St. Arnold Brewery Tour and Tasting in Houston!

Saint Arnold's is a Houston based brewery and their beers have been spreading like wildfire throughout Houston restaurants and bars over the last two years.  They primarily make German style beer and strictly follow their Purity Laws. My Dad and I traveled down there to join friends Sam V, Emily H, Allison and Andrew for a tasting and tour. This is my first one of two breweries I'll be touring during my holiday break in Houston.

Here's the tasting menu, their Texas Wheat is a crystal weizen and is super light. The Elissa IPA was pretty good and their Winter Stout was impressive.

Fancy Lawnmower is their award winning kolsch beer and mine for the day. Crisp, clean and refreshing, would be perfect for a hot summer day. I wouldn't buy this on a regular basis but I throughly enjoyed tasting it and suggest the same for you. ARMAGEDDON rating.

The owner himself, Brock Wagner gave us a tour their new brew factory which is very professional and includes a large Oktoberfest style beer hall. They've been around for 16 years and are apparently Houston's only microbrew. Unfortunately for everyone outside of Texas and Louisiana, you won't be able to find buy their product. They have 29 employees and their yearly output rose 5,000 barrels last year to 31,000 barrels.

Their fermentation tanks are all named after Saints, except for one named after the late beer taster and legend, Michael Jackson (not the king of pop).

For $7, we received a tour, an 8oz glass and 30oz of beer spread between 4 different types. If you're in the Houston area it's worth a trip! They're open during the week from 3-4:15pm and on Saturday from 11am-2pm. There were over 50 people there today, a Tuesday, and I'd put money down that Saturdays would be a good time.