Saint Arnold Austin Scavenger Hunt

Ok, you have until Sunday to turn in your photos. Get on it. Actually don't, we want to win the kegerator. So don't go around drinking good beers and taking photos of yourself and get invited to a party with a chance to win a kegerator—let us handle it. More info here.

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

Lone Star Giving Away Land

Originally posted on ABG.



Free land! How is that for a promotion. Listen, we are not snobby enough to say we don't drink Lone Star. We mostly cover Austin (and TX) CRAFT beer, but we enjoy a Lone Star from time to time. There is a time and place for almost any beer. But really, you don't see no craft breweries giving away LAND! (I think that girl would be your neighbor. She can't wait for you to move in.) Lone Star does and all they ask for is some personal information, confidential of course.



They even ask you to choose a favorite band. None of those are my favorite. Actually, I've only heard about Big & Rich from that list, so I chose them.



And what do you know, I am a winner! I feel special.

Ranger Creek Sippy Cup Homebrew Competition

Beertown Austin, this is all you buddy. Feel free to call me for recipe ideas. Check it out:

. . . The winning beer will become our fall seasonal AND our Pro-Am entry for the 2011 GABF. The winning brewer will come to Ranger Creek to brew the commercial batch that will be released this fall . . .

Styles: IMPERIAL versions (minimum ABV of 7%) of the following categories:

Category 10- American Ale
Includes 10A. American Pale Ale, 10B, American Amber Ale, 10C. American Brown Ale

Category 12- Porter
Includes 12A. Brown Porter, 12B. Robust Porter, 12C. Baltic Porter

Category 13- Stout
Includes 13A. Dry Stout, 13B. Sweet Stout, 13C. Oatmeal Stout, 13D. Foreign Extra Stout, 13E. American Stout, 13F. Russian Imperial Stout

Category 14- India Pale Ale
Includes 14A. English IPA, 14B. American IPA, 14C. Imperial IPA

READ FULL DETAILS HERE.

Chili Cookoff @ Flying Saucer

Think a vegetarian chili would go over well? I'm doing it (probably not).

3rd Annual Dig Pub “Monster” Homebrew Competition

You brew? I don't. I drink. But if you brew, you should enter this. November 6th. Details here.

Oh Great, Another Reminder

This is becoming a blog just to remind you of beer stuff that I already posted on. That's cool with you, right?

Anyway, as you may or may not see in the above picture, entries are due soon (MARCH 1!!) for 2010's Off-Centered Film Festival. So all you would be beer drinkin' directors get busy and wrap it up.

All the info you need can be found here.

Man Up Texas BBQ's "Gettin' Sauced!" Texas BBQ Sauce Contest

More info at Man Up. Saint Arnold will be providing beverages.

WIN TRIP TO THE BUDVAR BREWERY!

Pete Brown, UK beer writer, is hosting a contest to win his trip to Budvar.

Details can be found on his blog, which is one of my favorites.