The Houston Flying Saucer with Asa Hanrahan

Asa Hanrahan, General Manager of the Houston Flying Saucer, joins the podcast to share his experiences spanning 16 years at the cornerstone beer bar and landmark of Downtown Houston!  We discuss the craft beer evolution in Texas, Houston new downtown patio space along Main Street, the staying power of the franchise, and the resurgence of Euro beers.  You’ll even find out the most famous people to step foot in the Houston Saucer!  And if that’s not enough, Drew finally joins the Ring of Honor after 18 years!

Beers We Mentioned:     

New Belgium Sunshine Wheat

Green Flash West Coast IPA

Arrogant Bastard Ale

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Celebration

Live Oak Pilz

Shiner Blonde

Euro Beers:  Duvel, Paulaner Hefeweizen, Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, Guiness
 

Other Shout-Outs:

The First Five Texas Breweries:  Shiner, Saint Arnold, Rahr, Real Ale, and Live Oak

Rodeo Goat

Paradigm Brewing

Bad Astronaut Brewing

Great Heights Brewing

Altstadt Brewing

Petrol Station & Hay Merchant

Treehouse

Doug Flutie

Adrian Peterson

Ken Grossman

Dallas Keuchel

Paul Val

Christina Hendricks

Frank the Tank
 

HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!

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