Tag archive for ‘beertownaustin’

  • North Coast Food Pairing at Flying Saucer

    Flying Saucer had us out for a North Coast food pairing with North Coast co-founder Tom Allen the other day.
    It was pretty swanky. Sam and Rob flexed their cicerone muscles and put together a very interesting seafood pairing for the beers.
    As a journalistic disclaimer, Flying Saucer was very gracious and comped our tickets. With that [...]

  • BeerTownAustin’s Best Stuff of 2009 Results!!!!

    The results are in. There were a total of 78 respondents (not bad for our first try at something like this) over five days.
    So I took a Research Methods class… I just forgot to test the survey before publishing it.

  • BeerCloud Mobile Application

    Coming to you from GreatBrewers.com is a mobile application that will blow your mind, BeerCloud. BeerCloud gives you detailed descriptions on thousands of beers and hundreds of breweries.
    The amount of information can be overwhelming at first, but

  • Over a Pint Episode 13 with John Brack of Austin Homebrew Supply

    Welcome to Over a Pint episode 13, the baker’s dozenth.
    Recently we went out to Opal Divine’s Marina with homebrew extraordinaire, John “JB” Brack

  • Bike Pub Crawl Recap

    So we had a Bike Pub Crawl raincheck ride a few weeks ago… and it rained again.
    At least it wasn’t cold this time. Just wet. Really wet.
    We cheated too. Shawn and I drove our bikes to Dog & Duck just in case anyone showed up to ride in the rain… and people did. And it [...]

  • Over a Pint Episode 11 with Travis Poling of Beer Across Texas

    Welcome to the eleventh Over a Pint… I feel like we’ve already done eleven, but I guess it’s been a few weeks since the last one, #10, and my biological clock has already developed a pattern.

  • Draught House 41st Anniversary Time Lapse Video

    November 7, 2009 Draught House celebrated 41 years of slinging cold ones.
    We made a time lapse video to capture most of the party.
    We started shooting at 1 pm and stopped a little after 9 pm.

  • Jester King Craft Brewery Acquires Land, Warehouse

    The guys at Jester King formally announce their, location, warehouse acquisition, and the future game plan.
    Good for them, and better for us. Looks like the ATX area will be adding two more breweries to the list 2010.
    And this announcement just a day after the Black Star Co-op location reveal and tour (of which we’ll [...]

  • Independence 5th Anniversary

    We got to sit down and share some beers with Rob Cartwright and Justin Rizza of Independence Brewing Co a few weeks ago on the eve of their 5th anniversary.
    These guys, plus Rob’s wife and Indy co-founder Amy, are some great beer peeps and are doing some exciting things.
    Rob gives us an oral history of [...]

  • Flying Saucer Fall Beer Festival – VIDEO & RECAP

    In case you missed it, we got all your 2009 Flying Saucer Fall Beer Festival content right here. Highlights include:
    A cross-country beer selection.