The days of the only entertainment at breweries just being a single musician in the corner with an acoustic guitar are long gone, as this week proves. There is a little something for everyone down in our events section, with everything from live poetry performances to comedy shows to beer-themed games to a grand opening…
Author: Stoutmeister
Former sports writer in Tucson, LA, and Burque. Now I write about craft beer, which is a totally reasonable way to support my hobby of spending afternoons and evenings indulging in the finest stouts, lagers, and more.
Vision City prepares to make a big move into a familiar Westside space
Back when I was attending the United in Beer festival at Ex Novo, a brewery staff member asked if I knew who was moving into a certain location west of the Rio Grande. Then, when I was talking to the Quarter Celtic staff, they also mentioned that someone was moving into that space. While speculative…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Breweries kick off Pride Month in style
June is Pride Month across the country, and five local breweries (and counting) are holding special kick-off events this Saturday. Bow & Arrow and Santa Fe Brewing (at Green Jeans) have their events starting at noon. Tractor Wells Park will host Pridezilla starting at 1 p.m. For those who want to wait until closer to…
Canteen gets totally radical for their most excellent 30th anniversary shindig
Cue the 90s pop culture references. How many? All of them. Canteen Brewhouse is turning 30 years old and throwing it back to the decade that they started as Il Vicino Brewing with some epic events this Thursday through Sunday, with the big party set for Saturday. It was way back in 1994 that Rick…
Quarter Celtic preps for golden summer after adding to hefty medal haul
We were already a bit late on catching up with Quarter Celtic Brewpub and Meadery after they won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup last month, and then they went ahead and picked up three more medals at the Australian International Beer Awards, including a trophy for the best overall European lager. Yeah,…
Boxing Bear expands Bear Fest to 2 days while also making it a free event
Another beer festival is changing things up this year, but in ways that might just make it better. Certainly, we cannot imagine anyone being annoyed that Bear Fest, Boxing Bear’s annual on-premises event, is now free to attend. It will also take place over two days this Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Kicking off busy season with a red-hot weekend
While any meteorologist will tell you that we are still a few weeks from it officially being summer, in the eyes of most people, Memorial Day weekend marks the official start of the season. Back in the day, that meant gathering around to watch the Indy 500 or going to a baseball game or just…
The collaborations are loose: United in Beer’s 13 brews head into the wild
If you missed this year’s United in Beer festival at Ex Novo, we first want to say sorry, because you missed one amazingly well-run and fun event. Rather than dwell on that, however, now comes the next obvious question. Will the 13 collaboration beers be released at the participating 26 breweries? Yes! Well, we think…
Ex Novo kicks off busy summer with United in Beer and a lot more
By now, the odds are good that just about every Ex Novo fan has heard the news about the downtown taproom. We certainly did, so our apologies that it has taken this long to get to it, but life gets in the way sometimes. First, however, there is something more immediate to lead off this…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A final calm before the summer storm arrives
There are a few big events this weekend, but for the most part this counts as perhaps the last quiet stretch before everything really ramps up for the start of the summer beer season. The busiest time of year for breweries is nearly here, much to the delight of all of our palates. Until all…
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