After a long weekend drinking at Craft Pride in Austin it was with a heavy heart that I raced out to the airport to return to New Orleans.

Til I landed. Then I wanted to drop to my knees and kiss the ground, cause New Orleans is fucked up but nowhere near as bad as Austin, Texas.

Blake and Heather Niederhofer of Lone Pint Brewery via rl reeves jr

But now I’m staring down the barrel of missing the 2015 Texas Craft Brewers Festival on Saturday September 19th.

Or I should say: I’m missing out on Lone Pint’s triumphant return to the Festival.

The little brewery out of Magnolia Texas makes my favorite beer in the whole state: Yellow Rose, as well as a handful of other fine brews (I still have fever dreams of their Soured Tornado Shark)

Go for me y’all http://texascraftbrewersfestival.org/

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