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Walt Powell of Flix Brewhouse Passes Away Suddenly

He had such a reputation for a wicked sense of humor that his friends first thought it was a joke. If only. On June 4, Walt Powell, vice president of operations at Hospitality Investors, Inc., the owners of Flix Brewhouse and Homefield Grill, died of natural causes, to the great shock of friends, family, and the craft beer community. Read More | Comment »

3:02PM Wed. Jun. 5, Ivy Le

Texas House to Vote on Beer Bills Today

After having been voted out of the Texas Senate and out of committee in the House, the five craft beer bills permitting Texas brewpubs to distribute and small-production breweries to offer on-site sales direct to consumers have been scheduled for a full House vote today, Friday, May 17. Read More | Comment »

11:30AM Fri. May. 17, Ivy Le

Glutard Girl: Life After Beer

Do you miss beer? I know I do. I still live through flashbacks of February “Stout Month” at Southern Sun Brewery in Boulder during graduate school: a whole 29 days of coconut, dark chocolate, blueberry, and java stout. It was pint-sized heaven. Now, in a gluten-free world, there is just no worthy alternative…or isn't there? Read More | Comment »

10:00AM Mon. May. 6, Margaret Shugart

Perfect Pairings at Off-Centered Film Fest

“Beer and music go together. They amplify the experience of the other.” So said Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewing, on Friday to a theatreful of Austinites who probably pair beer and music often enough to agree. Read More | Comment »

10:35AM Tue. Apr. 23, Ivy Le

Craft Beer Royalty to Rap at Drafthouse

The founder of Delaware-based Dogfish Head, touting “off-centered ales for off-centered people" since 1995, first came to Alamo Drafthouse during the Craft Brewers Conference in 2007. “It was love at first sight for Dogfish and Alamo,” said Sam Calagione. “They were as passionate about indie beers as they were about indie films.” Read More | Comment »

9:04AM Wed. Apr. 17, Ivy Le

Shmaltz Brewing Debuts Funky Jewbelation Beer

The schtick-loving brew masters at Shmaltz Brewing Co. have debuted the eighth in their Limited Engagement Barrel-Aged series with Funky Jewbelation. This blend of six ales and lagers from the Shmaltz roster aged in bourbon and rye whiskey barrels boasts 9.4% alcohol. It is available in 22 oz. bottles and a limited amount of draft from April - June 2013. Read More | Comment »

4:30PM Fri. Apr. 12, Amy Kritzer

Crafting Success With 'Beer Diaries'

To me, good beer is kind of like Game of Thrones: My friends love it, and they talk about it all the time, but I've just never managed to find the time to get into it and understand a word of what they're talking about. Read More | Comment »

11:53AM Fri. Apr. 12, Joey Keeton

Hairy Plotter and the Beer of the Apocalypse

Local writer dude's been hella busy, yeah. Read More | Comment »

1:51PM Thu. Apr. 11, Wayne Alan Brenner

Drafthouse Premieres New Beer Diaries Tonight

Tap in to your inner beer nerd, get hopped up on excitement, and wrap your head around this: New episodes of The Beer Diaries are premiering tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse. Read More | Comment »

11:21AM Wed. Apr. 10, Monica Riese

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Breweries

Tap Brew Tours isn't content to merely ferry people from place to place in their tasty and informative showcase of three local breweries this Saturday. Read More | Comment »

4:45PM Wed. Mar. 27, Wayne Alan Brenner

Beer Laws Moving Today

Today and tomorrow, the Texas Senate is expected to vote on the four beer bills, Senate Bills 515-518, and a fifth, SB 639, introduced at the last minute by Commerce Committee Chair John Carona, R-Dallas. The last bill is described by San Antonio beer blogger Markus Hass as “a wish list of demands from the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas.” Read More | Comment »

2:20PM Mon. Mar. 25, Ivy Le

Does Beer Dilute St. Patrick's Day?

"Holidays such as St. Patrick's Day and Cinco de Mayo are no more about beer than Presidents Day is about selling cars. ...In the beer world, St. Patrick's Day comes at the end of what is typically a long, dry winter," Jason Notte wrote in TheStreet.Com, "Why Beer Lovers Should Hate U.S. Drinking Holidays." Read More | Comment »

8:11AM Tue. Mar. 19, Ivy Le

Brewer Musicians Come in for SXSW

Usually, companies come to South by Southwest to pitch their wares. Tony Magee, founder of Lagunitas, came to Austin this week to play blues music. Read More | Comment »

4:25PM Fri. Mar. 15, Ivy Le

South By Sonoma: Lagunitas Fusion 12

Keith Bradley won the Fusion 12home brewers contest held by Lagunitas last year. “I got a free trip to Petaluma,” Keith said, and now, a precious few barrels of his beer is flowing during South by Southwest. Austin is the latest city to get its own Fusion limited edition beer by Lagunitas. Read More | Comment »

12:00PM Thu. Mar. 14, Ivy Le

Breaking News: Beer Bills Introduced

Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, has filed four bills to remove handicaps to Texas’ growing craft brewing businesses. Read More | Comment »

8:08AM Wed. Feb. 13, Ivy Le

Home's a Brewin': Beer News

Beerists Win Podcast Award
Remember the new years beer-solution I had about spreading the love of craft beer like the Beerists? Well, that bar just got raised. The Austin-based podcast just won The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Food and Drink category, even beating out NPR's The Splendid Table at the ceremony in Las Vegas. Read More | Comment »

10:47AM Thu. Jan. 24, Ivy Le

Ranger's Small Batch No. 4 Is Released

In last week's Home's A'Brewin' column, “Let It Flow: Five Gifts for Brewheads,” I tantalized you with a preview of the fourth in the Ranger Creek Small Batch Series, being released in time for Christmas. The imperial mesquite smoked porter, Ranger Creek's Small Batch Series No. 4, is now available for purchase. Read More | Comment »

10:26AM Wed. Dec. 19, 2012, Ivy Le

Big Night at the Barber Shop

Right before Thanksgiving, I attended a dinner event put on by Big Night Catering. It was the third in a series of dinners hosted by catering chefs (and my old friends), Mark Hinshaw and Mike Guidry at the Barber Shop, a great, friendly brewpub in the heart of downtown Dripping Springs. Read More | Comment »

3:15PM Tue. Dec. 11, 2012, Mick Vann

Good Food Award Beer Finalists Announced

The wildly named Good Food awards recognize goods with superior taste that are produced - crafted, if you will - in socially and environmentally sustainable ways. Finalists were announced yesterday, and THREE, count 'em, THREE Texas brewers made the cut. Read More | Comment »

9:43AM Fri. Nov. 30, 2012, Ivy Le

Beer Week Pro Tips

Were you overwhelmed by the partial lists of Austin Beer Week events in today's issue of the Chronicle (Home's a Brewin' and Meal Times)? Read More | Comment »

4:50PM Thu. Oct. 25, 2012, Ivy Le

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