Subject:

Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Man, These Craft Beers Will Eff You Up

    American Craft Beer Week kicked off Monday and fine watering holes throughout the city are celebrating with rare keg tappings and tastings. Design District gastropub and beer-nerd destination the Meddlesome Moth is creating special dishes each night this week to complement its beer offerings. Tuesd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    It's American Craft Beer Week. Here's Where You Should Go.

    I'm pretty sure there is a holiday honoring some sort of food product every single day, with overlapping weeks and months to celebrate others. They reach a saturation point at which I tune them all out. But American Craft Beer Week, which began yesterday and runs through Sunday, is an exception, nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Win a Pair of Seats to Tonight's Oskar Blues Beer Dinner at The Libertine

    ​Tonight, Chef Roe DiLeo oversees her first beer dinner since her return to The Libertine Bar, and her creations will be paired with offerings from the Lyons, Colorado, brewery Oskar Blues -- including a two-year-old Ten Fidy for fans of cellared beers. Read on for the full menu.Appropriate that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    2011: The Year in North Texas Beer

    ​Has there been a better year for beer drinkers in North Texas, and particularly Dallas, than 2011? Not one that I can think of, for reasons enumerated in the awards below. My year's wrap-up isn't over. Coming soon are my favorite beers of the year and a run-down of the good and the bad in win ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Lakewood Brewing Company Finds Home

    From Lakewood Brewing Company's Facebook page​It's a good week in Dallas beer real-estate news. Not only is Deep Ellum Brewing Co. opening its brewery doors to the public for the first time this weekend, but yesterday Lakewood Brewing Company announced via its Facebook page that it is ready to mov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    At Strangeways, Tasting Some of the World's Strongest Beers

    Jesse HugheyLeft to right: Tactical Nuclear Penguin, Sink the Bismarck! and Mikkeler Black Hole​With Saturday's Dallas Beer Festival canceled, the opportunity to sample two of the strongest beers ever made, along with a couple of rare Mikkeler brews, at Strangeways seemed a fitting enough way to c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Toast the New Vintage

    Jesse HugheyLeft to right: Tactical Nuclear Penguin, Sink the Bismarck! and Mikkeler Black Hole​With Saturday's Dallas Beer Festival canceled, the opportunity to sample two of the strongest beers ever made, along with a couple of rare Mikkeler brews, at Strangeways seemed a fitting enough way to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Oktoberbest 2011 Round One: Samuel Adams Speared By Harpoon, Paulaner Pounds Ayinger And More

    We can only hope Hoppy The Clown brings as much drunken hilarity and pathos to The Common Table tomorrow as Shakes The Clown did to our VCR years ago.​The first round of Oktoberbest 2011 is halfway over, with a couple of surprising upsets and a couple of shocking, bit-spitting failures by favored ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2011

    Toast to Texas

    We can only hope Hoppy The Clown brings as much drunken hilarity and pathos to The Common Table tomorrow as Shakes The Clown did to our VCR years ago.​The first round of Oktoberbest 2011 is halfway over, with a couple of surprising upsets and a couple of shocking, bit-spitting failures by favored ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Deep Ellum Brewing Plans Brew-B-Q, Peticolas Zoning Approved, Whole Foods Will Fill Your Growler And More Beer News

    ​Angela Hunt, Dwaine Caraway, Dave Neumann and the rest of the Dallas City Council may not agree on everything, but you know what can unite them? Beer. Michael Peticolas' zoning change request, which we mentioned back in March, was unanimously approved at yesterday's council meeting. The change al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Discount North Texas Beer Festival Tickets, Craft Beer Week Updates and More from the Dallas Beer Scene

    ​American Craft Beer Week is fast approaching, so you'd better save your beer money. You can start by taking $10 off the advance price and $20 off the door price by buying your North Texas Beer Festival tickets today, as the event's Facebook page is offering admission to the Saturday festivities a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Texas Beer Fest Announces Lineup, Moth to Release '07 Dogfish Head Brews, American Craft Beer Week And More

    ​May is shaping up to be an eventful month, beerwise. First off, don't forget about the Belgian Tea Party at The Common Table Saturday, May 14, or about the two previously mentioned festivals, the Spring Beer Festival noon to 10 p.m. Saturday at Flying Saucer on the Lake and the North Texas Beer F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    For Cinco de Mayo, Skip the Tequila; Head for the Sierra Madre

