100 Best Beers in the World

Steve is a beer lover. He tries every new beer that comes along, but has his favorites. We are fortunate, or so I have always thought, to live in Austin where we have access to all kinds of beer you can't get anywhere else. At least, any where else in Texas - which is all I know.

For Valentines Day this year I wanted to get Steve something I knew he would enjoy; beer. I did a search on the Internet and found this site dedicated to rating beer: by type, country, state, you name it. They have a list of the 100 Best Beers in the World. I printed off the list and went to the closest Specs. After walking the isles with my list for fifteen minutes, I finally asked an attendant for some help. He was very familiar with the beers they offered and was quickly able to eliminate many individual beer and breweries from the list.

As it turns out, Texas Alcohol Commission has such extreme and complicated regulations that many brewers will not even deal with selling within the state of Texas. Off the 100 beer on the list, Specs carried five. Four of which were of the wheat division.

Oh, I'm sure Steve will enjoy them. And at the price, I probably wouldn't have bought many more. But it would have been nice to have a selection to choose from. Some different categories or types.

Oh well, maybe I should start my own list, the 5 Best Beers in Texas.