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Bock on the rails
OK, so everyone's -- excuse us -- buzzing about Shiner Bock, the cultish Texas-based brew that debuted in Chicago about a month ago. Despite a big marketing push, finding the stuff can be kind of tricky. Its web site, shinerchicago.com, lists bars currently carrying it, but as it turns out, it's not exactly complete--you can find it in some unlikely places. We tried our first Shiner last night after spotting the bright yellow can at The Rail Club -- yes, that dark, low-slug bar inside Ogilvy Transportation Center. So how was it? We're no beer snobs, but even we were impressed. Shiner offers a rich, sweet caramel flavor, with an aggressive vanilla notes. If there is such a thing as a dessert beer this just might be it. For a post-work chugalug on the Metra, it's a step above a Bud Light tall boy. As for the advertised amber color? We'll have to trust the marketers on that one; we were drinking it from a can, after all.
Post your thoughts: Is Shiner worth the hipster buzz?
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I don't wear no Stetson,
but I'm willing to bet, son,
that I'm as big a Texan as you are.
There's a girl in her bare feet
asleep on the backseat,
and that trunk's full of Shiner Bock and Lone Star
Most of the time, however, his official lyric reference is not to Shiner, but to "Pearl beer."
REK will be at Joe's on June 16.