Austin Beer Week: Final Day

Last call, folks: If you want to partake in any Austin Beer Week events, better do it now, because it ends tonight. Schedule below. Also, not listed: Today is the Austin leg of New Belgium's Tour de Fat.

11:00 am
Alamo S. Lamar Badass Beers
@ Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar)

11:00 am
Beer & Chocolate: Together at Last!
@ North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery

11:30 am
Ultimate Brewery & Brewpub Tour
@ Multiple Venues

12:00 pm
Saint Arnold Christmas Ale Tasting
@ Central Market Westgate

3:00 pm
Beer Pong Championship, featuring Franconia Falling Bock in Wooden Cask!
@ HomeField Grill

3:30 pm
Stash-o-Lantern Contest with Independence Brewing
@ Dog & Duck Pub

4:00 pm
ABW Happy Hour
@ North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery

4:00 pm
Special House Brews + Collaboration IPA on Cask All Week
@ Lovejoy’s Tap Room and Brewery

5:00 pm
Independence Beer & Appetizer Pairings
@ Parkside

5:00 pm
Texas Craft Brewers Guild - Membership Sign Up
@ The HighBall

5:00 pm
Real Ale Crew & Brew featuring Rare Barrel-Aged Brews
@ The Ginger Man

5:00 pm
ABW’s Last Call -- 1st Round
@ The HighBall

7:00 pm
(512) Cask Night
@ Red’s Porch

7:30 pm
ABW’s Last Call -- Final Round
@ The HighBall

Austin Beer Week, Day 7

Whoops, almost forgot to print today's Austin Beer Week schedule. See below.

Went to Billy's on Burnet last night for a delicious glass of a cask-version (512) Bruin. Yet again, (512) took a beer that didn't impress me much in its original incarnation, but became outstanding when they tinkered with it. I had the same experience with their One – the first version, for last year's one-year anniversary, was unspectacular, but the One.2 (aged in oak, I think?) blew me away at this year's Flying Saucer Fall Beer Fest.

Unfortunately, the Bruin was soured by the performance of the Texas Rangers in the World Series, but that's not the brewer's fault.

Today's lineup (sorry I'm late on some of these):

11:00 am
Alamo S. Lamar Badass Beers
@ Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar)

3:00 pm
Craft Cheese Meets Craft Beer: Independence Tasting with Antonelli’s Cheese
@ The Ginger Man

4:00 pm
Special House Brews + Collaboration IPA on Cask All Week
@ Lovejoy’s Tap Room and Brewery

4:00 pm
ABW Happy Hour + NXNW Keg Raffle (4-7)
@ North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery

4:00 pm
Deschutes Brewery’s All-Nighter ABW Specials
@ Icenhauer’s

5:00 pm
(512) Brewing Meet & Greet with Brewer/Owner Kevin Brand
@ Draught House Pub and Brewery

5:00 pm
Live Oak Oaktoberfest Cask Night + Meet & Greet
@ Red’s Porch

5:00 pm
Independence Convict Hill Cask Tapping
@ The Ginger Man

5:00 pm
Independence Beer & Appetizer Pairings
@ Parkside

5:00 pm
Downtown Beer Social: Breckenridge Vanilla Porter!
@ Whole Foods Market - 6th St. & Lamar

5:30 pm
(512) Meet & Greet + Pint Night
@ Clive Bar

6:00 pm
Real Ale Lost Gold IPA Cask - Opal’s on 6th ONLY
@ Opal Divine’s

6:00 pm
Real Ale Meet & Greet
@ Doc’s Motorworks

6:00 pm
Irrational Prix Fixe Beer Dinner
@ Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery

6:30 pm
Real Ale Phoenixx Double ESB Cask Tapping
@ Billy’s on Burnet

7:00 pm
Hoppy Halloween! Hoppy Beer Dinner & Movie
@ HomeField Grill

7:00 pm
Hop School IPA Brewpub Bus Tour & Palate Pop Quiz
@ North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery

