As I already said, there were a plethora of great beer folks at the Draught House 41st party, and between awesome cask tappings we were able to spend a few minutes with Travis Poling, author of Beer Across Texas.

In Beer Across Texas, Travis, along with Paul Hightower, put together a comprehensive body of work detailing the history of brewing in Texas with an exhaustive lexicon of breweries and brew pubs. It’s a great book. Honestly, I’m very jealous he get’s to tour breweries, taste beers, and interview brewers for his day job. With several years experience in beer journalism, Travis has the chops for it, and does an excellent job.

Travis is a great guy, has good beer taste, has been a journalist for several years, and is living the dream of writing about beer. I’ve been excited about meeting Travis for a while and had a great time talking shop and beers with him. He’s got a second book in the works, and is currently doing book signings all across the state in support of the book.

Look for him at Book People in January for a special signing paired with local beer tastings. You can also pick it up at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

We we’re both sipping on Draught House’s housebrew Double IPA… yup. Get some while they still got it.

Enjoy!

(we got a new mic for this one… it’s not my favorite as I have to Kermit THE Frog News Flash style hold it up the whole time… still holding our breath for a new fancy mic sponsor/donor…)