By Bob Barnes
Triple 7 Takes Gold at U.S. Open Beer Championship
Triple 7 Restaurant & Microbrewery at Main Street Station in Downtown Las Vegas was awarded a gold medal at the 2024 U.S. Open Beer Championship in Oxford, Ohio, and was the only Las Vegas brewery to medal at this year’s competition. More than 9,000 beers were entered in the nation’s third-largest brewing competition, and Triple 7’s gold in the Belgian Witbier category was for its Winner Winner Wit, a beer made with coriander and orange blossom honey, which will be available at the microbrewery on draft at least through the end of summer.
Triple 7’s Brewmaster Casey Jacobson (pictured here) upon learning of the win said, “This being my first time participating in a major competition as a brewmaster, a title I’ve held for just over year, is truly what dreams are made of. You couldn’t wipe the grin off my face for days, and I reached out to thank every brewer I have ever worked for to say, ‘Thank you for everything you taught me.’ “I am truly honored and glad I was able to bring one home for our awesome team here at Triple 7.”
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Courtesy photo of Casey Jacobson.
Local Brewery Champion of the Month
In this recurring feature, we spotlight establishments that appreciate our local breweries enough to serve only beer made in Nevada. Chef Brian Howard’s Half Bird Chicken & Beer specializes in free range rotisserie chicken and seven addictive sauces (such as green curry ranch and chili garlic crunch), which is an excellent companion to draft beer. The quick-serve restaurant has an eight-tap, self-serve draft beer wall that’s 100% local. Recent handles included HUDL Cockfight Pils (brewed in partnership with Half Bird), Ballin Eagle Light American Lager and High Hatter Hefe on Pineapple; Able Baker El Pato Loco Mexican Lager and Atomic Duck IPA; Beer Zombies Boomstick Blonde Ale; Lead Dog Fade to Orange American Pale Wheat; Lovelady 9th Island Pineapple Sour; and Revision Disco Ninja New England Style IPA.
The drafts are priced by the ounce, and if you so desire, you can have a sip of each one before investing in a full pour. To view the current tap list, visit HalfBird.com.
CraftHaus Brewery Celebrating 10th Anniversary
You don’t need to travel to Munich to experience Oktoberfest this year. As this year’s anniversary is a milestone, CraftHaus Brewery will take an entire week to commemorate its first full decade of operation with an Oktoberfest theme.
The celebration, dubbed HausFest 10!, will take place Sept. 16-21 at its family-friendly Henderson Booze District brewery location and its Arts District taproom, both of which will be transformed into an Oktoberfest hall and bier garden.
Guests are encouraged to dress in Oktoberfest attire, and there will be games, a Bavarian food menu, nightly stein holding contests, live music and, of course, beer. Special commemorative CraftHaus 10! half-liter steins are available for purchase, which can be filled all week long at a discounted price.
Special beers being rolled out for the occasion include HausFest, a German Festbier finished on Spanish cedar; The GOAT, a Frey Ranch Bourbon barrel-aged Dopplebock; Stratacaster, a wet hop IPA; and two cask-conditioned uncarbonated firkins: the HausFest Oktoberfest with Hallertau hops being tapped on Tuesday and Czech Plz with Mandarina Bavaria hops on Thursday.
A ticketed event will be the Steins and Stories at the Henderson brewery on Sept. 18, during which owners Dave and Wyndee Forrest will tell stories and answer questions about their brewery and how their trip to Bavaria inspired them to open CraftHaus.
Start time is 6:30 p.m., and tickets are $48, which include a three-course dinner, a .5-liter beer and story time. For more info on the festivities, to reserve your HausFest 10! .5-liter stein and to purchase tickets for Steins and Stories, visit CraftHausBrewery.com. 7350 Eastgate Road, Henderson. (702) 462-5934; CraftHausBrewery.com
