Real Ale Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Blanco, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Real Ale Brewing Company - Tap Room

Established in 1996

Contact
231 San Saba Court, Blanco, TX, 78606, United States
Description
Since 1996, we’ve been brewing in Blanco, surrounded by the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country. When you get to make beer in a place like this, you develop a greater appreciation for the simpler things in life — fresh air, wide-open spaces, and working with your hands. We're proud to make beer with as little processing as possible. In addition to being unfiltered and unpasteurized, we never use preservatives or artificial colors. We start with water from the nearby Blanco River and the highest quality ingredients. Then we take the time to allow all the unique characteristics of the ingredients to shine. We believe doing less to the beer actually creates more complexity, aroma and flavor.

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 oz. can from HEB, Boerne, TX. Pours a clear light yellow color with a large white head and excellent retention. Lots of spots of lacing. Pilsner and hops aroma. Fairly sharp pilsner malt flavor with a light bitter hops finish. Crisp mouthfeel. Light body. A little hoppy for my tastes but a good example of the style.

Tried from Can on 24 Feb 2021 at 01:39


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Whip In. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has light pine and citrus rind with some grass and sweet grains underlying. Flavor has has dank citrus and earthy sweet grains with a bit of grass supporting.

Tried from Draft on 04 Feb 2021 at 01:46


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 oz can from Total Wine, San Antonio, TX. Pours a crystal clear dark amber color with a khaki head and very good retention. Good lacing. Malty caramel aroma. Malty caramel flavor too. Tastes like a blend of an amber lager and an amber ale. Smoother than a typical amber ale but it still has a little chemical flavor in the finish. The 6.5% ABV and 30 IBU are fairly hidden but are more noticeable in the finish. Medium body.

Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2021 at 00:13


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

A 12 oz bottle picked from the singles display at HEB. My first imperial pilsner I believe, almost sounds like an oxymoron. Have it cold, quite cold on this quite warm afternoon. I will pour in a basic beer mug and be happy with that. The liquid is a clear, shiny yellow with a superb, lacey, snow white head and active carbonation. The scent is appreciated here on the patio, citrus and field. The taste is a step up with lemon, grain, hay, crackers and the barest indication of sweetness. A nice sensation too, full for a pilsner. Must be the slightly elevated abv. I add the remainder of the bottle and squeeze a slice of lime into it. Only better.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2020 at 22:42


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. A- Caramel, pine. A- Orange copper color, clear liquid, beige head. T- Caramel, pine, florals, medium bitterness, malty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, slightly bitter finish. O- Even after three years of age, this was just as much an imperial IPA as it was a barleywine. Loads of malty caramel and piney hops. Haven't had a beer like this in years. Very old school.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2020 at 06:03


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Yes, I am old enough to have had an 8 track player in my first car. But today I would rather drink an 8 Track. 12 oz bottle from the neighborhood craft beer store, using my ABGB snifter to taste with. It pours a pleasant red-amber and a whisk of of eggshell colored foam. It has the expected grain and astringent smell I associate with red ales. The taste is malt, wheat crackers, a toffee sweetness. A good representation of the style from a good Texas brewery.

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2020 at 22:08


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

The 12 oz. can I just purchased at the nearest HEB says on the label featuring Citra & El Dorado. Just saying what I see. The original Axis is a beer I like. Let's see How Double Dry Hopped Axis stands up to that one. I'm lifting the can into my Buffalo Bayou snifter for the tasting. A cloudy orange body with a decent snow white head. I have a sniff to find pine and a tropical effect. A drink delivers more of the pine, orange, tropical fruit, an easy bitterness. Not bad. Maybe IPAs start tasting similar over time, my life isn't changing with this one.

Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2020 at 02:37


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 19th February 2020, Fair Market, Austin, Texas. Pretty boring beer, light citrus, nothing much to report, fine

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2020 at 15:38


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

6-pack of cans picked up in Austin, Texas. A very slight hazed, golden colour with a touch of amber. Frothy, mildly creamy, white cap, very good retention and full dirty foamy lacing. Malty nose with some hoppy notes. The hops really stand out in the taste with deep bitterness. Very grassy. Not dry to the max though. Definitely an IPA.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2020 at 04:04

gave a cheers!

8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Tap at Bangers, Austin, 11th December 19. Pours a hazy yellow orange. Aroma is citrus, aromatic and dank, pine. Taste is fantastic, skunky, grass, aromatic, grapefruit, dank, juicy and delicious. The original Axis is very good, but this is a different level, great IPA

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2019 at 17:44