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…
“This right here is the epitome of a hipster palace,” my boyfriend so eloquently put it. We had just stepped through the front doors of Hid In 2612, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it pop-up bar located at 2612 Commerce in Deep Ellum for just four nights. The brainchild of bartenders — excuse me,…
If you are a human and you live in Dallas, chances are relatively high that you don’t give a fuck about the Super Bowl. If you do, you’re either a Pats fan with an affinity for Jameson and clams or a Coughlin apologist with pizza-flavored blood. Either way, you can…
On my first pilgrimage to Deep Ellum’s Black Swan Saloon, I walked right past the place, thinking the small, windowed room was just an extension of La Grange. There’s no sign to speak of; I had to consult my iPhone (“Siri, where the fuck am I?”) and double back to…
Lakewood Brewing Company is nipping at the heels of Peticolas Brewing Company and Deep Ellum Brewing Co. to be the third Dallas-area beer maker, but it’s not the only start-up on the way. According to its Facebook page, Reunion Brewing Company last week signed a lease for a space in…
Yesterday at the Meddlesome Moth, you couldn’t walk three feet without bumping into a brewer, beer blogger or beer-fest entrepreneur. The debut of Peticolas Brewing Company’s first commercially available product brought out an impressively dense crowd, especially for a rainy Tuesday, to try Velvet Hammer. These were some passionate, opinionated…
Tonight, Chef Roe DiLeo oversees her first beer dinner since her return to The Libertine Bar, and her creations will be paired with offerings from the Lyons, Colorado, brewery Oskar Blues — including a two-year-old Ten Fidy for fans of cellared beers. Read on for the full menu.Appropriate that the…
Beginning with a 5 p.m. tapping today at the Meddlesome Moth, the recently launched Peticolas Brewing Company is off to a strong start, or at least starting out with a strong beer. Rather than start out with a lighter, more accessible beer — not to mention one that’s easier to brew…
This week’s drinking dispatch is brought to you courtesy of my complete inability to pass up dollar drinks, particularly when said bargain drinks involve the words “gimlet” or “Collins” rather than “McCormicks” or “Bud.” While performing my morning ritual of catching up on the latest in Food Blog-Land over coffee,…
I visited the Chesterfield when the bar first opened, and have been back a handful of times. Downtown’s newest bar promises great drinks and a stylish space. And I want to love the place, I really do. But it’s too crowded and too noisy at times, and I often feel…
Nick Rallo and I have both written before about how deliciously hoppy, caramelly and boozy Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA is, so no need to regale you once again with tasting notes that border on erotic fiction for hopophiliacs. Instead, just enjoy his beer-porn snapshot that shows how this 18-percent…
Dallas native Abraham Bebell previously kept spirits hopping at Cuba Libre and Victor Tango’s, and now is the bar manager at the new Oak in the Design District. He’s part of cadre of local bartenders that are rediscovering the old approach to booze. I recently drank his booze and spoke…
The West Village isn’t typically a favorite destination ‘hood of mine unless I’m seeking fro-yo or a sale on cardigans, but a Yelp search pointed me in the direction of Thai-Vietnamese spot Malai when I found myself in dire need of a drink on a Sunday evening. I have zero…
A search on Amazon.com for “Chicken Soup for the Hungover Soul” quickly reveals that there is no such title in existence (I smell an e-book opportunity!), most likely because no one wakes up with a pounding headache and the taste of bad choices lingering in their mouth and reaches to…
Just days after Texans celebrate the state’s Independence Day on March 2, drinkers can support its independent brewers and try offerings from all five of the DFW area’s functional breweries. (That number won’t be five forever, but more on that later.)Corey Pond at The Common Table says Rahr & Sons…
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, with more…
Continuing to enjoy holiday beers well after the holiday season shouldn’t make you feel like one of those neighbors who leaves their Christmas lights up through Valentine’s Day. Every day’s a holiday, and today you can crack open a special brew to celebrate (or rue) the fact that on this…
Here’s what passes for my year-end list, 10 of the beers that really impressed me this year, listed in no particular order other than roughly reverse-chronological. It’s late because I tend to do my heaviest drinking during the holidays. I wanted to be sure to include anything I tried up…
This week I was looking something different, my palate weary from ringing in the new year with an excess of cheap California champagne. So I headed to Baboush in the West Village in search of new flavors. Situated between sushi haven The Fish and Cork wine boutique, you might forget…
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…
Walking through the front doors of Whiskey Cake on Christmas Eve, my father says it best: “I feel like I’m in the movie Deliverance.” The abundance of rustic wood, plaid and whiskey barrels lend a backwoods-stillhouse vibe that’s further reinforced by our handsome blonde server, who sports suspenders (mandatory) and…
Don’t ask me out for a drink because, 1.) I’m cheap and 2.) at the height of holiday shopping insanity, I like to leave my house less than Sigorney Weaver in Copycat. So I stay home, watch TV, read and drink. My drink of choice is usually peppermint Schnapps in…
