Franklin BBQ in Austin

BleachedAnusDawg · January 9

Great ending to the Natty trip. Meat coma is slowly setting in as I wait to board. 10 out of 10 would highly recommend. Got a pound of brisket, pound of ribs, half pound of pulled pork, potato salad, and their bourbon banana creme pie between the three of us. Potato salad was the only thing that wasn't to my preference. Had a little too much vinegar and mustard for my taste.

BleachedAnusDawg · January 9

Oh, and those sausages were damn tasty (chortle). The jalapeño cheddar was an 11 out of 10.

dirtysouwfdawg · January 9

BleachedAnusDawg said:
Oh, and those sausages were damn tasty (chortle). The jalapeño cheddar was an 11 out of 10.

Yeah, they look good. Did you take it down all at once or bite by bite?

JoeEDangerously · January 10

Shiner Bock with the meal?

BleachedAnusDawg · January 10

dirtysouwfdawg said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:
Oh, and those sausages were damn tasty (chortle). The jalapeño cheddar was an 11 out of 10.
Yeah, they look good. Did you take it down all at once or bite by bite?

Inch by inch, of course.

I also learned that I need to get an offset smoker of some kind.

BleachedAnusDawg · January 10

JoeEDangerously said:
Shiner Bock with the meal?

I had a Shiner on-base at JBLM last week at a party at a Colonel's house. It was fine for a lager. CSB.

JoeEDangerously · January 10

BleachedAnusDawg said:

JoeEDangerously said:
Shiner Bock with the meal?
I had a Shiner on-base at JBLM last week at a party at a Colonel's house. It was fine for a lager. CSB.

I never could really tell the difference with suggested pairings of food and drinks but had a Shiner with some brisket one time and it kind of made sense for once

CFetters_Nacho_Lover · January 10

We hit 4 Houston breweries yesterday capped off by dinner from Pinkerton’s BBQ where I met Roman Tomanshoff - I’ll post the CSB details of my conversation with him in the Wam tomorrow.

Brisket and a cheddar jalapeño sausage were fucking delicious. Sides were ok.

Went to Saint Arnold, 8th Wonder, True Anomaly and Turkey Forrest breweries. 8th Wonder wasn’t as good as I hoped but the rest were great. Saint Arnold is massive and was a cool spot. Turkey Forrest got selected because it was close to Pinkerton and was a fun spot with us, one of the owners and another couple the only people there.

We made it to Ninfas for lunch with friends from Lexington who were down for an appointment at the cancer center. Thank you to @Sobchak_Security for that recommendation. Mrs Nacho says it was the best margarita she’s ever had and she’s had a lot.

Houston didn’t disappoint on the good side.

YellowSnow · January 10

BleachedAnusDawg said:

JoeEDangerously said:
Shiner Bock with the meal?
I had a Shiner on-base at JBLM last week at a party at a Colonel's house. It was fine for a lager. CSB.

People forget Bock is a lager.

Purple_Pills · January 11

JoeEDangerously said:
Shiner Bock with the meal?

I was in Shiner yesterday:

For BBQ I hit up City Market in Luling on the way to AUS.

EsophagealFeces · January 11

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
We hit 4 Houston breweries yesterday capped off by dinner from Pinkerton’s BBQ where I met Roman Tomanshoff - I’ll post the CSB details of my conversation with him in the Wam tomorrow.

Brisket and a cheddar jalapeño sausage were fucking delicious. Sides were ok.

Went to Saint Arnold, 8th Wonder, True Anomaly and Turkey Forrest breweries. 8th Wonder wasn’t as good as I hoped but the rest were great. Saint Arnold is massive and was a cool spot. Turkey Forrest got selected because it was close to Pinkerton and was a fun spot with us, one of the owners and another couple the only people there.

We made it to Ninfas for lunch with friends from Lexington who were down for an appointment at the cancer center. Thank you to @Sobchak_Security for that recommendation. Mrs Nacho says it was the best margarita she’s ever had and she’s had a lot.

Houston didn’t disappoint on the good side.

