Headed to Houston.

If you like IPA's I would definitely get Lone Pint's Yellow Rose which is only on tap

 

Einhorn is Austin Beerworks, and you can't get that in Houston right now. Any of the breweries tours are fun, most are just a warehouse that is open usually on Saturday. Saint Arnold's brewery does lunch during the week day if that works for you. Always a good time there. My favorite bars:

D&T Drive Inn
Hay Merchant
Cottonwood

All have good food, and unique tap lists from one another. Lone Pint basically bottles nothing, but are usually always carried at those bars. Live Oak out of Austin is my favorite in Texas. They are tap only, and do mostly spot on German styles. If out at any of the bars look for 512 IPA and Pecan Porter, two excellent beers. The group that often posts here can go into much more detail on the what, when, and where of most any release, brewery, store, or bar if you need us to.

 

Texas Beer Refinery just (like, yesterday) started putting pre-filled and sealed 64oz growlers at the Specs on Smith St. Claim beer will last ~2.5 months sealed and cold. Seems like an interesting concept.

Here is the tweet: https://twitter.com/TxBeerRefinery/status/499265592260456449

B-52 in Conroe can be found on tap and what I've had is tasty and worth a pint.

Karbach released a new F.U.N. beer this week. I'm not sure if that'll be floating around anywhere this late in the week.

 

What day are you coming?

 

Growler's Beer and Wine (Montrose)
Premium Draught (Heights)
D&Q Beer Station (Montrose)
A new place that I haven't checked out yet: Jugs Draft (Montrose)
A few of the Whole Foods do fills. I think some of the HEBs are trying to get some taps up as well. Many of the gastropubs - Nobi, Hay Merchant, etc.

Really depends on what part of the city you'll be in.

 

but the texas beer refinery beers kinda blow ass... or did at the opening party. marginal beer on a shelf in screw top, non-counter pressure filled growlers at ~$18/64oz?

passssss

 

D&Q does not do growler fills.

 

Oops! Thanks for clearing that up. Would have been awkward for him to show up with empty growlers.

 

Hay Merchants doors pretty much open at 3 on the spot. Sucks you did not get in, don't know why they would not open at their regular time?

 

Not lazy (kinda) but I'm flying into Bush tomorrow morning and was looking for info on where I should go for a pint or six. I don't want to rent a car unless I need to. Anywhere close to the airport you can recommend? I saw Premium Draught, is that my best bet? Thanks in advance.

 

Sorry, but you need a car in Houston. Taxis are expensive the good spots are closer to the center of town. There are some spots in Spring/Conroe/woodlands area but again, a car is needed. Hopefully those closer to the airport can chime in on this.

 

Nothing up that way. You are a good drive from anywhere, and like said above you need a car.

Here is a thread on what is available at the airport, again, not much

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/craft-beer-in-houston-george-bush-airport.106255/

 

You said you're looking to grab a pint, which leads me to assume you are looking for a bar/restaurant and not a bottle shop/to go place. The best bets nearish to Bush are still a 15-20 minute cab ride, but they'd be:

Cottonwood - Full bar with great food and an awesome selection of taps.
Petrol Station - Beer only (no liquor) place with about 35ish taps and some solid food options.

Those places are about 2/3 of the way from Bush to the downtown area.

 

One comment on this, I believe Petrol/Cottonwood are actually/surprisingly the same distance as downtown - which would give you Flying Saucer as an option (D&T Drive Inn would also be insignificantly closer). I drive to the airport 2-3 times a week from midtown and have also gone to/from the airport from Petrol and/or Karbach and it's about the same time/mileage.

Basically @antoines15 you're looking at a rental car or ~$100 cab round trip to make it to any of these places unfortunately

 

Something like Hop Scholar in Spring might be a tad closer than Petrol/Cottonwood/Downtown, but not by more than ~5-10 minutes (maybe more if traffic into town is a disaster). Still looking at a drive of ~20-25 minutes though.