Saint Arnold Brewing Company


Saint Arnold Brewing Company, located in Houston, is Texas’ Oldest Craft Brewery. Our goal is to brew world class beers and deliver them to our customers as fresh as possible making them the best beers in Texas. Our customers are beer lovers – people that appreciate great, full-flavored beers.

Our small crew of seventeen does everything at the brewery: brew the beer, filter the beer, keg the beer, bottle the beer, sell the beer and drink the beer. For us, this is a passion, not a job. We believe that this comes through in the beers we make. Our beers have soul.

We brew ten different beers. Five are made year round and five are seasonal. They are available in bars, restaurants, grocery stores, liquor stores and warehouse stores in Houston, Austin, Dallas, Ft. Worth and San Antonio.

Our first keg of beer was shipped on June 9, 1994 making us now open for 14 years, 8 months, and 7 days . Founded by Brock Wagner and Kevin Bartol, we chose Houston because, other than living here, this was the largest city in the country that did not have a microbrewery. Brock was a longtime homebrewer and had considered opening a brewery as far back as college, although that was quickly dismissed as a silly idea. Seven years after graduating, Brock revisited the idea, enlisted Kevin’s help and the brewery was off and running. Kevin has since left the business after a bitter battle. (Just kidding – but don’t you wish people wrote that when it was the truth?).

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Amber Ale

A well-balanced, full flavored, amber ale. It has a rich, malty body with a pleasant caramel character derived from a specialty Caravienne malt. A complex hop aroma, with a hint of floral and citrus comes from a combination of Cascades and Liberty hops. It has a rich, creamy head with a fine lace. The light fruitiness, characteristic of ales, is derived from a proprietary yeast strain.

Bronze Medal, World Beer Cup, Special Best Bitter, 2004
Third Place – American-style Pale and Amber Ale, Real Ale Festival, 2000
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival, Extra Special Bitter, 1999
Gold Medal, All American Brew Fest, Pale Ale, 1997
Silver Medal, World Beer Championships, Pale Ale, 1996
1st Place – Colorado State Fair, American Pale Ale, 1995

ABV: 5.5%
IBUs: 31


Brown Ale

A beautiful, deep copper brown ale. It has a full, malty body with hints of chocolate, a touch of sweetness and a light hop flavor. A complex malt character is created by combining five different types of malts. It has a rich, creamy head with a fine lace. The light fruitiness, characteristic of ales, is derived from a proprietary yeast strain.

Saint Arnold Brown Ale is best consumed at 45º-50º Fahrenheit.

ABV: 5.3%
IBUs: 24


Texas Wheat

A refreshing, flavorful filtered wheat beer. The perfect beer to accompany a meal or for a summer’s day. The wheat contributes a lighter flavor while maintaining a rich body. The beer has a light hop profile—just enough to give the beer balance and complexity. The light fruitiness is derived from a Kolsch yeast strain. A chill haze may be present, which is a characteristic of wheat beers. Saint Arnold Texas Wheat is best consumed at 40º-45º Fahrenheit.

ABV: 4.9%
IBUs: 18


Fancy Lawnmower

A true German-style Kolsch. Originally brewed in Cologne, this beer is light yet has a sweet malty body that is balanced by a complex, citrus hop character. Multiple additions of German Hallertauer hops are used to achieve this delicate flavor. We use a special Kolsch yeast, an ale yeast that ferments at lager temperatures, to yield the slightly fruity, clean flavor of this beer. Fancy Lawnmower Beer is a world class brew yet light enough to be enjoyed by Texans after strenuous activities, like mowing the lawn.

Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower Beer is best consumed at 35º-45º Fahrenheit.

ABV: 4.9%
IBUs: 18


Elissa IPA

A traditional India Pale Ale, the Elissa IPA is very hoppy with a properly balanced malty body. Elissa has huge hop additions in the kettle that give it a wonderful bitterness and is then dry-hopped in the fermenter to create the pleasant floral, hoppy nose. Our reverse osmosis water makes the bitter very soft with no harsh notes to it. The maltiness is derived from British Maris Otter malt. Its rich flavor stands up to the hops that would otherwise dominate this beer. The Elissa is an authentic version of an India Pale Ale (IPA) style.

ABV: 6.6%
IBUs: 60


Divine Reserve

No. 9

Our Divine Reserve is a series of single batch beers, each brewed with a completely different recipe. The batches are identified by the number on the neck label. There is no particular theme to the beers, although it can be assumed that most all of them will be big. Many will benefit from being aged under refrigeration, not at room temperature.

