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Larry Koestler

@larrykoestler.bsky.social

Hoppy Ale obsessive | NYC native | New York Yankees fanatic | Fri/Sat New York Times Crossword fiend | Runner | Founder of Musical Box Brewing https://larrykoestler.substack.com/

59 Followers  |  84 Following  |  44 Posts  |  Joined: 04.07.2023  |  1.7331

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Started up a new burgers and beer IG! Give a follow here: www.instagram.com/burgersandbe...

04.12.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bacon Blue Hellfire Sampling limited edition burgers from Proper and Stuffed Belly; and a discussion on hamburger/smashburger specialty spots vs. the "restaurant hamburger" experience

larrykoestler.substack.com/p/bacon-blue...

24.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming through in the Clutch, part II My Top Burger of 2024β€”and #4 burger in all of Houstonβ€”continues to prove its otherworldliness

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17.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What are some of your faves in CO? As a lover of the haziest, hoppiest beer imaginable, Lyric has been my #1 from your state

05.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Craft Breweries Struggle as Sales and Appetites Wane

There’s still plenty of interest in *high-quality* beerβ€”but it’s never gong to be found at the supermarket.

Smaller breweries focused on world-class quality are still thriving with the on-premise-only model.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

05.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Craft Breweries Struggle as Sales and Appetites Wane

Overall mass-market craft may be down, but that’s what these death-knell articles always miss. All the breweries that are closing don’t make anything interestingβ€”they’ve effectively become macro themselves in their product offerings.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

05.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whoa. New Saturday PR just dropped

04.10.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Tampa Bay Rays are useless. What a terrible team.

27.09.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The unique, signature flavor of Crypto Burger's Bunqua smash When is a smashburger not a smashburger?

larrykoestler.substack.com/p/the-unique...

26.09.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m probably having a better Saturday than you

20.09.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's burger-chan's world... Revisiting my number-one burger in all of Houston for the first time since April

New blog post! larrykoestler.substack.com/p/its-burger...

19.09.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Substitute Pincho's revives a Bernie's Burger Bus classic; while Boom Baamβ€”located inside a gas station mini martβ€”underscores the Houston burger scene's dedication to innovation

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18.09.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Man Jazz has gotten rung up at least 3 times on non-strike-threes these last few games

06.09.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Coming through in the Smash The rich get richer as yet another exceptional smashburger joint opens up in Houston, a.k.a. Hamburger City

Two blog posts in one day? What is happening?? larrykoestler.substack.com/p/coming-thr...

05.09.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A (rare) great night as a Yankee fan at the home of the Astros, and a note on the new blog name Finally, a Yankee win in-person in Houston for the first time since 2018

What’s this? I have a new blog post? What is this, 2009? larrykoestler.substack.com/p/a-rare-gre...

05.09.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s the ideal blog/newsletter platform that’s also SEO-friendly? Patreon posts never seem to show up on Google, nor do Substack’s

03.09.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beloved Houston burger makes comeback at an Italian restaurant Longing for those pre-pandemic vibes?

Beloved Houston burger revived in ... an Italian restaurant's menu? www.chron.com/food/article...

13.08.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s been a whirlwind since Chris Shelton left Whole Foods Brewing in October 2023. Some of you may recall he briefly brewed out of the now-defunct Klaus. These past few months he’s been getting dialed in on a new system at Neches Brewing in Beaumont, brewing and..

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07.08.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s pretty bonkers that a good team can play this putrid a brand of baseball for nearly a week straight. I get it, long season and all, but when this team goes bad they truly don’t mess around.

19.06.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yankees haven’t held a lead since Thursday

17.06.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really hard to win when you go into your opponent’s ballpark and have a lead for 0 innings for an entire weekend

15.06.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no greater lock on earth than the Yanks losing in extras on the road πŸ˜‚ good grief

14.06.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dave Sims is fantastic. Tough shoes to fill and he already feels like home

02.04.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Judge with a .643 OBP in the early going πŸ˜‚

30.03.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So if the torpedo bats were around last season, where were they in the World Series? Probably looking at a bit of a different outcome.

Also anyone crying about these bats β€” they’re available to every player in MLB

30.03.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking great, my man! πŸ™ŒπŸ»

29.03.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What the hell is this and why isn’t it Dandy @scottyneuro.bsky.social

21.03.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I for one am shocked β€” *shocked* β€” that no MLB team wants to pay $10M for him to ground out to 2B 600 times a year

18.03.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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01.03.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A very good birthday πŸ‘Œ

22.02.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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