No Label Brewing 1st & 2nd Anniversary Party

Tickets are now on sale for No Label Brewing's 1st & 2nd anniversary party being held on Sept 22nd from 6:00pm ~ 10:00pm. Tickets are $25 each and include a glass, beer, food and live music as well as a chance to win special prizes.

2012 BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival

The 3rd annual BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival in Galveston takes the place this Labor Day Weekend.  Over 400 craft beers will be available, including one of a kind and hard to get brews in the Taste It First section. In addition to sampling beer at the BrewHaHa Grand Tasting, there are other events such as beer and food pairing, beer and cigar pairing, pub crawl and live music throughout the weekend. See the website for tickets as there is a variety of packages and options (in fact, its almost a little confusing).

2012 Texas Craft Brewers Festival

The 2012 Texas Craft Brewers Festival is taking place on Saturday, October 6th at Fiesta Gardens in Austin and tickets are now on sale.

A General Admission ticket is $20 which includes a wristband, six 4-oz sampling tokens and a Commemorative TCBF tasting cup. A VIP ticket package is also available which includes a 2-hour meet & greet session with brewers before the festival begins, first access to special limited beers, a festival t-shirt, festival pint glass (upon exiting festival), wristband with six 4-oz sampling tokens and commemorative tasting cup.

A list of participating breweries and available beers will be released closer to the day of the event.

Beer Festival and Food Pairing at the Houston City Club

The Houston City Club in conjunction with BeerLovers.com is hosting a beer festival and food pairing event on Thursday, July 26th from 5:30pm to 10:00pm.

Representatives from local Texas breweries will be on hand to answer questions and talk about their beer and the Club's Executive Chef will be preparing bite-sized food items paired specifically for the beer being served. There will be a speaking lineup as well including Brock Wagner from Saint Arnold, Ronnie Crocker from the Houston Chronicle and author of Houston Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Bayou City, and also representatives from several of the new Houston breweries such as Fort Bend, City Acre, and Town In City.  There's also some great door prizes such as beer gift baskets, private brewery tours, a "design-a-beer" opportunity offered by Bufffalo Bayou and the Club is offering a trip to Barton Creek in Austin.

The event is open to the public but you must RSVP due to limited space (call 713-840-9001 or email Yvette.Matchette@ourclub.com).

Open The Taps Anniversary Party

Open The Taps (a grassroots organization dedicated to changing Texas beer laws and regulations) is celebrating its first anniversary with a party at Petrol Station on Saturday, July 21st from Noon to 6:00pm. Live music, special cask beers and Petrol Station's new kitchen should be up and running. Come find out what the group has been up to over the past year and their plans for the future.