Houston Beer Scene Taking Flight

Some happy New Year's morning reading for you Texas craft beer fans as you shake off your hangover: Houston Chronicle business reporter and beer blogger Ronnie Crocker says Houston-area breweries, ranging from the established Saint Arnold to newbies like No Label, really did well over the past year.

The killer quote, from Saint Arnold's Brock Wagner: "If you'd told me we'd be at 40,000 [barrels per year] in five years, I'd have told you you were smoking dope."

My Texas Beers Round-up in the 'Chronicle'

In case you missed it in the paper version, my round-up of Texas beers appeared in The Austin Chronicle last week. Comments/critiques welcomed either here or on the Chronicle website. (photo by John Anderson for The Austin Chronicle. Do not reprint without his permission.)