    ​Not everything is Tecate and tequila with a smattering of high-pitched mariachi howling on Cinco de Mayo -- not anymore at least, thanks to the rise of Mexican craft breweries. The individuals behind these operations aren't going the usual lager route, as the Los Angeles Times reported earli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Rating Saint Arnold Divine Reserve 11, And Where You Can Try It

    ​Houston brewery Saint Arnold cracked this year's just-released Brewers Association Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies list, coming in just ahead of a fellow Texas brewery No. 49 Real Ale (Blanco) but well behind the only other Texas company on the list, the No. 4-ranked Spoetzl (Shiner) -- which also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Greg Koch Preaches To The Choir To Kick Off Ale Week

    Jesse HugheyStone Brewing Co. founder Greg Koch, in a typically reflective and subdued moment.​Playing up his audience's Lone Star state of mind, Stone Brewing Co. founder Greg Koch conjured a fire-and-brimstone Baptist evangelizer while doing what can only be described as preaching to the choir a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Beer For Dinner

    Jesse HugheyStone Brewing Co. founder Greg Koch, in a typically reflective and subdued moment.​Playing up his audience's Lone Star state of mind, Stone Brewing Co. founder Greg Koch conjured a fire-and-brimstone Baptist evangelizer while doing what can only be described as preaching to the choir a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Stone Old Guardian 2011 Classic Release vs. BELGO Version

    ​While not everyone thinks it's a tremendously creative idea, Stone Brewing Co. this year has introduced a program called "Odd Beers For Odd Years," in which the recipes for Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine and Stone Imperial Russian Stout are tweaked. This year, the brewery is adding the Belgian ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Tasting Offerings From Two Prospective Dallas Breweries

    Jesse HugheyJohn Reardon of Deep Ellum Brewing Company pours a DEBC IPA.​Deep Ellum Brewing Company and Peticolas Brewing Company are both making progress toward opening and making their wares available to the general public, with DEBC completing the hire of Saint Louis' Andrew Huerter as brewmast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Get Ready for the Next Hard Liquor Made Organically--Texas-made Bourbon

    ​A Texas distillery has a shot at releasing the world's first organic bourbon, but the makers of a pioneering organic vodka say the spirit may not be an easy sell. Garrison Brothers Distillery, Texas' first legal whiskey distillery, is already producing bourbon that's organic in all but name. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Where In Dallas To Taste Some of The World's Strongest Beers

    Sink the Bismarck! from BrewDog on Vimeo.Scotland's Brewdog brewery made headlines early this year with Sink The Bismarck!, a 41-percent ABV quadruple IPA that surpassed German brewery Schorschbrau's 40-percent ABV Schorsbock 40% as the world's strongest beer. Schorsbock 40% had earlier one-upped Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    San Martino Tempranillo Reserve: Tasting an Up-and-Comer

    ​Along with malbec, Grenache, and cabernet franc, tempranillo is viewed by oenophiles as one of the up-and-coming red grapes in today's wine scene. It is often called the "noble grape" of Spain, and is used as the base for that country's magnificent Rioja reds. Almost black in color, temprani ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Texas Winemaker Puts the Mad in Madeira

    ​Wine experts have pretty much given up the annual tradition of naming the perfect wine for Thanksgiving, acknowledging the array of flavors on the table -- and diverse palates assembled around it -- mean a good case can be made for just about any varietal. But if I was doing the beverage buy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    How 'Bout Them Wineboys? (At Least Some Texas Competitors Had a Good Monday Night.)

    ​There's no dispute that Texas trounced New York in last night's Grape Gridiron Classic, a Texas Department of Agriculture-sponsored competition featuring wines from both states. What's debatable is whether it was a fair fight. "You guys killed us, and we deserved it," Albany Times-Union wine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Go Texan Winery Passport Program:
    The First Reward

    ​A Texas wine compendium -- that's the first level of reward after visiting four wineries in the GO TEXAN Winery Passport Program, one of the programs sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture to spur interest in Texas-grown products, and hopefully, keep more consumer dollars in state. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Dry Comal Creek Bottles Up
    Something Really Dry

