The People of Craft Beer
ATX Beer Party Celebrates Second Anniversary with a Week of Unique and Charitable Beer Events A week-ish of charitable events at area taprooms with bikes, movies, dice and MORE to celebrate the second anniversary of ATX Beer Party Tuesday October 28 through Sunday November 9, 2025. The collection of beer-centered events around town all benefit local charities and serve to highlight Central Texas’ notable brewing community 🎉Who: ATX Beer Party is an Austin promotion group […]
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Beer with Gin | Winter Warmer Photo courtesy of the Beer Museum Welcome to our series “Beer with Gin” where we hear from local beer expert Virginia (Gin) Benavidez, co-founder of The Beer Museum, to discuss the origin of the Winter Warmer. By Feature Writer Gin Benavidez This article was originally published in January 2020 Winter warmers are a bit odd because, as a beer style, they’re not very well-defined. In fact, the Beer Style […]
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ATX Beer Party Celebrates One Year with a Week of Unique and Charitable Beer Events ATX Beer Party celebrates one year of amplifying the quality of Central Texas breweries with eclectic, charitable events Saturday November 2 through Sunday November 10. 🎉 Who: ATX Beer Party, led by Austin beer pros Pam, Jordan, and John, celebrates 1 year of fun and brews in Central Texas. 🍻 What: A week of events blending beer, pastries, exercise, film, […]
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Beer Necessities Austin Chapter Celebrates 10th Anniversary Beer Necessities is a very casual group of Austin women and non-binary individuals who get together to drink and chat craft beer, making wonderful connections along the way. Established in September 2014, the group meets monthly at breweries, pubs, and beer bars around Austin. Beer Necessities (BNATX) offers everything from laid-back cheers sessions to industry women Q&A panels, and behind-the-scenes brewery tours. This September marks the group’s 10th […]
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To Donate to the Pink Boots Society – Click here! Article updated September 2024 Women and nonbinary individuals work in all aspects of the alcohol industry from owners to packaging, cellaring, sales, and taproom management. The Pink Boots Society was established for these professionals to assist, inspire, and encourage women and non-binary individuals in the fermented/alcoholic beverage industry to advance their careers through education. Pink Boots Society Austin Chapter was established back in 2014 and […]
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ATX Beer Bus Showcase There are a number of awesome brewery tours in and around Austin, and if you’re looking for a fun day out with the crew it can be hard to decide which one to choose. The Craft Beer Austin team had the chance to experience one of these tours, the ATX Beer Bus, offered by owner and certified cicerone James Lipari. A few years ago, James was looking for a way to […]
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The People of Craft Beer | Marvis Dixon By Jackie Von Panda Do you (Really?) know the Middle Man? “Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley Meaning in life often reveals itself in unexpected and unplanned ways. For Sargent Marvis Dixon, this odyssey began in February 2015. Recently discharged from his Army post at Fort Cavazos in Killen due to injuries sustained […]
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Free Beer Sampling with Pink Boots Society Sunday, April 28 from noon to 3 p.m. at Vista Brewing Come out on Sunday, April 28 for a FREE beer and cider sampling event featuring local area Pink Boots Collaboration beverages at the picturesque Vista Brewing and support women and non-binary individuals in the fermentation industry. The Austin and San Antonio chapters of Pink Boots Society, a non-profit established to assist, inspire, and encourage through education, will […]
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Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day® Women and non-binary individuals work in all aspects of the alcohol and fermentable beverage industry from owners to packaging, cellaring, sales, and taproom management. The Pink Boots Society (PBS) was established for industry professionals to assist, inspire, and encourage women and non-binary individuals to advance their careers through education, and it is an international nonprofit and USA tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization. Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day® (CBD) is an international celebration […]
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Order the 7th Annual Pink Boots Blend Today The 7TH Annual Pink Boots Blend is Available for Pre-Sale Click Here to Order Today! Each year, women from the Pink Boots Society (PBS) collaborate with Yakima Cheif Hops (YCH) to select the annual blend recipe. For the 7th annual blend, YCH sent virtual selection kits to PBS chapters across the globe and then hosted the final hop rub at the Great American Beer Festival. The 7th […]
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ATX Beer Party Launches with Unique and Charitable Events to Celebrate Austin Beer New group of Austin industry vets join forces to amplify attention to the local beer community with a week of events from November 5th-12th ATX Beer Party, a dynamic new promotions group, is gearing up to launch a week of beer events across the city in celebration of the local beer community and to raise funds for nonprofit organizations. Led by […]
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Troy Aikman’s EIGHT Secures a Top Draft Pick with Seasoned Pro David Reny In a move that signals their ambition to challenge the major brewing conglomerates and emerge as the ‘next great American beer,’ Troy Aikman is proud to announce the appointment of industry veteran David Reny as Chief Commercial Officer of EIGHT Brewing. EIGHT Brewing is the company responsible for producing and marketing Aikman’s EIGHT Elite Light Lager. With nearly three decades of experience […]
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