Texas is raising the bar and the beer glass! James Simpson, host of What’s on Tap Radio, joined us with four award-winning Texas beers that made waves at the 2025 World Beer Cup, known as the Olympics of Beer. PLUS: How to support your local breweries during American Craft Beer Week You can listen to What’s on Tap Radio Sundays 3–5 PM CST on KPRC 950AM

In Houston, the holiday season brings a curious tradition involving two local businesses with a shared name: The Flying Saucer Pie Company and The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium.

The oldest brewery in Houston is celebrating 30 years and you're invited! Lennie Ambrose with St. Arnold Brewery joins beloved local musician Kam Franklin and Gracie Chavez with the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs to chat about the Houston-themed birthday bash and entertainment lineup you don't want to miss.

Everything is bigger in Texas but everything is better in Houston...even the beer. A number of local breweries won big at the World Beer Cup in Las Vegas.

This weekend the brewery will be throwing their first Oktoberfest with plenty of fun nods to the traditional German festival.

Space can be a hard thing to find in Midtown Houston, but for one new craft brewery, they’re finding the cozy accommodations just right.

SA SPIRITS: Flavor-packed craft beer comes to life at Weathered Souls brewingHOUSTON – A San Antonio brewery has been named the best in the U.S. by Hop Culture Magazine. Weathered Souls Brewing Co. took the No. According to Hop Culture, it was Weathered Souls’ resilience amid the coronavirus pandemic that earned it the top spot on the list. Last June, the brewery launched its “Black Is Beautiful” initiative with a mission to bring “awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily,” Hop Culture reports. According to San Antonio Current, 1,200 breweries, representing all 50 U.S. states and 22 countries have taken part in the initiative.

HOUSTON A Karbach Brewing Company Brewmaster and Tomball High School graduate is bringing the business back home. CCJ Collaborations, founded by Chris Juergen of Tomball, announced Tuesday the construction of a brewery and restaurant in the Tomball Business & Technology Park. Rendering of Tomball brewery designed by Ziegler Cooper Architects. (CCJ Collaborations)The facility which is being designed by Ziegler Cooper Architects will have a modern industrial feel. The modern industrial structure is going to be clean, crisp, and elegant, Juergen said.

Pearl Beer will be making a return to the beer scene after a long hiatus. Pearl xXx, the new marketed name, will feature a new design and a new formula for beer lovers, the Dallas Morning News reported. The beer will be brewed with the help of Austin-based brewery Oasis Texas Brewing Company. It was previously brewed in Fort Worth and then eventually in San Antonio for more than 100 years. We used a bit more of a craft approach to making this beer, producing it closer to home in the Texas Hill Country, and on a smaller scale, for a fresher beer, Daniel Crawford, brand manager for Pearl Beer told Dallas Morning News.