San Antonio: Blue Star Brewing in the Blue Star art district (on S. Alamo, just south of downtown, right by the White Wings flour mill) is excellent, and one of the best brewpubs in Texas. The Laboratory (in the Quarry, off 281) closed...but is reopening under the brewing guidance of Paul Farnsworth: so look for excellent beers there soon (if not already). Real Ale, while a microbrewery and not a brewpub, brews some excellent beers in Blanco Texas. If you take 281 to SA from Austin, you can swing by for a visit. It's right on the sqaure, underneath an antiques shop. Otherwise, Real Ales are on tap at G-man and other fine bars in Austin. In Houston, Two Rows is okay; new brewpub off Shepherd at 59, called Sidestreet Brewing. Pretty good stuff. That cask you like comes from Saint Arnolds...also in Houston and Texas' largest independent brewery. Saturday tours are fun and include free beer. For more Texas beer info, check out the Texas section of my webpage. Have fun.
