This week in, The Brew! We took a little vacation last week and got out of town so unfortunately we missed a few things. A big hats off to our friends at 512 Brewing for celebrating their 7th anniversary and Texian Brewing celebrated their 3rd anniversary. Thank you to those great breweries for continuously making great Texas beers. Next week is Thanksgiving so we will have an early edition of The Brew! But until then we have a lot to talk about. This week, more shameless self promoting for my book signing this Saturday in San Antonio, then we talk about a beer festival that is taking over San Antonio this weekend. Lastly, we head up north for a brewpubs special bottle release and festival taking place in Dallas. Check it out now in this weeks edition of, The Brew!
San Antonio – This Saturday, yours truly will be at the Twig Book Shop at the old Historic Pearl Brewery from 11am-1pm signing copies of “Beer Lover’s Texas: Best Breweries, Brewpubs & Beer Bars”. Come out to pick up a copy and check out their weekly farmers market. Afterwards I strongly suggest checking out Southerleigh Fine Food and Brewery or the Granary ‘Cue & Brew for a delicious lunch and some great beers.
San Antonio – This Saturday the Untapped Festival Indie Music & Beer Festival rolls into San Antonio for the first time. Like usual you can expect a great line up of live music and the best beers available in Texas. Friday night the official kickoff party will be hosted at Big Hops (The Bridge) starting at 7:30pm. Be sure to head out and pick up your Untapped wristbands so you don’t have to wait in line on Saturday. They will feature beer specials all evening and Alamo Brewing will be showing off their new Winter IPA. Saturday the festival will take place at the old Lone Start Brewery at 3:30pm (2:30pm for VIP). They will have over 275 beers from more than 70 breweries along with a great lineup of music acts such as GZA, Tokyo Police Club and Metric. Tickets are still available so be sure to get some in case they sell out. We will be out at the festival covering the event so be sure to say hi. Afterwards, Untapped will host an official after party at The Mix starting at 10pm. The event is free but you must RSVP through Do210. Click here for tickets and all of the weekends events.
Dallas – BrainDead Brewing is ready to finally release bottles and they are throwing a party to celebrate with their friends at Big Texas Beer Fest for the first annual Festicle. This Saturday, they will be hosting an event in their parking lot to celebrate the release of their first barrel aged Red Wine Barrel Wiere Gardes and Bourbon Barrel Hammer of the Gods. The event kicks off at 2pm and attendees will have a chance to buy bottes of BrainDead’s new releases. You will also get a tasting glass and sampling card with access to over 70 different beers. They will have live music and Chef David will be selling food. Click here for tickets and information.
As always, if you’re looking to get out this weekend we suggest you visit a local brewery, don’t forget that we have a list of all of the breweries near you so head over to the Breweries and Brewpubs page and go support your local brewers.
