Locations for Fine Beer in the Houston Area

three saint arnold pints

Circa 1998. Memories led me to dig this up. It’s a list of establishments that make, sell, or serve good beers in the Houston area. I maintained this list for five years.  I received lots of emails from locals and travelers because of it’s presence. It even made it into some dead-paper references, including at … Read more

Beer and Probability

cars parked along seawall

I took up a friend on joining her at a West Galveston beach house this past weekend.  I used the opportunity to get down there a little early and check out the Board Game Island and to ride my bike around the town and the sea wall.  Board Game Island is a cafe a few blocks off the Strand that has many board games for its visitors to borrow while there.

I had a nice sandwich while there, though they were out of bacon, what’s up with that?  They also serve beer and coffee.  The beer selection was a bit minimal, and the St. Arnold Weedwacker was server almost room temperature in the bottle (likely due to the face that the waitress was quite young an unfamiliar with beer – though she did know to offer some that weren’t listed in the menu.)

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More on Regulating Beer Distribution

Patrick Beach at the Austin-American Statesman ran an article on the current fight for an inch: Regulation, Legislation and Fun You Can’t Have with Texas Beer: the patchwork of Texas’ beer laws satisfies almost no one. My summary of it: beer distributers are engaging in anti-Texas behavior. Texas legislators are weak and willing to bow … Read more