Fortress Beerworks is proud to announce the acquisition of B52. While core operations will remain in Spring, this new distribution arm will allow both businesses to...
No Label Brewing Cali Boy IPA is a true San Diego-style West Coast IPA with a bold and aggressive flavor. Pineapple, gummy bear, and cannabis combine notes in a...
Lakewood Brewing Houston Market Relaunch begins May 1. Lakewood first landed on our shelves at the end of 2020, leading with their famous...
Overall, Lakewood/AleSmith Mechanical Unicorn Hazy IPA has one of the most uncommon flavor profile seen in a hazy IPA. But it freakin' works! The...
Misfit and Fortress collab on a lot more than a beer release, and the winners are beer drinkers on the Northwest side. The Misfit Outpost is the epitome of how relationships are bigger than the...
Brewery Social Media - Are You Doing it Wrong? The year was circa 2016, and I was still (not surprisingly) pretty amateur at brewery social media - heck social media altogether. I mainly used Facebook and Twitter, with the latter being a collection of small phrases for my even smaller thoughts. When it came to interacting with businesses, I relied heavily on their websites. Hours of operation, contact info, etc. All on the website. It's the internet, after all, right? When visiting family out-of-town one summer day, I decided to round them...
Star Sailor HTX - Legends Never Die They say legends never die. At least The Babe did in The Sandlot. In the Houston craft beer scene, Marin Slanina just so happens to be a legend. Star Sailor HTX Where Legends Live She first made a splash in our area as Operations Manager at B52 Brewing, transforming their social media presence and developing a killer, TV and movie-themed lineup of beers. She then moved south to open Urban South HTX, Houston's first out-of-town brewery. Well, like an imperial stout aging in a bourbon...
Houston is MASSIVE, and it's not always possible to meet up at someone's place. Can we bottle share at a brewery? Some of Houston's owners weigh in, and the results...
The best selling stout in Texas hits Houston shelves alongside other Lakewood staples. Lakewood Brewing Temptress Stout, the best selling stout in Texas...
National Sour Beer Day kicked off September. While celebrating in a taproom is somewhat challenging this year, we still wanted...
Once a hop becomes commercially produced, it gets an official name. For example, Sabro was originally named HBC 438 and Strata X331. Galaxy hops...
International Beer Day is this Friday, August 7th, and while raising a glass to beer around the world is nothing new, this is the one day of the year where it's official. According to our research, *Mrs. Frizzle voice,*...
History has it that Saint Arnold brewed beer instead of forcing his local people to drink the water that was making them sick. That's the kind of attitude we look for around here at Beer Chronicle....
Brewed with Galaxy and Sabro hops, this NEIPA pours a bright golden yellow color with light lacing and a head that quickly disappears. While hazy and fairly opaque, it does not...
I LOVE barrel-aged beers. Stouts, sours, Belgians...
We took a look into why high ABV beers are so expensive, and with the help of some local hard-hitters we came up with a few good reasons. Turns out it’s...
Ever been down the beer aisle and been overwhelmed? There are so many choices these days that it can be challenging to remember everything you like. Pull up your list and you're all set, whether buying an old favorite or branching out...
Two Houston breweries now have Foeders filled. Foeders themselves have been around a LONG time. The trend in beer, not so much. A recent renaissance in production of foeders in the last few years has made it...
Great question. In the beer world of fancy terms like "specific gravity" and "attenuation," the word "mule" is both obvious and confusing all at once. Let's take a look at 5 things that answer the question “What is a beer mule?” ...
Beer Can Appreciation Day is a day to recognize beer cans, those decoratively-decorated aluminum vessels that we’re all chasing across the country, turn 85 this year. ...