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Anniversary festivities at three area locales headline this week's update of craft beer events in North Texas. The first of these occurs on Thursday, when Brew Aleworks hosts a One Year Anniversary Party/Oktoberfest Celebration in Granbury. Then on Saturday, The Bearded Lady will hold its Ten Year Anniversary Party in Fort Worth, while Lakewood Brewing Co. has its Eleventh Anniversary Party in Garland.
Elsewhere, Flix Brewhouse is set to debut a new location in Mansfield with soft opening events on Tuesday and Wednesday. Also of interest, Dr. Jeckyll's Beer Lab of Pantego will offer another round of Quarterly Kölsch Service on Friday. And lastly, for the festival seekers, Brews on Bois D'Arc takes place in Downtown Forney on Saturday.
Cheers!
Monday, September 25
Brewery Special Events
- False Idol Brewing, North Richland Hills - 11 a.m. - Fill the Fridge Mondays featuring 15% off all beer to-go.
- Siren Rock Brewing Co., Rockwall - 11 a.m. - Burger Bash Monday featuring a burger, fries and a beer for $16.
- HopFusion Ale Works, Fort Worth - 12 p.m. - Metal Mondays featuring happy hour pricing all day with a HopFusion black metal cup.
- Martin House Brewing Co., Fort Worth - 12 p.m. - Taproom Release of Prickly Pear Sour.
- Turning Point Beer, Bedford - 12 p.m. - Case of the Mondays featuring 15% off case purchases.
- Hop & Sting Brewing Co., Grapevine - 3 p.m. - Monarch Monday featuring six-dollar six-packs of Monarch American Lager.
- Neutral Ground Brewing Co., Fort Worth - 4 p.m. - Case of the Mondays featuring 25% off case purchases.
- Panther Island Brewing, Fort Worth - 4 p.m. - Monday Night Football featuring $10 flights, $10 low-ABV pitchers and $3 Tailgater blonde ales.
Pubs/Restaurants/Retail
- Guitars & Growlers, Flower Mound - 6 p.m. - Pint Night featuring Bishop Cider of Dallas and Wild Acre Brewing Co. of Fort Worth.
- Guitars & Growlers, McKinney - 6 p.m. - Pint Night featuring Shiner Beers.
- Guitars & Growlers, Richardson - 6 p.m. - Pint Night featuring Two Pitchers Brewing Co. of California.
- Holy Grail Pub, Plano - 6 p.m. - Oktoberfest Week featuring Weihenstaphaner Festbier on tap, with a stein giveaway while supplies last.
Tuesday, September 26
Brewery Special Events
- 3 Nations Brewing Co., Carrollton - 3 p.m. - Beer To Go Tuesdays featuring 10% off all cans and growlers.
- Hop & Sting Brewing Co., Grapevine - 3 p.m. - Hop on Tuesday featuring $9.95 six-packs of Hop to be Square IPA. Highlander Bingo Night follows at 7 p.m.
- Vector Brewing, Dallas - 4 p.m. - Joyful Hour featuring $1 off all full-size draft pours, house wines and apps (ongoing event through Friday).
- Flix Brewhouse, Mansfield - 6 p.m. - Soft Opening Event ($10pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- Celestial Beerworks, Dallas - 7 p.m. - Complicated Discourse: Arraignments, Indictments and Impeachments, a moderated roundtable discussion (participants receive a free eight-ounce "Mission" pour).
- Martin House Brewing Co., Fort Worth - 7 p.m. - Bangers Only Music Bingo Night with Ice Cole.
- Westlake Brewing Co., Dallas - 7 p.m. - Music Bingo Night.
Pubs/Restaurants/Retail
- The Brass Tap, Allen - 5 p.m. - Steal the Pint Night featuring Stone Brewing Co. of California.
- Fred's Texas Café Camp Bowie, Fort Worth - 5:30 p.m. - Pint Night featuring Pantera Loco Mexican Lager on tap from Panther Island Brewing of Fort Worth.
- Holy Grail Pub, Plano - 6 p.m. - Oktoberfest Week featuring Ayinger Oktoberfest on tap, with a stein giveaway while supplies last.
Brewery Special Events
- Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery, Garland - 11 a.m. - $3 Pints Wednesdays featuring $3 pints, $4 tulips all day.
- Hop & Sting Brewing Co., Grapevine - 3 p.m. - Boogie Wednesday featuring $7.95 four-packs of Agua Boogie Cucumber Melon Gose.
- Texas Ale Project, Dallas - 3 p.m. - Hump Day Happy Hour featuring $3 select drafts.
- Flix Brewhouse, Mansfield - 6 p.m. - Soft Opening Event ($10pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- Ash & Ember Brewing, Cedar Hill - 7 p.m. - Lotería Night.
- Dirty Job Brewing, Mansfield - 7 p.m. - Cornhole Tourney featuring discounts on food ($10pp entry fee).
- Soul Fire Brewing Co., Roanoke - 7 p.m. - Brewery Bingo Night.
- Vector Brewing, Dallas - 7 p.m. - Hi-Fi Music Bingo Night.
