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  8 Local Fall Beers You Need Right Now

  September 25 at 4 a.m.

  Tuesday was the first day of fall, and we’re wildly enthusiastic about each and every turn of the page this year. These cooler temperatures also tickle a deep desire to pull out sweaters and boots, but we'll wait … because wouldn’t it be so 2020 for summer to pull that...

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  Barrett Tillman, Formerly of Deep Ellum Brewing, Embraces Nature as He Creates in Costa Rica

  September 8 at 4 a.m.

  More than two years ago, we were writing about how one of the hottest brewers of Deep Ellum Brewing Co. left to go “gypsy.” It was then that we got to taste the work of Barrett Tillman in his very own brews under the label BlackMan Brewing, commonly from bottles...

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  Deep Ellum's John Reardon Is Out of Brewery He Founded

  September 1 at 4 a.m.

  The first time I met John Reardon, founder of Deep Ellum Brewing Co., was in the summer of 2011. It was a hot, bright day, and he was balanced atop a giant wooden spool outside his brewery, drenched in sweat, shirt off, headphones on. While in the midst of building...

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  Dallas Brewers Say ‘Thanks’ While Overcoming Obstacles

  August 17 at 4 a.m.

  Last September, which seems like a lifetime ago, things were looking good for the craft beer industry in Dallas.  Selling beer to-go was finally legal, and beer drinkers were ready for it. In the past 10 years, the number of brewers in North Texas has grown from two to around...

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  5 Beers to Drink Now: Your Late Summer Round-Up

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  Every month or so, we like to take a citywide inventory of beer, and to our amazing fortune, our local brewers have been busy. So, as we round the final corner of summer, let’s take a look at some new brews.  Lakewood Brewing Co. has a special taproom release Friday:...

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  Couple Behind Beer Fest Taps Relationships and Creativity to Keep Business Running

  August 11 at 4 a.m.

  Just two weeks before the ninth annual Big Texas Beer Fest’s scheduled date of March 27, Chad and Nellie Montgomery, the husband-and-wife team who founded the event, postponed it until July. They didn’t know at the time that it was the first of many challenges they’d face trying to run...