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Texas Craft Brewers Festival Returns To Austin on September 30, 2023

Tickets On Sale NOW!

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Tickets go on sale June 15th at noon for the Texas Craft Brewers Festival, the state’s largest beer event focused exclusively on Texas-brewed craft beer, returning to East Austin's Fiesta Gardens on September 30, 2023. This year's event will feature more than 80 Texas craft breweries serving samples of approximately 200 independent craft beers, as well as live music and onsite food options. Organized each year by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild, the non-profit trade association committed to advancing the Texas craft brewing industry through advocacy and education, last year's festival returned as a successful in-person event. This year, you can expect a bigger than ever festival experience with an expansion of the festival layout to accommodate more breweries and some extra elbow room for attendees.

Ticket Options:

VIP (12 PM Entry) SOLD OUT

  • Two hours early access to the festival
  • Commemorative tasting cup
  • 10 sample tickets (each redeemable for a 3-ounce pour)
  • Special VIP take-home beer (Pick-up @ merch booth upon exit)
  • Exclusive Texas Craft Brewers Festival tasting cup koozie necklace

GA (2 PM Entry) $45

  • Commemorative tasting cup
  • 10 sample tickets (each redeemable for a 3-ounce pour)

Early Bird Discount: price increases to $50 after August 15th

DESIGNATED DRIVER

  • 2 PM entry (12 PM allowed if accompanying VIP ticket holder)
  • Complimentary non-alcoholic beverages & snacks

Festival Timeline:

VIP Entry - 12 PM
GA Entry - 2 PM
Last Call - 6:15 PM
Festival Closes - 6:30 PM

Beer List (Subject to Change)

(512) Brewing
(512) Pils – American Style Pilsner
Whiskey Barrel aged Double Pecan Porter
5th Element Brewing
Pickle Weisse – Beer Infused with Pickle Juice
Ma Belle – Belgian Tripel
Lost Marker – Czech Style Lager
Erste Kind – Blonde Ale
Acopon Brewing Company
Gaspipes – Best Bitter
Karnstein – Amber Lager
Alamo Beer Company
Ring of Fire – Chilli Beer
Force Majeure – Not So Light Lager
Altstadt Brewery
Altstadt Hefe – South German-style Hefeweizen
Altstadt Radler – Peach Radler
Austin Beerworks
Hydration Pils – Electrolyte Lager
Kölsch Is Kölsch – Kölsch
Black Thunder – Black Lager
Black Duck – Coffee Porter
Epeelio Zestyhaze – Hazy IPA w/ Orange Peel & Lime Zest
Wet Hop IPA – Super Special IPA
Back Unturned Brewing Co
Dream Juice – New England IPA
Puro Pinche Pilsener – Mexican Pilsener
Barking Armadillo Brewing
River Bend Raspberry Sour
Quarantine Island – Hazy IPA
Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches
Batch Pilz – Czech Premium Pale Lager
Kolache Beer: Peach – Tart Fruit Beer with Peach and Milk Sugar
Beerburg Brewing
Wildcraft – Herb and Spice Beer
Hammer Mill – Brown Ale with Pecans and Mesquite Beans
Big Country Organic Brewing Company
TexMex Lager
Oktoberfest
West Coast IPA
Hazy IPA
Blue Owl Brewing
Bobtoberfest – Märzen
Saison Puede – Tart Saison w/ Meyer Lemon & Pink Peppercorn
White Tiger’s Blood – Pineapple, Banana, and Cinnamon Sour Witbier
Hop Frisson – Extra Sour Hazy DDH IPA
Tahitian Lime Pie – Milkshake Sour IPA w/ Tahitian Lime & Motueka Hops
Double Dapper Devil – Extra Strong Sour Raspberry Belgian Ale
Bold Republic Brewing Company
Bohemian Rap City – Czech Amber Lager
Carnival Games – Sour Caramel Apple
Buckstin Brewing Co.
Not The Momma! – DDH Hazy IPA
Das Boots With The Fur – Munich Dunkel
Celestial Beerworks
Virtually Inseparable – Hazy TIPA
Jerzy – Polish Lager
Celis Brewery
Celis Kriek – Fruited Sour
Celis White – Witbier
Central District Brewing
Kayaker’s Kolsch
Gold on The Ceiling – Hazy IPA
Circle Brewing Co.
Elgin Premium – American Lager
Das Bier – Oktoberfest
DeadBeach Brewery
DeadBeach IPA – West Coast IPA
Brown Bonnie – American Brown Ale
Chuco Lager – Helles Lager
Abuela Stout – Mexican Chocolate Spiced Imperial Stout
Eureka Heights Brew Co
713 Pils – Pilsner
Mini Boss – American IPA
Excalibur Brewing
Surfin Safir – West coast style IPA
Avalonian – Double hazy IPA
Family Business Beer Co
Spacious Skies – Light Lager
Chilis From The Grave – Smoked Brown ale w/ Chilis
Fast Friends Beer Company
Luker – Czech Pilsner
Festbier
Fitzhugh Brewing
Spanish Caelia – Historic Wheat Beer
Retro 42 – Cream Ale
Free Roam Brewing Company
Low Fence – American Light Lager
Hop Skud – Crisp IPA

