It's been about 7 or 8 years since I was in Houston, but I did do a lot of drinking when I was down there. You won't find much for breweries, but they have some great pubs. Red Lion and Mucky Duck were my favorites, spent a lot of time and dough at those two, and they're only roughly a mile apart if memory serves. Also the Ginger Man was alright, although filled with trendy poser hipster yuppies. But they do have a lot of great taps and Belgians including sours so it's kind of worthwhile if you can put up with the humans and the high prices. Yeah... Red Lion was definitely my fave. English beers on tap, great atmosphere. Get the fish 'n' chips -- you will not be sorry! At least, assuming it's remained the same for the past 7-8 years. And Mucky Duck's got great music every night... worth a stop or three. Yeah, it's between those two for me. I went to a bunch of other pubs as well but they all sucked in comparison.