Texas Wins 4 Medals at GABF, 3 for Austin

GABF was fun. Duh, right? It was really fun for these guys:



Congratulations to NXNW, Austin Beerworks, Uncle Billy's and Humperdink's. Well deserved.

Calling All Austin (and Texas) Breweries - Good Food Awards

From ABG:



Dear Texas Brewers,

We are proud of our beer here in Texas. That's why we devote so much time to thinking about it, writing about it, yapping about it and of course drinking it. We love our brewers and the beer they make. You all deserve every award they can get. So when our friends out West sent us some info about the Good Food Awards, we knew we had to pass it your way:

The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsibly produced. We grant awards to outstanding American food producers and the farmers who provide their ingredients. We host an annual Awards Ceremony and Marketplace at the iconic Ferry Building in San Francisco to honor the Good Food Award recipients who push their industries towards craftsmanship and sustainability while enhancing our agricultural landscape and building strong communities.

Brewers, this is all you. Interested in entering your wares? First, read the criteria.

You match up with that? Then enter your beer and make us (really you, but we will be too) proud.

Check out last year's winners. We need some TX on that list.

Love,

ABG

Apparently, Not the Best Cocktail/Beverage Blog in Austin

No not us. Thank god not these guys. The winner was Tipsy Texan. Congratulations!

How do I close a blog? Dump this, I'm going to start a scene blog. Actually, at the party I did have someone ask me if they could take over my blog as an arts and crafts blog. That sounds interesting.

Vote for Us, Please

This is kind of a lame post, but......



Craft Austin has been nominated for the Best Cocktail/Beverage Blog in the Austin Blogger Awards. Please vote for us here (i think):

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KM9SYCX

If that does not work, go here and follow the links to vote:

http://austinbloggerawards.com/

Texas GABF Winners

The big winner is Saint Arnold. See the full list here.

James Beard Semifinalists: OUTSTANDING WINE AND SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL

Beer dudes in bold:

Larry Bell, Bell's Brewery, Galesburg, MI

Derek Brown, The Passenger, Washington, D.C.

Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Brian Duncan, Bin 36, Chicago

Merry Edwards, Merry Edwards Wines, Sebastopol, CA

Alex Golitzin, Quilceda Creek, Snohomish, WA

Paul Grieco, Hearth, NYC

David Hirsch, Hirsch Vineyards, Cazadero, CA

Jim Koch, The Boston Beer Company, Boston

Stephen R. McCarthy, Clear Creek Distillery, Portland, OR

Michael McCaulley, Tria restaurants and Fermentation School, Philadelphia

Greg Moore, Moore Brothers Wine Co., Pennsauken, NJ, NYC, & Wilmington, DE

Garrett Oliver, The Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

Neal Rosenthal, Rosenthal Wine Merchant/Mad Rose Group, NYC

Jörg Rupf, St. George Spirits, Alameda, CA

John Shafer and Doug Shafer, Shafer Vineyards, Napa, CA

Alpana Singh, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Chicago

Eric Solomon, European Cellars/Eric Solomon Selections, Charlotte, NC

Julian P. Van Winkle, III, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Louisville, KY

Gary Vaynerchuk, Wine Library TV/Wine Library, Springfield, NJ

Congratulations!

TX GABF Winners!

Saint Arnold Brewing Co.	Saint Arnold Summer Pils	TX	Gold	Munich Style Helles
The Covey Restaurant & Brewery	Weizenbock	TX	Silver	German-Style Wheat Ale
The Covey Restaurant & Brewery	"100"	TX	Silver	Belgian Style Strong Specialty Ale
Uncle Billy's Brew & Que	Hell In Keller	TX	Gold	Kellerbier/Zwickelbier

Congratulations!

http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/