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Texas Brewers Win Big at Great American Beer Festival, including Peticolas and Rahr

Saturday was the conclusion of the 31st annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. This Super Bowl of beer competitions sold all 49,000 tickets in just 45 minutes when they went on sell back in July. This past Thursday through Saturday, 580 breweries poured over 4,300 different beers ... More >>

Five Things I Want to Eat At Taste Of Dallas This Weekend

See also: The Food at Taste of Dallas 2011 Taste of Dallas takes over Fair Park this weekend, which means I'm coming up on a full year here in Dallas. Whoa. Last year, the list of participants seemed overwhelming. All I recognized at the time was La Madeleine and Jack Daniel's Saloon, and neither o ... More >>

Fairey Versus Wagner: The Ultimate Grudge Match

Tickets are still available for two events on Saturday, February 4 that target youthful supporters of the arts. The Young Professionals of the Dallas Opera are having beers and rapping about Wagner and the Dallas Contemporary has international DJ/Artist/Cool Dude Shepard Fairey spinning a giant bash ... More >>

Before This Baseball Weekend, a Few of the Best Dive Bars in Arlington

Why Not? rules written over the bar include "No Overnight BS."​Recently we ran a little ditty about a few new eateries in central Arlington. In response, a couple of dive-savvy readers asked about the often-overlooked older bars in the area, all of which are just west of the Ballpark in Arling ... More >>

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 >>

Speaking of Ballparks and Getting the Munchies, A Look at the Rangers' New World Series Menu

Sam Merten​Texas Rangers spokesman John Blake just sent word: For World Series Games Three and Four at the Ballpark in Arlington -- oh, right, Game Five too, fingers crossed -- the team's done beefed up (heh) its sports menu. Also: The team's added more places to buy beer in the park, which, a ... More >>

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 >>

Get Your Hasselhoff On with a Burger-Eating Contest

David Hasselhoff displays his skills​Having done midget wrestling and sword swallowing, the folks at Duke's Original Roadhouse are now paying homage to David Hasselhoff's expert burger consumption (as seen in the infamous video recorded by one of his daughters) by hosting a burger-eating contest o ... More >>

Accordian Party

Ennis says "Jak Se Mas"

Liquid sky

Fort Worth's Flying Saucer offers a cozy space for quaffing alien beers

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