Eola School Featured in Austin Chronicle

I'm not the only writer at The Austin Chronicle with a keen interest in beer. Eola School, the brewery and restaurant way out near San Angelo, was the subject of this week's "Day Trips" column. Read and enjoy. Damn, I still haven't made it out there, and not sure if I ever will now that the only person I knew in San Angelo no longer lives there. (Despite the column name, Eola is a bit more than what I consider a day trip from Austin – 185 miles away.)

Gerald didn't mention the eBay ad owner Mark Cannon (pictured) posted in November last year trying to sell the place. I'll try to find out the latest on that.

(Photo copyright Gerald E. McLeod – do not reproduce without his permission.)

Wanna buy a brewery?

Looks like Mark Cannon at Eola School is looking to sell. For the unfamiliar: He bought an abandoned schoolhouse out in West Texas near San Angelo that once served a wide spot in the road called Eola, and converted it into a restaurant, hotel, and brewery, which he apparently runs as a one-man show. It'll be too bad if it goes under, because I never got out there to visit. Plus West Texans need good beer.

Tip of the hat to Machuca and other Austin beer bloggers for tipping me off to the eBay listing.