What a Crock! The author of Beer, Tx, Ronnie Crocker breaks down The One Pot Showdown
30 cooking teams, one winner. That about sums up the One Pot Showdown held annually at the brewery. 2010 was the first year it was at our new location at 2000 Lyons Ave and your favorite Houston beer blogger, Ronnie Crocker, was there to take in the sites and sounds and food and beer. Follow the link for the full wrap up or just watch the video below about the champion's recipe.
The good folks from Photo Con Queso came out to our One Pot Showdown at the brewery this year with photo booth in tow. A lot of folks took a lot of pictures and had them printed out on site. If you want to see the entire 798 picture gallery you can click the link below and you can also print pics from there. Who knows, you just might be IN one of those pictures. Cheers!
Beer. It's good and now it's good FOR you. That's what a Harvard study says. So watch this report from Christi Myers at KTRK and go out and buy some Lawnmower or Amber Ale. Your prostate could depend on it.
German scientists found hops helped protect rats from prostate cancer. Weather it works in humans or not is unclear, but it gives folks a new excuse to drink beer.
The Saint Arnold Video News: It's The Great Pumpkin, Saint Arnold! Edition
Divine Reserve 9 is on the way sometime in late November of 2009. It's a Pumpkin Imperial Stout and the brewers used canned pumpkin, lot's of cans of pumpkin to make it. In this edition of the Saint Arnold Video News, Lennie Ambrose bothers brewer Bobby Mullins as he is working his can opener.
Saint Arnold Scavenger Hunt Video Pub Crawl: Washington Ave. Edition
Hunting on and just off Washington!
Dust off your clue deciphering caps, the Saint Arnold Scavenger Hunt Video Pub Crawl is back! Plus all correct entries have a chance to win a kegerator for their home! The kegerator is being provided by kegerators.com, so remember that website if you are in need of any home draft supplies.
Here is how it works:
Watch the video that we have posted in a few places (in case you have difficulty viewing the one at the bottom of this post). The video will show specific objects with which you need to take a picture of yourself (i.e., have both you and the object in the same photo). All of the objects are in establishments where you can find good beer, and enjoying a Saint Arnold while on your quest may bring you enlightenment! If any of the hints seem obscure to you, remember googling is allowed. Once you have found all of the objects and taken the required photos, you may either upload the photos to any of a number of photo-sharing websites (flickr, shutterfly, etc.) and send the link to lennie@saintarnold.com or print the photos and get them to us at the brewery. The deadline for us to receive the photos is Sunday, August 2 at 11:59 PM. (If you are trying to drop off photos at the brewery over the weekend, there is a little mail slot in our front door.) Make sure you include your name, email address and phone number. Only one person per photo so if a group of you are doing it, you each need to take individual pictures of yourselves with the objects.
All correct and complete entries that we receive will be sent an invitation for that person to attend a party here at the brewery. At that party, we will draw a name and award that person a home kegerator!
So here it is in summary:
Watch the video at the bottom or at the YouTube link posted below.
The proof: Take photos of yourself with each item shown in the video.
Send us proof: Either upload photos to photo-sharing website and email the link to lennie@saintarnold.com or bring us the photos. Don't email us the photos or else our server will probably crash.
Deadline: Sunday, August 2 at 11:59 PM
All Correct Entries' Prize: Invitation to a party at the brewery.
Prize: A beautiful home kegerator provided by kegerators.com.
If you have any questions, please contact Lennie at lennie@saintarnold.com. Good luck!
The Saint Arnold Video News: Our New Home Edition!
For 15 years Saint Arnold Brewing Company has called 2522 Fairway Park Drive in Houston, TX home. That warehouse has served us well but it's time for something different. Bigger. Better.
Right now the former HISD food service building at 2000 Lyons Ave. near downtown. All operations will be moved there and we hope to be in our new home by late 2009. In this edition of the Saint Arnold Video News, Lennie Ambrose give you a VIP tour of all the hot spots.
Here at Saint Arnold we are all for finding new ways to enjoy our beers. Whether it's pairing it with cheese or other foods or even cooking with it. But how bout transforming it into a sweet treat? In this edition of the Saint Arnold Video News, local gelato & sorbert wizard Marcelo Kreindel takes some Brown Ale, Spring Bock, & root beer into his Trentino Gelato lab to create something wild and tasty.
Watch the video that we have posted in a few places (in case you have difficulty viewing the one at the bottom of this post). The video will show specific objects with which you need to take a picture of yourself (i.e., have both you and the object in the same photo). All of the objects are in Central Austin and in establishments where you can find good beer, and enjoying a Saint Arnold while on your quest may bring you enlightenment! Once you have found all of the objects and taken the required photos, you may either upload the photos to any of a number of photo-sharing websites (flickr, shutterfly, etc.) and send the link to lennie@saintarnold.com or print the photos and get them to us at the brewery. The deadline for us to receive the photos is Sunday, February 22, at 11:59 PM.