Since we brew such small batches, and the releases are closely watched by our loyal fans, the Divine Reserve sells out quickly! Sign up for the Saint Arnold Newsletter to be alerted to future releases.

This is a bold, malty, smoky Scotch Ale. It pours a deep amber brown. It was quite cloudy at the time of bottling, but will clarify as it ages. The nose is full of smoky toffee notes. The taste opens with sweet malt and spice, then the alcohol comes up with a light residual sweetness on the finish. A balanced smoky flavor is in this beer from start to finish, although it never is the dominant character. It was brewed with 2-Row, Biscuit, Dark Crystal, Amber, Peated, Caramunich and Wheat malt. It is hopped early with Hallertau Tradition and late with Hallertau Hersbrucker. We fermented DR8 with a traditional Scotch Ale yeast. It is unfiltered. Enjoy at 45ºF or warmer. This beer was inspired by Phillip Kaufman’s winning entry in the 2009 Big Batch Brew Bash.

ABV: 11%


Spring Bock

An authentic, German-style Bock, celebrating the coming of spring. This strong, deeply flavored lager has been aged to create a smooth, malty taste with a hint of sweetness. A light addition of German hops balances the malt flavor.

Saint Arnold Spring Bock is best consumed at 40ºF.

Silver Medal, World Beer Cup, Traditional Bock, 1998

ABV: 6.4%
IBUs: 24


Summer Pils

A true bohemian-style pilsner. Crisp and refreshing, this beer is perfect for a hot summer day. Saint Arnold Summer Pils has a delicate, sweet malt taste complemented by an abundant hop aroma and flavor. This beer is brewed with fine German malt, and a copious quantity of “noble” hops imported from the Czech Republic.

Saint Arnold Summer Pils is best consumed at 36ºF.

Silver Medal, GABF, Munchner-Style Helles, 2008
Silver Medal, GABF, Munchner-Style Helles, 2005
Silver Medal, GABF, Munchner-Style Helles, 2003
Gold Medal, Colorado State Fair, Pilsner, 1997

ABV: 4.9%
IBUs: 41


Oktoberfest

A full bodied, malty, slightly sweet beer celebrating the Autumn harvest. This rich beer has a round malt flavor and an above average alcohol content perfect for a cool fall evening.
Saint Arnold Oktoberfest is best consumed at 40ºF.

Bronze Medal, Great American Beer
Festival, Scottish Ale, 2001
Bronze Medal, Great American Beer Festival, Scottish Ale, 2000
Silver Medal, World Beer Championship, Oktoberfest, 1998

ABV: 6.0%
IBUs: 24


Christmas Ale

A rich, hearty ale perfect for the holiday season with a malty sweetness and spicy hop character. The generous use of five different malts is responsible for the full flavor and high alcohol level of this beer.

Saint Arnold Christmas Ale is best consumed at 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Gold Medal, Real Ale Festival, Old Ale/Strong Ale, 2000
Gold Medal, Real Ale Festival, Old Ale/Strong Ale, 1998
Bronze Medal, World Beer Cup, Old Ale/Strong Ale, 1998
Silver Medal, World Beer Championships, Strong Ale, 1997

ABV: 7.0%
IBUs: 35


Winter Stout

A creamy, full bodied sweet stout with a subtle chocolate and coffee flavors and a well balanced soft roastiness. Saint Arnold Winter Stout is loosely filtered to preserve a rich mouthfeel which is particularly satisfying during the colder months.

Saint Arnold Winter Stout is best consumed at 45ºF.

Silver Medal, Great American Beer Festival, Sweet Stout, 2000

ABV: 5.6%
IBUs: 36


Weedwacker

Saint Arnold Brewing Company (www.saintarnold.com), the oldest craft brewery in Texas, today announced plans for a series of special brews that offer a twist on their year-round beer recipes. The first quarterly release in the so-called ?Movable Yeast? series, will be Saint Arnold Weedwacker, a re-yeasted version of Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower Beer, which has quietly become the brewery?s biggest seller.

The concept behind the Movable Yeast series is to focus on the flavor contribution of yeast. Each release will be created by brewing a regular batch of a Saint Arnold beer and then splitting the wort (unfermented beer) into two 60 bbl fermenters. One fermenter will be pitched with the yeast normally used in that beer and the second fermenter will be pitched with an alternative yeast and the beer given a different name.

Saint Arnold Weedwacker will be Fancy Lawnmower Beer fermented with Bavarian hefeweizen yeast. This yeast contributes esters to the beer resulting in clove and banana flavors. Like a hefeweizen, Weedwacker will not be filtered. It is scheduled for release to selected Texas restaurants and bars on Monday, August 16, 2010.