Tag Archives: 5X5 Brewing Co.

5X5 Brewing Hosts Border Security Benefit Concert

Creed Fisher Band

5×5 Brewing Co. will host a Border Security Appreciation Benefit Concert on May 13, featuring the Creed Fisher Band. The evening, complete with live music, cold beer and a food truck park, benefits the Javier Vega Jr. Foundation Inc. Doors open at 6 p.m. at brewery, located at 801 Bryan Road in Mission. Citing recent events moral, organizers paired up with Veturo Intrest LLC and Longhorn Services to put on…

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Landmark Offers Something New On Tap

Roy Landa was looking for a new business challenge in establishing The Landmark in his hometown.

It’s a February afternoon that’s warm and sunny with a crispness in the air from preceding days where overnight lows hovered around freezing.  Roy Landa is walking around the grounds of The Landmark on Tower. Traffic goes over the railroad tracks by the combination food truck park/restaurant on Tower Road in Alamo. Thick-trunked oak trees loom over green turf and stylish picnic tables. Under the old oaks, customers go through…

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New Food Park Features Self-Serve Tap

Landmark on Tower

Alamo’s newest food truck park offers the area’s newest self-pour tap wall experience. The Landmark on Tower features six hand-picked food trucks along with a rotating line-up of 24 self-serve beers, wines and more. In addition to The Landmark on Tower’s own brick oven pizzeria, guests can choose from six food trucks: RGV Crawfish Shack Cajun Seafood – A taste of Louisiana Tots With That – Loaded tater tots with…

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5X5 “Bombshells” Into H-E-B

Brunette Bombshell

“Brunette Bombshell” from Mission-based 5×5 Brewing Co. is now available at seven Rio Grande Valley H-E-B stores. It is the brewery’s first beer to enter the retail market. The Mission EDC, in an announcement, says the release is made possible through an exclusive partnership with L&F Distributors. As the largest distributing brewery in the area, 5×5 Brewing Co. is one of a number of businesses receiving Mission EDC support over…

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Moonshiner Bring Slice Of Ozarks

Jerrod Leon Henry stands by his copper still in Los Fresnos.

Tape holds up a distiller’s and rectifier’s permit from the state to the front window of Jerrod Leon Henry’s emerging business. A gold 120-gallon copper still made in Tennessee sits inside of what will become the Rio Grande Distillery and Magic Valley Moonshine. It’s on Highway 100 on the outskirts of Los Fresnos. Traffic buzzes by on the way to Port Isabel and South Padre Island. Henry is bringing a…

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IMAS Empty Barrels Supports Food Bank RGV

The IMAS and Food Bank RGV kick off Empty Barrels project at 5x5 Brewing Co. with Brew-seum committee and supporting partners. Empty Barrels will raise food and funds for the Food Bank RGV and on final display at Brew-seum on April 4.

The International Museum of Art and Science will soon host its first-ever Empty Barrels: A Food and Fund Drive to benefit the Food Bank RGV Inc. Empty Barrels is a collaborative project that aims to bring artists and communities together to raise awareness and funds to fight hunger in the RGV. A donation of six wine and whiskey barrels from 5×5 Brewing Co. in Mission and Hilmy Cellars in Fredericksburg…

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Brewery Apprenticeship Tackles Regional Demand

Veteran-owned and operated 5×5 Brewing Co. is a craft brewery in Mission that is pioneering high quality beer by tackling a labor issue early on. There is an ever-increasing interest for craft beer amongst RGV locals. A brewery apprenticeship program could very well be the missing link between supply and demand in our area. With their rapid growth, 5X5 Brewing Co. anticipates labor issues to arise regarding the abundance of…

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R&B Operation Christmas

The Ryan and Bryan Real estate team at Operation Christmas.

On Dec. 7, the Ryan and Brian Real Estate Team hosted its annual Christmas drive “Operation Christmas.”  This year, the team decided to team with 5×5 Brewing Co. to host the event. During the celebration, the team accepted brand new unwrapped toy and/or a $10 donation. The event this year was in honor of Heroes on the Water. The veteran’s charity serves veterans, active-duty, first responders and their families through…

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The Science of Suds in Craft Brewing

For the 38 percent of Americans who name beer as their “go-to” after work wind-down, there’s nothing quite like a cold brew at the end of a rough day. And with small-batch brewing now accounting for nearly a quarter of the market share, the craft beer craze has become a way of life. But how much do we really think about the “craft” in craft beer? At South Texas College,…

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Valley Roots Bind Brewers

Mission native and Army veteran George Rice is one of the founders of 5X5 Brewery. (VBR)

The 5X5 Brewing Co. of Mission touts itself as being “Battle Born, Texas Made.” On both counts, the fledging beer production and distribution company fits the bill. Four of its five owners have a military background, and its original three founders are all hometown Mission boys who grew up together. “We all have an attachment to the community,” said George Rice, a veteran of the U.S. Army, who recalls as…

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