Make sure you include your name, email address and phone number. Only one person per photo so if a group of you are doing it, you each need to take individual pictures of yourselves with the objects.
All correct and complete entries will be sent an invitation for that person to attend a private party (the date and the location of the party will be revealed after the contest is over) where we will draw a name and award that person a home kegerator provided by kegerators.com
So here are the videos:
Watch it on this website below.
or
Watch it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzSq9PzHSuo
If you have any questions, please contact Lennie at lennie@saintarnold.com. Good luck!
OUR SECOND SCAVENGER HUNT!
Our first scavenger hunt was so successful we thought everybody would enjoy trying it again. Plus all correct entries have a chance to win a kegerator for their home! The kegerator is being provided by kegerators.com, so remember that website if you are in need of any home draft supplies.
Here is how it works:
Watch the video that we have posted in a few places (in case you have difficulty viewing the one at the bottom of this post). The video will show specific objects with which you need to take a picture of yourself (i.e., have both you and the object in the same photo). All of the objects are in establishments where you can find good beer, and enjoying a Saint Arnold while on your quest may bring you enlightenment! If any of the hints seem obscure to you, remember googling is allowed. Once you have found all of the objects and taken the required photos, you may either upload the photos to any of a number of photo-sharing websites (flickr, shutterfly, etc.) and send the link to lennie@saintarnold.com or print the photos and get them to us at the brewery. The deadline for us to receive the photos is Sunday, November 23 at 11:59 PM. (If you are trying to drop off photos at the brewery over the weekend, there is a little mail slot in our front door.) Make sure you include your name, email add
ress and phone number. Only one person per photo so if a group of you are doing it, you each need to take individual pictures of yourselves with the objects.
All correct and complete entries that we receive will be sent an invitation for that person to attend a party here at the brewery. At that party, we will draw a name and award that person a home kegerator!
So here it is in summary:
Watch the video at below or follow one of these links if you are having difficulties seeing thing one.
The proof: Take photos of yourself with each item shown in the video.
Send us proof: Either upload photos to photo-sharing website and email the link to lennie@saintarnold.com or bring us the photos. Don't email us the photos or else our server will probably crash.
Deadline: Sunday, November 23 at 11:59 PM
All Correct Entries' Prize: Invitation to a party at the brewery.
Prize: A beautiful home kegerator provided by kegerators.com.
If you have any questions, please contact Lennie at lennie@saintarnold.com. Good luck!
The Saint Arnold Video News: Divine Intervention Edition
DIVINE RESERVE NO. 7 DETAILS
We are now going to be releasing Divine Reserve No. 7 starting Tuesday, September 30 in Houston. Our distributor sustained some significant damage and was closed most of last week. They lost quite a bit of product, but fortunately not in the beer cold box where our cases are kept. Also, not all the stores that would receive Divine Reserve were open last week to confirm orders and it is possible that not all of them will be open yet this week. Thus, we decided it would be prudent to move the release date back one week. Divine Reserve No. 7 will still be released Tuesday, September 23 in Austin, DFW and San Antonio.
If weeks of Hurricane stress has you reaching for the bottle, may we here at Saint Arnold brewing company suggest said DR-7. In this edition of the Saint Arnold Video News you'll meet Austin homebrewer Kerry Martin, the gentleman responsible for the recipe and for part of the labor that made DR7 possible.
The good folks over at Fox 26 are definitely in the good graces of the Patron Saint of Brewers after inviting us into their studios twice in the month of March. We talked about our St. Pat's donegal beard contest and cooked with Saint Arnold beers. Here are highlights from both episodes of the My Fox Houston Live program.
You can watch current episodes of the show live at 4:00 PM weekdays by heading here: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/
The Saint Arnold Video News - One Pot Winners Edition!!!!!
On January 27, 2008 30 brave cooking teams made Saint Arnold history. They all battled to be the first ever champ of the Saint Arnold One Pot Showdown and to have their recipe crowned as the best tasty treat to include Saint Arnold beer. In this edition of the Saint Arnold Video News, Lennie Ambrose meets The Carnies and finds out exactly what a UFO is.
Cookie Dough
2 Sticks of Butter
1 Cup White Sugar
1/4 Cup Pale Malt Syrup
1/4 Cup St. Arnold Winter Stout (plus a couple bottles more to enjoy while you wait) or Brown Ale can substitue
1 Egg
1 Tsp. Vanilla
2 Cups Flour (+ additional for rolling)
1 Tsp. Salt
1 Tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 Tsp. Nutmeg
1/4 Tsp Baking Soda
1/2 Tsp. Baking Powder
1-1/2 Cups Oats
3/4 Cup Chocolate Chips & Butterscotch Chips (Any Ratio of the two totaling 3/4 cup, i.e. 3/8 cup each)
Beer Batter
2 Cups Flour
1 Egg, Beaten
1 Tsp. Salt
1 Tsp. Baking Powder
~1-1/2 Cups St. Arnold Winter Stout or Brown Ale
Dough
1. Begin by creaming the sugar and butter together with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
2. Turn off the mixer and then add in the malt syrup, stout, egg, and vanilla. Mix until incorporated.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and baking powder.
