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Check out our guide to Houston area breweries and brewpubs

Houston and its suburbs have seen more breweries pop up each year since 2013.

(Senate Bill 639, approved in 2013, allowed producers with a brewpub license to sell their beer to go, directly to consumers.)

Brewpubs around the city are more than beer sellers-- there is often live music on-site, tours giving visitors insight into the brewing process and even family-friendly full-service restaurants, writes our colleague Chevall Pryce.

Here is a guide to breweries and brewpubs started locally in and around the city, as well as a filter for their features offered.

Fulbrook Ale Works and Braman Winery in Richmond and Texas Leaguer Brewing in Missouri City made the list.

Do you have a story idea? Write and let us know.

Juhi Varma, Fort Bend reporter

juhi.varma@houstonchronicle.com

Need to Know

Taral Patel, the former chief of staff for Fort Bend County Judge KP George has announced his candidacy to serve as Fort Bend County Commissioner for Precinct 3.

Photo by: Taral Patel

Fort Bend county commissioner candidate arrested, authorities say

A candidate for Fort Bend County Pct. 3 commissioner was arrested Wednesday on charges of online impersonation and misrepresentation, according to the county district attorney's office.

Sugar Land Space Cowboys Trey Cabbage (38) faced Houston Astros starting pitcher Ronel Blanco (56) during the first inning of an MLB exhibition game at Minute on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Houston.

Photo by: Karen Warren/Staff Photographer

Here's five ways to celebrate Pride Month in Houston's suburbs

The annual Space Cowboys Pride Night returns to Constellation Field in Sugar Land.

Growing Fort Bend

This 13.9 acre property in Fulshear boasts a fully remodeled home, a cottage on-site, its own tennis court, a wine grotto, and a grilling pavilion all less than an hour from downtown Houston.

Photo by: HAR.com

A barn and a cottage come with this $5.25 million Fulshear home

This Fulshear home offers potential buyers space on its 13 acres with a cottage and barn for its $5.25 million price tag.

Education

At their Monday night meeting, Fort Bend ISD adopted the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget of $828.6 million.

Photo by: Juhi Varma

Fort Bend ISD leaders adopt balanced $829M budget, but 'living with the pain' of difficult cuts

Fort Bend ISD's new $828.6 million budget is balanced thanks to two years of budget cuts, but a general salary increase for teachers and staff is not included.

Openings and Closings

Popular ice cream chain Cold Stone Creamery has a new location in Fulshear at 27123 Fulshear Bend Drive.

Shout Out

This afternoon, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston in partnership with the Office of Fort Bend County Precinct 4 Commissioner Dexter McCoy will celebrate the opening of their newest facility. The youth development organization serves more than 50,000 kids and teens through 26 clubs across five counties in the Greater Houston area. The Rosenberg Club is located at 1820 Avenue E, Rosenberg.

One last thing ...

The past ten years have seen Scorigami become a fun statistical hobby for football enthusiasts who enjoy tracking and predicting new and rare score combinations.

Then came the weather version called "weathergami", invented by meteorologist Jonathan Kahl with historical weather data. Kahl is a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Weathergami tracks weather combinations that have never occurred before. Our Hearst colleagues analyzed Houston's temperatures, comparing them to other cities. Take a look here.