We hit Pinkerton’s yesterday, it was good. The brisket was fantastic, as was the jalapeño cheddar sausage. The pork ribs were pretty good, but nothing special. I thought the duck and sausage jambalaya was really good, but I wasn’t impressed with the Mac and cheese or potato salad. The smoked bread pudding was straight fire. I think their brisket was ever so slightly better than Truth’s, but Truth had better ribs and way better sides.

EsophagealFeces · January 11

BleachedAnusDawg said:

dirtysouwfdawg said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:
Oh, and those sausages were damn tasty (chortle). The jalapeño cheddar was an 11 out of 10.
Yeah, they look good. Did you take it down all at once or bite by bite?
Inch by inch, of course.

I also learned that I need to get an offset smoker of some kind.

Seriously, man. Those offset stick burners put an entirely different level of smoke into the meat. My next smoker is going to be one of those. They’re way more work, but I think they’re worth it.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover · January 11

EsophagealFeces said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
We hit 4 Houston breweries yesterday capped off by dinner from Pinkerton’s BBQ where I met Roman Tomanshoff - I’ll post the CSB details of my conversation with him in the Wam tomorrow.

Brisket and a cheddar jalapeño sausage were fucking delicious. Sides were ok.

Went to Saint Arnold, 8th Wonder, True Anomaly and Turkey Forrest breweries. 8th Wonder wasn’t as good as I hoped but the rest were great. Saint Arnold is massive and was a cool spot. Turkey Forrest got selected because it was close to Pinkerton and was a fun spot with us, one of the owners and another couple the only people there.

We made it to Ninfas for lunch with friends from Lexington who were down for an appointment at the cancer center. Thank you to @Sobchak_Security for that recommendation. Mrs Nacho says it was the best margarita she’s ever had and she’s had a lot.

Houston didn’t disappoint on the good side.
We hit Pinkerton’s yesterday, it was good. The brisket was fantastic, as was the jalapeño cheddar sausage. The pork ribs were pretty good, but nothing special. I thought the duck and sausage jambalaya was really good, but I wasn’t impressed with the Mac and cheese or potato salad. The smoked bread pudding was straight fire. I think their brisket was ever so slightly better than Truth’s, but Truth had better ribs and way better sides.

One thing I’ve noticed with bbq places. They all typically have 1-2 meats that are better than the next place but the next place will have their 1-2 meats better than the first place.

EsophagealFeces · January 11

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

EsophagealFeces said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
We hit 4 Houston breweries yesterday capped off by dinner from Pinkerton’s BBQ where I met Roman Tomanshoff - I’ll post the CSB details of my conversation with him in the Wam tomorrow.

Brisket and a cheddar jalapeño sausage were fucking delicious. Sides were ok.

Went to Saint Arnold, 8th Wonder, True Anomaly and Turkey Forrest breweries. 8th Wonder wasn’t as good as I hoped but the rest were great. Saint Arnold is massive and was a cool spot. Turkey Forrest got selected because it was close to Pinkerton and was a fun spot with us, one of the owners and another couple the only people there.

We made it to Ninfas for lunch with friends from Lexington who were down for an appointment at the cancer center. Thank you to @Sobchak_Security for that recommendation. Mrs Nacho says it was the best margarita she’s ever had and she’s had a lot.

Houston didn’t disappoint on the good side.
We hit Pinkerton’s yesterday, it was good. The brisket was fantastic, as was the jalapeño cheddar sausage. The pork ribs were pretty good, but nothing special. I thought the duck and sausage jambalaya was really good, but I wasn’t impressed with the Mac and cheese or potato salad. The smoked bread pudding was straight fire. I think their brisket was ever so slightly better than Truth’s, but Truth had better ribs and way better sides.
One thing I’ve noticed with bbq places. They all typically have 1-2 meats that are better than the next place but the next place will have their 1-2 meats better than the first place.

