Missouri City’s Five Tool Player – Texas Leaguer Brewing

The five-tool player is an elusive, yet coveted type of baseball player every team aspires to have. It’s the type of player that can...

Spring Branch Celebrates 4J Brewing’s Opening

Until last year, the Spring Branch area of Houston was a complete craft beer desert. The Branch craft beer bar changed that, but the...

Cranky Britches Has No Frills, Just Great Beer

Last fall, we took a trip to Oregon and toured brewery after brewery along the entire state’s coastline. What we couldn’t get over was the...

Devil And The Deep Kicks Off Mardi Gras Galveston

What better way to kick off Mardi Gras Galveston 2018 than celebrating the opening of the second full production brewery in the city of...

Craft Pride Opens The Cellar For Their Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel Blowout

Obviously, Texas craft beer is our passion at SHADE. It’s also a passion of Craft Pride, which is why we’ve supported this business for...

Drink Local – Thistle Draftshop

The brand new Thistle Draftshop in the north Houston suburb of Spring is a family affair with the hopes of establishing a top notch...

Road Trip – Lorelei Brewing Company

I don’t know what it is about the Texas gulf coast, but it’s got me. In addition to living full-time in Galveston, I thoroughly...

BREAKING – Pedernales Brewing Closing Their Doors

Bad news out of Fredericksburg as Pedernales Brewing is closing their doors. The e-mail sent to us by Lee Hereford, President/CEO of Pedernales Brewing,...

Drink Local – Baileson Brewing Company

We genuinely appreciate any brewery that is dog-friendly. By dog-friendly, we don’t mean allowing dogs on the patio. We mean allowing (well-behaved) dogs inside,...

Rundown – San Antonio Craft Cruiser

I’m not usually a “first-class” kind of guy. When we travel, we usually stay in cheaper Airbnb lodging or camp in state parks. We’ve...