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This is a Guest Post by David Siegel. Bluebonnet Beer Co – Texas Craft Brewery Profile Location: 1700 Bryant Drive #107, Round Rock, TX 78664 The People: Situated in a non-descript industrial park tucked behind the Round Rock post office sits Bluebonnet Beer Company. The epitome of a small startup “nano” brewery, Bluebonnet Beer is the brainchild of decorated former homebrewer David Hulama and his wife Clare. David started homebrewing while studying Biology at UT in […]
Oddwood Ales Newest Beer, Taming of the Savage Heart, has been released this week and y’all should start seeing on the shelves over the next few days! Try some tonight(February 2) at WhichCraft Beer Store 6-8pm and tomorrow (February 3) at Sunrise Mini Mart. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sarah Haney Adelbert’s Brewery 512-662-1462 Sarah@adelberts.com Oddwood Ales Releases New Beer – Taming of the Savage Heart January 25, 2016 – AUSTIN – The […]
Behind the Scenes at Pinthouse Pizza South Lamar In just three short years, Pinthouse Pizza has made it’s mark on the Austin craft beer scene with it’s amazing line up of mainstay beers, guest taps and delicious pies. When the South Lamar location opened up in late 2015, south Austinite’s rejoiced to have the family-friendly craft beer mecca come to their neighborhood. Pinthouse Pizza South Lamar (or PHP2 as it’s fondly known) opened up in the […]
Whitestone Brewery Location: 601 E. Whitestone Blvd, Cedar Park, TX Whitestone Brewery Grand Opening Party: Friday February 19th, 2016 The People Like many new brewery founders, Ryan Anglen homebrewed as a hobby and spent the last decade in high-tech. He always longed to start his own business, “I had one chance to turn a hobby into a career, despite the risks”. However, Ryan knew that he couldn’t do it alone and understood the difficulty in […]
Jester King Brewery Black Metal Beer Injected Brisket….doesn’t that sound delicious! In this Cooking with Beer post, we take a 17 pound brisket and inject it with Jester King Black Metal Farmhouse Stout about 3/4 of the way through the smoke! We started with a 17 pound untrimmed Choice brisket from Randall’s (hey they were on sale for $1.59 per pound!). Normally we use Prime briskets but couldn’t pass up this deal! I like trimming the […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]