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May 10, 2012
Deep Ellum Brewing Company's Brew-B-Q Belongs on Your Memorial Day Weekend Slate
If you already have plans for Memorial Weekend, cancel them. If you don't, congratulations, you do now. The Deep Ellum Brewing Company is getting all grown up and is already planning "second annual" events. It's like kindergarten is done and they're off to college already. DEBC is hosting a Brew ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
Mmmm...Beer
If you already have plans for Memorial Weekend, cancel them. If you don't, congratulations, you do now. The Deep Ellum Brewing Company is getting all grown up and is already planning "second annual" events. It's like kindergarten is done and they're off to college already. DEBC is hosting a Brew ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Deep Ellum Brewery's First Weekly Tour is Tonight; Can't We Just Make This Place a Bar?
The Deep Ellum Brewing Company continues to build out its presence in the Dallas neighborhood known for its iconic pizza and old-school tattoos. Tonight they'll host their first weeknight brewery tour, which will continue every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. To court potential customers (as if t ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
Big Texas Beer Fest Ruled. Let's Do It Again Next Year, Except With Shorter Lines.
The buzz for Big Texas Beer Fest on Saturday morning was palpable miles away from Fair Park. From the Mockingbird Station where I embarked, people of all stripes, many sporting T-shirts from breweries and the bars where they're served, were packed like anchovies into the DART train. Despite the occa ... More >>
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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
Big Texas Beer Fest Tickets Are On Sale RIGHT NOW!
Last year Dallas was going to have its very own beer festival. Then it wasn't. Then it was again. And now, finally, tickets have gone on sale for the April 14 event at Fair Park. General admission tickets are $35, and if you draw the short straw and end up the designated driver you can get in for $2 ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Rahr Celebrates Snowmaggedon, DEBC Offers Its Cherry in Bottles and More Valentine Beer Drinking
Giving your sweetheart a box of assorted chocolates for Valentine's Day is a great way to say "I really don't know all that much about you." A fine beer, on the other hand, is a bold move all but guaranteed to impress. And if it's not appreciated? Well, better to have learned that he or she isn't ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Dallas Beer Festival Canceled
NOOOOOO!Citing lack of advance ticket sales and overcommitment with the simultaneous Dallas and Houston Beer Weeks, Cathy Clark Rascoe confirms that Saturday's Beer Festival was canceled Tuesday afternoon. "It was a really hard call," she said about an hour after making the decision. "We tr ... 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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June 23, 2011
Breckenridge Brewery Dinner Slams Screen Door, Holy Grail Gets Smoked Out, Urban Crust Hosts Dinner and More Beer Events
A rare chance to enjoy 120 Minute IPA Saturday.Busy week for Breckenridge Brewery in Dallas: After a cask-tapping of 471 yesterday at the Meddlesome Moth and a Brewsday Tuesday at the Common Table the day before, Breckenridge Brewery is featured tonight in a 7 p.m. beer dinner at the Screen Door. ... 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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April 9, 2011
If You Missed Strong Ale Festival At The Meddlesome Moth, Here Are Some Recommendations For Sunday's Leftovers Brunch
Jesse HugheyChicken-fried chicken with chipotle gravy and grits was great. But the real stars at the Strong Ale Festival were the beers, like this sample of Ommegang Triple Perfection.Good news if you missed the Strong Ale Festival at the Meddlesome Moth on Saturday -- you weren't alone. Which wa ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Keith Schlabs and Matt Quenette On Ale Week and Meddlesome Moth's First Year
A peek inside the Meddlesome Moth's formidable walk-in cooler reveals kegs carefully piled on top of each other, carefully placed to maximize efficiency like some oversized game of beer Tetris with as many as 120 kegs at a time in the cooler. Some have been there or strategically placed in variou ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Sampling Spring Seasonals From Samuel Adams and Magic Hat
Jesse HugheyBoy, doesn't this lovely weather just put you in the mood for a crisp, cold spring beer? Well, the temperatures may not quite yet be spring-like, and spring may not officially begin for more than a month, but spring seasonals are already appearing on grocery shelves -- just as it seem ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Hey, Whole Foods! We're Growling for Growlers Over Here.
This is a growler. Notice that it's empty. That's a hint.Dear Park Lane Whole Foods Market: It's the Christmas season, a time when all good boys are brimful of dreams for presents. Seeing as I have been good this year -- as far as you know, anyway -- I'm hoping you will grant me one heartfe ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Idle Rich Winter And Christmas Beer Tasting: Do We Have To Wait A Year To Do It Again?
