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Blue Owl Brewing Located at 2400 East Cesar Chavez St. #300, Austin TX 78702 The highly anticipated sour-mash brewery finally opened it’s doors in October 2015. The opening was met with a frenzy of beer aficionados eager to be the first to try their unique beers. Blue Owl Brewing is the first brewery to create customized (and highly guarded) equipment to ensure a repeatable high quality sour mash product. To get an insight into their sour mashing process, […]
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Amsterdam is well known for many things, but not necessarily it’s craft beer scene – especially since it’s nestled between the better known beer meccas of Belgium and Germany. However, it’s location is precisely why it should be considered a top beer destination. Along with the picturesque views, the romantic canals and liberal districts, Amsterdam very much proves to be a beer lovers vacation. In no particular order, here are my top picks for beer tripping […]
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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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With Austin’s growing beer scene, it is no surprise that we will be having more neighborhood beer focused bars opening soon. This time, The Growler Bar will be opening in Pflugerville, Texas. The idea has been in Jason Kemp’s mind for quite some time. It all started while dabbling into home brewing with friends. After years of talking about opening up a brewery, Jason decided it was time to at least get started in the beer […]
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Brooklyn Brewery Austin Mash Events November 2015 The Brooklyn Brewery #AustinMASH tour returns to Austin on Sunday, November 8, to celebrate what’s next in food, film, comedy, beer and more. The Mash tour is the largest international traveling food, beer and arts festival, stopping in six U.S. cities, London, and Stockholm in 2015. Brooklyn Brewery is collaborating with local Austin-based chefs, entrepreneurs, artisans, craftsmen, artists, comedians, musicians and more to create one-of-a-kind entertainment experiences for […]
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4th Tap Brewing Co. Located: 10615 Metric Blvd Austin, Texas Distribution to begin mid October 2015. The People John Stecker and Chris Hamje have been brewing beer together for about four years after John introduced Chris to the art of home brewing. Soon the pair began taking their beers to weddings and corporate events looking for feedback to perfect their recipes. The hobby became more than just a distraction from their high tech jobs and eventually […]
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Since opening in 2011, Hops and Grain has become an award winning staple in the Austin beer scene. With the release of their coveted Greenhouse IPA series in cans in 2014, they have become a series hop forward contender in the Austin beer market. The latest highly sought after creation, A Pale Mosaic, was just released this week and hop heads are already clamoring to get some! To get an insight into this fascination with experimental […]
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The TABC has just seized Cuvee Coffee’s “Crowler”( Developed by soon-to-be-in-Austin Oskar Blues Brewery) canning equipment and any filled Crowlers that were on premise! Despite a written warning giving Cuvee Coffee 30 days to cease illegal crowler operations on June 25 2015, Mike Mckim of Cuvee touted on social media they would continue selling Crowlers. RT in support: I disagree with @TexasABC's interpretation of the law, @CuveeCoffee E6th continues to sell #crowlers pic.twitter.com/SqWpbe45Tz — Mike McKim (@MikeMckim) […]
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South Africa is not a place most people would normally think to read a craft beer article on. In fact, for all of the breweries that are actually in South Africa, it was not the easiest place to find all that many details on. South Africa’s beer scene is dominated by anything SABMiller. If you do not look for craft beer, you likely will end up with seeing mostly SABMiller offerings. As an avid traveler, I […]
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The Women Behind Craft Beer in Austin: Part 3 The Women Behind Craft Beer in Austin series has covered examples of the amazing women that are shaping the Austin beer scene and cultivating the beer culture we know and love. The Women Behind Craft Beer in Austin: Part 3 series will focus on you, the consumer, by highlighting two of the women that bring you news, information and camaraderie to celebrate the beverage we love the […]
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Beer Tripping: San Francisco I travel to California quite a bit for work and I don’t normally have much time for anything else. However, I was recently able to squeeze in a quick trip to San Francisco. Like many of you, my vacations always include some type of beer haul or brewery visit. Since I was in the city for about a day and a half, I only sketched out a few key places that […]
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Eureka Restaurant Grand Opening Thursday, June 25, 2015. Eureka is located at 200 East 6th Street, Austin Texas. Eureka specializes in American classics with a modern twist. They have bright green chairs at the high top tables, wrap around copper island bar and community booths for family seating and comfort. There is also a stage for live music. We were invited to experience Eureka’s soft opening. Eureka has 40 American craft beers on tap, 21 of […]
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