Stephen Beaumont and Tim Webb, Authors of the New World Atlas of Beer, hosted a series of “Tutored” beer dinners at several of the Flying Saucer locations to promote their book. When General Manager of the Flying Saucer Sugar Land location, Jake Rainey, told me that Ben Rabbani (formerly of Rainbow Lodge and Bootsie’s) was the chef designing the menu, […]

Rob Landerman, head brewer of Ranger Creek in San Antonio, is moving to Boise, Idaho, to start a small craft brewery with wife, Keely, and two sons. After two years at the combination brewery and distillery, he is going back to his roots in the pacific north-west to realize his dream of owning his own […]

Cathy Rascoe, creator of Live It Big, the charity incubator, as well as Houston & Dallas Beer Weeks puts on tastings for 60 people every quarter called Camp Beer. Its an afternoon of beer tasting, and this time cider. It’s usually done in a theme and beer lovers get together to help raise money for […]

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 […]

After a tip from my friend Dave, I contacted one of the founders of Yard Sale Brewing Company, Justin Engle, to chat about his plans for a new brewery in the Heights area of Houston. I had the chance to sit down with Justin and his business partner and graduate school buddy, Steve, at a […]

Since my last chat with Rassul Zarinfar, founder of Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company, one of several new breweries hoping to enter the Houston craft beer scene, there have been a lot of updates to their progress getting into production mode. They expect their commercial equipment to arrive this week to their Cottage Grove location (south […]

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 […]

I’ve decided that instead of trying to update my new brewery post every other 5 seconds with updates from all the breweries and brewpubs, I would start a weekly (or every few days, depending on how much news there is) feature that puts all the news in one place. This will also feature news from […]

Since I love finding out about any potential new brewery in Texas, especially if it’s close, I looked through the list from my recent post and decided to investigate New Braunfels Brewing Company. I contacted Kelly Meyer, the founder, to set up a quick phone interview, with hopes to stop by on my next trip […]

After my post on new Texas breweries and a good tip from my friend Casey, Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company was added to the list, but not the map because their location had yet to be disclosed, until now! (sort of). I had the chance to sit down with the founder of Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company, […]

After a fellow beer nerd/blogger, Steve at All Good Beer, posted a schedule of events for the Deschutes Base Camp Week in Houston, I knew immediately that I had to go to the dessert pairing that took place at Barcadia, plus they have giant jenga! From the Deschutes twitter, I learned that their Black Butte […]

After my visit last September to the new, family-owned brewery out in the burbs of Houston, No Label Brewing Company, things have been heating up. I’ve seen them at Monsters of Beer, the Texas Beer Fest and several Katy and Houston Bars. They have had their beers featured at beer dinners, too. They recently installed […]

As I mentioned in my previous post about the Kreuz Creek beer dinner, I have been looking forward to The Texas Beer Festival for quite some time now. Over a year ago the crew over at the Craft Beer Revolutionary Guard announced that they were putting together a beer festival way out in Humble, north […]

When the guys over at the Craft Beer Revolutionary Guard announced last year that they would be putting on a beer festival, the Texas Beer Festival to be exact, to take place on May 7th, I was excited to see Houston’s craft beer scene growing even more and ready to go to at least one […]