Jesse HugheySamichlaus lager and cheese plate at the Idle Rich PubMy only complaint about the Idle Rich Pub and Monday night's Winter And Christmas Beer Tasting is something outside the control of the bar: Resident Parking Only areas are one of the most idiotic ideas shortsighted Dallasites have ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Growler Program Confusion: Whole Foods Wants It, Gordon Biersch Has It and the TABC Is Playing the Waiting Game
A local specialty market is one bag of feed away from a cash cow. Unfortunately, it doesn't know which end to feed. The wine bar at the Park Lane Whole Foods Market, the Dallas flagship store, has been a boon to the location's bottom line. Beginning at about 3 p.m. on weekdays, the bar, with ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Libertine, Meddlesome Moth and Common Table Unite Behind Avery Beer
Three of Dallas' best beer joints are teaming up to offer the rarest beers available from one of Colorado's finest breweries all week, beginning with a food pairing at The Libertine featuring Avery Salvation and continuing with pairings and tappings of Avery's Demons, Trinity and Dictators series ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Homebrew Headquarters To Get Cheesy And Other Revelations From Homebrewing Workshop
It could have been the finest drama of power and betrayal that Shakespeare never wrote. A young man learns the homebrewing craft but ultimately abandons his former employer for an IT career. Economic factors out of his control bring that to a halt, and he comes back to a career in beer -- this ti ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
The Common Table Drops Beer Prices, Declares Tuesday "Brewsday" With Mikkeller Single Hop Series
Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin IPA, one of four from the brewer's Single Hop series available tonight at The Common Table.Good news for cash-strapped beer lovers who were having a bit of trouble justifying a $15 pint (imperial 20-oz pour notwithstanding) at The Common Table: General manager and beer exp ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
But Wait...Beer Is Our Comfort Zone
Not really related to this post, but we love this old ad. Makes us think of Mother. She drank shitty beer too.Central Market this week kicked off its Celebrate Brewtopia festival, a 12-day celebration of suds featuring cooking classes, dinners and free in-store samplings. But Seth Stewart, b ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Sampling New Releases And Old Favorites From Harpoon Brewery
Jesse HugheyHarpoon Belgian Pale AleA few new offerings from Harpoon Brewery should be making their way into North Texas: the New England company's first offering of a Belgian Pale Ale, a new Imperial Red (as part of its Leviathan series) and the annual return of Harpoon Summer Beer. Harpoon is a ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Hophead: Christmas Cheer Through Christmas Beer
Spring ales, summer hefes and autumn's Oktoberfest beers are nice when the season arrives. But for many beer lovers, including myself, nothing can compare to the rich variety of beer that winter brings. Along with seasonal stouts and porters (which I intend to write about next week), winter also ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Pints And Cans
Spring ales, summer hefes and autumn's Oktoberfest beers are nice when the season arrives. But for many beer lovers, including myself, nothing can compare to the rich variety of beer that winter brings. Along with seasonal stouts and porters (which I intend to write about next week), winter also ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Hophead: Michelob Rye P.A. And Bavarian Wheat Outdo Some Craft Brewers. What Is The World Coming To?
Jesse HugheyMichelob Bavarian WheatLast 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 >>
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August 27, 2009
Hophead: Prost In Plano
Mikal Beth HugheyA liter a day keeps the doctor away. --Old German proverb (at least according to the Bavarian Grill's Stein Hour menu)Along with a handful of other local eateries, the Bavarian Grill in Plano is in the running for GermanDeli.com's designation as The Best German Restaurant in Amer ... More >>
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August 13, 2009
Hophead: First Shot At Homebrew
There's something enticing and romantic about the idea of making one's own beer right at home. Along with home wine making (yechh!) and the few in Kentucky--and elsewhere--who manage home spirits, it's the last frontier of legal DIY intoxicants.Set up a meth lab in your trailer and ... well, you' ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
Hophead: 'Liquid Aloha' From Kona Brewing Co.
