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Craft Beer 101 From the Hay Merchant’s Kevin Floyd

All next week, craft beer enthusiasts will gather at Big Brew, a craft beer festival Oct. 20-25 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. One of the event’s many features is an online quiz where you can test your craft beer IQ, so to speak, for a chance at some prizes. By the way, Houston […]

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All next week, craft beer enthusiasts will gather at Big Brew, a craft beer festival Oct. 20-25Â at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

One of the event’s many features is an online quiz where you can test your craft beer IQ, so to speak, for a chance at some prizes. By the way, Houston Matters’ Michael Hagerty is proud to say he got 15 out 19 questions correct. But a man who’d run circles around him is Kevin Floyd, owner of Hay Merchant in Montrose. It’s been named one of the top 100 beer bars in the country, according to Draft magazine.

During Big Brew, Kevin Floyd will be giving his Craft Beer 101 talk, and I asked him to give me a preview.

MORE: Kevin tells us the beers he’d take with him to a desert island:

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Michael Hagerty

Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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