Spring - Klein Edition | July 2025

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BY JOVANNA AGUILAR

Mad Llama Brewing oers 12 rotating craft beers.

COURTESY MAD LLAMA BREWING

Arrian Brantley prepares a craft beer ight.

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Mad Llama Brewing marks one year in Spring What started as a garage hobby between broth- ers-in-law Stephen Daulong and Arrian Brantley has grown into Mad Llama Brewing, a hometown brewery that opened last June in Spring.

Llama Brewing. The brewery aims to promote community engagement with weekly events including steak night, ladies night, bingo, trivia and live music. The brewery also supports local vendors and has 16 rotating food trucks on-site. Respecting the craft With a process that can take several months, Mad Llama Brewery oers 12 rotating craft beers including the Elder Llama Double IPA, Honey Llama Lager, and the Amber Llama. In addition to beer, the brewery also oers handcrafted hard seltzers with seven types of avored syrups to choose from and a nonalcoholic root beer.

Friends meet to socialize at the local brewery.

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“It started o with us just hanging out drinking beer, and then it super escalated from there,” Brantley said. The inspiration Born and raised in the Spring-Klein area, Dau- long said he graduated from Klein High School and the University of Houston, while Brantley has been a resident for over 24 years. After brewing beer together for fun, the two developed over 100 recipes. Today, they are the local brewers serving handcrafted beers at Mad

22131 Rothwood Road, Ste. 305, Spring www.madllamabrewing.com

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