    ​Once known for making inconsistent, if not downright weedy wines, Texas winemakers have been slowly but surely improving quality as the vineyards become established, the vines get older, and the winemakers themselves receive better education, training, and practice in their craft. Also, learn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Grape-Picking Volunteers Needed;
    César Chávez Rolls Over in Grave

    ​Cooperative weather has put plenty of grapes on Texas vines, and wineries are now recruiting volunteers to help pick them. In a stratagem with shades of Ton Sawyer, small wineries annually appeal to connoisseurs to join them for harvesting. As Jeanette Raines of Bernhardt Winery in Plantersv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2010

    Report: 7-Eleven's Brewing Up Its Own Brand of Budget Beer Called Game Day

    Kevin Dean​Back in November came news that 7-Eleven was getting into the private-label wine business with Yosemite Road, which sold for $3.99. Dave Faries, alas, was not impressed -- "somewhat palatable" is hardly a viable slogan. So, then, how to greet news of this latest pour: The One Arts Plaza ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    Art Of The Wine Taste

    Kevin Dean​Back in November came news that 7-Eleven was getting into the private-label wine business with Yosemite Road, which sold for $3.99. Dave Faries, alas, was not impressed -- "somewhat palatable" is hardly a viable slogan. So, then, how to greet news of this latest pour: The One Arts Plaza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Hophead: Michelob Rye P.A. And Bavarian Wheat Outdo Some Craft Brewers. What Is The World Coming To?

    Jesse HugheyMichelob Bavarian Wheat​Last week, Pyramid's Haywire Hefeweizen proved a tad, shall we say, underwhelming. This week seemed a perfect opportunity to try a couple of macro-brewed attempts at craft-brew styles, just to put things in perspective. After all, if a relatively small outfit li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Killian's California Red...And White

    Souverain's Winemaker's Reserve Cabernet, one of the wines to be featured at Jasper's tomorrow night.Beer pairing dinners have been the rage of late, but apparently some people still do things the old-fashioned way. Kent Rathbun's Jasper's (7161 Bishop Rd., Plano) is offering a four-course wine pair ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Mad Men

    Souverain's Winemaker's Reserve Cabernet, one of the wines to be featured at Jasper's tomorrow night.Beer pairing dinners have been the rage of late, but apparently some people still do things the old-fashioned way. Kent Rathbun's Jasper's (7161 Bishop Rd., Plano) is offering a four-course wine pair ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    Dallas, the Champagne of Cities?

    Souverain's Winemaker's Reserve Cabernet, one of the wines to be featured at Jasper's tomorrow night.Beer pairing dinners have been the rage of late, but apparently some people still do things the old-fashioned way. Kent Rathbun's Jasper's (7161 Bishop Rd., Plano) is offering a four-course wine pair ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 13, 2007

    Happy Birthday, G.

    Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2007

    Chuck This

    Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!

  • Dining

    January 26, 2006

    Apple Juju

    Frankie Carabetta brings N.Y.C. to Big D

  • Dining

    May 26, 2005

    Guest-Mex

    Cafe San Miguel to open in June

  • Dining

    February 3, 2005

    Cooking With Class

    Soon, Dallas students can learn the restaurant biz in school

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    Grape Expectations

    Winefest uncorks at a new home

  • Dining

    October 9, 2003

    Chicken-Fried Infamy

    It's a batter battle as Texas faces Oklahoma

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Latin Club

    Escapade 2001

  • Dining

    March 20, 2003

    Random Drink Blur

    Celebration remembers Prohibition-era winemakers

  • Dining

    October 10, 2002

    Month, Week, Daze

    Mark your calendar. October is the month for wining and dining.

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Cockfight

    A Plano homemaker finds herself in a legal pit with a very big rooster

  • Dining

    February 1, 2001

    Sunken Island

    Gozo gets shuttered up

  • Dining

    August 17, 2000

    Cobweb Quad

    Quadrangle cuisine

  • Dining

    February 17, 2000

    Hash Over

    Drink up

  • Dining

    March 4, 1999

    Hash Over

    Drink up

  • Dining

    February 25, 1999

    Hash Over

    Drink up

  • Dining

    June 25, 1998

    Hash Over

    Drink up

  • Dining

    May 21, 1998

    Hash Over

    Drink up

  • More >>

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!
Browse Voice Nation
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy