Oktoberfest

Full Circle Tavern Opens on Lamar, Offering a Shady Spot for Local Beer and Badass Burgers

Full Circle Tavern (1319 S. Lamar St.) is a new restaurant and bar now open on South Lamar, brought to you by Jennifer Bonner and Lara Whittington of EdiblEnvy Catering. This spot offers a tree shaded wrap around deck, plenty of local beer and a badass burger made with two half-pound patties, french ... More >>

The Best Events in Dallas Including Beer and Trivia (Jan. 16 - 22)

Wednesday, January 16 Tonight Goodfriend Burger House will tap all three beers from Avery Brewing Company's Dictator Series, which includes the Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest, Czar Imperial Stout and Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale. President and brewmaster Adam Avery will be in attendance to take you ... More >>

Wisconsinites Fight Over World Record Bratwurst Recognition, Shaming the Great Bratbino

When the Rangers Ballpark announced the Great Bratbino, a follow up sausage to their two-foot-long hot dog that captured the press for days, they came up 50 feet, two inches short of the world record that would be set this fall in Prescott, Wisconsin. Prescott residents rallied around the neighborh ... More >>

Pour House Dallas is Quite Operational in Oak Cliff

Pour House Dallas at 1300 West Davis Street in Oak Cliff finally got their liquor license, even though they technically opened back in September and were BYOB. That's all situated now. "PhD" is a spinoff of Eric Tschetter's Pour House on West 7th Street in downtown Fort Worth. Half the restaurant ... More >>

The Best Food Events for the Week (October 3 - October 9)

This weekend is the 4th annual Rib Rub and Run (say that three times fast) in downtown Rockwall. In addition to a 5K and 10K race, there's a rib cook-off and a People's Choice Award for chicken wings. Perhaps even more enticing - AVA, Bin 303 and Fatted Calf are all part of the food and beer garden, ... More >>

Roll Out the Barrel

Opa! Das Bier! Five Things To Do This Week, Which Pretty Much All Involve Beer and Meat

This weekend is the 56th annual Greek Food Festival of Dallas at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church at the southwest corner of Hillcrest and Alpha Road. They're kicking things off Friday with a happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m., along with a chance to win a trip for two to Greece (throw my name in the ... More >>

First Looks, Nasty Bread Pudding And Burger Porn: This Week In Dallas Dining

May this week forever be known as CoA's restaurant first look week. As evidence... Max's Liberty Burger take two Tried and True Macdaddy's GOGHEE no longer to go You've got a lot of new places to check out this weekend, a few hundred roof decks to drink on, and there's Oktoberfest, too. But before ... More >>

Dallas' Seven Best Rooftops To Soak in the Amazing Weather

Recently we chatted about some of the best patios in our fine city. Now we've put together a list of some of our favorite rooftops. We hope ... no, rather, insist you find a spot at one of these places very soon. Dare we suggest you imbibe a cold beer in the unobstructed sun under the abating heat, ... More >>

Five Events for the Week, Oktoberfest, Beer, Two Sticks of Buttah and a Bowl of Gumbo

Just put all these options in a hat and pick one. Maybe two. Becuase it's just too hard to decide. It's a busy weekend. If you strategize, you might be able the hit most things on the list. Addison celebrates their 25th Anniversary of Oktoberfest this weekend. There will be more schnitzel then you ... More >>

Here's the Updated, Official Beer List for BrewFest

See also: Buy Tickets to BrewFest It's happening tomorrow, rain or shine. Over 250 beers will be flowing for our BrewFest beer party in the Arts District. ICYMI, doors open at 6:00 p.m. for VIP and and 7:00 for General Admission (it's 21 and up obviously), and there'll be food and music from Cody ... More >>

Red Robin Is Now Serving A Beer Milkshake

Red Robin has introduced a new Oktoberfest-inspired milkshake that will satisfy both your sweet tooth and your alcoholic tendencies in one glass. The new Samuel Adams Octoberfest Milkshake is made with soft serve, Samuel Adams Octoberfest draft, vanilla and caramel. This concoction is available no ... More >>

Five Awesome Food and Drink Events, September 5 to 9

Round 'em up, we have some of the best deals and treats this city's food and drink industries have to offer. From a meet and greet with one of the city's best craft brewers to food for fashionistas and an indie rock/indie beer extravaganza, here's where it's happening in food this coming weekend. ... More >>

Labor Day Weekend Is Now Local Beer Appreciation Weekend. Because We Said So.

