Michael Peticolas’ microbrewery is a step closer to opening, as he applied March 14 for a zoning change to request the creation of “a new subdistrict that will allow for the manufacture of alcohol,” according to the wording on his zoning change application to the city’s Department of Development Services…
Thanks to all the City of Ate readers who shared their prank stories in last week’s contest for the Libertine Bar’s March beer dinner featuring Jester King. Among the highlights: Justin1310 and his friends made creative use of leftover movie popcorn, while Brad Ward recounted how having an easily stolen…
As mentioned last week, the Libertine Bar’s March beer dinner is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, and will feature the greatness of Austin brewery Jester King. The dinner sounds tasty (menu available here), and should also be a great opportunity to try some very interesting beers. Boxer’s Revenge,…
OK, so the headline’s a slight exaggeration — it would take an album of photos to fully capture all the outdated laws and unfair advantages the giant (and foreign-owned, by the way) corporations of the beer world have over the small businesses trying to brew in Texas or distribute from…
If you’re not too debilitated by the Irish Flu, lift a pint to (and from, preferably) Rahr and Sons, as the brewery took home two awards at the United States Beer Tasting Championship. Results were announced yesterday.Ugly Pug took First Prize in the Dunkels Lager category in the Rockies/Southwest division,…
Beer lovers, make sure you don’t have anything going on Saturday, May 7. That’s the date of Flying Saucer on the Lake’s second annual Spring Beer Festival, and if our experience last year is any indication, you’re going to want to be there from the noon start all the way…
While not everyone thinks it’s a tremendously creative idea, Stone Brewing Co. this year has introduced a program called “Odd Beers For Odd Years,” in which the recipes for Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine and Stone Imperial Russian Stout are tweaked. This year, the brewery is adding the Belgian yeast…
Beer is lovely, in many ways because of its very simplicity. In its purest form, it’s just four ingredients. And all you have to do is open a bottle or can and drink it — pouring it into a glass first, if you’re really trying to savor it.So why is…
Deep Ellum Brewing Company and Peticolas Brewing Company are both making progress toward opening and making their wares available to the general public, with DEBC completing the hire of Saint Louis’ Andrew Huerter as brewmaster and making inroads with distributor Ben E. Keith, while Michael Peticolas’ one-man operation (using equipment…
You’re going to need your palate and your liver to be in tip-top shape for Dallas Beer Week in November. Fortunately, there are plenty of training opportunities coming up — as well as a chance to support state House Bill 602, which would allow craft breweries to charge for brewery…
Each week, Happy Eating highlights a restaurant happy hour food menu. This week, we’re on Lower Greenville for sashimi at The Blue Fish. Where: The Blue Fish Sushi, 3519 Greenville Ave. When: 5-7 p.m. Monday-Friday The Scene: Dining at any Blue Fish will always feel like eating sushi at a…
Congratulations to Justin Bitner, who created the masterpiece Maudite menu you see here. Bitner’s entry to our menu-art contest makes him the winner of a pair of tickets to Wednesday night’s Unibroue beer dinner at the Libertine Bar. Astute drinkers of the Canadian company’s products will recognize references to a…
As tasty as some of the beers created by Quebec brewery Unibroue are, they may be almost as noteworthy for their awesome packaging. Names like Trois Pistoles and Maudite (Québécois for “damned,” a reference to legendary lumberjacks who made a deal with the devil) are complemented by artwork that is…
Deep Ellum Brewing Company looks to be on pace to be the city’s first non-brewpub microbrewery, but it may not be the only one for long. Attorney and homebrewer Michael Peticolas was looking into investing in a new brewery in another city. Yet the more he investigated, the more he…
As usual, Brian Brown over at Plano Craft Beer Examiner has a good round-up of the week’s events for beer lovers. A couple of highlights include tonight’s tap night at Flying Saucer on the Lake featuring Sierra Nevada Oak-Aged Grand Cru, tonight’s Ommegang Brewsday Tuesday at The Common Table and…
Boy, doesn’t this lovely weather just put you in the mood for a crisp, cold spring beer? Well, the temperatures may not quite yet be spring-like, and spring may not officially begin for more than a month, but spring seasonals are already appearing on grocery shelves — just as it…
First they came for Sparks, and I didn’t speak out because I didn’t drink Sparks.Then they came for Four Loko, and I didn’t speak out because I didn’t drink Four Loko. Then they came for Moonshot ’69, and I didn’t speak out because I didn’t drink Moonshot ’69. Then they…
This week, we had, I believe, three blackouts in Girl Drink Drunk Land. Some Aters saw six according to Twitter reports, and yet another Ater offered that her home temp dropped from 70 to 56 degrees during one of the blackouts in the OED.So, I got to thinking about some…
Have dinner plans tonight? Cancel them. As mentioned Monday, tonight’s beer dinner at the Libertine Bar features beers from St. Paul’s Summit Brewing Company. Cost is $50 per person, plus tax, which lets you taste five beers and five courses specially created to pair with each brew. The dinner starts…
As impressive as I found Commercial Suicide, from Austin’s Jester King Brewery, I didn’t have a chance to sample any of Jester King’s other offerings until last week, when The Common Table featured Black Metal Imperial Stout on BrewsDay Tuesday. And while I wasn’t completely blown away, it really was…
The holidays are over, and unless you’ve got Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Presidents’ Day off, there aren’t any work holidays until Memorial Day on May 30. Christmas and holiday beers are disappearing from taps and shelves faster than your New Year’s resolutions. But before you put a gun…
Paul Hightower at Dallas Craft Beer Examiner has a good round-up of the month’s beer events on his January Craft Beer Calendar, and Brian Brown of Plano Craft Beer Examiner has a more thorough run-down of the week’s area beer events. Both of them mention something I’ve had penciled on…