I haven’t been to a ton of legit southern BBQ joints, but that definitely seems to be the case. Everyone has their go to cut of meat, makes sense restaurants would have that too.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover · January 11

Final food update. We took a state highway route out of Houston and drove through College Station. Didn't stop as I didn't wanna get raped by any ATM cult members but we stopped in Bryan, TX and grabbed a to go order from a place called Proudest Monkey and took into a brewery called Blackwater Draw. Those fucking tacos were legit. Probably the best I've ever had. Only had 1 beer at the brewery and was happy to eat our lunch there as they just opened and there was no one there beside the bartender.

I'm sure I'll eventually get back to Texas and if I'm anywhere near Bryan, I'd go back for those tacos.

haie · January 11

Did the rounds in that little block of 2-3 breweries after I drank the leftover beers and did the podcast episode in the morning.

Overall decent place to have this game.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover · January 12

haie said:

Did the rounds in that little block of 2-3 breweries after I drank the leftover beers and did the podcast episode in the morning.

Overall decent place to have this game.

I missed a brewery in that area. I only saw 8th Wonder and Anomaly.

section8 · January 12

Haven't made it to Franklin yet, but Im in Ausdtin every couple months so one of these times I'll get there. Terry Blacks is crowded but good, Micklewaithe is near Franklin and probably my favorite for lamb and pork. Further out of town Valentinas makes a killer brisket breakfast taco of you don't want to eat the rest of the day.

FireCohen · January 12

america can fucking cook some fucking meat. that is for sure.

Sobchak_Security · January 14

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
We hit 4 Houston breweries yesterday capped off by dinner from Pinkerton’s BBQ where I met Roman Tomanshoff - I’ll post the CSB details of my conversation with him in the Wam tomorrow.

Brisket and a cheddar jalapeño sausage were fucking delicious. Sides were ok.

Went to Saint Arnold, 8th Wonder, True Anomaly and Turkey Forrest breweries. 8th Wonder wasn’t as good as I hoped but the rest were great. Saint Arnold is massive and was a cool spot. Turkey Forrest got selected because it was close to Pinkerton and was a fun spot with us, one of the owners and another couple the only people there.

We made it to Ninfas for lunch with friends from Lexington who were down for an appointment at the cancer center. Thank you to @Sobchak_Security for that recommendation. Mrs Nacho says it was the best margarita she’s ever had and she’s had a lot.

Houston didn’t disappoint on the good side.

I still fucking hate Phoenix because we lost the natty there and it's taken me a while to forgive New Orleans, too. So I won't blame the Dawgs for any Houston hate. But I'm glad you all ate and drank well. It's all there is to do in Houston really.

I need to say my time as a "fan" of this Washington program has been the biggest fucking emotional roller coaster. I still like you all so I hope there's some rainbow at the end of this shit storm.

TXDawg · January 17

Sobchak_Security said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
We hit 4 Houston breweries yesterday capped off by dinner from Pinkerton’s BBQ where I met Roman Tomanshoff - I’ll post the CSB details of my conversation with him in the Wam tomorrow.

Brisket and a cheddar jalapeño sausage were fucking delicious. Sides were ok.

Went to Saint Arnold, 8th Wonder, True Anomaly and Turkey Forrest breweries. 8th Wonder wasn’t as good as I hoped but the rest were great. Saint Arnold is massive and was a cool spot. Turkey Forrest got selected because it was close to Pinkerton and was a fun spot with us, one of the owners and another couple the only people there.

We made it to Ninfas for lunch with friends from Lexington who were down for an appointment at the cancer center. Thank you to @Sobchak_Security for that recommendation. Mrs Nacho says it was the best margarita she’s ever had and she’s had a lot.

Houston didn’t disappoint on the good side.
I still fucking hate Phoenix because we lost the natty there and it's taken me a while to forgive New Orleans, too. So I won't blame the Dawgs for any Houston hate. But I'm glad you all ate and drank well. It's all there is to do in Houston really.

I need to say my time as a "fan" of this Washington program has been the biggest fucking emotional roller coaster. I still like you all so I hope there's some rainbow at the end of this shit storm.

Being a Washington fan is like a night out drinking only tequila and capping it off at a taco wagon with a fantastic barbacoa but a questionable health rating...there's highs, lows, some scattered good memories, and regret.

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