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"...Answer: Don’t! Put down that nigiri, grab you a brew, and battle for prizes and braggin’ rights against your..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...Click here to jump straight to the brewery rankings...."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Fantastic Fest Review: A Wounded Fawn

Greek tragedy and gore combine in this wild serial killer romp

"...a villain who embraces his monstrous aspects - to strangely slapstick effect...."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Review: A Wounded Fawn

The Furies strike in this serial killer art world romp

"...Art, impulse control, obsession, supernatural forces: it's quite the strange brew, and it's given form mostly by Steven's signature..."

June 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Mikaela Davis, Knocked Loose, Curtis McMurtry, Questlove, and more recommended shows

"...one of the hottest listening rooms in town (R.I.P. Strange Brew) for a performance that also serves as the..."

April 15, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...Austin's Hammond organ arsenal, and south side listening room Strange Brew had an A-100 that many played as well...."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Faster Than Sound: Headlines From a Year in Limbo

A year-in-review of Austin music news

"...room in the former home of South Austin venue Strange Brew. Mural-filled dance club Outer Heaven Disco Club occupies..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, Unsane, Lola Tried, Nick Shoulders, Esme Patterson/Sabrina Ellis/S.L. Houser, and Jeff Lofton's tribute to Miles Davis

"...electric work of In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew just as often. Lofton's Electric Thang brings back Chasing..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...in the former home of celebrated South Austin venue Strange Brew, which closed in 2017 due to bankruptcy...."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Local Hard Seltzer Brewed Right Here in Austin

Blue Norther offers a canned cold front

"...Blue Norther – a new line of hard seltzers brewed right here in Southeast Austin and created by local..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Vista Brewing and Hops & Grain

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 2)

"...we've nearly made it one month into this very strange, surreal social experiment with headspaces ranging from, “yeah, this..."

March 31, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Plan Your Psychedelic Weekend With These Levitation Picks

Nearly two-dozen choices ranging from the Flaming Lips to Elephant Stone

"...broke through with 1999's The Soft Bulletin and 2002's strange, wondrous, and commercially successful Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots...."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...know" on this transparent cut from 2016's Live at Strange Brew, a stripped-down drums and guitar tango...."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Four Flavors of Local Kombucha That Come in Cans

Chill with a can of Greenbelt Kombucha's fermented tea

"...friends, who also happen to be the founders of Strange Land Brewery, Texas Sake, and Barrel Creek Provisions...."

July 12, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Guide to Central Texas Breweries

Our comprehensive list of places to grab a craft beer in and around Austin

"...4th Tap Brewing Cooperative 10615 Metric, 78758, www.4thtap.coop..."

July 13, 2018 Food Feature

Soccer in Austin: The Knockout Stage

Showtime at McKalla Place

"...public figures were on hand to speak, representing a strange brew of interests opposed to the potential land deal...."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...Celis Brewery – Celis White | Belgium: This 2018 squad is..."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

I Tried Death Wish Coffee and Lived

Dangerous levels of caffeine and self-confidence ensued

"...specialty coffee drinker, I'm programmed to loathe this mutant brew. My ideal cup of coffee is roasted lighter than..."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by Dan Gentile

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...sonic painting awash in color. – Libby Webster Casual Strangers..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Central Market + Maffei: Better Than a Halftime Show

We review the recent Chef’s Table class at the popular cooking school

"...Well, you don’t care much about wine, tbh, but..."

Jan. 24, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2017 Music Critics Poll

Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.

"...George Reiff, Ben Riley, Joni Sledge, Barry "Frosty" Smith, Strange Brew, Clyde Stubblefield, Greg Trooper, Butch Trucks, John Whetton,..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...appropriation, and the venue continues to float as Stubb's. Strange Brew's Meltdown..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...Bruno Forzani, who blew FF 2013 away with The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears, return with their new..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Now Hiring: Austin Music Office

Austin’s top governmental job in music is up for grabs

"...secured a lease for the property of songwriter haven Strange Brew, which shuttered suddenly in January after a financial..."

April 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...JC: Liberty Lunch, Continental Club, Momo’s, Backyard, Strange Brew, Cactus Cafe, ACL Live. Paul Oveisi (of Momo’s)..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...the direction of veteran ATX singer-songwriter – and former Strange Brew booker – Kacy Crowley. The event runs weekly..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...but punctured by off-kilter guitar lines, pummeling drums, and strange, broken, vocal phrasing. – Libby Webster Matthew Logan Vasquez..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...1) Saxon Pub 2) One-2-One Bar 3) Kingdom 4) Strange Brew 5) Antone's 6) The Parish 7) Empire Control..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

Peter Mattei’s Outsiders Returns Tonight

Appalachian drama seems more and more prescient

"...the Farrell clan (yeah, it's not a subtle show) brew. Outsiders is a prescient and entertaining allegory for these..."

Jan. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Playback: Strange Brew Empties

Financial duress buckles South Austin listening institution

"...Suspicions that Strange Brew was under financial duress were confirmed last Thursday..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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