Frontyard Brewing
Mexican Lager
Hazy IPA
Funky Picnic Brewery
Prostoberfest – Märzen
YOU’RE THE FUNKER! – Wet Hopped IPA
Galveston Bay Brewing
Krauss Czech Pils
OktoberfestGalveston Island Brewing

Tangerine Tiki – Fruited Wheat
Excelsior! IPA
Ghost Note Brewing
Southern Lite – Mexican-style Lager
Golden Oak – Oaked Belgian Golden Strong
Good Line Beer Co
Range Life – Pilsner
Floating in Space – Hazy Pale Ale
Grain Theory
Bella Rose – Rosé IPA
Tears of Osiris – Belgian Pentabier
Great Heights Brewing Company
Strikes & Gutters – IPA
Fruity Pellets – Hazy IPA
Hell or High Water Brewing
Bishops Legacy – Kentish Strong Ale
Hazy On The Cape – NE India Pale Ale
Hold Out Brewing
Tangolilly – Pilsner
Leaf Peeper – NEIPA
Hopsquad Brewing Company
Bernabeú – Dry Hopped Spanish style Pilsner
Matador – Watermelon Mint Summer Ale
Infamous Brewing Company
Bugsy’s Fire Brush – Amber Ale
Double Tap – Double India Pale Ale
Jester King Brewery
Staked Plains Pilsner
Wytchmaker – Hazy Rye IPA
Lass Haüs Ales
Barmaid – Pub Ale
Main Piece – Belgian Style Double Saison
Last Stand Brewing
Citra SMaSH IPA
Skeeter Pilz – German Pilsner
Lazarus Brewing Company
Gran Torino – Italian Pilsner
Thunder Pup – Hazy Pale Ale
Live Oak Brewing Company
Kleines Bier – Light Lager
American Zoigl – Premium Lager
Lone Pint Brewery
Yellow Rose – IPA
Zenos – Pale Ale
Zythophile Cascade – IPA
El Cuero – White Stout
Man Overboard Brewing Company
Ron’s Blonde
Hawaiian Sunset – Berliner Wiesse
Martin House Brewing Company
Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer
Miss Marmalade – Orange Lactose Sour
Meanwhile Brewing Co.
Oktoberfest
Perpetual Trance – West Coast IPA
Neutral Ground Brewing Company
Trail Boss ‘Jefe’-weizen – German Hefeweizen
Harvest 2023 Apricot Pale Ale
No Label Brewing
El Hefe – Weizen
Oktoberfest
2022 Perpetual Peace – BBA Wee Heavy Scotch Ale
Cali Boy – West Coast IPA
El Carlito – Weizenbock
Murkey Myers – DDH Hazy DIPA
Nomadic Beerworks
Great Unknown – Citra Hopped Pilsner
Steep Low – Coffee IPA
Oak Highlands Brewery
What Limes with Cucumber – Gose
Freaky Deaky – Belgian Tripel
ODD Muse Brewing Company
Never ODD or Even – Double Hazy IPA
500 Pesos – Mexican Lager
Oddwood Brewing
Le Pacte de Loups – French Pilsner
Ethics & Standards – American IPA
Oskar Blues Brewery
Double Dale’s – American Double IPA
Dales Light Lager – American Light Lager
Dale’s Pale Ale – American Pale Ale
Hazy Blues – Juicy IPA
Pecan Street Brewing
Road Devil – Amber Lager
Moonwalking Cowboy – IPA

