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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 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 >>
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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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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 >>
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December 13, 2011
Lakewood Brewing Company Finds Home
From Lakewood Brewing Company's Facebook pageIt'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 >>
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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 HoleWith 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 >>
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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 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 >>
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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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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 >>
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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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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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
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 >>
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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 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 >>
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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 >>
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March 31, 2011
Peticolas Brewing Company Chooses Site, Requests Rezoning
From Peticolas Brewing Company's Facebook pageMichael Peticolas' microbrewery is a step closer to opening, as he applied March 14 for a zoning change to request the creation of "a new subdistrict that will allow for the manufacture of alcohol," according to the wording on his zoning change applic ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 17, 2011
Dirty Thirty
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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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 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 >>
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November 3, 2010
Deep Ellum Revival Soon To Include City's First Microbrewery
The passing of two wet/dry propositions yesterday isn't the only good news for local beer lovers. Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Dallas' first microbrewery, is on course to open by April or May of next year. In fact, owner John Reardon just had his final conference call with suppliers earlier this m ... 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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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 18, 2010
Report: 7-Eleven's Brewing Up Its Own Brand of Budget Beer Called Game Day
Kevin DeanBack 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 >>
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April 15, 2010
Samuel Adams LongShot Six Packs Let Homebrewers Shine, Plus Flying Saucer Events Info
Jesse HugheyMile High Barley Wine, one of three beers available in the Samuel Adams LongShot six pack.Homebrewing is a labor of love, the creative pursuit of some new twist on beer or refinement on a standard style. Few homebrewers expect anything more than a fresh supply of tasty beer and perhap ... 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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
November 10, 2008
Mad Men
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 >>
Dining
October 16, 2008
Want More Beer? Change This Law!
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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October 16, 2008
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July 15, 2008
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