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 earned…
The 420 party and concert is gonna be sweet as an Island Skunk, even if it turns out to be a Trainwreck. All your best buds will be there—Granddaddy Purp, the White Widow and the Chemdog. Jack Herer might show, and count on a strong showing from the Kush family…
If you want to be an Oak Cliff biko, you can’t buy any old bicycle. It’s got to be cool–a fixie or cruiser if possible. Also, no helmets–no matter what city code says. Whimsical hats are the only acceptable headgear. And if you ever want to be welcome at Oddfellows…
Fans of catchy, nuanced local indie-pop got quite a jolt of bad news last year when Fort Worth’s Calhoun announced their impending breakup, or at least a long hiatus, complete with a “farewell show” and everything. But the disappointment was tempered only a few months later with the news that…
Good news if you missed the Strong Ale Festival at the Meddlesome Moth on Saturday — you weren’t alone. Which was good news for those of us who actually did go: no lines and no disappointment upon finding out that a scarce keg had run dry. And that also means…
The most culturally significant fair in the world, let alone this city, brings artists from around the world to display and sell their creative innovations for days on end. But alas, such performance art as Man Voms Nacho Cheese Post-Gravitron, such culinary masterpieces as deep-fried beer and the display of…
Anne Lamott’s Bird By Bird, equal parts kick in the ass and comfort for the self-doubter, should be required reading for any would-be writer–and in fact is required in many a creative writing class curriculum. Her Operating Instructions, offering reassurance and brutal honesty about the unpleasant side of a baby,…
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 at Monday’s Stone beer dinner at the Meddlesome Moth, part of the ongoing Ale Week. After all, these…
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…
Moments ago at 5 p.m., the Meddlesome Moth tapped a cask of Saint Arnold Divine Reserve 11, which almost immediately shot to the No. 4 spot on Beer Advocate’s Soutwest ratings. As you probably know, Divine Reserve is the Texas brewery’s sporadically released series of a relatively small batch of…
Last night’s Dan Savage appearance at the Kessler Theater, his first ever in Dallas, took the form of a Q&A session. Unsurprisingly to anyone who reads his weekly sex-advice column, about 90 percent of the A’s boiled down to: “Sex is good, judgment is bad.” It was billed as part…
Michael 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 application to the city’s Department of Development Services…
Though he’s been painting for longer than your average chillwave artist has been alive, David Row’s art looks like it belongs on the cover of a synth-pop album. Precise lines and swooping curves in rich, contrasting colors expand beyond the edges of the canvas. Look for yourself and see if…
It’s too late for us, but hopefully our cautionary tale can save another drinker from the perils of craft beer. We once were happy with anything fizzy and alcoholic. But now, after sipping brews ranging from the vanilla-gloved hop punch of Oaked Arrogant Bastard to the spicy caramel mix of…
Thanks to all the City of Ate readers who shared their prank stories in last week’s contest for the Libertine Bar’s March beer dinner featuring Jester King. Among the highlights: Justin1310 and his friends made creative use of leftover movie popcorn, while Brad Ward recounted how having an easily stolen…
We want to hate Bill Maher. We’ve wanted to smack that smug look off his face since his Politically Incorrect days, and his 2008 film Religulous, in which he interviews the nuttiest, most ignorant people he can find about their religious beliefs in a purported quest to discover why faith…
Tragedy, death and family drama are three favorite themes of great literature, and they seem to be amped up for maximum impact in women’s literature. Whether you think best-selling author Kristin Hannah’s work qualifies as great literature, dismiss it as chick-lit or don’t see why it can’t be both, you…
As mentioned last week, the Libertine Bar’s March beer dinner is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, and will feature the greatness of Austin brewery Jester King. The dinner sounds tasty (menu available here), and should also be a great opportunity to try some very interesting beers. Boxer’s Revenge,…
OK, so the headline’s a slight exaggeration — it would take an album of photos to fully capture all the outdated laws and unfair advantages the giant (and foreign-owned, by the way) corporations of the beer world have over the small businesses trying to brew in Texas or distribute from…
If you’re not too debilitated by the Irish Flu, lift a pint to (and from, preferably) Rahr and Sons, as the brewery took home two awards at the United States Beer Tasting Championship. Results were announced yesterday.Ugly Pug took First Prize in the Dunkels Lager category in the Rockies/Southwest division,…
For some of us, Italian seasoning begins with garlic and ends with whatever desiccated remnants are left in the generic “Italian Seasoning” jar that came with that wedding-gift spice rack. But as author and chef Gina Stipo will show in her Traditional Italian Spices class 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday…
Beer lovers, make sure you don’t have anything going on Saturday, May 7. That’s the date of Flying Saucer on the Lake’s second annual Spring Beer Festival, and if our experience last year is any indication, you’re going to want to be there from the noon start all the way…
