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Monday January 30, 2012: Beer from that City Up North at The Petrol Station

Posted by john | Beer, Meetings | Posted on January 30th, 2012

The Petrol Station has some friends visiting from the Big “D” and is celebrating by tapping a keg of IPA from one of the newest craft breweries in Texas.  We promise this won’t be one of those “oh, I want my two friends who don’t have anything in common except me to meet and be friends” kind of awkward platonic set ups where everybody is uncomfortable and just wants to leave. Come out to sample the new beer, or to take advantage of their ‘pint and a burger‘ Monday night special, or maybe some rosemary feta french fries and a pint.  Or just a pint. See you at 985 Wakefield, in Garden Oaks, at 8 PM.

Beer in Greco-Roman antiquity

Posted by mike | Beer | Posted on January 25th, 2012

This thesis is an attempt to collect all the evidence for beer found in ancient Greek and Latin authors, from 700 B.C. to A.D. 900, and to provide analysis of and commentary on this material. The thesis is divided into three parts, one on the philology of beer, dealing with the various words and expressions for the beverage in Greek and Latin, one on the technology of beer, dealing with the methods of beer production in antiquity and the characteristics of the final product, and finally, one on the ideology of beer, dealing with Greek and Roman views concerning the drink and their subsequent influence on others.

via Beer in Greco-Roman antiquity.

Best letter ever written to a Lawyer

Posted by mike | Beer | Posted on January 13th, 2012

It’s a shame we won’t be getting a Freetail brewpub in Houston. These guys seem like a lot of fun.

Moon Tower on the Horizon: A(nother) New Brewpub

Posted by mike | Beer | Posted on January 4th, 2012

We still think it was nuts to close Moon Tower Inn just when the Houston weather was most conducive to outdoor dining.  We could have given them plenty of ideas on how to keep serving up the sausage during the build out.  However, we were pretty excited when we heard about their plans to open a brewery as a part of the new, improved, MTI; even more so when we heard who will be manning the mash tuns. Lushtastic has the details.  Now if they would just be open Monday nights!

Win free tickets to BCTC (Belgium Comes to Cooperstown)

Posted by mike | Beer | Posted on June 22nd, 2011

Saveur and Ommegang are teaming up to give away tickets to BCTC:

‘This is BCTC’!  Belgium Comes to Cooperstown.

Over 200 Belgian-style and true Belgian beers, from 50 craft breweries and ten importers, celebrating the best of the Belgian tradition of beer.  BCTC is consistently ranked in the top 5 of beer festivals and is one of the few that is uniquely independent.

The event has sold out 8 years running, often with tickets selling out in minutes.  But we have your entry.  In celebrating food and beer, this is your chance to win two VIP passes to this year’s event, including hotel accommodations.

Festival Dates – July 29th – 30th

VIP Passes Include:
• Exclusive Brewery Ommegang beer dinner on Friday night
• Innovative Brewery Ommegang beer tasting Saturday (featuring limited and exclusive beer releases)
• Admission to Belgium Comes to Cooperstown festival

Hotel accommodations for the weekend (Friday & Saturday) in the Village of Cooperstown

If you go, you might find at least one other fun thing to do there.