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Hops & Grain

The process of brewing beer begins early at Hops & Grain craft brewery. Even before the sun rises, brewer Danny Clay has already measured out the grain for his long-standing recipe, then milled ...

Kelly Railean

Kelly Railean is a woman with a mission. Her official goal is “Restoring American Rum,” and since 2005, she’s been doing just that at Railean Eagle Point Distillery in the tiny ...

The Happiness Business

by Rhea Maze Two groggy college buddies hop from one train to the next, heading south in the middle of the night, determined to escape Germany’s frigid temperatures. As the cars chug along ...

Ice Ice, Baby

How do you elevate a three-ingredient cocktail to the point that it becomes a craft-beverage experience? With such fastidious attention to detail that even its cubes of ice are a deliberate and ...

Texas in the Bottle

by Kristi WillisPhotography by Kate LeSueur Texans are very proud of the craft beer movement that has overtaken the state, garnering a rightful national spotlight and giving the world a taste of ...

Texas Coffee Traders

by Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Jo Ann Santangelo Just like in every other modern city of a certain size with hopes of obtaining culinary credibility, it’s impossible to swing a ...

by Layne Victoria Lynch Photography by Knoxy While it takes some people years of kicking back frosty mugs of adequate, mass-produced beer to develop an appreciation for high-quality craft brew, Will ...

The Texas Terroirists

by Terry Thompson-AndersonPhotography by Sandy Wilson Terroir is often described as a “sense of place”—be it geographical, climatic, topographical or cultural—that’s ...