Now, that's the line of some beer
companies, but the people in the south
central Texas town would very
wholeheartedly disagree with that.
This is the city of Shiner, Texas, and
they feel that they've got some of the
best beer going.
Welcome to Shinar.
That's what the sign says, the cleanest
little city in Texas.
People in Shinar are proud of their
laid back ways and they're proud
of something else Shinar
beer.
You know, beer has always been popular
here in Texas, there have always been a
lot of brands you could choose from,
some of these labels you will recognize
some of them, you probably won't.
One company even had the bright idea
of putting pictures of beautiful women on
their cans.
Well, it started out as a good idea,
but Shiner Beer has never gone in for all
that they don't even advertise.
The only claim they make is to be the
best beer around.
Shiner beer begins here as lowly
grain and hot water.
You might call these little love taps
because the Schriner folks care about
their product, they still perform
a lot of chores by hand, chores
that in some breweries are handled by
machine.
And like the town, the brewery moves
at its own slow pace,
only one woman cleans the beer kegs
for a large brewery.
That would be unheard of for Shinar.
It's only a personal caring for their
product.
This is really what makes beer what it
is, the people who work there
every afternoon, they gather in the
hospitality room, by the way,
it hasn't changed very much over the
years.
And there's a lot of people, you
know, they don't drink
because it's from a small brewery.
He wants to be a big Mocambo, but he
wants to drink, sleep. So we got them
right here in town.
He wants to drink Schlitz of Budweiser,
the little brewery at home.
They got a better beer and he's drinking.
I don't think there's any beer, not any
good at all the beers and but we
still say shine is the best.
Because because we
we make a living out.
That's one thing I
think I want it for myself, to
him and everybody else.
I have no
doubt that if he wanted
to think about it, I get
Dan White, Channel 5 Action News Shinar.