4. While the mixer is going alternate adding the flour and oats to the butter/sugar mixture and mix until everything is incorporated (be sure to scrape down the sides).
5. On low speed or by hand, mix in the chips until thoroughly incorporated.
6. Chill cookie in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
Batter
1. With a fork or whisk, mix all the dry ingredients until thoroughly incorporated.
2. Add the beer and beaten egg and mix until no large lumps appear. The mixture will have some pea-sized lumps in it but should have nothing bigger.
3. Adjust the amount of beer as necessary to achieve a consistency of thin pudding or pancake batter. It will vary based on humidity outside and size of the egg, etc.
4. Allow batter to sit for 10 minutes before using.
Fried Cookie Dough
1. Take chilled cookie dough and form into a disc a little less than 2 inches in diameter and about 1/2 an inch thick.
2. Roll in flour until completely covered and dust off the excess.
3. Dip discs into beer batter and cover completely. Remove with a fork or slotted spoon to drain the excess batter. Be sure that the dough is completely covered by batter otherwise it will ooze and boil out during cooking and you will have a hollow sphere of batter and dirty oil.
4. Fry in 375 F peanut or canola oil for 3 minutes or until golden brown and delicious.
5. Enjoy with your remaining St. Arnold beer.
Saint Arnold Video News goes to the Great American Beer Festival!
The Great American Beer Festival is a celebration of American brewing, with over 400 breweries pouring nearly 1900 different beers over the course of the three day festival. It's also America's premier brewing contest, with nearly 2800 entries competing for only 222 medals. Every brewer dreams of collecting a GABF medal. Saint Arnold has had the honor of collecting ten medals over the course of the past nine years, but never a gold medal. Join Brewery Production Manager Bev Blackwood, Brewer Michael Harris, Controller John Biesmann, members of the Saint Arnold Army and a cast of thousands for an insider's view of the Great American Beer Festival.
For most, an afternoon on the links means grabbing a frosty beverage (official Saint Arnold beers are highly recommended for this), hitting a ball, and then chasing said ball in the weeds. This year, Tour pro Roland "The Brewmaster" Thatcher has had other golfers chasing him however with good ol' Saint Arnold sitting right on his shoulder the whole way. Lennie Ambrose finds out Roland's favorite beer among other things in this edition of The Saint Arnold Video News.
The Saint Arnold Video News - Don't Worry, be Hoppy Edition
You've all heard of the music style hip hop. If you are a seasoned citizen you might have attended a sock hop. After polishing off a few pints of Saint Arnold Amber Ale some have been known to enjoy flapjacks and bacon down at IHOP! But what about just a plain old hop? Well in this edition of The Saint Arnold Video News, Bev Blackwood let's Lennie Ambrose know that there is nothing plain or old about this wonderous flower.
Dictionary.com defines the word stout as, "strong of body, hearty, sturdy". It also defines the word divine as, "heavenly, celestial or surpassing excellence". In this edition of The Saint Arnold Video News, Lennie Ambrose gets the low down from brewer Sam Wright on how he and his cohorts put together those two words for a supremely satisfying Divine Reserve 5.
The Saint Arnold Video News - The set yo' ass on fire edition
Steps for enjoying Big Daddy's Ass Burn Hot Sauce:
1) Open bottle of Ass Burn Hot Sauce
2) Open bottle of Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower Beer
3) Taste Ass Burn Hot Sauce
4) Sweat
5) Taste Fancy Lawnmower Beer
6) Turn over bottle of Ass Burn and look at the ingredients and realize that Fancy Lawnmower is listed
7) Nod in approval and smile
8) Repeat
We at Saint Arnold Brewing Company love the Ass Burn and now Big Daddy Trevi is set to release two more hot sauces that feature Fancy Lawnmower as an ingredient. In this edition of the Saint Arnold Video News, Lennie Ambrose heads to the den of burn to see how fire is stoked.
The Saint Arnold Video News - OKTOBERFEST EDITION!
Have you ever said to yourself, "Self, I wish I could see how Saint Arnold Brewing Company (Texas' Oldest Microbrewery) bottles their fall seasonal Oktoberfest and I wonder which Saint Arnold beer would win in a steel cage death match."? Well in this exclusive report we take you inside the bottling line and answer all of your death match questions.
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Our brewers spend very little time in their offices. So when Lennie Ambrose found the head brewer, the "Big Kahuna" of the brewhouse if you will, Vince Mandeville hangin' out at his computer he decided to grab him for an exclusive interview for the latest edition of The Saint Arnold Video News.
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