With the start of the new year, a Houston area tradition continues with the 5th Annual Hop Topic Chili Cook-off. The event will take place on January 19th at Equal Parts Brewing. This will be the third year in a row the event will be held at the brewery. Ten teams will be competing in The post The Stakes Rise as Hop Topic Holds 5th Annual Chili Cook-Off at Equal Parts Brewing first appeared on Houston Beer Guide. The post The Stakes Rise as Hop Topic Holds 5th Annual Chili Cook-Off at Equal Parts Brewing appeared first on Houston Beer Guide ..read more

Yes, Halloween has come and gone, but in Houston, I think the best time for pumpkin beer is late fall through the end of the year. I’ll drink a pumpkin beer during any season, but it’s not as easy to thoroughly enjoy this style in September and October when the outdoor temperature often still hits The post Pumpkin Beer Season is Still Upon Us, Houston first appeared on Houston Beer Guide. The post Pumpkin Beer Season is Still Upon Us, Houston appeared first on Houston Beer Guide ..read more

Feel that cool breeze? Yep, it’s officially patio season in Houston, and I’ve got a new spot that’s worth your attention. If you’ve ever been to Lovelady, Texas, you’ve probably heard of Stesti Brewing Company. And if you’ve had a beer in Houston, you might know “Stesti Steve”—not his real name, but that’s what he The post Patio Season is Here: Exploring Stesti Beer Garden in Midtown first appeared on Houston Beer Guide. The post Patio Season is Here: Exploring Stesti Beer Garden in Midtown appeared first on Houston Beer Guide ..read more

Nestled out in the quiet town of Brookshire, in an otherwise unassuming commercial space along the highway sits what is Baa Baa Brewhouse, one of the most interesting breweries in the Houston area, if not the state of Texas.  Well known for many years for their amazing hazy IPAs and fruited sours, the location attracts The post Brookshire’s Best Kept Secret: Baa Baa Brewhouse first appeared on Houston Beer Guide. The post Brookshire’s Best Kept Secret: Baa Baa Brewhouse appeared first on Houston Beer Guide ..read more

Houston, known for its superb beer selection, is also home to the impressive Johnson Space Center, with its long history of human space flight. The latest installment of SPACE NEWS AND BREWS is a unique blend of the craft Houston beer scene and space-bound interests, a combination that is sure to pique your scientific curiosity The post Space News and Brews: Houston’s Craft Beer Scene Reaches for the Stars with NASA Collaboration first appeared on Houston Beer Guide. The post Space News and Brews: Houston’s Craft Beer Scene Reaches for the Stars with NASA Collaboration appeared first on Housto ..read more

Hold up…is it actually Houston Craft Beer Month? Didn’t we switch that to March? Well, that depends on who you ask. But you know what? Let’s celebrate anyway! Back in 2021, the fine folks at Houston Beer Guide had a brilliant idea: let’s dedicate an entire month to celebrating the incredible craft beer scene right The post Now is the perfect time to celebrate Houston Beer first appeared on Houston Beer Guide. The post Now is the perfect time to celebrate Houston Beer appeared first on Houston Beer Guide ..read more

June in Houston! Anyone who has spent any time in our incredible city during the summer months knows that it is hot outside now and getting hotter! Although, that does not mean we have any reason to slow down when it comes to enjoying Houston’s local beer scene. It has already been a great year for beer thus far. I know many of you readers have had your fair share of big, heavy beers in the last few months (I know I have). Spindletap’s yearly springtime offering of their much sought after, “Juiceton” Double IPA at 8% ABV, has come and gone.   Anyone who has made it over to Brash Brew ..read more

Eureka Heights has joined forces with Austin area brewing stalwarts Shannon Harris of Urban Jungle Brewing and Marvis “The Middle Man” Dixon of Fast Friends Brewing to release the first Houston iteration of “As One”. The beer is a 5.1% ABV Pineapple Blonde Ale. The pineapple notes are masterfully blended to perfection as to not overpower on the nose or the palate.  “As One” is a refreshing and flavorful ale perfect for hot summer days by the pool.   As One Pour The idea for the collaboration initially started up as a conversation earlier this year between Malachi Willis of Eurek ..read more

The story has been well documented since June of 1994, when Rice graduates Kevin Bartol and Brock Wagner officially shipped the first kegs of Saint Arnold Amber into the world. Houston’s first microbrewery opened with little, if any, fanfare. Of course, this story would not be so well chronicled if Saint Arnold had, like many other breweries that have since followed, gone gently into that good night. The first few years were not without their challenges, as the craft beer industry as we know it was just entering its infancy. “It was a rough go early on. Financially it was challenging. If you a ..read more

I first got into craft beer as result of starting a small lawn mowing business in my hometown of Trumbull, Connecticut during the summer before my sophomore year of college. There were 16 residential lawns that I took care of on a weekly basis, with a refurbished zero- turn lawn mower, a weed whacker from Home Depot, and a small 8 foot landscape trailer that I pulled with a beat up F-150. My good friend, Carl lived just diagonally across the street from my mother’s house, where I stayed, and his lawn was always a $25 cut. The second time that I had ever cut Carl’s lawn; he came outside and ask ..read more