Headed down for a wedding and I’ll have a couple days free. One of those will probably be a beach day around Galveston and/or Surfside, the other I’m thinking about Austin but that may not be realistic driving time. Any beery recommendations? We’ll be staying near the Galleria on the west side of town.
I’m not sure the date your heading down but I am particularly fond of No Label Beer. I like their El Hefe and their IPA. Buffalo Bayou Brewing has some great stuff including their Gingerbread Stout and their Brown Buffalo Rye’d.
If you do get to Austin, make sure you check out Craft Pride. They have 50 beers on tap and all of them are Texas beers. 512 Brewing is one of my all time favs. Keg only, no bottle, no can…
Griff
Yes craft pride. That place is great. Down the block is Bangers. Lots of beer and yummy sausages.
It’s been about 7 or 8 years since I was in Houston, but I did do a lot of drinking when I was down there. You won’t find much for breweries, but they have some great pubs. Red Lion and Mucky Duck were my favorites, spent a lot of time and dough at those two, and they’re only roughly a mile apart if memory serves. Also the Ginger Man was alright, although filled with trendy poser hipster yuppies. But they do have a lot of great taps and Belgians including sours so it’s kind of worthwhile if you can put up with the humans and the high prices. Yeah… Red Lion was definitely my fave. English beers on tap, great atmosphere. Get the fish ‘n’ chips – you will not be sorry! At least, assuming it’s remained the same for the past 7-8 years. And Mucky Duck’s got great music every night… worth a stop or three. Yeah, it’s between those two for me. I went to a bunch of other pubs as well but they all sucked in comparison.