Sep 29, 2015
South Austin Brewery announces they will have a new distributor for Austin Texas and surrounding counties. Beginning September 23rd, South Austin Brewery products will be distributed by Ben E. Keith in Travis, Hays and Williamson counties. Ben E. Keith Beverages is one of the largest independent beer wholesalers in the country. They distribute Anheuser-‐Busch InBev products and many well-‐known craft and import brands including: Real Ale, Franconia, Alaskan, Brooklyn, Sierra Nevada, Paulaner, Chimay, Spaten, and many more. South Austin Brewery is proud to join the Ben E. Keith family.
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Sep 29, 2015
For Texas breweries, this year’s Great American Beer Festival, held annually in Denver, proved to be an event for the record books.
A total of 15 medals were given to breweries and brewpubs in the state yesterday at the festival’s big awards show, the centerpiece of the sudsy three-day affair. Although that’s one less medal than last year, an unprecedentedly high number of the medals were gold — a new record for Texas.
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Sep 21, 2015
O’Zapft is! Oktoberfest has started!
Kegs around the world were tapped Saturday to celebrate the beginning of Oktoberfest. North Texas is no exception as it is a wünderschönes land filled with those eager to celebrate the turning of the seasons, good beer and good company.
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Sep 18, 2015
From CNN – Kendra Bowen, Anheuser-Busch Global Yeast Manager, spoke with CNN about how and why the taste of Budweiser remains the same as it did when the beer originated. To ensure the quality and taste of Budweiser products, a strain of yeast that dates back to the 1800s is used throughout the entire brewing process. The master strain, which is kept cryogenically frozen in liquid nitrogen at Budweiser’s main brewery in St. Louis, is extracted for use one milliliter at a time. Once the yeast has thawed, it is then grown into 100 barrels of fresh yeast, where it is kegged, packed with ice and shipped to breweries across the world. “The strain is about A-B’s heritage and brewing process,” said Bowen. “The quality of that strain is the quality of Budweiser.”
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