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Alamo City Eats Article

The Hoppy Monk: Where Monastic Brews Meet Alamo City Good Eats

A long-form visit from the Alamo City Eats newsletter, framed around the monastic brewing tradition the pub takes its name from. The writer works through the Belgian-leaning tap list before landing on the ribeye sandwich, the fish and chips and the Trappist mushrooms, and closes on the room itself — the wrought-iron chandeliers and the low hum of a full house.

Read it at Alamo City Eats

Saint Arnold Brewing Video

Video Segment – Saint Arnold Brewing

Saint Arnold Brewing featured the San Antonio pub on its channel, with the owner walking through what independence actually means in practice: ninety-nine taps that pour only independent beer, and a scratch kitchen that goes to local farms and ranches for produce, meat and fish.

Read it at Saint Arnold Brewing

San Antonio Express-News Article

Food – The Hoppy Monk

The Express-News looked in not long after the North Side location opened, finding that the El Paso original had brought its whole approach with it — craft applied to the food and the cocktails as much as the beer, without the self-seriousness that usually rides along. The reviewer noticed the care taken over the pour itself: correct method, correct glass, ninety-nine times over.

Read it at San Antonio Express-News

Do210 Article

Bite of the Week: The Hoppy Monk

Do210 named the pub its Bite of the Week shortly after the San Antonio location opened. The piece centres on the independence rule behind the tap wall — nothing owned by the big conglomerates — and on a kitchen sourcing from its own garden and a downtown hydroponic farm.

Read it at Do210