Local brewery, local ownership. The tours on Saturday are a lot of fun. Seasonal flavors are my favorite, especially the Spring Bock and Christmas ale. I highly recommend their products.

I went on 'the tour' years ago... They did a 15 minute tour and then let you drink some beer... Took some out of town guests there yesterday... One of the owners did a lecture on beer. After 30 incredibly boring minutes of the self important blowhard droning on and on and on... we left to go get some beer elsewhere... he may still be talking... maybe he should get a clue from the fact that every few minutes he had to stop and tell people to stop talking to each other... he was that boring... if they let you have the beer first it wouldn't be so bad, but they make you stand there dry mouthed... in short, buy the beer elsewhere, skip the tour...

St Arnolds is a houston staple. They offer great beers year round and bring out the seasonals as they apply. They have a free tour of the brewery on saturdays. This also includes free beer!