Abita Christmas Ale for Houston Sunday Funday

Went to midtown to meet Kelle and some old friends for NFL Sunday Funday. We tried buckets of seasonal beers, including many solids Southern brews but I settled on a Louisiana Abita Christmas Ale for my beer o'day.  It's an amber ale, nutty and malty but it didn't really strike me as anything above THE ISLAND rating.

Here are two other beers I liked:

Stash IPA -  it's a dark ipa, fairly well rounded and solid brew from an Austin brewery I'm unfamiliar with but I certainly enjoyed it. Damn Dirty Hippies done good!

Real Ale Full Moon pale Rye Ale (touch of rye malt) - not a fan of rye malt but the 'splash' at the end adds a nice touch to finish, and it smooths out the beer. Dig it.

Also, I discovered that Chuck Norris' ranch in Andersonville Texas is named the Lone Wolf Ranch. My day is complete.

P.S. For the first time I witnessed a bottle being thrown at someone. 1 guy had spilled beer into a girl's purse and didn't apologize, so she chucked a Miller Lite bottle at his back from across the room, which connected and exploded. It was one of those, 'holy shit, did that just happen?' moments. Then we laughed about it later. Oh you crazy ass Texans