Dumbpon

WTF. Self guided tour. I've done that for free at Circle. No offense to Circle, but this is a lame Groupon. I don't really check my Groupon emails anymore. I usually delete them without even viewing deal, but today "brewery" jumped out at me. I'm over Groupon.

Circle Brewing's EPIC Open House

RSVP at their FB event page.

Circle Brewing Bar Crawl

What's a bar crawl? I'm guessing it's like a pub crawl. I kid, it just sounds funny to say "bar crawl." Circle is doing one. It starts at 3rd and Nueces at 4pm on May 14th.

De la boca del caballo:

Per TABC, we can't tell you which bar we're starting at or what bars we are planning on crawling to. We're thinking 5-7 stops, ending on Rainey St, so there is going to be some serious crawling involved.

Sidenote: No one likes to wait to get a brew, so bring cash, it'll speed up the ordering at each spot.

Adelbert's Beer Update

Equipment on its way and they found a location: 2314 Rutland Drive, Suite 100. Follow the action here.

I thought 2010 was a big year. 2011 may be bigger: Circle . . . Austin Beerworks . . . Hops and Grain . . . South Austin Brewing . . .

Circle Brewing Co. - Grand Opening Reminder

http://circlebrewing.com/

Circle Brewing Co. - First Beer Available for Guzzling

Just saw this at Liquid Austin:

Ben Sable, President of Circle Brewing, just gave us the heads up that the brewery will be rolling out their first beer today — the Blur Texas Hefe. 

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As of right now, the Draught House will be the first place in town to feature a keg.

2010: Best and Worst

Best: Truthfully, I can't think of the "best beer" I had in 2010. I know I had some good ones. But none really pop into my head as the best . . . Peche Mortel was amazing back in January. Ohhhh and Jubel...too good. Sierra Nevada's four 30th anniversary beers were all solid, the stout and barleywine being my favorite. (512) Whiskey Barrel Double Pecan Porter was delicious most of the time. My bottle was perfect. Ok, now I remember, THE BEER is Grand Teton Double Vision Dopplebock. INSANE, no that is too far, it was close to insane - perfectly delicious.

I will also note my great pleasure in seeing the openings of our newest breweries: Thirsty Planet, Jester King (loved that Black Metal Stout last week) and Black Star. And it was exciting to follow the development of breweries like Hops and Grain, South Austin Brewing and Circle Brewing.


Now the worst: Live Oak Primus. It pains me to say this. I used to love this beer. I was so looking forward to it this year. I could not get enough of it last year. This year, after several pints, I'm just not feeling it. Something is off, it's leaving me flat, unaffected. I only include this as my worst beer, because it did not live up to it's past mighty form. Maybe I changed. I'll keep chasing the dragon though. I want my Primus passion back.

Circle Brewing Co. - First Brew Day

Congratulations guys!

You can only imagine our excitement ramping up to the first brew day. It was epic. Having spent the last three years building steadily to this point, I would be lying if I didn’t say that we were nervous as hell...

Read the whole story here.

Circle Brewing Shaping Up

The floors are done and equipment has arrived. Things are starting to shape up over at Circle Brewing. As always, follow their progress here.

The race is on. Who will be the next Austin brewery open for business?

And this from Circle Brewing

Brewhouse has shipped:


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69259&id=56793084619&ref=mf

Circle C Found a Home

Circle C just announced that they have found a location for their budding brewery. North Austin, nice. Spreading out the new brewers all over Austin. I approve. Photos of new place also at their blog.

Start it Up at Circle Brewing

Things are brewing at Circle Brewing, almost. The guys bought their brewhouse, which should be arriving in four short months. That must be kind of scary, and super exciting. As always with local (and non local) beer ventures, we wish them a hearty good luck.