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New Beer (and Other News) from Jester King
We’re still recuperating and vacationing following Austin Beer Week so things are a little slow. Thus, news of the copy/paste kind. Last night Jester King announced a new beer, Noble King Hoppy Farmhouse Ale. Then they went on to talk about a lot more. The [...]
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Dogfish Head and Alamo Drafthouse Beer Feast Report
This post is coming “soon” after the Dogfish Head Beer Feast & Sudsy Comedy Shorts event. Because you know, “soon” is subjective, just like “short.” I think the last of the three “short” films at this thing was 45+ minutes. Five beers in and my [...]
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Live Oak Anniversary Party (#14) this Weekend
From the inbox. Go, last year’s was fun: Dear Friends of Live Oak, WHO: Live Oak Brewing Company, White Mountain Foods, Smokey Denmark and others WHAT: LOBC Anniversary Party (#14) and SpringFest. WHEN: Saturday, April 16 – noon to six WHERE: 3301-B E. 5th St. [...]
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We Came, We Drank, We Tried to Save Texas
Drink Beer. Save Texas. We tried our best on Sunday at Uncle Billy’s on Lake Travis. Thanks to the Uncle Billy’s crew and Texas Beer Freedom for having us out for their fundrasing event to help improve the future of Texas craft beer. We [...]
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Because You Like Beer… You (May) Like Running
As you may or may not know, the LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon and Half Marathon is this weekend, and I’m happy to say my wife and I will be two of the 12,000 half marathoners (plus 6,000 marathoners) running the streets of Austin Sunday. I have [...]
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Jester King to Release Boxer’s Revenge Farmhouse Provision Ale
Sure, the Black Metal, Commercial Suicide and Wytchmaker are all great, but if you’ve been following the progress of the guys at Jester King over the past year, this is the beginning of what we’ve really been waiting for. This weekend they’ll roll out Boxer’s [...]
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Buy the Ranger Creek Beer, Keep the Mustache Glass @ Flying Saucer (Wed., Dec. 8)
Got your BeerTownAustin Mustache glass yet? If not, you need it. Like, now. It’s a pretty big deal. Last month it was able to bring the Jester King guys out with a special barrel-aged beer, and this Wednesday it’s getting Ranger Creek to make the [...]
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VOTE OR DIE! Last Day to Vote for Us in the Austin Blogger Awards
Despite our requests to be written in as “Most Consistently Inconsistent,” “Most Broken Promises,” or “Crappiest Blog with an iPhone App,” we were nominated for Best Cocktail/Beverage Blog for the Austin Blogger Awards. Thanks? Being that today (Friday) is the last day to vote we [...]
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(512) Increases Capacity – Congratulate Them at Tonight’s Cask Tapping!
Photo via (512) Brewing Facebook page As if we weren’t already excited enough about our (512) Brewing cask/keep the glass night at Billy’s on Burnet, we woke up this morning to see the boys have added two new fermenting tanks. A few (512) brewers will [...]
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Let’s Do This! BeerTownAustin vs Craft Austin Ultimate Fanboy Bike Pub Crawl
Despite their irregularity, the bike pub crawls are one of our favorite events. Rolling through some of Austin’s best beer bars while making new friends – who wouldn’t love it?