See Also: *Martin House Brewing Company to Pour at Video Art Series, and Details on Two Upcoming Fests We missed the addition to the city charter on this, but turns out Labor Day weekend is now Local Beer Appreciation Weekend. Finally, a bit more structure to the otherwise languid three-day reprie ... More >>

Franconia Oktoberfestbeer Hits the Road Tomorrow, Katy Trail Ice House on Friday

Who needs October in order to fest? This year's crop of Franconia Oktoberfestbeer ran through the filter yesterday and is loaded up on their environment-friendly trucks to head out on Thursday for the Katy Trail Ice House, where they'll tap this year's first wooden keg and give away free steins on F ... More >>

Total Wine is Coming to Dallas, and Bringing Its Fine Array of Kegs and Cheap Booze with It

Maryland-based beverage superstore Total Wine is coming to Dallas. The new store, to be located in the shuttered Office Depot location in Park Lane (9350 North Central Expressway), builds on the more than 80 stores the chain has opened in ten states. The recent expansion will add stores to Texas, Ne ... More >>

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 >>

Cow Peas For New Year's: You Gonna Eat That?

Flickr​Yesterday I wrote about a New Year's tradition based on German heritage, which is applicable considering the strong German population in the Dallas area. (Remember when Oktoberfest blew my mind a little?) But this post considers a tradition a little more native to Texas, and perhaps al ... More >>

Diwali Mela at the Cotton Bowl: Count Me In

​When I first came to Dallas, many commenters thought I would be some sort of carpet bagging elitist who would swoop into town and declare everything that didn't align with my northern ideals unsatisfactory. While I did complain about some bad guacamole, and I remain steadfast in my distaste f ... More >>

Oktoberbest 2011: Announcing the Winner of the Final Pour

Alexander Flores​We've finally beaten the Germans at their own game. That's the only rational conclusion one can draw from the results of Oktoberbest 2011, in which the lone Teutonic entry got its ass handed to it. Paul Hightower and Brian Brown, Craft Beer Examiners for Dallas and Plano, respec ... More >>

See Addison, See the World

Ballast for Your Beer Belly

Party With the Pooches

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 >>

Things Got a Little Too Cheesy and Too Private This Week in Dallas Food

​This week in food blogs, some special people ate special meals, Dallas placed ahead of Anchorage but behind everywhere else, and someone finally thought to stick corndogs in cocktails. Read on. City of Ate Scott Reitz decides Wild Salsa is decent for its hit-or-miss selection of tacos, passa ... More >>

The Greek Food Festival of Dallas: An Unsung Fest That Should Be On Hungry People's Radars

​While most everyone I talked to had a blast at Oktoberfest, there were a few bitter beer faces. The complaints are always the same for event's like these centering on cost, supply of food (HOW CAN THEY RUN OUT OF SCHNITZEL AT A GERMAN FEST!?) and lines. Getting to events like these early (wi ... More >>

Obama's Home-Brewin' Won't Cut It. So: Five Foodie Ideas To Prop Up the Prez.

​With Oktoberfest and other events coming up, it's High Beer Season, which explains why the White House has been serving up some of his homebrews. But why stop with beer? House-made anything is a worthy endeavor that rewards the laborer with a fresh, interesting product you can serve with a s ... More >>

Addison's Oktoberfest Draws Professional Drinkers, Lame Beer, and Great Eats

​I stopped by the Addison Oktoberfest this Saturday, arriving just past noon to a rising thermometer and an already swelling crowd. I was expecting a sizable event, but nothing like this. With all the food venders representing local Bavarian and German cooking, tents selling decent art, bad ar ... More >>

The Luck of the Germans

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 >>

Central Maket's Brewtopia: Yet Another Excuse to Get a Little Drunk in a Grocery Store

