Yesterday the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas handed down its ruling on the joint lawsuit filed back in October of this year against the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TABC) by Austin brewery Jester King, Zax Restaurant and Bar and Authentic Beverage. Essentially the Federal court states that breweries in
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Beer for Thought
One of the best aspects of attending the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) each year is the education and updates on the craft beer industry that are available. This year, I had the opportunity to attend a luncheon put on by the Brewers Association (BA) on day 2 of the festival, which was held at
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Formulating your own recipe to create what you hope is an unbelievable Homebrew is probably the most difficult part of brewing your own beer. However, it can be the most rewarding as well. Maybe you’ve gathered the equipment needed, books and even talked to veteran brewers. You might even have many partial mash or all-grain
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These days, you wouldn’t have enough fingers to count up all the production breweries in Texas. Although Texas is still very far from being what it has the potential to be, this is still a great problem to have. Even the smaller towns like New Braunfels, are getting in on the action. However, one city in
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I recently paid a visit to a known, and yet little known, brewpub in Boerne, Texas. Here’s a link my review of them orignally posted on UpTake.com.
Let’s face it. When you think of craft beer, your first thought is not South America. Think South America and your mind is filled with images of the Amazon River, Rio De Janeiro and Carnival. But beer? Never! I confess, craft beer and South America were not my first thoughts when I walked into the
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‘Off-centered Ales for Off-Centered People’ is the mantra for Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and adorns every one of their bottles. Never afraid to try something new with brewing, Dogfish Head has gained a reputation as one of the ultimate risk takers with craft brewing. Attitudes like this in the craft beer world have brought finely
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This past Saturday saw the 3rd bottle release of Freetail Brewing Co’s popular La Muerta, a day otherwise known as: Dia de La Muerta. La Muerta is Freetail’s immensely popular Imperial Stout. Its release, whether in the bottle or on draft, is always highly anticipated. Usually release in November each year in conjunction with Dia
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I got to thinking about the subject of beer freshness after a friend and I were discussing some recent comments made on a popular craft beer site. By now we have all heard of the ‘Born On Date’, as a rather large and global beer conglomerate has made us all aware of the term. What many
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Something that just doesn’t happen often hit Houston, Texas this week. A week long string of events know as Houston Beer Week that began this past Monday, October 11th and continues throughout the week, culminating with the Monsters of Beer Charity Festival this Sunday, October 17th.2010. So what exactly is a beer week? Why have
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