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The “National Beer of Texas” Isn’t as Old as It Claims
At the end of the day, this Texas historian just wants a cold, affordable beer and the truth. Lone Star Brewing Company has long been making the first part easy. The second part? Not so much. For the better part of a decade, it has been stamping its products with “Since 1884.” But this year the company got aggressive about it, presumably for a nice, round-numbered anniversary, by putting a giant “140” on billboards, cans, hats, koozies, stickers, T-shirts, and tap handles. It’s true that a Lone Star Brewing Co. was established in 1884. The San Antonio–based company brewed, among other brands, Alamo Beer. But it never sold a beer named Lone Star. It went out of business in 1919. A second and separate Lone Star…The post The “National Beer of Texas” Isn’t as Old as It Claims appeared first on Texas Monthly.