The MVB winner has been announced! We're getting the trophy, the framed certificate, and the side bar ads on the to do list, and we'll be reaching out to interview them very soon!...
Labor day weekend means beer and grilling. Why not let somebody else cook for you and enjoy your choice of 150+ beers at Brewmasters Craft Beer Fest 2019...
Beer Reviews / 23.07.2018
Galveston Island Brewing Island Haze IPA
Island Haze IPA pours as opaque as the beach water on Galveston’s shores, but instead of brown, it’s a bright orange color. Straight juice. The foamy...
Beer Reviews, Houston Beer News / 04.12.2017
Top 5 Best Stouts in Houston
The irony here is that last year we had to work pretty hard to gather all the IPAs, and do it quickly all while being mindful of the bottled/canned dates. This time, we didn't have to worry about freshness nearly as much, but we managed to wrangle all the stouts together much quicker. We met up at Drink of Ages and had Jon partake in the...
The post that almost never happened: After a few weeks of gathering beer from all over town, and one long ass drive to Galveston Island, we did it. We had them all. We met up with a few other friends for a potluck meal just before Thanksgiving, and the Top 5 Best IPAs in Houston was born. None of us are official BJCP judges or cicerones (yet), as you may have read elsewhere on the site, but here's our take as consumers - just regular dudes that...
Citra Mellow IPA is my first beer from Galveston Island Brewing. Very mild, would be a killer beer for the beach! Very mellow to start, hop bitterness to finish. Slight floral notes along with a sneaky high ABV. A very good intro to IPAs as it not very hoppy/bitter at all. An easy drinking, all day type of beer. ...
Beer Reviews / 21.11.2016
Galveston Island Citra Mellow by Tony
Citra Mellow is a special beer. The team and I have been on a hunt for the last few weeks to gather a handful of certain "special" beers from around the Greater Houston area, and Citra Mellow was on that list. (More info on why it's special soon.) We got word that Galveston Island Brewing had started canning Citra Mellow, and the day the cans were available, we made a drive down to Galveston for a couple 6 packs....