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When we got an e-mail inviting us to join the fun at Saint Arnold's 2nd annual Foam Raiser for The Orange Show, we knew we'd be fools to turn it down. Two great local acts and some super-special cask ale? There was no way Houstonist would miss it. Apparently plenty of you fine folks were wise enough to attend the festivities as well. Here's some of what we caught on camera.

Okay, it's Friday and our week has been like this and this. So, we're just gonna advise you go crack a cold beer. Lone Star, St. Arnold's, Schlitz Malt Liquor (El Toro) or whatever you prefer. This week we're just feeling like mixing a cocktail is too much effort.

To be precise, Divine Reserve No. 9 will be a Pumpkin Imperial Stout. And on our part, to be honest, Houstonist has not found a pumpkin beer we've liked, but an Imperial Stout seems like as fine an approach as we can imagine. We'll toast its release with a hearty... well, Pumpkin Imperial Stout, of course.

Despite them brewing the biggest Divine Reserve batch yet, our dear friends at Saint Arnold ran out of it pretty darn quick. Divine Reserve #8 was a Scotch ale, and if you were one of the lucky few then you managed to get your paws on some, or at least found it on tap somewhere.

President Obama will be drinking beer with professor Henry Gates and Sergeant James Crowley at the White House. The goal is to talk out the incident that has dominated the news any time people got tired of talking about Michael Jackson's death. Fortunately, now the media is focused on a truly important topic.

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Take it from Houstonist: Recession dining sucks. Not that there's anything wrong with ordering off the dollar menu and rediscovering the joys of ramen once in a while, but seriously, aren't there days when you really want an amazing dinner at one of Houston's best restaurants? Yeah, that's what we thought.

An interesting little blog called Strange Maps recently published a map of the best beer states in America, and Texas found itself in the happy position of Number 6.

Houston’s first ever Crawl for Cancer is now open for registration. This unique event will take place on June 13th , 2009 in midtown bars. Register your team of ten to twelve people with a team name and captain between today and April 30th at a $400 entry fee. Between May 1st and May 18th, the late registration entry fee goes up to $450 per team. The fee includes ten t-shirts, pitchers of beer at each bar and beer at the after-party. Proceeds benefit the Harris County Hospital District Foundation. Crawl for Cancer is a nationally organized event with other crawls taking place in different cities around the U.S. this summer.

Our love of beer has been well documented, and we’re certain plenty of you wonderful readers enjoy it as well. State Representative Jessica Farrar (D-Houston) must enjoy a good brew, because a new bill that she has filed would allow you to purchase a six-pack or case of beer directly from the brewery.

Houston's very own St. Arnold's brewery will commence with it's first ever TwitterCrawl at Hans' Bier Haus beginning at 6 p.m.

Thanks to our 11 readers and their parole officers for joining us at The Ice House last Friday. We had a good time and hope you did, too.

Start shutting down your laptop now, clown, and you may just make it to W. Alabama Ice House in time to catch the sunset with us as we sip suds (or something).

Congratulations, team. January is in the rearview mirror, and we're one month closer to the stifling heat and humidity that comes with early Spring (and sometimes late Winter) in the 713. Houstonist is concerned for your health and well being which is why we'd like to coach you on proper hydration and relaxation techniques.

Houstonist would like to help you non-planners with devising a strategy for your weekend. Step 1: start to relax now. Step 2: come to Happyist on Friday.

Houstonist's 3rd Annual Light Rail Pub Crawl is quickly approaching, which means you need to start training. Join us at West Alabama Ice House as we kick-off the new year (we're slow starters) on Friday, February 6th.

As Chinese New Year celebrations bring us the Year of the Ox, you may find yourself wanting to have a celebration of your own, at home. Houstonist has a recipe from Chef Martin Yan, of PBS's "Yan Can Cook" that fits the bill! After all, Tsingtao or Tsingtao Pure Lager should be your beer of choice when hosting your own celebration, why not use them to cook, as well? When celebrating Chinese New Year, traditional Chinese customs should be incorporated, including:

We trust that you're well on the way to completing your entry for the Second Annual Saint Arnold Scavenger Hunt.

As promised, Houstonist mingled with about 275 intrepid people who came out to experience their first Flavor Tripping party on Friday night at The Social. And although the lines were sometimes long to get in and to get at the food, people had a wonderful time tripping the night away.

Want to support the local arts scene in Houston, but wish there was more liquor involved in your patronage? Then head over to Beaver's Icehouse tonight for the kickoff of Cultured Cocktails from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sponsored by New Living and Spacetaker, this series of happy hours held each Thursday will benefit a different arts non-profit group each week.

Got your tickets for the Flavor Tripping party tomorrow night? Good! Then you know that the event has been moved from the Saint Arnold brewery to The Social on Washington Avenue, due to scheduling conflicts. But don't despair -- there will still be plenty of sweet, sweet beer to go around. Instead of the flotilla of Saint Arnold brews, there will be three beers on tap for the night: Guinness (which tastes like a chocolate milkshake while under the influence of the berry), Brooklyn Lager and Saint Arnold's Elissa IPA.

It's Tuesday again, and you know what that means (what? election? huh?): you survived yet another Monday on the floor at the shirtwaist factory and it's time once again for Bitches Brew! This week, your resident bitches will be reviewing two entirely unrelated beers: a Kronenbourg 1664 and a Fireman's #4 Real Ale. Cause that's how we roll.

Can you wail on Ozzy's Bark at the Moon? Or, like Houstonist, do you just barely make it through I Wanna Be Sedated by the skin of your teeth? Either way, you should rock on down to Caroline Collective on Saturday, November 1st for the Rock Fest 2008 Guitar Hero Tournament sponsored by RSA Corp.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, beer. Houstonist likes beer as much as we like cocktails (we give you the destructions weekly to build your own, after all). And for our next public service, two of your very own Houstonist ladies will be doing a weekly brew review that may accidentally bust out into a wine or spirits review at some point, just saying. Beer does bloat, you know.

Perhaps the most concise description of a Renaissance Festival (any Renaissance Festival, really) was delivered by Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times:

Do you like to drink beer? Do you hate to exercise? If so, Brian O'Neill's Pub in Rice Village has a fitness plan fo you. O'Neill's is touting what it calls Houston's "first an only pub-sponsored running club" with weekly gatherings that begin tonight.

The NHB Chili Cookoff kicks off on Saturday, October 11th, at 2:00 p.m. at Shady Tavern in the Heights. Compeitors will need to be there earlier, around 10:00 a.m., to start the cooking (but you really ought to know that already if you're competing...). We first told you about the cookoff back in August, which means you should have had plenty of time to round up your team and come up with a killer recipe. But if you aren't a chili competitor and are more of a chili connoiseur, then the NHB Chili Cookoff is still right up your alley.

When Houstonist told our 11 readers about the first-ever flavor-tripping party (a.k.a. Miracle berry party) to be held in Houston, we received several comments and emails from readers lamenting the fact that they'd missed the sold-out event.

Plane tickets are expensive these days, especially plane tickets to Europe. Add in the cost of a hotel room, a Eurail pass, fancy walking shoes and money for last-minute souvenirs at Charles de Gaulle, and you're looking at a fat wad of cash.

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