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Shiner Bock was considered a Lenten beer, so was only made around that season, until a few decades ago. Today, 73% of the beer made at the Spoetzl Brewery is bock beer. Shiner Premium is the direct descendant of Spoetzl's earliest brew. Although Premium has carried numerous names, such as Shiner Special, Shiner Texas Special, and Shiner Blonde ...
Shiner is the home of the Spoetzl Brewery, the oldest independent brewery in Texas. The brewery is most well known for producing Shiner Bock, a dark German/Czech-style beer that is now distributed in 50 states. [6] Shiner is also the home of the historic Kaspar Companies, one of the oldest continuously operating companies in America. [7]
Ziegenbock (Ziegen Bock) is a German amber lager brewed by AB InBev. It is billed as "for Texans by Texans," and distributed in the U.S. state of Texas and nearby states. [ 1 ] Ziegenbock is the German word for a billy goat .
But the brothers could not resist inserting a joke in Czech at the end of the recording. When one of the Hofners asks the other to "give me a dark beer" ("Daj mne cervene pivo"), Spoetzl's Shiner Bock being the most well-known dark beer in Texas at that time, the other brother firmly replies, "No!" ("Ne!").
Eight days after the song's release, Broken Bow Records released a re-recording of the song, in which the line "a little Shiner Bock" is changed to "a couple Rocky Tops", in reference to Coors beer. This re-recording was done because Aldean had signed an endorsement deal with Coors. [3]
The Maibock style – also known as Heller Bock or Lente Bock in the Netherlands – is a strong pale lager, lighter in colour and with more hop presence. [3]Colour can range from deep gold to light amber with a large, creamy, persistent white head, and moderate to moderately high carbonation, while alcohol content ranges from 6.3% to 8.1% by volume. [3]
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