Saints, Mardi Gras, and Pub Crawl
The Catholic Church ensures there are saints to watch over all the important things in life. Beer is definitely on that list. Saint Arnold or Arnold of Soissons, is the patron saint of hop-pickers and Belgian brewers. Saint Arnold was a brewer who promoted the health benefits of his beer to the local towns folks telling them it would give them the “gift of health”.
What better namesake could there be for a Houston, Texas brewery that calls itself Texas’ Oldest Craft Brewery. Saint Arnold Brewing Company shipped its first keg of beer on June 9, 1994, becoming the first microbrewery in Houston. They are an institution in the city.
One of the fun things Saint Arnold does is host pub crawls. February 16, 2019, was the first pub crawl of the new year. The concept is fairly simple. The brewery partners up with five or six drinking establishments in one area. Everyone has an hour to show up and pile into the first bar where they get a punch ticket with the names of all the stops. There is no cost, you simply purchase the beer you want at each stop, get your card punched at each place (the first and last stop are designated and the order of the other stops is up to each participant). After three or four hours everyone heads to the last stop where the reward for all this beer drinking is delivered. The pub crawl pint glass!
The February pub crawl had a Mardi Gras theme. Texas is right next door to Louisiana the birthplace of Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States, and always willing to join a good party. The balmy Saturday afternoon was spent eating crawfish and beignets, listening to local music, wearing purple, green, and gold beads, and of course drinking a cold Saint Arnold beer as you walked to six great bars in the Houston Heights neighborhood.
If you are interested in joining the next Saint Arnold pub crawl, you can head to College Station home of Texas A&M University, on March 2, 2019. The theme of the next pub crawl is a celebration of Texas Independence Day.
What better namesake could there be for a Houston, Texas brewery that calls itself Texas’ Oldest Craft Brewery. Saint Arnold Brewing Company shipped its first keg of beer on June 9, 1994, becoming the first microbrewery in Houston. They are an institution in the city.
One of the fun things Saint Arnold does is host pub crawls. February 16, 2019, was the first pub crawl of the new year. The concept is fairly simple. The brewery partners up with five or six drinking establishments in one area. Everyone has an hour to show up and pile into the first bar where they get a punch ticket with the names of all the stops. There is no cost, you simply purchase the beer you want at each stop, get your card punched at each place (the first and last stop are designated and the order of the other stops is up to each participant). After three or four hours everyone heads to the last stop where the reward for all this beer drinking is delivered. The pub crawl pint glass!
The February pub crawl had a Mardi Gras theme. Texas is right next door to Louisiana the birthplace of Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States, and always willing to join a good party. The balmy Saturday afternoon was spent eating crawfish and beignets, listening to local music, wearing purple, green, and gold beads, and of course drinking a cold Saint Arnold beer as you walked to six great bars in the Houston Heights neighborhood.
If you are interested in joining the next Saint Arnold pub crawl, you can head to College Station home of Texas A&M University, on March 2, 2019. The theme of the next pub crawl is a celebration of Texas Independence Day.
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