The holiday beer season is over; now it's time for winter seasonals . A couple of nice ones have popped up here in Texas.

On Feb. 8, the Boy Scouts of America will celebrate its 100th birthday, and for nearly 100 of those years, the Eagle Award has been the highest rank in Boy Scouts.

Chili's Grill & Bar new menu recipes are hand-crafted with freshest ingredients and bold flavors.

Although the total number of animals shown was down, the Moulton Junior Livestock Show brought in about the same amount of money for student projects as in 2009.

Dallas Craft Beer Examiner rates this: Image: Spoetzl It would seem that after celebrating their centennial last year, Spoetzl is finally catching up with this whole craft beer movement.

Originally published January 22, 2010 at 6:51 p.m., updated January 22, 2010 at 7:10 p.m. The next Golden Crescent Veterinary Ranch Seminar will be Jan.

Q: My youngest boy won't eat meat. He claims that he's "allergic." Is there a fix for this that will work fast enough to get him over it before the neighbors find out? Vivian Black, Amarillo A: Appetites seem to have undergone a dramatic shift since the times when a young Texanist could be found free-ranging the streets of Temple like a hungry ...

In a toasty living room in an old house next to a dilapidated motel in the middle of the 2,500-strong town of Hallettsville, Dana Falconberry and three of her friends gathered around their microphones one day in June and recorded for 11 hours.

Bailey Sevcik of Hallettsville and Shelby Pohler of Shiner, both 18, take advantage of the midday sun Thursday, July 2, 2009 as they lay out on Corpus Christi Beach.

July and August 2009 boasted the highest average temperatures on record, according to the National Weather Service, which has been keeping track since 1887.

It's almost time to pop the cork on your favorite bottle of bubbly . That means it's time for Hophead's contribution to City of Ate's endless stream of Year In Review posts.

Looking back on the last year of craft beer in Texas, you have to have a lot of hope for the future.

Blackberry Smoke Little Piece of Dixie Blackberry Smoke prefers not to be labeled a Southern rock band, but that hair, those guitars and the hogs on the gatefold illustration beg to differ.

Gonzales, Texas-based Sage Capital Bank is opening a new branch in Shiner, Texas.

Here is a list of the best breweries this past decade: 1. Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, TX features their Bock which they have been brewing for over a hundred years.

Shiner Gaslight Theatre is kicking off the new year right with a concert by world-renowned composer and pianist Eric Genuis.

Open late in December Shop until 8 p.m. Thursdays in December till Christmas. Shop from 5-8 and register for $100 in Cuero Bucks each week.

Sure has been chilly outside. Sure could use some chili. It comes as no coincidence that these two words sound the same.

Originally published December 7, 2009 at midnight, updated December 7, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. Texas AgriLife Extension Service of DeWitt, Lavaca and Gonzales counties are sponsoring a Tri-County Beef Cattle Symposium on Dec.

Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Wiese laughs a lot these days. "My doctor keeps telling me a good laugh is good for longevity.