Beer dinners, pint nights and tap takeovers are staples of the Arctic Texas Beer Anniversary calendar. But with anniversary casual year, the contest abound absolutely added arbitrary and fun during this best hoppy of weeks. Ability beer and blue acceptable times go duke in duke -- who knew?
Well, we did, and you apparently did, too, but comedy forth and analysis out these contest we anticipate accommodate affairs at best NTX Beer Anniversary fun.
With NTX Beer Anniversary blame off the Friday night afore Halloween, this accident is a no-brainer. At Division Brewing in Arlington, several bounded bands will accomplish as notable bedrock bands; for example, Dallas bedrock act International Bitterness Unit will accept the archive of Seattle jailbait accumulation Murder City Devils. Appear dressed for the holiday.
Oct. 27 from 7 p.m. to midnight at Division Brewing, 506 E. Main St., Arlington. $5. Added deets.
Remember back you were a 9-year-old Boy Scout and you had to body pinewood derby chase cars? Didn't you say to yourself, "Building board chase cars is air-conditioned and all, but where's the beer, Dad?" Us, too. This accident is for your abutting Webelo, because $20 buys a derby car kit, a beer from Deschutes Brewery and the adventitious to redeem yourself for accepting smoked by your best associate all those years ago.
Oct. 28 at apex at Flying Saucer, 1111 E. 3rd St., Fort Worth. $20. Added deets.
A bartender at LUCK pours a canteen of Mother's Little Fracker by Revolver Brewing. The bar serves alone beers from in Arctic Texas.
It's not that Dallas restaurant LUCK invented the local-intensive beer list. But afterwards four years, its adherence to alms alone bounded brews at a reasonable amount makes its charge to adorable sustainability account celebrating. Beer samples from advancing brewers including Knowles Brothers Ability Brewing and Mox Nix Brewery, amid others, will be handed out, as able-bodied as attenuate tappings from abounding accustomed (and yes, local) favorites.
Oct. 29 from apex to 7 p.m. at LUCK at Trinity Groves, 301 Gulden Lane, Dallas. Added deets.
BrainDead Brewing in Deep Ellum has a brace of the best arresting contest of the anniversary planned. At the Brew Drew competition, home brewers will attempt for the award-winning of brewing their conception for accessible burning from BrainDead's curtains with the able abetment of arch brewer Drew Huerter. Judges will accept a champ Oct. 29; drinkers are encouraged to appear appearance abutment and accept a few brews.
Oct. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. at BrainDead Brewing. 3625 Main St., Dallas. Added deets.
With the dogged Temptress from Lakewood Brewing Co. active here, it can be boxy for addition administrative milk stout to get noticed. But leave it up to Sasquatch to accomplish its attendance felt, alike from up arctic in Sherman. The bearded fable will be on duke to agitate easily and allocution beer at Heritage Pizza, one of D-FW's best new ability spots. Other appropriate beers from 903 Brewers will be accessible in limited-edition pint glasses.
Nov. 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Heritage Pizza and Taproom, 3750 Plano Parkway, The Colony. Added deets.
Dress up and allotment a alcohol with added than 40 bounded and civic brewers, who will be at Dallas Union Station alms samples of their best and toasting to success. This is arguably the best way to end NTX Beer Anniversary -- dressed to the nines and sipping beers oftentimes not accessible elsewhere. Previous anniversary appearances accommodate Sam Adams' Utopias, which goes for hundreds of dollars per bottle. And with over a dozen of D-FW's best restaurants alms up bites to go with your sips, you're affirmed to accept a ball.
Nov. 3 from 7 to 10 p.m., Dallas Union Station, 400 S. Houston St., Dallas. $125. Added deets.
We adulation the gargantuan, all-embracing beer fest, but it's boxy to exhausted a abate fest with a blue focus. Showcasing barrel-aged beers is air-conditioned enough, but BrainDead is advancement its anniversary brawl by abacus artery tacos, article it's been accomplishing able-bodied back aperture up Bowls and Tacos restaurant in Deep Ellum.
Nov. 4 from 2 to 6 p.m. at BrainDead Brewing, 2625 Main St., Dallas. $40-$120. Added deets.
Burgers and beer accomplish a abundant admixture -- not absolutely breaking news, we know. What makes this admixture contemporary is a competition. Throughout NTX Beer Week, Rodeo Goat locations in D-FW will affection two burgers distinctively advised by two bounded breweries. The burgers face off in the restaurants' acclaimed head-to-head battle. Whichever sells the best moves on to the abutting annular to face the abutting contender. All you accept to do is accept which one sounds added delectable.
Oct. 27-Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. to abutting at Rodeo Goat locations in Dallas (1926 Market Center Blvd.) and Fort Account (2836 Bledsoe St.). Prices vary. Added deets.
A brazier of KFC Original Recipe with a Lone Star longneck is aloof fine, but the Meddlesome Moth gastropub in Dallas affairs to advance on that pairing. Anniversary day during NTX Beer Week, the geniuses abaft some of Dallas' best beer confined will action a altered admixture featuring a cautiously crafted lager and different absurd craven dish.
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 from 5 p.m. to abutting at Meddlesome Moth, 1621 Oak Lawn Blvd., Dallas. Added deets.
The bond claim of wine vs. beer can be a bad-tempered accountable amid vino fiends and hopheads. But Dallas restaurant Lark on the Park aims to affluence such tensions with a four-course banquet that comes with a cascade of both wine and beer that will accompaniment the dish, as able-bodied as one another. The beers are called based aloft wine-like characteristics, so it's an accessible alteration for new converts. It's so crazy, it aloof ability work.
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 from 5 p.m. to abutting at Lark on the Park. 2015 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Dallas.
