Did you miss out on the first two batches of F U Harvey Tekus? Fear not, fellow beer-nerd. You too can give Harvey the bird each time you pour up a cold one....
Hurricane Harvey is raining on everyone's parade. Of the 6 people on the Beer Chronicle team, 3 have been impacted dramatically by these floods, and we only represent a tiny sample of the people affected city-wide. (Estimates of 30,000+ people will need shelter.) With that said, these dollars could be going...
Want a F U Harvey Teku? Meet us at Baa Baa Brewhouse today Sat. 9/9/2017. These past few weeks have been tough for the city. If you've been...
While we are here to bring you our takes and thoughts on all the great Houston craft breweries and the beers they brew, we know that all of that is second fiddle to the health, safety, and well-being of all of you, whether you read our blog or not. Whether we are Houston natives or Houston transplants, we’re Houstonians all the same...
Hurricane Harvey is raining on everyone's parade. Of the 6 people on the Beer Chronicle team, 3 have been impacted dramatically by these floods, and we only represent a tiny sample of the people affected city-wide. (Estimates of 30,000+ people will need shelter.) With that said, these dollars could be going...
If you're looking for where to find water in Houston, we've been told that Bud Light counts as long as you're really out of water...
The Baa Baa Eclipse Teku glass seemed like a bigger deal than the beer! The moral of the story here is, Baa Baa's small. Real small. Chill out. Or don't...
After a bit of digging, asking, and a few vague responses, we got the news straight from the horse's mouth. You may have been keeping up with this story that started with our last post. We were originally trying to shut down the rumor mill, but that's real hard when the rumors are...
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. An announcement on Texian's Facebook has the Houston beer nerds a-buzz as of 8:00PM Thursday August 3, 2017, and the early comments from Josh Haley are even more...
We picked one, and y'all picked one. Congratulations to...
In typical Beer Chronicle Fashion, it's not about us. For our Birthday, we want to shine a spotlight on one Houston brewery, the Most Valuable Brewery (MVB)...
Craft beer fans rejoice! The industry has made big steps this week to be a little bit more transparent, thanks to the Brewers Association Independent Craft Seal. I’m sure we’ve all been there. You're strolling down the beer aisle at the grocery store wondering which craft beer to try next. You easily eliminate the latter half of the aisle stocked with Bud Light, Coors, and Lone Star, but still, so many options...
Our previous post about Amazon and Whole Foods covered a bit of speculation from folks around town and in the industry about what the buyout might mean for beer. But we wanted to see specifically what the buyout might mean for Whole Foods Brewing, so here's...
Also heating up, and pleasantly so, is the Houston music scene. And what, you may ask, screams summertime better than killer live music and thirst-quenching local brews? Yep, absolutely nothing. In celebration of summer...
In case you were living under a rock this weekend, there were headlines zipping across our emails and phone notifications since Friday afternoon. They all read something like, "Amazon buys Whole Foods for $13.4 Billion." What's that mean for our beer?...
Fancy Sauce IPA pours a slightly dark golden colored body with a single finger worth of white head that quickly disappeared. Lacing is heavy all the way down the glass. with a real clean, crisp mouth feel....
The pours they gave us were the base beer, samples from each individual barrel, the 2017 blended batch, and the batch from 2016. If you want to know why they call it Big Mistake RIS...
He and I both noted how the super-complex flavors were well balanced by the wood and vanilla notes, and the absence of cherries and spices allowed the dark fruit and banana flavors to meld well. As of 2/10/2017, they only had 3 half barrel kegs left, so if you're into big, complex, Belgian beer, go check it out. However, if you're more of a hop-head, you may want to keep your ears to the streets as there's soon to be a new kid on the block - SpindleTap...
The post that almost never happened: After a few weeks of gathering beer from all over town, and one long ass drive to Galveston Island, we did it. We had them all. We met up with a few other friends for a potluck meal just before Thanksgiving, and the Top 5 Best IPAs in Houston was born. None of us are official BJCP judges or cicerones (yet), as you may have read elsewhere on the site, but here's our take as consumers - just regular dudes that...
The Bruery in Houston? For the unknowing, the Bruery is a boutique craft brewery located in Orange County, CA specializing in barrel aged and experimental...