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March 28, 2012
Ballast Point Comes To Dallas, Plus News on Three Upcoming Beer Celebrations
Lots of big beer news happening since I last wrote a post. Sorry for the time away. It's not you, it's me. So rather than inundate you with a bunch of short posts, here are a few quick sips of local beer news and upcoming events. First off, San Diego's Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits has fi ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
New Brewing Company, Four Corners, Looks to Make it Easier to Open a Brewery
Yesterday Robert Wilonsky over at the Dallas Morning News (that feels like putting a shoe on the wrong foot) reported on a fast-tracked code issue aimed at easing restrictions on Dallas microbreweries. As it stands now, these small independent brewers are relegated to "heavy industrial" zones and in ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Reunion Brewing Company, Dallas' Next Brewery, is Coming to the Design District
Lakewood Brewing Company is nipping at the heels of Peticolas Brewing Company and Deep Ellum Brewing Co. to be the third Dallas-area beer maker, but it's not the only start-up on the way. According to its Facebook page, Reunion Brewing Company last week signed a lease for a space in the Design Di ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Try All Five Local Breweries and Support Texas Brewers at March Beer Dinner
Just days after Texans celebrate the state's Independence Day on March 2, drinkers can support its independent brewers and try offerings from all five of the DFW area's functional breweries. (That number won't be five forever, but more on that later.)Corey Pond at The Common Table says Rahr & ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Dallas Beer Week Vs. Meddlesome Moth: Drama in the Craft Beer World
After the first Houston Beer Week last year, Houstonians Cathy Clark and Jay Rascoe (aka Guns and Tacos) decided Dallas needed its own week to celebrate craft beer as well, as we first told you back in February. Since then, the events planned for Dallas Beer Week, November 12 through19, have draw ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Brewtopia, Beer Dinners, Oktoberfest and More Ways to Build Up Your Winter Beer Gut
Spaten will be among the beers available at Addison's Oktoberfest.What with Central Market's Brewtopia beginning today, Addison's Oktoberfest starting tomorrow and several beer dinners planned for the rest of the month, there are enough brew events in the next couple weeks that your liver should ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
The Full List Of Beers You Can Pour Out In Memory of Timbo
Here's to you, Timbo. RIP.Timbo, the Dallas Zoo's oldest gorilla, died yesterday in surgery at the age of 49, and we're still bummed by the news. Even though we didn't know her personally, we still plan to mourn her the same way we've marked the deaths of friends, family members and celebrities a ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Brew At The Zoo: Where Else Can You Taste Craft Beers in the Presence of Giant Predators?
By now you've probably noticed the banners across the top of our blogs or seen the Mixmaster post touting Brew at the Zoo September 10, but perhaps were hesitant to commit to a $30 ticket without knowing just which beers would be available. How about I just tell you that the ticket includes zoo ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Stomp Then Sip
By now you've probably noticed the banners across the top of our blogs or seen the Mixmaster post touting Brew at the Zoo September 10, but perhaps were hesitant to commit to a $30 ticket without knowing just which beers would be available. How about I just tell you that the ticket includes zoo ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Calais Winery Launches Recycling Program. Not Convinced? It Involves Free Wine.
On Saturday, Calais Winery will launch its new wine-bottle recycling program with the first rendition of what will become semi-annual event. From its rustic little shop on Commerce, the winery will accept empty bottles from any Texas winery. In exchange, generous winos will receive free tas ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Texas Beer Bill Dies With a Whimper, But Saint Arnold Founder Vows to Keep Up the Fight
Daniel KramerLooks like Texas legislators still don't want you bringing souvenirs home from Saint Arnold brewery tours.Sadly and all too predictably, House Bill 602 was never put to a vote as yesterday's deadline for House bills expired. Texas lawmakers found time to legalize catfish noodling and ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
World Beer Company Bottle Shop Pub and Store Soft-Opens Saturday, and More Local Beer News
No word on whether Obama beer is among the 500 available at World Beer Company Bottle Shop.A hat tip, along with a couple of corrections, to UrbanDaddy, which scooped us on this beer bar and package store, but must have spent a little too much time coming up with a trademark story-ending zinger t ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Why Texas' Craft Beer Bills Are Doomed, And Why They Would've Been Baby Steps Anyway
Daniel KramerMaybe it's a good thing HB 602 is doomed. Think how much longer the line for this Saint Arnold tour would be if guests could take beer home.If you're a passionate beer drinker or state-legislation fetishist, you've probably read by now that two of the House bills favoring Texas ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
What Would Happen if the Proposed Beer Legislation Becomes Law?
