The People of Craft Beer
The PorchCast by PorchDrinking.com Featuring the Austin Beer Scene A few months ago, PorchDrinking.com contributor Korey David visited Austin and stopped by Austin Beerworks to host this episode of PorchDrinking.com’s podcast PorchCast and catch up on the Austin beer scene. PorchCast aims to “recreate the porch drinking experience through great stories, great beers, hilarity, and occasionally educational bits of information.” As a stand up comedian, David brings plenty of laughs to this episode which features […]
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Austin Beerworks Creates Brave Noise Collaboration Beer Since the beginning of the Brave Noise Collaboration, six Texas breweries have joined the initiative, five of which are in the Austin area. Breweries such as Austin Beerworks and St. Elmo’s have begun the process of brewing their collaborative beer. While St. Elmo’s had their release on Oct. 6, Austin Beerworks is getting ready to release their pale ale soon. Brave Noise, which started with one powerful question […]
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Held every year in honor of International Women’s Day, Pink Boots members from around the world team up to participate in the annual Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day, brewing a beer of their choice using the unique YCH Hops Pink Boots blend, with a portion of the sales from each benefiting the Pink Boots Society scholarship funds. Last year, the Pink Boots Society Austin Chapter, led by Rebecca Garcia and Shelia Garcia, hosted a record number of collaboration […]
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This article was originally published in 2020 and has been updated. Central Texas has a distinct and growing beer culture and women are not only present in every aspect of it from brewers, distributors to consumers; they are also well-respected leaders shaping the craft beer culture. Our Women in Beer series highlights the women in our community shaping the beer scene including members of the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society. This edition features Sheila Garcia, Director of […]
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Craft Beer Companies Create The Safe Bars P.A.C.T. What started as frequent Zoom calls between multiple organizations, soon turned into a group of individuals making a stand for those who the beverage industry continues to marginalize and harm with gender inequities. Those organizations are Craft Beer Professionals, Safe Bars, Not Your Hobby Marketing Solutions, Lady Justice Brewing, assisted by RadCraft, and HalfDay Studio. They have now formed The Safe Bars P.A.C.T. This initiative is yet […]
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Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2021 What normally is the largest beer festival in the US, the Great American Beer Festival, was forced to change their award ceremony for the second year in a row. This year, it happened during the CBC (Craft Brewers Conference), which allowed many of the breweries, and brewers, to at least attend the award ceremony, unlike last year. It brought back the feel of older events, just […]
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St Elmo’s Spicy Ones, Round Two feat. Urban Jungle Brewing Spicy Ones is back for round two! If you missed the first go-around, St Elmo Brewing has joined forces again with Spicy Boys Fried Chicken food truck to bring the HEAT. Last go around, host extraordinaire, John Gross, interviewed guests Michael Graham and Will Golden of Austin Beerworks. Round two promises to be an exciting night featuring Shannon Harris, diversity and inclusion advocate, The Brew […]
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“Beer is what brings us together, but the relationships are what make us stay.” | Sarah Eshelman, Beer Necessities Austin Founder Beer Necessities is a very casual group of Austin women and those that identify as such who get together to drink & discuss craft beer, making wonderful connections along the way. Established in September 2014, the group typically meets several times a month at various bars & breweries around Austin. Remember pre-COVID when meeting […]
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Central Texas at CBC 2021 (In Photos) For the many Central Texas participants that I failed to capture while at the Conference, please contact us and share your photos. Happy to add photos from anyone else that wants to share their experience at CBC 2021.
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Beer Art by Mike Kipp Mike Kipp is a beer enthusiast and avid Craft Beer Austin follower. He was recently inspired to create a series of 12 posters of different beer styles of the world for his local taproom in New Braunfels TX. These images are all original and depict various beer styles as humorous human-like portraits. In addition, he has completed posters for Faust Brewery in New Braunfels and Middleton Brewery in San […]
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Central Texas has a distinct and growing beer culture and women are not only present in every aspect of it from brewers, distributors to consumers; they are also well-respected leaders shaping the craft beer culture. Our Women in Beer series highlights the women in our community shaping the beer scene including members of the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society. This edition features Stephanie Alaniz, beertender at Hold Out Brewing. Describe your average week. What are you responsible for? […]
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Central Texas has a distinct and growing beer culture and women are not only present in every aspect of it from brewers, distributors to consumers; they are also well-respected leaders shaping the craft beer culture. Our Women in Beer series highlights the women in our community shaping the beer scene including members of the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society. This edition features Amanda Trimm, Co-owner of Barking Armadillo in Georgetown, Texas. Describe your […]
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