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Dear Saint Arnold's Army:
It's a big sports weekend in Houston, which generally means it's a big beer weekend. At least, that's how we do things. If you're heading out to the Shell Houston Open, look for Art Car IPA and Fancy Lawnmower cans at the craft beer booth.
If basketball is more your thing, there's beer for that too! You can enjoy a Saint Arnold at NRG Stadium while you're catching the action live or grab a $3.75 Saint Arnold draft at Doc's in Montrose during their big watch tournament party.
On a different note, beginning Monday, we'll have two scheduled public tours at the brewery each weekday. For the lunch crowd, we'll now have a public tour at 1:00 PM. Another tour will be offered at 3:00 PM. This one will take the place of our current 3:30 tour, thus affording you a bit more time to enjoy beer after the tour concludes.
As always, the public tour is free to go on. Please note though, if you want to attend the downstairs portion of the tour while we are in production, closed toed shoes are required. This does not apply to Saturdays (when we are not in production).
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UrbanHouse Saison at Pub Night 
Friday, April 1 - 5:00 - 10:00 PM
At our company Christmas party a few months ago, our brewers had a special gift for each employee. This gift was a bottle of experimental beer, and our employees don't mind being guinea pigs for that sort of thing. The beer was named UrbanHouse Saison, and while none of these bottles are available in the wild, a small amount ended up in kegs. At Pub Night tomorrow, we'll be tapping the first one.
So, what is UrbanHouse Saison? We'll let our brewer and wood cellar manager Aaron describe it himself:
"UrbanHouse is our spin on the Belgian farmhouse/saison style. We took Fancy Lawnmower wort, unfermented beer, and filled two red wine barrels that previously held Dubbelganger, our Sorachi Ace Dubbel with brettanomyces. We then pitched two different saison yeast strains to ferment with the residual brett. Farmhouse/saison styles have been a favorite of mine to brew at home, so I wanted to do that here and take it a step further by fermenting in an oak barrel."
"The Fancy Lawnmower recipe is very similar to a saison in malt and hops, so it was a perfect candidate to experiment with. We bottled and keg conditioned this beer, meaning we added sugar and yeast at bottling/kegging to naturally carbonate the beer."
Sounds interesting, Aaron - what's the beer like?
"The aroma has the similar floral characteristics provided by the Hersbrucker hops. The major distinction is the added funky, earthy characteristics provided by the brett and saison strains. The aroma is similar to pear, citrus, and pepper/spice, and there's a crisp, biscuit-like malt flavor that finishes dry. It's slightly higher in alcohol (5.8% ABV) due to the yeast and brett fermenting the beer further than our Kölsch yeast."
In addition to the debut of UrbanHouse Saison at Pub Night, we'll have a few other special release beers, including Divine Reserve No. 16 on tap. Bishop's Barrel No. 13 will be available in bottles, along with other DR and BB bottles.
On the food side, Chef Ryan will be doing his thing in the kitchen as usual. There will be Burgers, Brats and Crawfish Rolls, along with Jalapeño Sriracha Wings, Skirt Steak Quesadillas and more. Come hungry!
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Investors Pub Pass Now Available on Select Saturdays
Last Saturday, we debuted our Investors Pub Pass - a package available on select Saturdays for anyone who wishes to enjoy our beer in a bit more intimate atmosphere. Our Investors Pub is a smaller, English Pub-style room behind our main Beer Hall.
For $20 (rather than the normal $10 Saturday admission), you'll get a souvenir glass, four tokens for beer tastings and access to our Investors Pub. From there, you'll be able to enjoy all the same beer and food we normally offer on Saturdays. Of course, you're free to go on any of our public tours at 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00 PM.
You'll need to purchase your pass in advance to get Investors Pub access. Passes are currently available for Saturday, April 2 and Saturday, April 9. Get yours at the links below.
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Santo De Mayo Social Run at Flying Saucer, Downtown
Sunday, April 3 at 9:00 AM
Our Santo De Mayo 5K will be returning in May, so now's the time to start preparing. Of course, the way to prepare for our 5K is by running through Downtown and enjoying beers and breakfast tacos.
This Sunday, we'll start at the Saucer, run to the brewery and finish back at the Saucer. Preregistration is not required. You can come out and run for free, or you can pay $15 and get three Saint Arnold beers, a pint glass and two breakfast tacos. That's a heck of a deal.
You can also register for the Santo De Mayo 5K on site. $40 will get you the above, plus registration for the run on Sunday, May 1.
Learn more and see the course map on Facebook.
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Save the Date: Sugar Land Pub Crawl
Saturday, April 16 - 2:00 - 6:00 PM
Our self proclaimed, world famous Pub Crawl is heading back to the Land of Sugar! Join us in Town Square on the afternoon of Saturday, April 16, and you'll leave with a fresh Saint Arnold Pub Crawl pint glass. Full details coming soon - for now, mark your calendar!
Flying Saucer | Guru Burgers & Crepes | Jupiter Pizza & Waffle Co.
Stadia | Baker St. Pub & Grill | Final Stop: World of Beer
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3rd Annual Houston Firkin Fest at Hennessy Park
Saturday, April 30 - 2:00 - 6:00 PM
The Houston Firkin Fest is back! Presented by and helping to support the Texas Craft Brewers Guild, this festival is a celebration of Texas craft beer served in traditional casks. There will be a plethora of rare and one-off cask beers for you to enjoy.
On our end, we'll be tapping a couple of special casks. One will be Divine Reserve No. 15, our Russian Imperial Stout released in early 2015. We'll also be tapping Grapefruit Technique, our Elissa IPA with grapefruit peel and juice!
Get all the info for Firkin Fest and purchase tickets here.
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Other Fun Stuff
BB13/DR13 Side by Side at Mongoose versus Cobra
Thursday, March 31 at 6:00 PM
DR16 Tapping at Little Woodrow's, Shepherd
Friday, April 1 at 5:00 PM
Joe Apa's 100th Beer Dinner at Rudyard's Pub
Saturday, April 2 - 2:00 - 6:00 PM Ten courses, ten beers, featuring DR14. Get tickets here.
Biscuits & Brews with BB9 at Fluff Bake Bar
Sunday, April 3 at 12:00 PM
Beer & Cheese Pairing at King's Head Pub
Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM
National Beer Day at Table 57
Thursday, April 7 at 6:00 PM
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Thank you for your support!
Cheers!
The Brew Crew
Aaron, Alex, Allison, Andrew (3), Ben (2), Betsey, Bob, Brenton, Brock, Bruce, Bryan, Carlos, Chelsea, Colin, Connor (2), Crispy, Dan, Daniel, Deb, Dennis, Don, Donny, Dorothy, Drew, Eddie, Emily, Emmanuel, E' Mandi, Frank, Gonzo, Grant, Halston, Jared, Jeremy, Jessie, Jimmy, Joe (2), Joel, Josh (3), Justin (2), Kathy, Kelsey, Kendra, Kenneth, Kevin, Lennie, Lisa, Marc, Mark, Matt (2), Matthew, Mary (2), Melissa, Michael (3), Nathan, Phil, Ricardo, Richard, Ryan (3), Salvador, Sebastian, Serena, Spenser, Stephen & Will
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Beer Hall Hours
Monday - Thursday: 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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