Alum’s brewery celebrates Rice Centennial with
‘Centenni-Ale’

BY ALYSON WARD
Rice News staff

Coming soon: A beer that pairs well with the Rice Centennial
Celebration.

Saint Arnold Brewing Co. plans to repackage two of its craft
beers – a dark and a blonde – with a new label that cleverly commemorates
Rice’s first 100 years. The name: Centenni-Ale.

The Houston brewery, founded by Rice alumni Brock Wagner ’87
and Kevin Bartol ’81, will tap the first kegs of Centenni-Ale Sept. 10 at the
inaugural home game of the Owls’ 100th football season. And later in September,
22-ounce bottles of the specially labeled brews will be available at local stores.

”We wanted to have fun with this and create a little
celebration in a bottle,” Wagner said. Centenni-Ale will be available at stores
and, he hopes, at Rice events through October 2012, which is the culmination of
the Rice Centennial Celebration.

The Saint Arnold beers that will get the Centenni-Ale label
are Weedwacker, a Hefeweizen that the brewery started selling in June, and the
brand new Santo, a darker brew Wagner describes as a ”black K