Pubs/Restaurants/Retail
- Almost Home Taphouse, Little Elm - 5 p.m. - Keep the Glass Night featuring Lone Pint Brewery of Magnolia.
- Fred's Texas Café Western Center, Fort Worth - 5:30 p.m. - Pint Night featuring Pantera Loco Mexican Lager on tap from Panther Island Brewing of Fort Worth.
- Holy Grail Pub, Plano - 6 p.m. - Oktoberfest Week featuring Hofbrau Oktoberfest on tap, with a boot giveaway while supplies last.
- Old 75 Beer Garden, Richardson - 6 p.m. - Keep the Glass Night featuring Oktoberfest on tap from Rollertown Beerworks of Celina.
- Tavern on the Lake, Weatherford - 6 p.m. - Pint Night featuring Cowtown Brewing Co. of Fort Worth.
Thursday, September 28
Brewery Special Events
- Manhattan Project Beer Co., Dallas - 12 p.m. - Taproom Release of Superfortress Triple Hazy IPA.
- Brew Aleworks, Granbury - 6 p.m. One Year Anniversary Party/Oktoberfest Celebration featuring food specials, stein holding, the release of Autumn Lager, and limited edition one-year pint glasses for purchase.
- Fort Brewery & Pizza, Fort Worth - 6 p.m. - Music Bingo Night.
- Ash & Ember Brewing, Cedar Hills - 7 p.m. - Music Bingo Night.
- Odd Muse Brewing Co., Farmers Branch - 7 p.m. - Odderia Mexican-Style Bingo Night.
- Siren Rock Brewing Co., Rockwall - 7 p.m. - Music Bingo Night.
- Tupps Brewery, McKinney - 7 p.m. - Music Bingo at the Brewery.
Pubs/Restaurants/Retail
- Thirsty Growler, The Colony - 11 a.m. - Thirsty Thursday featuring select discounts on growler fills.
- The Brass Tap, Frisco - 6 p.m. - Keep the Glass Night featuring Oktoberfest on tap from Rollertown Beerworks of Celina.
- Holy Grail Pub, Plano - 6 p.m. - Oktoberfest Week featuring Spaten Oktoberfest on tap, with a boot giveaway while supplies last.
- Perot Museum, Dallas - 6 p.m. - Thursdays on Tap featuring Community Beer Co. of Dallas ($5-$25pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- Southside Cellar, Fort Worth - 6 p.m. - Supplier Spotlight featuring a Q&A with Tyler Harris, territory sales manager of 3 Nations Brewing Co. of Carrollton.
Brewery Special Events
- False Idol Brewing, North Richland Hills - 11 a.m. - Taproom Release of Wolf Hunter (German pilsner), 2 Live & Die in L.A. (West Coast IPA double dry-hopped with Simcoe, Citra and Idaho 7 hops), and Robbin' Liberace (New England DIPA double dry-hopped with Mosaic, El Dorado and Nelson hops).
- Celestial Beerworks, Dallas - 12 p.m. - The Unofficial, Unsanctioned, In No Way Related Pre-Game of the State Fair featuring the release of Space Tex, a triple hazy IPA with Motueka, El Dorado and Idaho 7 hops (fairgoers show your ticket for 15% off drafts on the day of attendance).
- Texas Ale Project, Dallas - 5 p.m. - Lego Night: Build & Brew featuring family-friendly refreshments for sale.
- Denton County Brewing Co., Denton - 6:30 p.m. - Speakeasy Supper Society Beer Dinner featuring a six-course beer and food pairing ($100pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- Dr. Jeckyll's Beer Lab, Pantego - 7 p.m. - Quarterly Kölsch Service (click here for more information).
- Panther Island Brewing, Fort Worth - 6 p.m. - Friday Funday featuring live music and BBQ.
- 903 Brewers, Sherman - 7 p.m. - Bingo Night, including free glassware with beer purchase.
- Outfit Brewing, Dallas - 7 p.m. - Free Comedy Tuesday hosted by Jamie Jakes and Mike T (free to attend).
Pubs/Restaurants/Retail
- Holy Grail Pub, Plano - 6 p.m. - Oktoberfest Week featuring Altstadt Oktoberfest on tap, with a boot giveaway while supplies last.
- The Bearded Monk, Denton - 8 p.m. - Comedy Movie Night featuring a screening of Army of Darkness and an Army of Darkness costume contest.
Saturday, September 30
Brewery Special Events
- Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., Fort Worth - 10 a.m. - Backyard Pitmasters Pitmaster360 Class ($89pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- 903 Brewers, Sherman - 11 a.m. - Oktoberfest featuring live music, German food and a stein giveaway with beer purchase.
- Community Beer Co., Dallas - 11 a.m. - Oktoberfest featuring German food, adoptable dogs, seasonal beer releases and more (click here to pre-purchase beer/stein packages for $20).
- Brutal Beerworks, North Richland Hills - 12 p.m. - Oktoberfest Celebration.
- Deep Ellum Brewing Co., Dallas - 12 p.m. - Saturday Brewery Tour ($20pp at the door).
- Denton County Brewing Co., Denton - 12 p.m. - Oktoberfest featuring live music, German food, games, costume contests, raffle giveaways, special releases (including Barrel-Aged Oktoberfest) and more.
