John and the Hole

Psychodrama from the bottom of a very literal pit of despair

"...a family can ignore all the signs of malice fermenting in their own, was what John and the Hole..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

This Japanese mind-twister from Shion Sono screams with madness and mayhem.

"...astringent as anyone could desire: Muto (Kunimura), the slowly fermenting head of a yakuza clan, is frolicking with his..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There's Brisket in That Cider

How Austin Eastciders put a Texas twist on apple hooch

"...devouring the brisket at an alarming rate and began fermenting much quicker than usual. By the end of the..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Day Trips

"...from the granary on the third floor to the fermenting tanks on the first floor, says Park Ranger Dale..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...that occur naturally as a result of distilling and fermenting processes. These include tannins, which are present in red..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Four Trailblazing Tequilas Reinvigorating the Spirit’s Reputation

When it comes to the tequila renaissance, sip it, don't shoot it

"...pina (agave heart) and creating aguamiel (juice), cooking it, fermenting, and distilling. Pretty much every brand does it differently,..."

July 7, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Andean Spirits Finds Family and a Calling in the Mountains of Ecuador

Agave, alpacas, and a love story

"...agave-based spirits, tequila and mezcal, Chawar is made by fermenting and distilling the raw sap of Agave americana. He..."

Feb. 8, 2023 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 11-17

"...1. Be a master of simmering, ruminating, marinating, steeping, fermenting, and effervescing. 2. Summon intense streams of self-forgiveness for..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Booze We Choose: Seven and Up

Liquor in the front … of your favorite cabinet, of course

"...the use of freshly pressed Noble Sugarcane juice for fermenting? (Those noble canes are “the highest development of the..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...butter skillet cornbread? How about a farmhouse ale simultaneously co-fermenting with grains and fruit by the Goat Pen and..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Drinks Issue 2020

It's a weird year, but we still have to drink something

"...sales. Before it was just picnic tables scattered around fermenting tanks, but as a result of the hard-won law,..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

How OPA Design Studio Makes Austin's Elite Brewery Taprooms

Stephen Oliver does his tap dance

"...tasting room highlights entailed picnic tables scattered around the fermenting tanks with maybe a crowd puller of spent bourbon..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

An Immigrant Family Brings Iranian Cuisine to Austin

Chef Amir Hajimaleki and his family honor the fundamentals of Persian cuisine in all six of their restaurants

"...chef you talk to about balancing food, pickling or fermenting comes up. In our culture that's how it is,..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

16 Austin Cooking Classes to Spice Up Your Kitchen

Brush off the culinary cobwebs, or learn a whole new skill

"...You can get down and dirty with pasta making, fermenting, or even just learn how to use a knife..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

Introducing Sparkling Sake to Austin

Texas Sake Company crafts newly canned sake, some CBD-infused

"...down rice starches, allowing the yeast to accomplish its fermenting job). They've even gone so far as formulating water..."

July 12, 2019 Food Feature by Jessika Roth

A Pickling Guru's Journey Through the World of Fermentation

Casper Fermentables owner Ben Hollander goes from dorm chef to LeRoy and Lewis collaborator

"...them as a fundamentally important part of a diet. "Fermenting is the only way you can actually increase the..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

20 Special Occasion Restaurants

We pick our favorite spots for a night out

"...restaurants. Grab a spot at the bar lined with fermenting vegetables for a perfect view of the open kitchen...."

Nov. 30, 2018 Food Post by The Food Staff

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...by multitudes, the Bard's version still resonates loudest in fermenting his sweet sour mash vocal delivery with lonesome acoustic..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

Afro-Colombian funk crew connects disparate dots of diasporic music across the Americas

"...Idea fermenting for years, the band was born amidst a spirited..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Buzz on Local Bees

A swarm of local activity seeks to protect pollinators

"...their first cyser. It's "an old beverage made by fermenting apple with honey," Peebles explained. "We fermented dry honeycrisp..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Beer Today, Framed Tomorrow: The Art of the Brew Returns

The annual celebration of suds & art & music is back with even more

"...craft brewers take their esoteric arts? How many more fermenting gambits and variations can they experiment with before things..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Somewhere in America

"...bars where the next great live music acts are fermenting...."

May 27, 2016 Postmarks

Open Carry: Boobs and Breasts

SXSW-timed open carry event overshadowed by toplessness

"...making "martyrs" out of the Oregon gun nuts and "fermenting anger."..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Smart Apples

Summer sipping with Argus Fermentables

"..."Ciderkin" is the traditional term for cidermaking by fermenting reconstituted apple pulp. Since the pulp is diluted, the alcohol..."

June 26, 2015 Food Feature by Melody Fury

Day Trips: New Braunfels Brewing Co.

Pucker up with this brewery's sour beers

"...are used wooden whiskey and wine barrels doing double-duty fermenting beers. At any given time, Kelly will have 20..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Column

Through Rosé Colored Glasses

Rae Wilson helps Austin reconsider the pink drink

"...and experience, including a very public fall into a fermenting vat and a stint shoveling mud out of the..."

July 25, 2014 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Canning, Pickling and Freezing with Irma Harding: Recipes to Preserve Food, Family and the American Way

Cookbooks and cultural conversation starters top our summer reading list

"...jams and jellies, freezing and refrigerating, drying, smoking, and fermenting. There is a chapter apiece for fruits, vegetables, and..."

May 23, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Official Drink of Austin Contest Names Team Qui the Winners

Holy crap, does my head hurt

"...on Tepache (a homemade, lightly alcoholic beverage made by fermenting pineapple peels and cores with sugar and water. They..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Food Post by Claudia Alarcón

Nate Ellefson: Soft Chop

Soft Chop takes an aesthetic stab at renegade culture

"...softened to be simply intimidating-looking tubs of sauerkraut and lacto-fermenting tubes of carrots. Ellefson wanted to indicate the resources..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Farmer's Daughter, Global Scholar

Food historian Rachel Laudan takes the long view

"...as many ways of converting/processing ingredients – like salting, fermenting, grinding, pounding, cutting, soaking, drying, freezing, preserving, combining. "Domestication..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

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