Austin Beer Week, Day 6

Lots of good stuff on today's schedule:

4:00 pm
Alamo S. Lamar Badass Beers
@ Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar)

4:00 pm
Hop School Collaboration IPA - Draught House Edition
@ Draught House Pub and Brewery

4:00 pm
ABW Happy Hour (4-7) + ABW Pint Glass, One Mug Club, NXNW Keg Raffle (4-8:30)
@ North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery

4:00 pm
Special House Brews + Collaboration IPA on Cask All Week
@ Lovejoy’s Tap Room and Brewery

5:00 pm
Independence Beer & Appetizer Pairings
@ Parkside

5:00 pm
New Brewers Meet & Greet
@ Draught House Pub and Brewery

5:00 pm
Downtown Beer Social: North Coast Scrimshaw!
@ Whole Foods Market - 6th St. & Lamar

5:00 pm
Brooklyn Beer Co. Sampling
@ The Ginger Man

5:00 pm
Independence Brewing Convict Hill Stout Cask Night
@ Red’s Porch

6:00 pm
Tilburg’s Dutch Brown Ale Glass Night
@ The Tavern

6:00 pm
Thirsty Planet Pint Night featuring Thirsty Goat, Buckethead IPA & Thirsty Planet Brewers
@ The Tavern

6:00 pm
Real Ale Coffee Porter Tapping w. Crew
@ Black Sheep Lodge

6:00 pm
Acoustic Night at the Jester King Beer Hall
@ Jester King Craft Brewing

6:00 pm
Beer Flavor Analysis - A Blind Tasting
@ Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery

6:30 pm
Dogfish Head Bitches Brew Tapping
@ The Ginger Man

7:00 pm
Texas Craft Brewers Guild - Membership Sign Up
@ Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que

7:00 pm
North Coast Brewers Dinner
@ Zax Restaurant

7:00 pm
Real Ale Coffee Porter Release & ESB Cask Tapping -- Just Added: Brewhouse Brown Cask!
@ Alamo Drafthouse (Lake Creek)

7:00 pm
(512) Brewing Special Cask Tasting featuring (512) Brewers & BeerTownAustin
@ Billy’s on Burnet

7:30 pm
Cask Tapping Dynamic Duo
@ Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que

Craft Beer Hits a Home Run at World Series

I'd love to be taken out to the ballgame: You don't have to settle for crap beer at the World Series. Click here to read about the choices available at the two stadiums, including Rahr and St. Arnold in Arlington.

More Austin Beer Week Stuff

See my previous post for today's Austin Beer Week schedule. I'm adding this extra post because the organizers especially wanted you to know about this event on Saturday at the HighBall.

Austin Beer Week, Day 5

Don't look for me at any Austin Beer Week stuff tonight — I have a little too much month at the end of the money, so I'm gonna hole up at the house with a six-pack of Rahr & Sons Ugly Pug and focus all my psychic energy on pushing the Texas Rangers to a win in game one of the World Series.

That means I need you to step up and cover for me. There's a lot of good beer out there waiting for your liver. Go get it.

Below is tonight's ABW schedule. If I were going out, I'd have to pick that double feature of Strange Brew and Beerfest at Uncle Billy's. Two of the silliest movies ever made.

3:00 pm
Local Pints Day (starts at 3 pm) Meets BEER WARS Movie Night (7:30 pm)
@ Red’s Porch

4:00 pm
Special House Brews + Collaboration IPA on Cask All Week
@ Lovejoy’s Tap Room and Brewery

4:00 pm
Alamo S. Lamar Badass Beers
@ Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar)

4:00 pm
ABW Happy Hour (4-7) + ABW Pint Glass, One Mug Club, NXNW Keg Raffle (4-8:30)
@ North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery

4:30 pm
Texas Craft Brewers Guild - Membership Sign Up
@ Red’s Porch

5:00 pm
Buy the Beer, Keep the Glass, featuring Chimay White
@ HomeField Grill

5:00 pm
Downtown Beer Social: Victory Lager!
@ Whole Foods Market - 6th St. & Lamar

5:00 pm
Real Ale Pint Night
@ Draught House Pub and Brewery

5:00 pm
Real Ale Barrel-Aged Devil’s Share & ESB Cask Tapping
@ Red’s Porch

5:00 pm
Independence Beer & Appetizer Pairings
@ Parkside

5:00 pm
Austin Brewers Pint Glass Night
@ Draught House Pub and Brewery

5:00 pm
Rare Crispin Barrel-Aged Cider Tapping - Draught House Edition, Part 2
@ Draught House Pub and Brewery

6:00 pm
Two for Texas Wednesday Raffle - All Locations
@ Opal Divine’s

6:00 pm
5-Course Feast of Beers featuring Independence Brewing
@ McCormick & Schmick’s

6:00 pm
Devil’s Backbone Tapping with Real Ale - All Locations
@ Opal Divine’s

6:00 pm
Flensburger Glass Night (Dunkel & Pilsener)
@ The Tavern

6:00 pm
Real Ale Brewing Night with Devil’s Share & Cask Releases + Glass Giveaways
@ Flying Saucer

6:30 pm
Taste of Americana 5-Course Beer Dinner
@ Whole Foods Market - 6th St. & Lamar

7:00 pm
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS German Feast featuring Live Oak Brewing
@ Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar)

7:00 pm
The Onion Society For Beer Enjoyment
@ Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que

8:00 pm
Sierra Nevada Estate Ale Tasting & Trivia Night
@ The Ginger Man

8:30 pm
STRANGE BREW and BEERFEST Double Feature
@ Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que

Austin Beer Week, Day 4

Okay, I did make it to NXNW last night after all. Damn, their cask-conditioned IPA was awesome, not that it surprised me in the least. And they had a raffle, and I won not one, not two, but THREE Austin Beer Week pint glasses (see photo). Ha! Suck it! I'm awesome.

Below is Tuesday's ABW schedule. Don't look for me — Tuesday is my poker night. I'll be hoping my lucky streak continues into my cards, and I'll be enjoying my growler full of NXNW IPA (not the cask version, sadly, but I'm sure still great).

(But oh, DAMN I wish I could attend that Divine Reserve vertical tasting.)

4:00 pm
Alamo S. Lamar Badass Beers
@ Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar)

4:00 pm
Special House Brews + Collaboration IPA on Cask All Week
@ Lovejoy’s Tap Room and Brewery

4:00 pm
ABW Happy Hour (4-7) + ABW Pint Glass, One Mug Club Raffle (4-8:30)
@ North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery

5:00 pm
Jester King Meet & Greet with Brewer/Owner Jeff Stuffings
@ Draught House Pub and Brewery

5:00 pm
Beer Flight & Tasting Menu
@ Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery

5:00 pm
Independence Beer & Appetizer Pairings
@ Parkside

5:00 pm
Downtown Beer Social: Real Ale Oktoberfest!
@ Whole Foods Market - 6th St. & Lamar

5:00 pm
Pint Night with (512) Brewery
@ Red’s Porch

6:00 pm
Tapping Barrel-Aged Devil’s Share with Real Ale
@ Zax Restaurant

6:00 pm
Independence Cask Night at Opal Divine’s Marina
@ Opal Divine’s

6:00 pm
Beer + Wine + Conversation with Real Ale & Antonelli’s Cheese
@ FINO Restaurant Patio & Bar

7:00 pm
Saint Arnold Divine Reserve Vertical Tasting #1-9 with Owner/Brewer Brock Wagner
@ The Ginger Man

7:30 pm
Name That Beer Trivia
@ HomeField Grill

8:00 pm
(512) Brewing Meet & Greet
@ Doc’s Backyard Bar & Grill