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  • Saint Arnold Pub Crawl II Rundown

    6/23/10 • (0)

    The second Saint Arnold Austin Pub Crawl was F-R-E-S-H fresh! New bars. New format. New pint glasses. After the success of the first crawl, Saint Arnold implemented a format similar to the one they use in Houston (I think?), allowing us to visit the first three bars in any order. It worked.

  • Uncle Billy’s Third Anniversary Party Recap

    6/21/10 • (0)

    April 29 Uncle Billy’s celebrated their third anniversary of slinging beers in Austin [we realize this is nearly two months tardy; we're still playing catch-up...] Yup. And they had a party and a special beer to celebrate. Specifically, the “Dave Tripel”; a Belgian style tripel [...]

  • Real Ale Ride as Told by USABeerTrends

    6/02/10 • (1)

    Much thanks to our buddy Larry McIntosh over at USABeerTrends.com for sharing this excerpt about the Real Ale Ride. It should appear shortly in a full on American Craft Beer Week wrap up on their site soon. MAY 22 — Real Ale Ride, Blanco, TX [...]

  • Live Oak 13th Anniversary Party – RECAP

    5/24/10 • (0)

    Remember the Live Oak anniversary party? It was more than a month ago so maybe not. Thankfully, we’re here with an ever so timely recap to help you live it all over again. There was food. There was music. There was mud (but no rain!). [...]

  • Central Market Brewtopia Gastro Pub Featuring Sierra Nevada

    11/09/10 • (0)

    When we previewed Central Market’s Brewtopia event, one of the noted sessions was with Terrence Sullivan of Sierra Nevada. Having been an avid consumer of the Sierra Nevada brand over the years, I was excited to be invited to an intimate session that paired four courses [...]

  • Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Interview

    5/19/10 • (2)

    On your way south from San Francisco on Highway 1, the scenery is absolutely stunning – chock full of parks and turn-outs offering travelers majestic views of the Pacific Ocean. Eventually, Highway 1 leads into the original “Surf City USA” of Santa Cruz, California. Santa [...]

  • Hops and Grain Beers Preview

    4/27/10 • (1)

    This is what it’s all about, folks. Blogging=free beer. Mr. Josh Hare of Hops and Grain fame had us out to try his newest brews a few weeks ago. We drank his beers, chilled on his south side patio, then moseyed over to Red’s Porch [...]

  • Hildegard van Ostaden of Urthel Shares Beers, Stories at Ginger Man

    4/15/10 • (0)

    Meeting brew masters of really great breweries is always a good time. When the brewer is named Hildegard and has travelled from the Netherlands to display her wares – save me a stool. On Wednesday evening, The Ginger Man played host to Hildbasegard and Bas [...]

  • Austin Homebrew (re)Opening Party Wrap up/Video

    3/28/10 • (4)

    Saturday, March 13th, Austin Homebrew celebrated the grand opening of their new location at 9129 Metric Blvd with beer, music, food and good times. It was a great party. I’m pretty sure the first “hot” day this year… and it barely capped over 85. Geeze. [...]

  • Jester King Craft Brewery Location “Tour”

    3/23/10 • (1)

    Not too long ago Jester King had us out on their new land to drink beers, take photos, shoot video, and have a jolly old time. Here’s what we took home from it. Some of the deets from Jester Jeff: The land is about 4 [...]