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    April 13, 2012

    Five Beers to Try at the Big Texas Beer Fest

    Don't forget: Big Texas Beer Fest is 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow, and noon for the VIPs who paid $25 more for the opportunity to be first at the taps and close down the event at the Deep Ellum Brewing Co. after-party. But if you haven't gotten around to obtaining a pass, you've still got a few hours t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    The Village at Fairview Hosts Franconia Beer Walk Tonight

    Any time St Patrick's Day falls on a weekend, you know you're in for trouble. It's just like that friend you have whose birthday always seems to stretch into a week-long celebration while everyone else is content to have a single dinner out with friends. St Patrick's Day on Saturday essentially mean ... More >>

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    March 8, 2012

    Party's Holy Trinity

    Any time St Patrick's Day falls on a weekend, you know you're in for trouble. It's just like that friend you have whose birthday always seems to stretch into a week-long celebration while everyone else is content to have a single dinner out with friends. St Patrick's Day on Saturday essentially mean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Dr Pepper Boycott Spreads to the West Coast

    Facebook​Over the weekend I dropped into the office to jot down some thoughts on a recent meal and checked out the #boycottdrpepper feed I've been keeping an eye on. This tweet popped up just as I was watching: ​DrPepper @Galcos pulls all Dr. Pepper/Snapple products from shelves after @ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    The Big Texas Beer Fest is Coming to Fair Park, and Sounds Like it Just Might Work

    ​Remember when a husband-and-wife team planned a beer festival in Fair Park and everyone was all excited about it but then it got canceled and everyone, aside from a few told-ya-so-sayers, was bummed? Well, once again, a husband-and-wife team is organizing a beer festival in Fair Park. And, wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    A Day by Day Guide to Dallas Beer Week

    ​Considering that I don't get paid by the word here on City of Ate, there is simply too much going on during Dallas Beer Week to list every event taking place this Saturday through the November 19 Dallas Beer Festival in Fair Park (which warrants its own post, coming soon). And that's not even tak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Oddfellows Chef Brady Williams on What Dallas Needs and Where He Eats

    Kelsey Foster​In part one of our three-parter with Oddfellows' Brady Williams, we tracked his course from hockey goalie to chef. Today: The Dallas restaurant scene. What do you like most about the Dallas restaurant scene? From the industry side, the people I gravitate to are really trying t ... More >>

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    September 15, 2011

    OMG, It's Ommegang

    Kelsey Foster​In part one of our three-parter with Oddfellows' Brady Williams, we tracked his course from hockey goalie to chef. Today: The Dallas restaurant scene. What do you like most about the Dallas restaurant scene? From the industry side, the people I gravitate to are really trying t ... More >>

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    August 25, 2011

    The Little Golden Ticket

    Kelsey Foster​In part one of our three-parter with Oddfellows' Brady Williams, we tracked his course from hockey goalie to chef. Today: The Dallas restaurant scene. What do you like most about the Dallas restaurant scene? From the industry side, the people I gravitate to are really trying t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    The Bottle Shop's Beer Maven Wants To Set You Up With Your Perfect Brew

    The Bottle Shop​Dallas has a new beer store that's worth a look. Clay Hartmann expanded his World Beer Company brand in May by opening the Bottle Shop, a bricks-and-mortar beer store in Lowest Greenville that lets customers consume their purchases on premise. The small store front has a large bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Franconia Preparing To Bottle, Host Donnie Nelson Meet-and-Greet Saturday, and More Beer News

    His dad may be banned from bringing beers to press conferences, but Donnie Nelson can have one with you.​Dirk Nowitzki may have grown up just a few minutes away from Franconia brewmaster Dennis Wehrmann's hometown in the Franconia region of Germany, but it will be a different Dallas Mavericks pers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Armadillo Ale Works Serving Craft Beers For A Good Cause: Survival

    Anthony MarksArmadillo Ale Works' Bobby Mullins and Yianni Arestis.​If you're interested in helping a pair of local entrepreneurs get a microbrewery off the ground, you should plan on being at Denton's Simone Lounge around 8 p.m. Saturday. When you get there, look for the two guys in brown shi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Need to Train For Beer Week? These Events Will Help You -- And Texas Craft Brewers

