At the beginning of July, I mentioned a new brewery in a beer news round-up that I hoped to be able to chat with, not only because it’s a new brewery and I wanted to know their plans, but because they had already stirred up the beer nerds in town regarding their name and imagery. […]

Before I get started, I just wanted to say I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog lately, but for a very good reason! I’ve been working very hard with several other Houston beer nerds to get our newly formed grassroots, non-profit craft beer advocacy group, Open The Taps, up and running. I’m not going […]

This Sunday I had the chance to check out the progress of construction at Karbach Brewing here in Houston; the marketing guy, David, invited us in to check out the brewery space and chat with him about Karbach’s beers, brewing equipment, tours and everything else related to getting a brewery up and running. Right now […]

About a month ago Carlos Rodriguez, the concept chef at Vic & Anthony’s, announced they would be hosting their 6th (I think?) beer dinner. Each previous dinner had a specific brewery theme, starting with Dogfish Head last summer, to the Real Ale dinner in April. The “Mid-Summer” beer dinner was to be different though, this […]

You may have already heard that the proprietors of the famous Eatsie Boys food truck are starting a microbrewery here in Houston, all while also starting an ice cream truck that should be up and running in the next few weeks and maintaining their original venture. The original name might sound familiar from my first […]

Two of my favorite things on the planet are cheese and beer, especially when paired well together. When I found out that Hubbell & Hudson, in the Woodlands, was hosting their 2nd beer & cheese festival, I knew I wanted to make the trek up there to check it out. I had yet to visit […]

Craft beer news from around the state since 6/28/11. I know I said weekly, but there is an abundance of updates around town, and Texas in general, so I had to do it sooner (that’s the best news!). Everyone have a safe and happy holiday weekend! New Houston Brewery: Another new brewery has popped up […]