More New Craft Breweries

Several more new Texas craft breweries have come to our attention just this past week, all in various stages of planning, development, fundraising and construction.

• Brewery DADA (Austin)
• Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company (Houston)
• Cedar Creek Brewery (Kemp)
• Down Easy Brewing Company (Houston)
• Karst Canyon Brewing (Austin)
• Yellow House Canyon Brew Works (Lubbock)

Two More from Rahr & Sons

FORT WORTH - Two more beers are planned this year for Rahr & Sons in their special 22-oz bottled "To Thee" series: La Grange, a farmhouse saison, and Angry Goat, a weizen doppelbock.

Denton County Brewing Company

DENTON - Two new breweries are in the development stages in Denton, just north of Dallas and Fort Worth. Denton County Brewing Company plans to be in operation by mid-2012 with an eventual plan of canning their beers.

Also in the early development stage is Independent Ale Works, also located in Denton.

Pierre Celis Dies at 86

HOEGAARDEN, BELGIUM - Former Austin brewing legend Pierre Celis died Saturday at his home in Belgium of natural causes. He was 86 years old.

Southern Star Walloon

CONROE - Southern Star Brewing has revealed its first seasonal beer, the Southern Star Walloon, scheduled for release this month according to Houston blogger Bryan Carey.

Walloon will be a Belgian-style grisette, an obscure farmhouse style of beer with characteristics of both a witbier and a tripel. No word at this time as to whether this seasonal offering will be canned.

Flying Saucer Coming to Sugar Land

SUGAR LAND - The newest location of the Flying Saucer chain of beer bars will be in Sugar Land Town Square, scheduled to open later this year.

Rahr & Sons Gravel Road

FORT WORTH - Rahr & Sons will introduce a new fall seasonal this year, the Gravel Road Altbier, to be available on draft and in bottles.

Saint Arnold Weedwacker in Bottles

HOUSTON - Part of its recent Moveable Yeast series of experimental beers, Saint Arnold's Weedwacker has proven so popular that it will be bottled as a year-round offering.

The Weedwacker is a version of Saint Arnold's Fancy Lawnmower kölsch fermented with a Bavarian hefeweizen yeast strain. It will take the place of the retiring Texas Wheat in the brewery's current lineup.