    Friends of Texas Craft Breweries​You're going to need your palate and your liver to be in tip-top shape for Dallas Beer Week in November. Fortunately, there are plenty of training opportunities coming up -- as well as a chance to support state House Bill 602, which would allow craft breweries to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Final Thoughts On Season's Holiday Beers, And Reasons To Hang On Till Saint Patrick's Day

    ​The holidays are over, and unless you've got Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Presidents' Day off, there aren't any work holidays until Memorial Day on May 30. Christmas and holiday beers are disappearing from taps and shelves faster than your New Year's resolutions. But before you put a gun in you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Beers Of The Year

    Don't criticize it.​Overall, it's been another great year for beer, at least from my perspective here in North Texas. If I didn't suspect reader list burnout, I could probably do another top 10 piece on the best developments of the past year, and even another on things I'm most looking forward to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Pour Your Own Beer: A Gimmick That Works...At Least in Tampa

    ​Craft-beer bar chains are nothing new. As a matter of fact, they might be the most beloved chains of all. Relatively small in size, like local fave Flying Saucer, they offer a consistent quality par excellence. When I learned from my brother-in-law in Florida that a craft-beer restaurant-bar ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    The Rahr of the Crowd

    ​Craft-beer bar chains are nothing new. As a matter of fact, they might be the most beloved chains of all. Relatively small in size, like local fave Flying Saucer, they offer a consistent quality par excellence. When I learned from my brother-in-law in Florida that a craft-beer restaurant-bar ... More >>

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    September 23, 2010

    Beer Genius

    ​Craft-beer bar chains are nothing new. As a matter of fact, they might be the most beloved chains of all. Relatively small in size, like local fave Flying Saucer, they offer a consistent quality par excellence. When I learned from my brother-in-law in Florida that a craft-beer restaurant-bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Breweries Whose Best-Known Beers Are Also Their Least Interesting

    ​Ask for a Shiner in any Texas bar and you're almost certain to get a Shiner Bock without any need to clarify, despite the array of other brews offered by the Spoetzl brewery under the Shiner name. In fact, Shiner Bock is so synonymous with Spoetzl that many casual beer drinkers may not even be aw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Browsing the Aisles at the New Park Lane Whole Foods, Where We Score Brother David's Triple

    Unfair Park​A selection of more than 600 beers surrounded me on refrigerated grocery shelves that seemed to stretch on forever, and a money clip brimming with cash in my jacket pocket bounced against my ribs like a reassuring pat with each step. Yet I had to hold back from the splurge that would h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Which Format Is Superior: Bottle, Tap Or Can?

    Jesse HugheyCan you tell which of these Fat Tires came from a bottle, draft or can? ​Cans are starting to catch on in the craft-brew world, with more and more microbreweries offering their products in the once-maligned format -- even in Texas. Shiner has long offered its bock in cans, and upstart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Hophead: Beer Of The Year

    ​It's almost time to pop the cork on your favorite bottle of bubbly (and surely anyone reading this column will know that beer is bubbly too). That means it's time for Hophead's contribution to City of Ate's endless stream of Year In Review posts. While I may not have sampled all of them (some hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Hophead: New Belgium's Hoptober, Paulaner's Oktoberfest And Sam Adams' Octoberfest--A Three-Way Rocktober Smackdown!

    ​As it is now officially Rocktober, Oktoberfest beers are replacing summer brews on store aisles, bar coolers and tap walls. Apparently, though, not all brewers have the traditional Oktoberfest German Marzen-style amber lager in mind for this month. New Belgium, best known for Fat Tire, has introd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Hash Over: Get Stoned At The Libertine, Tequila'd At Lambert's, Barbecued At Cobb Switch And Opened At Carolina's

    Why in the world would anyone leave San Diego to visit Dallas in late June? Well, if you're Stone Brewing Co. head brewer Mitch Steele, leading a beer dinner at Dallas' best bar and the restaurant with the best bar food is enticement enough. The Libertine Bar (2101 Greenville Ave.) will be the host ... 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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