Greg Koch

Blogs
March 7, 2013
Hophead Ranks Stone Brewing's Enjoy By 04.01.13, Which is Available Right Now, So Hurry Up Already
It has been way too long since I used the old Hophead Ranking System, and I've been looking for a good reason to dust it off. So when Stone Brewing Co. sent a bomber of Stone Enjoy By 04.01.13 IPA, it seemed the perfect opportunity, and the time limit on the beer's availability gave me the kind of d ... 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
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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March 31, 2011
Beer For Dinner