Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling Co. is holding its second annual Thanksgasm beer dinner in conjunction with Texas Girls Pint Out. The Nov. 19 event is presale only and tickets are $55 per person. The menu includes turkey brined in La Bestia Aimable, a Belgian dark strong ale, and a cornbread dressing made with...
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Hundreds of hopeful brewers and brewery owners stood for more than two hours at the Great American Beer Festival Saturday to see if they had achieved beer greatness.
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Beer dinners, considered a major food and drink trend by chefs polled by the National Restaurant Association, are getting more buyin from restauteurs in San Antonio. This week, the folks at Westin La Cantera Resort are trying their hand at what they hope will be a regular thing. On Friday, May 27, Westin La Cantera...
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In 2012, Houston beer drinkers will get what they’ve been waiting for: a brewpub. Since the Two Rows brewpub in Houston shut it’s doors in October over a rent dispute with the landlord, Houston has had to make do with it’s myriad of great beer bars and a handful of local microbreweries. Not so...
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Impediments are falling away to a common-sense bill allowing microbreweries in Texas to have take-away beer as part of the price of a tour. Archaic beer laws in the state have been in need of a tuneup for years even as wine laws have slowly progressed. With nearly a month to go in the...
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Freetail Brewing Co. in San Antonio just tapped its new Self eSteem Texas Uncommon beer. It is somewhat crisp, a little rich fruit character and a mildly assertive citrus-like hop. This smacks of session beer and cries out for a second pint, very doable at just over 5 percent alcohol by volume.
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