As posted yesterday, Monsters of Beer brought Houston Beer Week to a close with a bang. The entire week I think was an incredible success. Many folks, myself included, have been asking about something like this for a long time, looking for a way to put it together. However, it was a small group of people that had a vision and the drive to really put things in place, and to prod and push to make last week a success. Those people for the most part were Cathy Clark and Kevin Floyd. Yes I know that there many others involved, that put in a lot of hours and hard work, but those two were really the face of the effort. After those two, massive appreciation goes out to all the restaurants and bar's that took a risk, held an event and asked to be a part of Houston Beer Week. So a big thanks goes to: Beaver's, Petrol Station, Anvil Bar & Refuge, Spec's, Rockwell Tavern and Grill, Catalan, Divino's, Vic and Anthony's, The Usual, Gingerman, Liberty Station, Whole Foods, Canopy, Alamo Draft House, Fox Hollow, Mucky Duck, and Brenner's. Quite a long list indeed, and I am sure that many of those places had their eyes opened to the beer culture in Houston. Which brings me to my last shout out. You. My biggest fear was that HBW would be well coordinated and put together, lots of restaurants and bars would step up, and then no one would show up . Well Houston, pat yourself on the back, because if there was any doubt about it before, you love good beer, with food, or without, draft, or cask, you packed every event throughout the week. This wasn't a case of the same crowd going to each dinner. I know that most people just picked one dinner to go too, yet each one was sold out before hand. A great job and it shows that here is still some growth potential in this city.
Now for the Recaps of Recaps. I obviously couldn't hit all the events last week, lucky for us there are quite a few other's that put their thoughts down:
Monday's Beaver and Petrol Beer Dinner:
Some thoughts from Lushtastic: http://lushtastic.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/petrol-beaver-dinner-houston-beer-week-monday/
The Chronicle's Ronnie Crocker posts some thoughts on the Connoisseur tasting with Audrey Keifer of Artisanal Beverage Company: http://blogs.chron.com/beertx/2010/10/ginger_man_making_a_splash_dur.html
Of course a couple of folks posted thoughts on the amazing Catalan Beer Dinner:
http://www.allgoodbeer.com/2010/10/beer-dinner-at-catalan-with-kevin-floyd.htm
http://barleyvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/beer-dinner-catalan.html
There also a couple of reviews for Thursday's Pumpkin Ale Throwdown at Petrol Station
http://www.allgoodbeer.com/2010/10/pumpkin-beer-throwdown-winners.html
http://blogs.chron.com/beertx/2010/10/pumpkin_throwdown_made_for_a_s.html
Here's mine from Friday's Anvil Gravity Beer event:
http://barleyvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/anvils-gravity-beer-2010.html
A review of Texas Girl’s Pint Out Rare Beers of the Midwest at Spec’s (sorry I couldn't get in)
http://lushtastic.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/rare-beer-tasting-with-texas-girls-pint-out/
and some pictures: http://tx.girlspintout.com/474/oct-15-specs-tasting-pictures
And finally, some thoughts on Monsters of Beer
http://lushtastic.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/monsters-of-beer/
http://barleyvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/monsters-of-beer-recap.html
http://www.allgoodbeer.com/2010/10/houston-beer-week-ends-with-roar.html
http://blogs.chron.com/beertx/2010/10/texas_breweries_shine_at_monst_1.html
If you have a recap that I didn't include, put a link in the comments section and I will update this post with the information.
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