Retired Faculty and Staff Association

The Trip to Shiner


The Brewery
      Travel is one of the more popular activities  selected by RFSA members on our membership form. In an initial effort to accommodate this interest, the organization sponsored a day-long trip was to Shiner, Texas, on May 12, 2009, to visit the Spoetzl Brewery.

     The brewery, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, provided our 28 members and guests with a 2.5 hour VIP tour of the facility, subsidized lunch in their Werner's Restaurant, and sent us home with a complimentary six-pack of the brew.

     For more information on the history of this remarkable business see the brewery's excellent web site or read the interesting article, Shiner at 100 in the Austin Chronicle.

     Below are some random  photos from the tour. 		Historical Marker
Bus Trip 1
 Bus Trip 2
At the Brewery
 Doing the Tour
Doing the Tour 2
 Doing the Tour 3





     Special thanks to the friendly people at the Shiner Brewery who made this exclusive tour such a spectacular success, especially Jimmy R. Mauric, Spoetzl Brewery’s Brewmaster (left) and Jaime Jurado, Director of Brewing Operations, The Gambrinus Company Breweries (right).