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…
Over the past two years, there’s been an unmistakable sea change in the way Dallas perceives and consumes beer. A market once dominated by the likes of Bud and Miller has slowly been infiltrated by Lakewood, Deep Ellum and Peticolas among several other burgeoning local breweries. Along with a wider…
Well, the writing was on the sober and empty shelves. For weeks now, all Centennial liquor stores have been apparently dying a slow death. According to the TABC website, all of their stores are listed in delinquency, which automatically stops all deliveries, which meant pickings got slim real quick at…
Saint Arnold Brewing will roll out a limited series of a new beer next week, but don’t put in a request for time off work just yet. The Icon series will be quarterly releases, rotating in style and not necessarily tied to the season, with new label art. On December…
The Common Table enjoys a good reputation among local beer lovers for the ever-changing array of brews it offers. But in the next few days, that reputation stands to get even better for the beers it won’t be pouring. “Starting next week, we will no longer be offering mass produced…
When Whole Foods announced it was installing bars in many of the chain’s grocery stores, I thought the idea would never catch on. Grocery stores are for grocery shopping, bars are for boozing and the two could never happily exist under one roof. The parking alone at most grocery stores…
The Boston Beer Co. has released its 10th anniversary batch of Samuel Adams Utopias, and it’s starting to turn up on shelves around town. I spotted some in the cooler at Goody Goody on Oak Lawn Avenue and had a private little beer-nerd laugh — clearly, the staff there is…
Anyone else have beer on the brain? Lauren’s cover story on the second rising of craft brewing in the DFW area and the Texas legislation that’s been smothering it has me dreaming of bubbling amber glasses of keg-nectar. Last night I stopped by the Libertine and ordered Lakewood Brewing Co.’s…
Oak Cliff’s annual Blues, Bandits and BBQ this weekend isn’t just an opportunity to gorge yourself on competition-worthy smoked meats. It’s also a historic moment for Dallas — the first chance to buy beer from Four Corners Brewing Co., one of the breweries featured in Lauren Drewes Daniels’ excellent story…
I went to the Meddlesome Moth on a whim yesterday for the Wednesday special tapping, without having looked up the beer to be featured. It turned out to be Left Hand Chainsaw Ale, about which I knew not a thing. I was about to Google it, and then decided it…
Founder Kevin Carr plans to have Community Beer Company open in November, joining the ever-swelling ranks of Dallas and Dallas-area breweries that were little more than dreams just a couple of years ago. Deep Ellum, Lakewood, Peticolas and FireWheel brewing companies are already established and available in bars (and lately…
The Serrallés family has been producing rum in Puerto Rico since family patriarch Don Serrallés imported a copper still from France and made his first batch in 1865. Almost 150 years later, the Serrallés family continues to produce the Don Q line of rums at their family distillery, Destilería Serrallés…
At first it was hard for me to shroud my disappointment. Sure, I was drinking outside in nice weather with access to more beer than I’ve ever had at my disposal in one location, but the monkeys were missing. BrewFest moved to the Art’s District after last year’s Brew at…
See also: The Full Break Down on BrewFest Update: spotramer1, and JustSaying won the tickets. See you all at BrewFest! While scattered thunderstorms can always be a bummer, Saturday’s forecast high temperature of 77 degrees has me seriously excited about this weekend’s BrewFest. Weather aside, participating breweries range from corporate…
Dallas loves its half-priced food and drink deals. That’s why we built this calendar of half-price food and drink specials, listing the restaurant and time under each day. This week we added specials at Hacienda on Henderson, which serves up half-price food on Mondays from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m…
Saturday’s Untapped fest combined the best of my two favorite worlds, beer and music, by putting equal importance on both. Each was strong enough to stand on its own. The beer selection is usually an afterthought at music fests, its only purpose to boost the revenue, while the music selection…
I can’t imagine the headache that the Sundown at Granada must be on weekends, because with patios like that, its Thursday through Sunday crowd must be hanging over the rooftop’s railings. But for a lazy and breezy Wednesday evening, the atmosphere can’t be beat. Fact: scientific research has proven that…
The Dallas-area beer scene is growing almost too quickly to keep track of, with news of another brewery coming almost monthly and enough beer festivals in the near future that hardcore suds lovers should consider opening a liver-transplant savings account. Fort Worth’s Martin House Brewing Company is the project of…
Located in the seemingly doomed Henderson Avenue strip where Horne & Dekker, Fish City Grill and Urbino all met their maker, Snack seems to be the unfortunate red-headed stepchild of the otherwise successful ventures from dynamic duo Avner Samuel and Jon Stevens. It’s been panned by critics and Yelpers alike,…
Dallas loves its half-priced food and drink deals. That’s why we built this calendar of half-price food and drink specials, listing the restaurant and time under each day. This week we added specials at both Company Cafe locations, Private Social, The Mighty Duck in Addison and Frankie’s Sports Bar in…
This is one of the most eventful weeks ever for beer aficionados in Dallas. First off, yesterday marked the release of Houston brewery Saint Arnold’s Divine Reserve 12. Divine Reserve is a series irregularly released special, rare single-batch offerings. Each is inspired by an entry in the Big Batch Brew…
I spent five days last week stumbling my way through the tenth annual Tales of the Cocktail event in New Orleans and came away with some new friends, blisters on my feet, tons of new booze knowledge, and a pretty wicked hangover. I’ve also got memories that will last a…
