Capt Keith's Beer Blog

Meddlesome Moth Rare Beer Tapping Wednesday, September 1st at 5PM. We are tapping Real Ale Brewery Company – ESB Cask Condition. Come early ’cause it won’t last.

The Flying Saucer in Houston has been through a lot in Ten Years. We opened the doors just prior to construction of the Light Rail downtown at Capital and Main. A number of our neighbors had to close shop while this major construction was going on. The Saucer held strong which says a lot for good beer. Since then, we’ve seen the Super Bowl, All Stars games and plenty of concerts to rev up business downtown.

The Saucer is now a thriving beer joint and we owe our success to a fantastic team headed up by the one and only Jake Rainey AND a incredibly loyal group of Beerknurds. Thanks to everyone for Ten years of pouring great beers.

To celebrate, Jake and his gang have come up with a fun filled day of rare beer tappings. The scoop:

SUNDAY AUGUST 22nd

Help us celebrate a

Decade of Draught

Rare beers will tapped every hour on the hour starting around NOON and below are a few sneak previews:

• Avery Cask Ale – Adam promises some Firkin good beer
• Southern Star Smoked Porter with Chioptle (Cask)
• Dogfish Head (Secret)
• Stone’s Vertical Epic 090909
• Breckenridge SummerBright aged in Cabernet Barrels (WTH?)
• 2 surprise Belgian ales – Jake won’t tell (or he doesn’t know yet)

Also – live Acoustic Music from Rob & Shawn (from the Four Wisemen)

Raffles to win some sweet brewery prizes throughout the day

Meddlesome Moth Rare Beer Tapping Wednesday, August 11th at 5PM. We are tapping Sierra Nevada, Ken & Fritz’s Ale Imperial Stout. Come early ’cause it won’t last.

The youngest Saucer on Lake Ray Hubbard turns 1 on Sunday! Come celebrate beer with us. Check out this link to see the Saucer and learn more details. Daniel and his team have been holding back some rare juice for the occasion and below is the tapping schedule:

NOON

Special Saucer/ Breckenridge Collaboration called FS 15

2 PM
Rahr Stormcloud IPA Cask-conditioned

Franconia Dunkel Cask-conditioned

5 PM
Avery 17th Anniversary Ale (dry-hopped black lager)

7PM
Stone Cali-Belgique (IPA with Belgian Yeast)

On the lake-side patio, we’ll be grilling Chicken and Pineapple skewers (Free)

Plus our usual Sunday Texas Pints are only $2.75 all day – love to the locals…. Come see us!

The Beerknurds in Charlotte, NC are lucky to have Erik Hodgeman at the helm.

He took over our location as GM about one year ago after putting in 5 or more years in Raleigh. He is one dedicated beer warrior. He carries the torch proudly for the beer movement and has been aggressively changing up the tap wall line-up for the last 12 months.

Go see him and check out the new arrival board.

Here he is educating the locals on beer and food pairings.