Sylvia Benavidez

Saint Arnold's Summer Pils and Chill

Did you know that Saint Arnold Brewing Company original Summer Pils recipe debuted June 1997 as their first lager recipe? Groovy. It's original name was Summerfest but according to Saint Arnold's website, they got hung up with legal challenges against Sierra Nevada over the name. Ultimately, the breweries worked out a…

Back Pew Brewing is known for their clean brilliant lager beers. Beer of the Beast is none of that, in fact just the opposite - in every possible way. During the anniversary event, Bobby Harl owner and head brewer at Back Pew gave us a run through of what to expect with his new beer creation. Beer of the Beast is a…

Cold Beer + Cooking Competitions: It's officially cookoff season in Houston

Yeehaw! With the Houston rodeo starting real soon, it's hard not to thinking about the season of cold weather cooking. Gumbos, stews and my personal Texas favorite, CHILI! It's Texas after all and chili cookoffs are quite common in the month of January & February at a few local breweries. If you think you got the best…

A weekend in Austin Texas

It’s not often I can get out to our sister city Austin to explore the beers. The last time I was in Austin was in 2017 for a quick work conference and didn't have time to explore. I visited 4th Tap and Oskar Blues because both were pretty close to my hotel room. The Austin chapter of The Beer Necessities was meeting…

5 stellar reasons to visit Star Sailor HTX

Of all the bars and craft pubs in Houston, a select few stick out to me as "true craft beer centric pub eateries" in this city. To name a few, I'm talking about Petrol Station (RIP), Nobi Public House, Hughie's, MoonTower Inn, Thistle Draftshop, Hop Stop (RIP), The Regal Beagle, Saucer, Cobble & Spoke, Hay Merchant,…

Brewery Hopping in Houston’s East End

#HoustonBeerMonth Guest Submission from Cole Wehner Houston’s breweries are as widespread as it’s never-ending freeway system but there are a few spots in town where you can easily do a traditional “bar-hop” between breweries! One of our favorite brewery-hops, not only because we live down the street, is in the East…

Waterfront beer experience at Lake Houston Brewery

#HoustonBeerMonth Guest Submission from Jason Ducey When reviewing beers, it can sometimes be difficult to separate the experience from the beer. Sometimes in the right surrounding a beer you once passed on could be short lived favorite. Lake Houston Brewery located in Huffman Texas eliminates all the negative with…

My neighborhood brewery: New Magnolia Brewing

#HoustonBeerMonth Guest submission by Chris Ayers New Magnolia Brewing is one of the newer breweries that has popped up in Houston, and they're a pretty close neighborhood brewery to me. I’ve been going since their soft open back in November of 2019 (back before the world went crazy!) I want to talk about their green…

Fancy Lawnmowers and Love

If we’ve ever spoken about life defining events it’s likely that you’ve heard this story. Back in 1999, I was taking a beverage class at San Jacinto College Central in Pasadena. Part of the curriculum was a field trip to a then mostly unknown little brewery called Saint Arnold. It was my first exposure to craft beer…

Hyper Light - Simple and Satisfying

Do you even drink beer, bro? With the amount of new beer and extraordinary flavors and styles out on the market now, I has dawned on me that many beer fans have forgotten about how beer actually tastes. Yes, that's right. Just regular beer. The beers that our fathers drank. The beers that their fathers drank. As craft…

Aug 8th

That last beer of the weekend is a damn good one.

#Houston Beer Celebration 2021 at Star Sailor

HOUSTON! YOU ARE INVITED! Aug 28th starting at 4pm I can't think of a better place to host an event focused on celebrating Houston beer than Star Sailor HTX . This small beer boutique in the Heights embodies the community and vibes that I think best represents the craft beer scene in Houston. More on that later! ;) To…