• ‘Revisiting’ a historic beer at New Magnolia Brewing
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    ‘Revisiting’ a historic beer at New Magnolia Brewing

    Over 10 years ago, when my now wife and I were planning our wedding, one of the places we looked for the venue was the old Houston Ice and Brewing Building, also known as Magnolia Brewing. We ended up going with other options, but the Magnolia Brewing Company has always stuck in my head as

  • A perfect beer for a Houston Winter
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    A perfect beer for a Houston Winter

    Last weekend I had the fortunate time of visiting Equal Parts Brewing, located a stone’s throw from Ninfa’s on Navigation. The beer that drew me to them was a new release that they brewed in collaboration with Country Malt Group. Neo-noir is a Munich Style Dunkle brewed with a new chocolate malt from Bestmalz in

  • A Great IPA from Great Heights
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    A Great IPA from Great Heights

    The greater Heights area has been fortunate to have a surge of great breweries in the last few years. It started with Eureka Heights, and was quickly followed by other tasty breweries like New Magnolia and Astral. One of my personal favorites has been Great Heights Brewing, located on Wakefield in the Garden Oaks neighborhood.

  • A Crispy Lil’ Snack from 11 Below Brewing
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    A Crispy Lil’ Snack from 11 Below Brewing

    In the hot days of August, I always find myself reaching for the crispiest of crispy beers. I have a few standbys, but I’m always looking for something new to try. I”ve seen 11 Below’s Lil’ Snack in years past, but hadn’t tried it yet so I decided to have that to start Houston Beer

  • Holler at this Flight of Pilsners
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    Holler at this Flight of Pilsners

    I was perusing Instagram a few days ago and saw a great post from Holler Brewing. If you haven’t seen it yet, please go to their twitter or Instagram accounts and find the video, it is great. I was instantly intrigued. Then he said you can get a flight of them and I was sold,

  • A Hangout in the Heights
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    A Hangout in the Heights

    Located just off White Oak Bayou at 17th, New Magnolia has created a great spot for the Houston beer drinker. Their taproom and brewery feels old school in the best way possible. They don’t try to be anything but a place to drink their great beer, with an assortment of seating from a long bar

  • A Whole (Foods) New Brew
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    A Whole (Foods) New Brew

    Whole Foods Brewing just released their second can this week without much fanfare. I was fortunate enough to be at the Post Oak location earlier this week and saw these cans in the cooler, so I had to grab them to try. This is the first of Head Brewer Chris Shelton’s original recipes that I

  • Great Beers and Food Make Local Group Out of This World
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    Great Beers and Food Make Local Group Out of This World

    With their official grand opening February 28th last year, Local Group Brewing has had a difficult first year in business. I fortunately got to check them out then and was looking forward to trying more of their beers and food. Then the pandemic and ensuing shut down went into effect, and ended all plans. I

  • Whole Foods Market DL Double IPA Fresh From the Can!
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    Whole Foods Market DL Double IPA Fresh From the Can!

    If you didn’t read my last article, shame on you, but also, you didn’t hear the news that Whole Foods Market was going to begin canning. The first run of DL Double was canned yesterday, March 1st, and I picked up a 4-pack this morning so I could bring you the review ASAP. The beer

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