Draught Queens

It was nice to catch up with an old beer friend, Chris Spradley before his travels away from Texas to Tennessee. We talk about his history on What's on Tap Radio, the early beers of Houston, sell out culture, hazy beers, homebrewing and so much more. 

Breweries/Businesses mentioned:

Back Pew Brewing

Southern Star Brewing

Saint Arnold Brewing

Brash Brewing

Petrol Station

Karbach Brewing Co.

Hughies

Nobi Public House

Baileson Brewing

Texas Craft Breweries Guild

Frost Town Brewing

Star Sailor 

Buffalo Bayou Brewing

How not to start a brewery podcast

Bluegrass brewing company

Gordon Street Tavern

Onion Creek

Martin House Brewing

Houston Beer Guide

Hops & Grain

DeFalco's Homebrewing

Saloon Door Brewing

B-52 Brewing Co.

Spindletap Brewery

Texzas Wood Fired Pizza and BBQ

Goose Island Brewery

Ballast Point Brewing

Left Hand Brewing Co

Sierra Nevada Brewing

Listen in as we catch up with old beer friends, Matt Lorfing w/ Karbach Brewing Co. and Kelsey Lowe, tasting and talking new Karbach beers including the Ranch Water, Love Street Light and new Rodeo Clowns release including the Imperial Hazy and Tropical IPA.  We also taste random beers from our neighborhood HEB Pick 6 selections and chat about Houston beer happenings. It's alot of fun, listen in. 

Listen to the first segment with Bobby Harl, head brewer of Back Pew Brewing in Porter Texas explaining the Beer of the Beast from an exclusive Houston Beer Guide tasting preview before the anniversary event.  Bobby Harl discusses the Beer of the Beast and explains how to properly pour this beer on nitro cans. 

Check out HoustonBeerGuide.com for more commentary on this beer from Back Pew Brewing.

Listen in as we visit with Lori Kauniste of Vallensons' Brewing and Abby Hime of Great Heights Brewing Company to chat about the special 2021 Pint Boots Brew, made with the newest Yakima Chief Hop Blend and brewed in collaboration with the Houston Chapter of Pink Boots Society. The Pink Boots Society exists nationwide to ASSIST, INSPIRE, and ENCOURAGE women in the fermented and alcoholic beverage profession through EDUCATION.  Brewery representation for the brew-in included ladies from 8th Wonder Brewery, Saloon Door Brewery, Great Heights, Walking Stick, Project Halo, DECA Beer Company and Turkey Forrest Brewing.  Follow the social media channels for more information on how you can support Pink Boots Society and be a part of the upcoming happy hours for the Pink Boots beer releases.

Listen in as Lynley and Sylvia practice on beer judging and sensory practice with Matt Jaggers who is a local homebrewer, Youtube content creator and member of the Bay Area Mashronauts.  We taste and judge a few more non -alcoholic brews including a local offering from Karbach Brewing Co- Free and Easy NA IPA.  In the second half segment, we taste a few of Matt's bottled homebrew (Kentucky common, a saison, Pre-Prohibition porter, a rogg, and two wild ales  just for sensory fun! It's a long episode but trust me, its worth it!  

Follow Bakfish Brewing Co on the socials for Matt and Jonathan's award winning IPA to be tapped! Releasing soon!  

Find Matt on Youtube - like and subscribe -> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtkDGsTGa-FWZ3RjK7Lj8yg

Join us as we discuss new healthy low sugar non alcoholic options with Erin Simpson, owner and operator at Third Born Ginger Beer in Houston Texas. We taste 5 different ginger beer options including Classic Ginger, Ginger Lemon, Ginger Pineapple, Ginger Strawberry mocktail and a Ginger jalapeno lime beer. Look for Third Born Yum! We also do a side by side comparison with Guinness Draught 0.0 with the traditional Guinness Draught 4.2% in celebration of the upcoming holiday.  We discussed a few spots in town to celebrate this years St. Patrick's Day - so put on your green shirt, grab your favorite beer and toast to our favorite drinking holiday! 

Events promoted:

Vallensons' St. Patricks Day Celebration Thursday 

Bakfish Brewing - St. Pattys Day food pop up and live music 

Backyard Brewing Co. St. Patricks Day Dinner (Saturday)

This podcast was recorded at Saloon Door Brewing in Webster Texas.

Find Third Born Ginger Beer - https://www.thirdborngingerbeer.com/find-us

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Lynley and Sylvia talk and taste a few more non alcoholic beer options and a few old fridge beers from Lynleys stash. We talk about micheladas, olives, homesteading, and a few new ideas for hype beers. Due to a slight audio mishap, we lost the first half of our last beer review but the party continued!  Cheers, thanks for listening!

Recorded at Saloon Door Brewing in Webster Tx.

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Recorded at Saloon Door Brewing in Webster Texas.

Welcome back to the Draught Queens show. We are kicking off episode 1.5 (don't ask!) with new beer tastings and adventures. Listen to Sylvia and Lynley catch up with craft beer in Houston and why Sylvia is starting a new adventure in her craft beer journey, this time without the buzz!  

We discussed Athletic Brewing's Run Wild NA IPA, Samuel Adams Just the Haze NA IPA and sample a few Saint Arnold Brewing Co. brews from Lynley's fridge including the new Hideaway Gose and Commitment Imperial Stout.  

Sylvia @HoustonbeerMother chats with the brewers at Saloon Door Brewing in Webster Texas about their newest can release for one of their first beers.  What is special about this beer is that its the first nitro beer in cans out of Houston Texas. The official can release is scheduled for this Saturday February 19th at Noon. Listen in as we chat about Tasty AF and other offering from Saloon Door.  Cheers!

We are launching Season 3 very soon!  

Before we close out the season, we dug out an old audio clip from the lost archives of 'never before' posted Draught Queens episodes with Mike Starr, brewer/bartender/janitor at Dickinson's Backyard Brewing Co before they opened.  Listen in as he chats about the brewery opening and concept, homebrewing, and his love for naming beers. We also chat about other breweries in the area and drink beers.  Duh!

Backyard Brewing Co.

1675 Dickinson Ave, STE C Dickinson, TX 77539

This podcast was recorded on January 21st, 2021.