I was driving north on Interstate 35 through Austin one recent afternoon when I passed a billboard for Shiner Bock, the popular beer brewed here in our home state. “The Original Texas G.O.A.T ...

The K. Spoetzl Brewery, best known as the maker of Shiner Bock, has reintroduced its Texas Special American-style lager and added Texas Special Light on draft. It is only available in Texas.

The Texas Special Light is only 98 calories. Spoetzl Brewery has been making drinks since 1909, headlined by its now iconic Shiner Bock. It brewed the Texas Special originally until the 1960s.

Stream channelization, dam construction, and impoundments change the water flow, temperature, and quality to which the Topeka shiner is specifically adapted. Dams also prevent shiners from migrating ...