Three bills bouncing around the Texas Legislature are being trumpeted as game-changers for the state's beer industry. In quick review: HB 660 would permit brewpubs to sell directly to wholesalers and distributors; HB 2436 would allow small breweries to sell their product for on- or off-site c ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Details On Two Beer Fests, Tactical Tasting, Stone Brewing Co. Events And More Beer Quick Hits
Lots of Brews News and Brews Clues to drink in after the jump.For starters, Flying Saucer on the Lake has announced the lineup for its spring beer festival as well as an opportunity to taste Brewdog Tactical Nuclear Penguin. There's a beer festival a-brewin' in Plano. The Common Table is tapping ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Sigel's Discounts Mysterious Cheap Wines
Sigel's is readying to put its 90 Cellars wines on sale, making the label Time recently described as a "magical combo" of good wine and cheap prices an even better deal. 90 Cellars, the subject of a feature story in The Boston Globe this week, has been garnering attention for its unique bu ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Texas Craft Liquor Makers Belly Up to the Bar to Challenge Kentucky Bourbon.
Sigel's is readying to put its 90 Cellars wines on sale, making the label Time recently described as a "magical combo" of good wine and cheap prices an even better deal. 90 Cellars, the subject of a feature story in The Boston Globe this week, has been garnering attention for its unique bu ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Texas Wineries Ask "What Do Hispanic Wine Drinkers Want?"
Hispanics represent a growing share of Texas' wine drinking population, but wineries are still grappling with how to pitch their products to them. "No information is available about the Hispanic wine market," Natalia Kolyesnikova, assistant director of the Texas Wine Marketing Research Insti ... More >>
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March 1, 2011
Texas Wine Industry Considers Identifying Best of the Bunch
Texas wine enthusiasts seeking a better way to convey to consumers which local wines deserve their attentions are broaching the possibility of creating a wine quality program. Russ Kane, a wine writer who's moderating a panel on wine quality at this week's Texas Wine and Grape Growers Associ ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Houston Beer Lovers Plan Dallas Extravaganza
The organizers of Dallas' first-ever Beer Week say the city's lack of microbreweries has proven to be a selling point in luring leading craft brewers here for the November event. "Because there aren't a lot of local breweries here, other breweries stand a chance," Cathy Clark explains. "Brew ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Peticolas Brewing Company Sets Sights On Dallas Location
Deep Ellum Brewing Company looks to be on pace to be the city's first non-brewpub microbrewery, but it may not be the only one for long. Attorney and homebrewer Michael Peticolas was looking into investing in a new brewery in another city. Yet the more he investigated, the more he wondered why Da ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
If You Think It Sucks Dallas Can't Buy Liquor on Sundays (And Especially This Sunday) ...
Via.... imagine how the people who sell it feel. Actually, no need to imagine it: The D.C.-based Distilled Spirits Council of the United States issued a press release today demanding the state of Texas drop its "outdated law banning Sunday liquor sales," especially considering the many millions i ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Get Epically Stoned Tonight At The Common Table, Meet Jim Koch Friday At Ginger Man
Paul Hightower at Dallas Craft Beer Examiner has a good round-up of the month's beer events on his January Craft Beer Calendar, and Brian Brown of Plano Craft Beer Examiner has a more thorough run-down of the week's area beer events. Both of them mention something I've had penciled on my calendar ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Enchanted Rock: Not Just a State Park Near Fredericksburg Anymore
Another Texas vodka has reached the Dallas market, although an owner of Rebecca Creek Distillery says his spirits company won't confine itself to vodka for long. "These are the first two products," Brian Lowrance says of Enchanted Rock vodka and a single malt barley whiskey set for release n ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Girls Just Wanna Have Booze. Manly Booze.
Now THAT'S a girly drink, though we hope he doesn't keep his vodka in the freezer.A record number of women are vying for Senate seats and gubernatorial offices today, suggesting the political sphere is inching, ever so slowly, toward parity. Now if only the liquor industry could catch up. Wh ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
Faux Belgian Brews: Ranking Celis Grand Cru And Flying Dog Raging Bitch
This week's special Avery events at the Libertine Bar, The Common Table and the Meddlesome Moth are putting a special emphasis on the Colorado brewery's Salvation Belgian-style golden ale. The Libertine and Common Table have already offered up food pairings especially made to go with the beer, an ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
So Three Cabs Walk Into a Wine Garden...
For those of us who visit the State Fair, it's worth braving the Midway to revisit old favorites and discover new delights. As I reported last week, my wining companion and I were particularly pleased to find the Go Texan Wine Garden, a little Hill Country-esque oasis of vino, music and sanity near ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Go Texan Winery Passport Program: Drink and Be Rewarded--But with What?
