This Week in Gluttony

These are the 5 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Top your latte with this toasted marshmallow at Brewed.

Photo courtesy of Brewed

The weather outside is not very frightful this week, so get out and get festive. There are two beer pairings — one with cookies and one with ice cream, a decadent steak-and-wine dinner, a spirited tasting event, and a wine walk worth the drive. With two weeks until Christmas, here’s to celebrating comfort and joy.

Monday, December 10

Cookies and Cream Beer Flights at Martin House Brewing Company
Santa never had it this good. Visit the Riverside brewery Monday through Wednesday for a sweet beer flight paired with a fresh chocolate chip cookie. For $10, patrons will receive a four-ounce pour of Martin House’s cookie dough stout, cream ale, peanut butter cream ale and double chocolate imperial stout. (That’s four pours total.) The taproom opens at 4 pm daily and closes at 10 pm.

Wednesday, December 12

Five-Course California Wine Dinner at B&B Butchers & Restaurant
The $135 per-person price (plus tax and gratuity) for this five-course dinner paired with wines is a rather good deal at this ritzy Shops at Clearfork establishment. (The 55-day dry-aged prime ribeye, course four on the menu, is normally $84 alone for 22 ounces.) Other courses include oysters three ways, crab Louie salad, the steak house salad, and a mini chocolate cake and key lime pie duo. The wines are nice, too, and feature Cade, PlumpJack, and Odette Estate. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm.

Thursday, December 13

Coffee Porter Floats with Melt Ice Creams at Brewed
Rich, creamy, spicy and sweet — all in one glass at Brewed. Sit and sip Real Ale Brewing Company’s coffee porter topped with Melt’s speculoos cookie butter ice cream. The dreamy concoction is $10 (available at 6 pm) and there’ll be mug giveaway, too. While there, don’t miss Brewed’s tableside toasted marshmallows, which can be added to any latte on the menu for $1.50.

Wine Walk at Park Village
Here’s a reason to get offline and get out for some shopping. Sip and stroll the Southlake shopping center as participating retailers will serve complimentary wine from 6-8 pm. There’ll also be light bites for pairing and a sommelier presentation at 8 pm with more tastings. The event is free, and reservations are not required.

Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival Sipping Series: Making Spirits Bright
Learn the difference between liqueurs, cordials, apertifs, digestifs and Amari (and taste them all) at this festive and educational cocktail party. The spirited speaker event, hosted by the Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival, will take place at Classic Wine. Arrive right at 6:30 pm, as the event is just an hour long. Tickets are $30 each and include samples and holiday cocktails.

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Yellowstone's Cole Hauser rides into Fort Worth for sunrise fan event

Photo courtesy of Free Rein Coffee Company

Cole Hauser meets Yellowstone fans at a northeast Fort Worth Walmart.

Yellowstone star Cole Hauser blazed a trail through a Walmart parking lot at dawn on September 17 for a meet-and-greet with hundreds of devoted Fort Worth fans.

The official occasion: To launch the sale of his Free Rein Coffee Company in Walmart stores nationwide. But to star-struck fans who got in line before the sun came up, it was the rare chance to meet one of their favorite actors from Paramount's hit Western drama.

In front of an Old West-style covered wagon, Hauser shook hands, took selfies, and signed bags of Free Rein coffee for the first 50 folks in line. All at 7 am.

Throughout the morning, customers at the Walmart Supercenter at 3851 Airport Frwy. got to sample his Texas-made Free Rein coffee, a partnership among Hauser and three friends.

Free Rein will now be sold in more than 1,700 Walmart stores and on Walmart.com nationwide, according to a release. Three varieties - American Dirt (dark roast), Homestead (medium roast), and Prospect (light roast) - are available in grounds and single-serve pods starting at $12.97.

“Through this partnership with Walmart, we’re going to get our great coffee into the hands of the hard working folks who make our country go,” Hauser says in a release. “This has always been my mission: to serve and uplift those who serve their country and communities in any way I can.”

Cole Hauser, Yellowstone, Free Rein, Walmart Hauser enjoys a cup of his Free Rein coffee inside Walmart.Photo courtesy of Free Rein Coffee Company

A portion of Free Rein's sales go to the nonprofit Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which empowers families of fallen and severely wounded Special Operations warriors. Hauser is a longtime patron and board member.

"With its launch into Walmart, Free Rein is committing to a ‘Buy a Bag, Give a Cup’ promise, meaning we’ll give a cup to someone who serves their country or community for every bag of Free Rein Coffee bought at Walmart this year," the release says.

Since Free Rein's launch in October 2023, the release says, several notable names have joined the company as ambassadors and investors, including movie star Mark Wahlberg and Hauser's Yellowstone co-star Forrie J. Smith, "who share a long-time passion for and commitment to supporting veterans."

Free Rein coffee is served at HTeaO shops and is the official coffee of Billy Bob’s Texas.

Hauser also has a bourbon called Lazy K Bar Whiskey, which started selling in retailers around Texas in July.

Hauser has portrayed heartthrob Rip Wheeler (aka Beth Dutton's hubby) on Yellowstone since 2018.

No stranger to Fort Worth, Hauser’s son attends TCU.

Yellowstonereturns for the final episodes of the series finale at 8 pm Sunday, November 10. Paramount Network's hit show, co-created by Fort Worth's Taylor Sheridan, has been on hiatus since January 2023.

Photo courtesy of Free Rein Coffee Company

Cole Hauser meets Yellowstone fans at a northeast Fort Worth Walmart.

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