Over the past few years, my favorite beers and brewing interests have moved more and more towards the Belgian style … Belgian golden strongs, dubbels, tripels, quads, pales, blonds, lambics, geuze to name a few.  While a lot of these famous breweries have distribution to Texas, many of the most popular beers never make it to this area. [...]

Saint Arnold Divine Reserve 11 a Double IPA was released yesterday and if you are like me, you bought dozens of cases, not to drink but to use to make furniture out of the beer filled boxes. I did manage to taste a single bottle from one of the 4,123 cases that were produced from [...]

Triple hopped and now served in a vortex bottle?  The scientists at Miller are always seeking out ways to improve their award winning beer (2006 Best American Light Lager at the World Beer Cup) and they have really hit a home run with this latest advancement in brewing technology.   This new vortex design is sure to [...]

Southern Star Brewing is a fairly new brewery located in Conroe, Texas.  I introduced myself to their beers after picking up a 4 pack (16oz) of Pine Belt Pale, a generously hopped Pale Ale.  Since it comes in a can, it’s great for throwing in a cooler and consuming while floating down the river.  At [...]

Our first visit to Freetail Brewing was in October of 2009 to watch the Houston Texans defeat the Cincinnati Bengals.  We arrived as the doors opened for a handful of customers and the place started filling up more towards 3pm.  At the time they had 4 large HD TV’s with a different game on each and then [...]