Local Breweries Look Back on Those Who Made 2020 Less Terrible
To properly look back on the year that has been 2020, you need to start in 2019. For many of us, there hasn’t been a more extreme difference between one year and the next as the change from last year...
View ArticleA Local Guide to Girl Scout Cookie and Craft Beer Pairings
Tables are already set up with stacks of cookies and wee little Girl Scouts hiding behind them, honing their sales skills and testing your gullibility. Despite the pandemic, they're still out at some...
View ArticleWhat Exactly is "Local" Beer? Well, It's Complicated.
D.G. Yuengling & Son is America's oldest craft brewery, having first poured frothy pints back in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Since that time they have remained a family business, passed down...
View ArticleLocal Craft Beer News: Community Does Good, Manhattan Bikes and Celestial...
So, who needs a beer? One silver lining of Gov. Abbott’s "I'm so over this mask thing" announcement is that taprooms can now open. And while some local breweries applied for a food and beverage permit...
View ArticleLessons Learned One Year Into the Pandemic from Local Chefs and Restaurateurs
Running a restaurant or any food industry business isn't for the easily fatigued. The competitive nature requires an exhausting amount of diligence. Social media can be a cruel monster. Business can...
View ArticleWhere to Get First-Rate Food With Your Dallas-Made Brews and Booze
Until about a year ago in Dallas, a local distillery, brewery or brewpub taproom was a great place to while away an afternoon. Most were family-friendly during the day, several had nice patios and many...
View ArticleCommunity Beer Co. Expands with Large New Multi-Purpose Facility
Community Beer Co. has announced they're relocating to a new 70,000-square-foot facility. Their new digs will be at the recently renovated Pegasus Place, formerly the Exxon Mobil campus, at 3110...
View Article10 Local Craft Breweries Hosting Games, Events and Frothy Good Times
After a year of hunkering down, no one is more ready to spread their wings in the sunshine, unencumbered by a pandemic, than North Texas breweries.
View ArticleMeet the Dallas Artists Who Create Local Craft Beer Can Designs
What do a mural artist, a graphic artist specializing in user experience and a brewery co-owner have in common? The simple answer is that they’re designing art for the beer can labels of Dallas-made...
View ArticleWestlake Brewing: Beer Drinkers With a Running Problem Pour a Pint in Deep Ellum
On a recent cool Wednesday evening, a group of runners gathered outside Westlake Brewery Co. for a self-paced out-and-back down Swiss Avenue. No one is racing here (that's a lie), just a casual trot...
View ArticleBooze: March Was a Happy Hour, Then Mom Showed Up, Plus Top 10 Texas Bars
The receipts are in: March was a giant happy hour across the state. Then in May, Mother's Day blew the lid off. After a year of capacity restrictions, the gates were finally fully opened for all...
View Article9 Summer Beer Picks from Craft Beer Cellars, Plus the Bar Is Open Again
Craft Beer Cellars on Gaston Avenue is a beer lovers’ playground. This small spot opened in 2016 a few years into the local craft beer boom. Owner Jim Waskow spent a career in the paint industry and...
View ArticleNo Drinks on the Motherf***ing Plane: Southwest Flies Dry and American Goes...
Now that vaccines are being widely distributed, Americans are booking flights again. And many airlines are resuming business as usual, including allowing passengers to imbibe in freshly poured...
View ArticleThings to Do This Weekend: Texas Pie Fest and TAP Beer Fest
So long as we can stay dry, it’s a great time to get out and, once again, celebrate all the amazing food and beverages around North Texas. It might be hard to choose between the different events this...
View ArticleKegs & Mugs Is in Castle Hills Because Suburbanites Also Need Good Beer
Let's be honest; we've no family in tow today, and we're here for a beer. Kegs & Mugs has almost three dozen offerings on tap, stocked heavily with local brewers like Hop & Sting, 3 Nations or...
View ArticleDallas Observer Morning After Brunch Is Back, Presale Tickets Available Now
If any city deserves an entire event to flaunt its brunch game, it’s Dallas. On Sunday, Sept. 12, it’ll get just that. The Dallas Observer is hosting its 5th Annual The Morning After Brunch at the...
View ArticleFirst Look: On Rotation Brewery and Kitchen Opens in The Braniff Centre
After a year or so that must have felt like a comedy of errors to owners Jacob and Lindsay Sloan, On Rotation has finally moved into The Braniff Centre on Lemmon Avenue. The brewpub originally opened...
View ArticleBest Places in Dallas to Drink (AKA "Work Remotely") with Your Dog
It's "Take Your Dog to Work" Day, so we're giving you our favorite "remote offices" at which you can drink with your pup.
View ArticleMazel Tov, You Lushes: Texas Breaks Monthly Booze Sales Record in May
It's no longer a question of "if," rather "by how much." The local bar and restaurant scene is back with margarita machines swirling at helicopter speed trying to keep up. Our cup quite literally...
View ArticleThe Nine Best Places to Get Boilermakers in Dallas
There are few alcoholic pairings more iconic than a cold beer and a shot. While commonly called a boilermaker, that term technically refers to the process of dropping a shot into a beer and then...
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