- Hop & Sting Brewing Co., Grapevine - 12 p.m. - Alzheimer's Association Walk After Party with Alzheimer's Association - North Central Texas Chapter ($14.95pp at the door).
- Lakewood Brewing Co., Garland - 12 p.m. - Eleventh Anniversary Party featuring live music, rare beers and the release of Lion's Share XI, a Cascadian barleywine ($10-$60pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- Oak Highlands Brewery, Dallas - 12 p.m. - Oktoberfest featuring live music, German food, stein holding, hammerschlagen, Miss Oktoberfest, dog races and more.
- Pegasus City Brewery Design District, Dallas - 12 p.m. - Tiny Tap 'Toberfest Celebration.
- Siren Rock Brewing Co., Rockwall - 12 p.m. - Siren Rocktoberfest featuring German food, dachshund races, games, a stein holding contest and more (click here to pre-purchase limited edition steins).
- White Rock Brewing Co., Dallas - 12 p.m. - Beers with Pyrs Adoption Event with Saving Pyrs in Need.
- Tupps Brewery, McKinney - 5 p.m. - Oktoberfest featuring live music, stein holding, a costume contest, bratwurst eating contest and more.
- Dr. Jeckyll's Beer Lab, Pantego - 7 p.m. - Oktoberfest featuring folk music, dancing, bratwursts, stein hoisting and a new beer release ($10pp at the door).
Pubs/Restaurants/Retail
- Beer Geeks, Fate - 10 a.m. - Pop-Up Brunch with Bravado Biscuit Co. (click here to pre-order).
- Flag Pole Hill, Dallas - 10 a.m. - Dallas Oktoberfest with Oak Highlands Brewery and Vector Brewing of Dallas ($10-$25pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- The Bearded Lady, Fort Worth - 11 a.m. - Ten Year Anniversary Party featuring live music, food vendors, a tattoo artist, and the release of collaboration beers from Celestial Beerworks of Dallas, HopFusion Ale Works of Fort Worth and Turning Point Beer of Dallas.
- Downtown Forney - 4 p.m. - Brews on Bois D'Arc featuring live music, food trucks and beer from over a dozen Texas breweries.
Sunday, October 1
Brewery Special Events
- Denton County Brewing Co., Denton - 12 p.m. - Backyard Pitmasters BrisketU Class ($89pp, click here to purchase tickets).
- Division Brewing, Arlington - 1 p.m. - Bicycle Jamboree - Bike Show & Swap Meet (click here for more information).
- Funky Picnic Brewery & Café, Fort Worth - 6:30 p.m. - Music Bingo in The Back Room.
Further Out
- Oktoberfest at Southern Roots Brewing Co., October 5-7.
- Turning Point Beer Dinner at Rotolo's Craft & Crust Frisco, October 5.
- Backyard Pitmasters BrisketU Class at Peticolas Brewing Co., October 7.
- Barktoberfest at Hop & Sting Brewing Co., October 7.
- Brews for Boobs benefiting Cancer StrongHER at Shannon Brewing Co., October 7,
- HausFest: Oktoberfest in the Highlands at Vector Brewing, October 7.
- Oktoberfest at Oak Highlands Brewery, October 7.
- Snaketoberfest IX at Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery, October 7.
- Backyard Pitmasters RibsU Class at False Idol Brewing, October 8.
- Punk & Metal Fest 3 at Division Brewing, October 13-14.
- Southlake Oktoberfest at Southlake Town Square, October 13-15.
- Cigars Under the Stars at Fort Brewery & Pizza, October 13.
- Goodstock at Community Beer Co., October 14.
- North Texas Hot Sauce Festival at Brutal Beerworks, October 14.
- Oktoberfest at Pegasus City Brewery Downtown, October 14.
- Meet the Turtles at Martin House Brewing Co., October 14.
- The Sound Beer & Wine Feast at Flying Saucer Cypress Waters, October 14.
- The Brewers Table Beer Dinner at Siren Rock Brewing Co., October 16.
- BeerFeast at Flying Saucer Fort Worth, October 21.
- Backyard Pitmasters BrisketU Class at Four Corners Brewing Co., October 21.
- Best Little Brew Fest in Texas at Old Town Lewisville, October 21.
- Fifth Anniversary Party at Civil Pour, October 21.
- Backyard Pitmasters BrisketU Class at Hop & Sting Brewing Co., October 22.
- Trunk or Treat at Oak Highlands Brewery, October 27.
- Backyard Pitmasters BrisketU Class at Rollertown Beerworks, October 28.
- Fifth Orbit Anniversary Party at Celestial Beerworks, October 28.
- Retro Halloween Bash at Turning Point Beer, October 29.
- Rib Cook-Off at Oak Highlands Brewery, November 4.
- Eight Year Anniversary Party at Oak Highlands Brewery, November 11.
- Backyard Pitmasters TurkeyU Class at Peticolas Brewing Co., October 28.
Editor's note: Coverage is limited to special events. Items recurring weekly, such as trivia nights, yoga classes, band bookings and the like are generally not included unless associated with a featured brewery or beer release.