Saint Arnold Brewing Company
2000 Lyons Ave., Houston, TX 77020
http://www.saintarnold.com/
Burpette says:
Over the last few years, a phenomenon has been brewing throughout the Houston area known as the craft beer phenomenon. Houstonian beer drinkers know that well-prepared, tasty beer can be found at local breweries such as, Saint Arnold, Karbach Brewing Company, and Buffalo Bayou Brewery, to name but a few.
Saint Arnold Brewing Co. keeps it local with several events throughout the year that involve the community. Today's event was Rockin' Rollin' Prints - 2013. The brewery invited local artists to bring their painstakingly carved woodcuts to the parking lot to be inked and then run over by a steamroller. What a creative way to use heavy construction equipment! The taps opened at noon, and the printed pieces were hung throughout the brew house like so much artsy laundry hung out to dry.
The event brought out the art crowd, young and old, as well as the usual brew rats who like to attend as many Saint Arnold events as they can (and get a free artist-designed Saint Arnold pint glass, thank you very much!).
The weather, having recovered from last night's frightening thunderstorms and flooding, was warm and clear, the sun beating down on the onlookers forced them back and forth to the taps for cool draft after draft (after draft) to slake their thirst. With popular local food truck H-town strEATs, https://twitter.com/Htownstreats, strategically stationed outside the parking lot gates, no one went hungry.
Big Burp and I frequent several of the local food trucks and have had the pleasure of sampling H-town strEATs's culinary creations in the past. Big Burp was happy to finally have the honor of ordering the Shorty Mac, a short rib, mac and cheese concoction, lovingly sandwiched between two pieces of grilled bread (it sure doesn't suck). Once before, he stood in line for over 45 minutes waiting and salivating for it only to have the customer in front of him order the very last Shorty Mac of the day. Poor Big Burp!
I ordered the Burger with Pimento Cheese and Bacon, even though I am not necessarily a fan of pimento cheese. The bun was fantastic, just the kind of tender yet substantial bun that you want on your burger. Overall, it was a little too salty with the pimento cheese and the bacon, but went down satisfyingly well when chased with a cold pint of Saint Arnold Summer Pils.
Big Burp says:
Cool art. Cold beer. Great food. Burrrp!
Burp Factor: Belchtastic!