The other day on City of Ate, my colleague, Hanna Raskin, bemoaned the state of the Go Texan Restaurant Week, one of the numerous programs designed by the Texas Department of Agriculture to spur interest and business in our state's food industry. She noted that only seven restaurants in Big D sig ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Five Tips for GrapeFest-goers
Cookingbytheseatofmypants.comGrapeFest is underway, which means the People's Choice Wine Tasting Classic - billed as the nation's largest consumer judged wine contest - is back. We asked Jeff Siegel, a Dallas wine educator who blogs as The Wine Curmudgeon, to offer first-timers a few tips for mak ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
Llano Estacado Vintner's Selection Signature Red Meritage
Meritage or Claret? What's the difference? Typically, both terms refer to Bordeaux-style blends, heavy on the Cabernet Sauvignon and/or Merlot, with one or more of the regions classic blending grapes added for body, spice and completeness. Most fans of Argentinian reds would be surprised to l ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Big Tex Will Go All Texas With Wines
At State Fair
Kroger has pulled out as a wine garden sponsor at the State Fair of Texas, taking its West Coast wines with it. With the Texas Department of Agriculture left as sole sponsor of the wine tasting and teaching space, all of this year's featured wines will come from Texas. Jeff Siegel, who will ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Grapes of Wrath: Too Much "Texas" Wine,
Too Few Grapes Threaten Lone Star Vintners
Here's a romantic scene: Two wine connoisseurs in love pack a basket with cheese and crackers, roll down the roof on a rented convertible and spend the day zigzagging the scenic, hilly roads between Texas' newest wineries. But by the second or third stop, the young couple begins to grow crab ... More >>
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May 18, 2010
Did You Know It's American Craft Beer Week? These Bars Do.
As mentioned in Hophead a couple of weeks back, this week (May 17 to 23) is American Craft Beer Week. That item already mentioned the Texas Craft Brewers Festival Saturday night at the Dancing Bear Pub in Waco, but there are a few other ways to celebrate closer to home. This effort by the Brewer ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Taking Flight At The Meddlesome Moth, Plus Upcoming Beer Events
Jesse HugheyOne recent trend in the culinary world, the concept of the "gastro-pub," is a boon for beer lovers. Pubs that focus their efforts on good food tend to serve higher quality beers and wines than your average bar. The late, great Zymology on Lower Greenville was one short-lived example, ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Wish They All Could Be
Jesse HugheyOne recent trend in the culinary world, the concept of the "gastro-pub," is a boon for beer lovers. Pubs that focus their efforts on good food tend to serve higher quality beers and wines than your average bar. The late, great Zymology on Lower Greenville was one short-lived example, ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Hophead: Beer Across Texas Guides Brew Lovers To The Lone Star State
Fort Worth's Paul Hightower may make his living as a technical writer, copywriter and indexer, but one of the great passions in his life is beer. On his Dallas Craft Beer Examiner blog, he is a relentless and well-informed cheerleader for the best beers available in North Texas, whether they're b ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
Sips And (Sound)Bites And Almost Fist Fights
Back to school, with drinking--and threats--allowed: a panel discussion at the drinklocalwines.com conference.This past Saturday, a sold-out crowd gathered at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in North Dallas for the first-ever DrinkLocalWine.com Conference. Hosted by website founders Je ... More >>
Dining
October 16, 2008
Want More Beer? Change This Law!
Back to school, with drinking--and threats--allowed: a panel discussion at the drinklocalwines.com conference.This past Saturday, a sold-out crowd gathered at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in North Dallas for the first-ever DrinkLocalWine.com Conference. Hosted by website founders Je ... More >>
Dining
October 16, 2008
Beer Is Good
Texas law stifles state's craft brewers
Blogs
July 15, 2008
Dallas, Not Living the High Life
Texas law stifles state's craft brewers
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April 3, 2008
Get a Cru
Take a Stags Leap this Thursday
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August 25, 2006
Statute Stomp
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April 6, 2006
Wine Me, Dine Me
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Dining
November 10, 2005
Sour Grapes
At Tony's Wine Warehouse, there's a sucker born every minute
News
August 4, 2005
Drink Up
Loosened Texas laws spawn a litter of Dallas street wineries. Ready for Preston Hollow Pinot Grigio?
Dining
May 29, 2003
Lotus Blossoms
There's a flurry of curry in the metroplex
Dining
January 25, 2001
Near Beer
The fad fades, but brewpubs survive
Dining
March 23, 2000
Return to blender
Maritage's mix of flavors doesn't quite mesh
Dining
September 2, 1999
Hash Over
A far cry; Mixed hash
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July 16, 1998
Whine capital of Texas
A rigged wine contest peels away Grapevine's grandiose label as the Napa Valley of Texas, revealing instead another cheap import
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