Jesse Hughey When you think about brewing hot spots, what come to mind? Some obvious international destinations include Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Czech Republic. As for the U.S., craft breweries are everywhere, but we think of the West Coast--especially Portland and Seattle. There's alw ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Hophead: Uncannily Good Beer From Oskar Blues
Jesse HugheyLast year, Oskar Blues added five 100-gallon tanks and increased its brewing by more 64 percent over 2007 in order to keep up with increased demand. That the Lyons, Colorado, brewery experienced such a rapid growth probably wouldn't surprise anyone who has tasted its excellent flagship b ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
Hophead: Brooklyn Beer In 'The Brooklyn Of Dallas,' And A Question For Local Beer Lovers
At the Kessler groundbreaking ceremony last weekend, a music critic was overheard calling Oak Cliff "the Brooklyn of Dallas." It's not a new sentiment. According to an 1890 flyer by Dallas Land & Loan Co., "Oak Cliff is to Dallas what Brooklyn is to New York." Whether or not the analogy is ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Hophead: Camping Out In The 'Broo-er's Festival' Tent At Bonnaroo
Mark C. AustinHophead wasn't the only one thirsty for beer at Bonnaroo last weekend. Hophead spent a four-day weekend at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The music, comedy, people-watching and general chaos of the thing made for an outstanding trip. But one of the hig ... More >>
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May 14, 2009
Hophead: Saison d'être At Zymology
For every wound, a balm. For every sorrow, a cheer. For every storm, a calm. For every thirst, a beer. Summer is nearly here, which explains the sudden cloudiness. I'm not talking about the weather; I mean the cloudy pints of seasonal unfiltered wheat beer offered at your favorite beer pub. And, whi ... More >>
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April 30, 2009
Hophead: Relive Your Skankin' Days
Remember the great ska craze of the mid-90s? My memory of that era is a bit cloudy, but from what I recall it was a thankfully short-lived phenomenon in which kids rediscovered English ska punk from the '80s, which itself was a rediscovery of the original version of ska, a Jamaican dance music that ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Hophead: Forget Wine. Try Beer With Your Next Meal.
Good pies and strong beer. --Poor Robin's Almanack, 1695 (but don't leave out good beef and strong beer, good fish and strong beer, good cheese and strong beer, good ... well, you get the picture.)Maybe I'm just projecting, but it seems that beer is getting a bit more respect these days. With all du ... More >>
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January 16, 2009
Hophead Extra: What Does Beer Have In Common With The Blind Salamander?
Photos by Benjamin Lewis Some people consider it uncouth to begin drinking before 5 p.m. Thankfully, you won't run into any of those spoilsports at the "Blind Salamander Day" tour and tasting at Rahr & Sons brewery tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I took my first tour of the brewery last weekend ... More >>
Dining
October 16, 2008
Five Places to Drink Beer Around Dallas
Photos by Benjamin Lewis Some people consider it uncouth to begin drinking before 5 p.m. Thankfully, you won't run into any of those spoilsports at the "Blind Salamander Day" tour and tasting at Rahr & Sons brewery tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I took my first tour of the brewery last weekend ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
My 10 Top Texas Beers
Photos by Benjamin Lewis Some people consider it uncouth to begin drinking before 5 p.m. Thankfully, you won't run into any of those spoilsports at the "Blind Salamander Day" tour and tasting at Rahr & Sons brewery tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I took my first tour of the brewery last weekend ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
Want More Beer? Change This Law!
Photos by Benjamin Lewis Some people consider it uncouth to begin drinking before 5 p.m. Thankfully, you won't run into any of those spoilsports at the "Blind Salamander Day" tour and tasting at Rahr & Sons brewery tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I took my first tour of the brewery last weekend ... More >>
Dining
October 16, 2008
Beer Is Good
Texas law stifles state's craft brewers
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July 24, 2008
Dish And Drink
Victory Tavern hosts a brewery dinner
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October 5, 2006
Drinking Dinner
Take a class in cooking with cerveza
Dining
June 12, 2003
Standard Setting
New bistro to open in Deep Ellum
Dining
January 16, 2003
Beer Bust
It's better to come to BJ's with a thirst than an appetite
Dining
July 5, 2001
A Glassware Menagerie
Does the proper glass really matter?
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January 25, 2001
Near Beer
The fad fades, but brewpubs survive
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June 19, 1997
Liquid sky
Fort Worth's Flying Saucer offers a cozy space for quaffing alien beers
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November 28, 1996
Math test
Moon Under Water stumbles onto Dallas' pub scene
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June 6, 1996
Snow job
Breckenridge stumbles down the mountain of brewpubs
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October 12, 1995
A better brew
Routh Street Brewery ranks as Dallas' best brewpub to date
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