Best Beer List: Cobble & Spoke
There are beer bars in Houston with twice as many taps as Cobble & Spoke. It’s not quantity that makes the hidden Spring Branch treasure the city’s best beer list. It’s the expertly curated menu, filled with selections you’re not likely to find at the pub down the street or in the cooler at the grocery store.
The pours from those taps give craft beer fans something to salivate over, mostly a bunch of never-tried-before brews to add to their Untappd lists, the kinds they’ll later brag about to fellow beer drinkers. “Oh, you’ve never had the crisp goodness of a Wrexham Lager from Wrexham Lager Beer Co. in Wrexham, Wales?” (it’s fun to say “Wrexham”) or “Gatos Before Vatos, bro!” when extolling the clean virtues of the Mexican-styled amber from Fulshear’s Project Halo Brewing. There are also wines and most notably a healthy congregation of meads at Cobble & Spoke. If you’ve never had it, you must try Wildflyer Mead’s La Chona, the perfect drink to summon the perfect song.
We would throw back a few La Chonas with Los Tucanes de Tijuana, were they to saunter into the dimly lit beer bar, with its fluid beer list, scattered dart boards and ample indoor and outdoor seating. ‘til then, we’re happy to join fellow beer drinkers with discerning tastes at Cobble & Spoke to try the best beers few others in town are pouring.