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Art Kegs at Monsters Of Beer Charity Festival

A few weeks ago, Live It BIG, Inc, the charity organization behind Monsters Of Beer Charity Festival and Camp Beer, sent out a call (with the help of Diverse Works) to artists around the city to see what they might do with a plain ordinary keg. The idea was simple: could a keg be made into a [...]

Meet Mikkel Borg Bjergsø at the Flying Saucer

Mikkel Borg Bjergsø will rub elbows with the lucky attendees at this tasting event as part of only 3 appearances in Houston. Flying Saucer hasn’t announced what beers will be at the event yet, but knowing Jake Rainey, you will not be disappointed! As of now, the event is expected to start at 2pm, but [...]

Mikkeller/Jester King Beer Dinner at Hay Merchant/Underbelly

We are thrilled to announce that Mikkel Borg Bjergso of Mikkeller Brewing will join Jeff Stuffings from Jester King Brewing to showcase their beers at a joint beer dinner to be held at Hay Merchant (actually, it will be at Underbelly next door, but who cares!). Hosting the evening will be Kevin Floyd, co-owner of Hay Merchant [...]

Ladies Of Craft Beer Meetup at Flying Saucer

If you are a woman who is interested to learn more about craft beer or are just looking for a few cool chicks to hang out with — this group is for you! We are the Houston Ladies of Craft Beer and we get together about once a month to hang out and have a [...]

Houston Beer Week Calendar Information

As you may be aware, we will have a calendar of events that will be taking place during Houston Beer Week. Officially speaking, the calendar for Houston Beer Week opens on August 15th. Beginning today, we will accept listings for events at bars, restaurants and retail establishments. Any bar, restaurant or retail establishment who would like to participate, need only [...]

Ambassador Program

During Houston Beer Week, we expect to have several brewery dignitaries in town for events, dinners, tastings, Monsters Of Beer Charity Festival and other fun stuff. Most of these folks aren’t very familiar with Houston and we thought they might appreciate a little help. Toward that end, we are announcing the Houston Beer Week Ambassador [...]

Houston Beer Week Compendium

Houston Beer Week is announcing the creation of the Houston Beer Week Compendium. The HBW Compendium will be a 4×6” printed guide that will be sold for $10. It will contain information about the establishments who are participating in Houston Beer Week along with a list of events they are holding each day. Each page [...]

Night After Monsters with Whole Foods Market Montrose

Houston Beer Week is proud to announce that we will be hosting a private rare and one-off beer tasting with Whole Foods Market Monstrose on Sunday, November 13, 2011. We are actively pursuing beers as of this writing, so we will be updating you with more information as the event draws closer. However, rest assured [...]

Cantillon Zwanze Day 2011

We are completely overjoyed to announce that Cantillon‘s Zwanze Day will be held at Avenue Pub in New Orleans!!! SQQQQUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEE! When Cantillon announced Zwanze Day 2011, there was only one establishment, of the only 10 American locations listed, that was anywhere near Houston who would be receiving the extremely rare beer. Given that NO bottles of the 2011 Zwanze will be [...]

Ladies of Craft Beer Meet Up

The ladies are doing it again! Every third Tuesday of the month join Houston women who love craft beer and have a great time. This month, the meet up is at the Ginger Man in Rice Village. Starting around 6pm come join the rowdy and riotous Ladies Of Craft Beer Houston. And don’t forget about [...]