Each year, the Texas State Fair gives food and beverage vendors awards for their "creative" concoctions. Sometime you wonder if being the most outrageous automatically gets you an award (i.e., deep-fried butter).

The best tasting award winner doesn’t sound too bad though. The Best Tasting Award was won by a fried Gulf shrimp boil - baby Gulf shrimp, diced red potatoes, onion, lemon, and seasoning formed around a cocktail shrimp, dusted, fried and served with a remoulade sauce.

However, I’ll probably pass on this beer: the award for Most Creative went to Funnel Cake Ale - a beer that reminds drinkers of one of the telltale flavors of the fair. A little toasty, a little sweet, this English-style summer ale has notes of natural vanilla to emulate the most revered of fair food: funnel cake. For those seeking to satisfy the inner kid, you can have your glass rimmed with powdered sugar.