_mysterum_verum_series
- ^ http://realalebrewing.com/beers/mysterium
- ^ http://208.131.137.152/beverage/brands/85
- ^ http://beerpulse.com/2012/10/real-ale-brewers-cut-series-debuts-with-two-new-releases/
- ^ http://texasbrews.org/beer/rio_blanco_pale_ale
- ^ http://austin.culturemap.com/newsdetail/atx-food-drink-texas-brewers-nine-medals-2012-great-american-beer-festival-gold-for-peticolas/
- ^ http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-releases-top-50-breweries-in-2011
- ^ http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-releases-2010-top-50-breweries-lists
External links
- Real Ale Brewing Company - Official Real Ale Brewing Company site
- Fireman's Texas Cruzer
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