Saint Arnold Brewery
The first keg departed the Saint Arnold Brewery in 1994 making them the oldest craft brewery in the state of Texas. The brewery is located in Houston in a old HISD food service building that was built in 1914. They have tours Monday through Saturday and have very large space for you to bring lunch [...]
Contigo, Austin
I stopped by Contigo last night for the first time. According to their website the grand opening is May 7th but as is often the case they have been open for almost two weeks. As (bad) luck would have it an unusual May cold front blew into Austin leading to most people abandoning their otherwise [...]
Austin Yelp Pub Crawl
If you didn’t know, it’s Yelp Drink’s Week in Austin. Check out the link here. To celebrate this discounted goodness Yelp put on a pub crawl. I now understand why it’s called a crawl as that likely would have described my walking ability had I stuck it out to the end. The lineup was: The [...]
NXNW Oktoberfest 2010
The Oktoberfest celebration is in its 9th year at North by Northwest and is now a Austin tradition with German brews, classic German food and German music. It was a family and dog friendly event with great NXNW beer and food grilled on the spot. It was my first year but it was a lot [...]
Austin TXRD
Hell on wheels. That is what comes to mind as I watch some of the toughest women in Austin strap on roller skates and fly around a banked track in a controlled chaos. This ain’t no Disney on Ice. Here you might might draw blood, will likely get an elbow to the ribs and can [...]
SXSW 2010 Pictures
Most people either love or hate SXSW. Like a tsunami of technology, film and music South By Southwest 2010 came and went engulfing Austin in a whirlwind of events and parties that challenged even the most experienced and tireless party goers. Between the Interactive, Film and Music thousands of people descended upon the city pumping [...]
Do512 Shiner 101 Party
There are two words guaranteed to bring people together in Austin: Free Beer. To promote their new beer, Shiner 101, Shiner and Do512 teamed up and threw a party at The Scholz Beer Garden dance hall with free Shiner, food and live music. I’m not even certain what to call that place which used to [...]
Guy Forsyth at Gruene Hall
About 50 miles south of Austin and just west of IH-35 you will find a town that has been gently resisting change since 1872. It is a popular day trip from Austin and when you get into the heart of Gruene Texas you see why. The main attraction and social center in town is Gruene [...]
Yam Jam 2009
The Austin Yam Jam is a music benefit in it’s third year put on to fund Operation Turkey which was founded to help feed the homeless on Thanksgiving. In typical fashion Austin came through big this year raising enough to money to feed 4,000 people! This year the Austin Yam Jam paid tribute to the [...]
Independence Brewing Co. 1st Saturday
The surest way to get flocks of Austinite’s to show up, even on the hottest of days, is to offer a free beer tasting. We love our local beer and we will wait in the longest of lines if you are willing to pour it for free; that is what sun block is for. Independence [...]
