After 5 years, the Texas beer and BBQ project is breaking ground. (OGs will remember.)
Some of you may remember 4-5 years ago, there was a guy from Texas wanting to start a microbrewery here in Slovenia that serves rotating small batch beers and authentic Texas BBQ from family recipes. That guy, whose original reddit account was banned, is me.
After 4-5 years of incessantly getting screwed by bureaucrats and investors (and myself), we have scrounged and saved enough money to begin Phase 1. Beer. I am a brewer, after all. A few of you may know some of my beers from my time at Clef Brewery, like Potica and Gibanica stouts, a multitude of fruited sours, or the wild ale barrel series propagated entirely by 3 flowers from the hop fields, even though I come from an Austin, Texas brewery that is known for award winning clean German and Belgian styles. Some of you may have even tried our pilot batches, Tall Tales & Royal Jam, at bars like :Projekt, Sir Williams, or Cukrarna in Ljubljana. (We plan to be in specific craft beer bars in Maribor, Koper, and Gorenjska too.)
ANYWAY. I digress. Monday, my Slovenia-made brew system arrives. This summer, the taps will begin flowing at bars across Slovenia. Ever-changing lagers, IPAs, and sours will be heavy on rotation, but nothing will be excluded (except milkshake IPAs.) So you can expect French saisons, American ambers, adjunct stouts, barrel aged beers… you name it. (Community favorites will make returns.)
There will be a Texas BBQ pop up for the launch, and more pop-ups here and there until enough beer is sold to start a proper BBQ joint. With beer garden.
Again, I digress. Slovenia made me feel like a rockstar my first couple years here, and then absolutely beat the shit out of me since then. Feels right. Feels like a proper plot line. There’s still nowhere in the world I’d rather be. My wife and I have been heavily adopted by an amazing and giant group of Slovenians, and the beer and brewing community has been nothing but kind and supportive.
So, please, support my overwhelming obsession with this country and with beer making.
Folk Hero Brewing Company
@folkherobrewingco on Instagram.
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