Irina Plakas, Author at Craft Beer Austin

Wicked Weed Brewing Expands Distribution to Texas

By Irina Plakas / March 8, 2016 / Austin Breweries

Wicked Weed Brewing from West Asheville, North Carolina expands distribution to Texas: Spring 2016. Evan Crutchfield, the sales manager from Wicked Weed Brewing, told Craft Beer Austin they will be expanding distribution to Texas. Below is our Q & A with Evan from Wicked Weed: Why Texas and why now? We have chosen Texas at this time mostly because we have a great relationship with Jester King and plan to brew multiple collaborations with them in the future. Our […]

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Circle Brewing 5th Anniversary Party

By Irina Plakas / March 7, 2016 / Austin Breweries

Circle Brewing 5th Anniversary Party! Circle Brewing is kicking off SXSW right, they’re throwing a party to celebrate their 5th Anniversary. They will have food trucks, live music, fun games, and limited release firkin tappings. $15 gets attendees a collectable 5th anniversary glass and three drink tickets. The 5th Anniversary Party will also serve as the beer release celebration for their brand new Historical IPA. Archetype Historical IPA is a beer 300 years in the making. Adhering to

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Now Available in Texas: The Bruery and Bruery Terreux!

By Irina Plakas / February 25, 2016 / CBA

The Bruery from Southern California has announced that they are expanding into Texas: Spring 2016. Benjamin Weiss, marketing director for The Bruery, told Craft Beer Austin that they will be launching in Austin the first week of April 2016. They will also be expanding to Dallas right after Austin followed by Houston and San Antonio sometime later in the year. Below is our Q & A session with Benjamin from The Bruery: Why Austin and why now?

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Austin Steam Train Beer Pairing with Bluebonnet Beer Co

By Irina Plakas / February 24, 2016 / Austin Breweries, The People of Craft Beer

Saturday, March 26, 2016 @Austin Steam Train departs 7PM Join Bluebonnet Beer Company on the first Beer Flyer of 2016, featuring their local craft beer. Passengers will enjoy a custom beer tasting led by Master Brewer David Hulama, and food pairings from Executive Chef, Rob Snow of Greenhouse Craft Food. With sustainably grown and raised Texas ingredients, this beer and comfort food tasting is sure to be the hit of the season. Beer Flyers are 21 and up only. All

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The House That Beer Built II Austin 2016

By Irina Plakas / February 11, 2016 / Austin Breweries, Charity, The People of Craft Beer

The Austin Habitat for Humanity is excited to announce that The House that Beer Built is brewing again in Austin for 2016! With the support of 29 local breweries and beer-centric businesses, Austin Habitat’s first The House that Beer Built in 2014 was a tremendous success. They came together to celebrate their collaborative brewing environment and shared community commitment by raising more than $60,000 to help a deserving family realize the dream of homeownership. The hard

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Saint Arnold Icon Blue – Coffee Porter with Espresso Beans

By Irina Plakas / February 1, 2016 / Austin Breweries

Saint Arnold Icon Blue – Coffee Porter is a Shot (of Espresso) to the Senses Ideas for coffee beers using beans from Java Pura percolated for years. The Latest Press Release from Saint Arnold Brewing Company: HOUSTON, February 1, 2016 – When someone orders a shot and a beer, they typically aren’t referring to a shot of espresso. The oldest craft brewery in Texas, could change that. Saint Arnold Icon Blue – Coffee Porter was

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Real Ale Brewing Partners with Blacklands Malt

By Irina Plakas / January 30, 2016 / Austin Breweries, The People of Craft Beer

Real Ale Brewing Partners with Blacklands Malt Brewers’ Cut Project #23 ESB made with locally-malted barley Press Release: January 26, 2016 As Real Ale Brewing Co. celebrates 20 years of brewing in Texas this year, they’ve partnered with local maltsters at Blacklands Malt to produce the next limited-release beer in their Brewers’ Cut series: Project #23 ESB. “Working with a small, family-owned Texas company whose focus is bringing quality local ingredients to Texas craft brewers is

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Cervecería Calavera – Mexican Craft Brewery Available in Texas

By Irina Plakas / January 29, 2016 / Beer Travel, Brewery Profile, The People of Craft Beer

Guest Post by Aleida Taddei and Michael Elwell. In a country where tradition is very strong and the challenge of change seems imminent, Cervecería Calavera (aka Calavera Brewing) founder and brewmaster Gilbert Bjørn Nielsen is producing a variety of complex beers rich in flavor and labeled with symbols from Mexico’s colorful history. Gilbert is originally from Denmark; he immigrated to Mexico with his parents as a young child. Later on as an adult he returned to Denmark

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New Braunfels Brewing Fights Goliath Gambrinus

By Irina Plakas / December 14, 2015 / Austin Breweries

We met with Kelly Meyer from New Braunfels Brewing recently at Whichcraft to find out the status of “Dude Help us Fight Goliath”. He stated that currently they are in negotiations and will update us soon! Hopefully this won’t get dragged into court. Here is the story: “The guys over at The Gambrinus Company, the guys that own Spoetzl Brewing and the Shiner beers, had their high-priced IP attorneys send us(New Braunfels Brewing) a cease and

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Win a Craft Beer Austin Charity Basket worth over $1000!

By Irina Plakas / December 9, 2015 / Austin Breweries, Charity

**Update: This event is tonight Wednesday Dec 9 7pm, please get your tickets here: http://chevyloveslocal.com/tickets/ Craft Beer Austin is participating in the Chevy Loves Local charity benefit! This is an Austin-centric event where we have created a prize basket which represents who we are and what we love. We love living in Austin and love the local Craft Beer community. The Craft Beer Austin basket includes a collection of items and experiences that represent the Austin

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Adelbert’s Brewery Releases First Texas Made Bière Brut

By Irina Plakas / November 19, 2015 / Austin Breweries

Adelberts’ is releasing Sundowner once again November 2015. A Biere Brut, or Biere de Champagne, is a blend of the spicy, fruity notes of a Belgian ale balanced with the mouth feel and body of a sparkling wine. Sundowner is brewed with champagne yeast, giving the effervescent ale white grape and green apple notes with a crisp, bone-dry finish. Combine Sundowner and orange juice and voila! Your very own beer-mosa. October 28, 2014 – AUSTIN

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Discovering British Columbia Craft Breweries

By Irina Plakas / November 9, 2015 / Beer Travel, CBA

My biggest passions are travel, beer and wine. I will go anywhere where I can explore and learn by personal experience, and I’m serious about it. This last Summer (2015), I discovered a few craft breweries in the British Columbia area of Canada. New breweries are opening consistently throughout the province. It takes a voracious thirst and some level of obsession (or a paying gig anyway) to keep up to speed on all of them…and more are coming! My first

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