​It's a good time to be a lush. While we shake off the hops-induced cobwebs of Brew at the Zoo, and look forward to this weekend's Oktoberfest, this Wednesday marks the start of the second-annual Brewtopia at our favorite demo-crazed foodie-fantasyland, Central Market. From September 14 thr ... More >>

Addison's Oktober Fest: The Bigger the Stein the Better

​Time to dust off your beer steins. Not days after Brew at the Zoo, from which I'm still hungover, it's time to start planning next weekend's beer-laden festivities. Addison's 24th annual Oktoberfest kicks off this Thursday evening with a ceremonial keg-tapping by Mayor Joe Chow. Admission is fre ... More >>

Tigers Might Tap the Keg

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 >>

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 >>

Sampling Spring Seasonals From Samuel Adams and Magic Hat

Jesse Hughey​Boy, 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 >>

Celebrate February Holidays With Beer On Saturday

Kinda looks like a heart, doesn't it? Hell, close enough. ​Unless you're a school kid enjoying the surprise days off, February is indisputably the worst month of the year. And this has been an especially bad one in the Dallas area, what with the ice storms making us look like cheap clueless hicks ... More >>

Fall Beer Tastings And A Chance To Win Tickets To Libertine's Ommegang Dinner

​We're coasting into the best time of the year, beer-wise, with winter and holiday seasonals and luscious stouts starting to edge out summer session beers on retail shelves and tap walls. At Hophead HQ, we've already nearly finished off our first (but likely not last) six-pack of Anchor's 2010 Chr ... More >>

Avery Demons Series -- Beers of Unholy Strength Take Flight At The Moth

Jesse HugheyThree four-ounce pours from Avery's Demons of Ale series at the Meddlesome Moth. (Yes, it's a lousy picture. It was dark on the patio. I don't want to hear about it.) ​Last night, as part of the three-pub cooperative Avery push we mentioned Monday, the Meddlesome Moth cracked open thre ... More >>

Fried Beer To Cross State Fair Lines and Go National

Sara Kerens​Fried beer has started its march to the sea, with the much-publicized snack scheduled for a second outing at Savannah's 27th annual Oktoberfest this weekend. "Believe it or not, fried beer will be available," the Savannah Morning News reported today. Fried beer has not been universal ... More >>

Brave Combo

Kikiriki (Dentone)

The Rahr of the Crowd

And The Libertine Beer Dinner Winner Is...

Self-portrait by Eugène Delacroix, who apparently came back from the dead to enter and win a beer-naming contest.​Thanks to all the commenters for the fun beer ideas from yesterday's Libertine Oktoberfest Beer Dinner contest. Some sounded tasty, some sounded disgusting and some had us laughing ou ... More >>

Take One Down, Pass It Around: Office Sampling of Samuel Adams' New Harvest Collection

​Last week, the Boston Beer Co. sent along a free sample mixed 12-pack, the company's Harvest Collection, which includes the new Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale along with a few other varieties and a couple bottles of the flagship Boston Lager. Also included in the package was a loaf of pumpkin b ... More >>

Libertine Bar Offers Pair Of Tickets To Oktoberfest Dinner Next Week

​Speaking of Spaten Oktoberfest, this month's beer dinner at the Libertine Bar features five Spaten beers along with an Oktoberfest-inspired five-course meal. The dinner is at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, September 29. On the menu are apple and pear potato pancakes with spicy lingonberry sauce paired wi ... More >>

Hophead: Stone Vertical Epic Stout Is Meant To Be Cellared Three Years--But It Already Tastes Pretty Nice.

Jesse HugheyStone Vertical Epic 09-09-09 Belgian-style imperial porter.​San Diego's Stone Brewery is known for creating some monstrously, even arrogantly hoppy brews. So it was somewhat of a surprise when I sat down to try a pint of the recent 09-09-09 Vertical Epic Belgian-style imperial porter, ... More >>

German Suburban

Addison throws an Oktoberfest

September Brews

Drink summer away at OktoberFest

Racing for Boobs

Run a 5K for breast cancer

Super Kegger

Addison knocks 'em back at Oktoberfest