Back in July of 2011, Revolver Brewing popped onto the social media scene on Twitter. Shortly thereafter, they closed on a property of just over 16 acres in Granbury, Texas, about 35 minutes southwest of Fort Worth. The Revolver crew chose Granbury to be closer to family, though one of the team members is originally [...]

When people ask what my “gateway” or first craft beer was, I answer “Shiner!”. I could never stomach the other beers that kids drank in high school and college, so I always went for Shiner. When I got tired of Shiner Bock everyday, I tried the Shiner Blonde, then their seasonals and commemorative series. I [...]

Ever since I found out about Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company making plans to open In Houston, I have been following Rassul (the founder) and crew on their journey towards getting into production, securing the permits, and of course, taste testing some beer for them! I first spoke with Rassul back in June to get the [...]

For one of my last Houston Beer Week events, I mixed it up and attended a mead dinner put on by The Modular food truck, Grand Prize Bar and Redstone Meadery out of Boulder, Colorado, I wrote a little preview with more background information, you can check it out here. This was a very unique [...]

For Houston Beer Week so far, I have posts up on: Monsters of Beer & Night After Monsters, the Rockwell Tavern Texas Beer Brunch, and the Karbach Brewing Beer Dinner at Down House! Whew! Since Mikkel is in town for various Houston Beer Week events, of course there had to be a dinner with Jester [...]

Houston Beer Week is now in full swing and there are plenty of events to attend; I attended both Monsters of Beer and Night After Monsters, check out my recap here. I was invited to be a guest at Rockwell Tavern & Grill‘s Texas Beer Brunch on behalf of Open The Taps; Tiffany Richie, Owner [...]

Something a little different for Houston Beer Week… The Modular food truck partners, Lyle Bento, formerly a sous chef at Feast, and Joshua Martinez, former manager at Kata Robata, are hosting a Redstone mead dinner at Grand Prize Bar. Recently this duo won Houston Press’s recent Wingtoberfest, and have become well known for outstanding dishes [...]

What better way to break into doing posts for “The Sessions” (Beer Blogging Friday) than on the Month where the topic is “Beery Confessions: Guilty Secrets/Guilty Pleasure Beer”? If you aren’t familiar with The Sessions, it is a roundup of beer bloggers discussing the same topic, from their own perspective. If you read November’s host [...]

When the people from Houston Beer Week announced that they were partnering with Whole Foods to do an event at the Montrose location for the 2nd ever Houston Beer Week, I was excited to see what they would put together and knowing Cathy, the beers would be top notch. If you have ever attended her [...]

I decided to section off my posts on GABF into brewery visits, outside events, and the actual sessions. When we arrived in Denver early Thursday morning, we headed straight to Fort Collins, then we hit Rock Bottom in downtown Denver that evening, and finally, Avery on Saturday. Fort Collins: Odell Brewing Co: We ordered the [...]