29 Percent Increase Is More Than Four Times the Craft Brewing Industry’s Growth Nationwide

HOUSTON, TX–(EMWNews – July 29, 2008) – Saint Arnold Brewing Company

(www.saintarnold.com), the oldest craft brewery in Texas, has broken

another barrier in its rapid growth. The brewery reported today that

production exceeded 10,000 barrels in the first half of 2008. That puts the

brewery on pace to brew more than 20,000 barrels of beer this year for the

first time.

Through June 30th, production volume exceeded 10,500 31-gallon barrels of

Saint Arnold beer, an increase of 29 percent over the same period in 2007.

Nationwide, the Brewers Association reports that in the first half of 2008

volume of beer sold by craft brewers grew at a 6.5 percent. In the first

six months of 2008, Saint Arnold Brewing came close to matching the amount

brewed in all of 2005.

     Year                     Production           % Growth

     -------------------    --------------        ----------

     2004                    9,100 barrels        27 percent

     2005                   10,946 barrels        20 percent

     2006                   13,638 barrels        25 percent

     2007                   17,811 barrels        30 percent

     2008 (1st 6 months)    10,567 barrels        29 percent

“While this year has created a challenging economic environment in which to

operate, we never lost our focus on brewing full-flavored quality beer,”

said Brock Wagner, founder of Saint Arnold Brewing. “Like all craft

breweries, we have endured rapidly increasing costs for raw materials and

shipping. We were concerned how our own price increases would affect

demand for our beers, but have been gratified to see that our customers’

support has not wavered.”

Due to strong demand and capacity limitations, Saint Arnold Brewing Company

recently announced the purchase of a historic building near downtown

Houston for a new brewery. The company has operated out of the same

Northwest Houston facility since it was established in 1994. With a

projected opening of June 2009, the new facility will immediately double

Saint Arnold’s brewing capacity.

Saint Arnold is preparing to reintroduce Saint Arnold Oktoberfest in August

and plans to release the next version of Saint Arnold Divine Reserve in

September. The latest in the brewery’s series of small batch craft brews,

Saint Arnold Divine Reserve No. 7 will be a Weizenbock, a strong Bavarian

wheat beer.

About Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Saint Arnold Brewing’s ten brews are made and sold by the company’s staff

of 21 dedicated employees. The brewery was listed by USA Today as one of

the “10 great places to see what’s brewing in beer.” It is located at 2522

Fairway Park Drive and its brewery tour and tasting is offered every

Saturday at 1:00 P.M. For more information on Saint Arnold’s five

year-round and five seasonal beers as well as root beer, log on to

www.saintarnold.com.