Pinthouse
Tübinger – Pale Fest Lager
Scorpion Disco – Modern West Coast IPA
Fresh Hop Training Bines – Fresh Hop IPA
With Pulp – Hazy DIPA co-fermented w/ Sauv Blanc grapes
Plateau Brewing Company
Mesa Grande – Mexican style Lager
Hunters Porter – Porter style ale
Red Horn Brewing Co.
Todo El Día – Mexican Style Pale Lager
Miss Edna – Blackberry Kettle Sour
Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Irish Hello – Dry Irish Stout
Art Car – American IPA
Banger IPA – Imperial Hazy IPA
2013 Pumpkinator – Imperial Pumpkin Stout
2015 Pumpkinator – Imperial Pumpkin Stout
2021 Pumpkinator – Imperial Pumpkin Stout
Saloon Door Brewing
Krispyyy Boyyy – German style Pilsner
Crank that A/C – Texas Coast IPA
San Gabriel River Brewery
5 Bells – American Amber
Knock-out Blonde – Belgian Tripel
Save the World Brewing Co.
Fest in the West – Festbier
Party Barge – Double IPA
Slackers Brewing Co.
Beachcomber – Belgian Blonde
Situation – IPA
Southern Roots Brewing Company
ALICO – American Lager
Gunfighter – American IPA
St Elmo Brewing Co
Carl – Kolsch
Daria – Amber Lager
Hugo – Hazy Double IPA
Starbase Brewing
Lucky Launch Day Lager – Mexican Lager
The Terraformer – Martian Red Ale
Tall City Brewing
¡Viva! Agua Fresca – Pecos Cantaloupe – Radler
Permian Pilsner
Texas Ale Project
Fire Ant Funeral – Amber Ale
Texas Blood – Blood Orange IPA
Texas Beer Company
Wild Texas Kolsch
Bill Pickett Porter
Texas Cannon Brewing Company
Lost Leg Lager – Mexican Lager
Oktoberfest
The Black Star Co-op and Brewery
Midtown Light – American Pilsner
Vulcan – American IPA
The Brewtorium Brewery & Kitchen
Brewtoberfest – Oktoberfest
Flamingo Bomb – Hazy IPA
True Anomaly Brewing
Scout – Light Lager
Small Giant – Summer Saison
Valentina – Fruited Sour (Blackberry + Blueberry)
TUPPS Brewery
Day Pass – Belgian Style Wit
Day Of The Dead – Hazy Pale Ale
New Color Machine – Double Dry Hopped IPA
Twisted X Brewing Co.
Pitmaster – American Pilsener
Gulf Kolsch
Austin Lager – German-style Lager
McConauHAZE – Hazy IPA
Vacancy Brewing
June – Hill Country Pilsner
Vacancy Classic – American Lager
Vector Brewing
Moonsmoke – Lichtenhainer
Figures of Light – India Pale Ale
Vista Brewing
Dark Skies – Black Pilsner
Driftwood – Pale Ale
Wandering Mind
Know it All – Peppercorn & Lemon Saison
Don’t Forget to Dream – BBA Belgian Style Quad
Wild Barley Kitchen & Brewery
Direct to the Public – Dark Czech Lager
Tasman Pale Ale – Southern Hemisphere Hazy Pale ale
Zero One Brewing Company
Mother Earth – West Coast IPA
Eureka – Coffee Blonde Ale
Zilker Brewing Company
Icy Boys – Light Lager
Harvest – Fresh Hop IPA
Future You – Dark Lager
Flavor Fitness – Fruited Kettle Sour

Update: Texas Craft Brewers Fest Collab Lineup Revealed!

On September 13th, the Texas Craft Brewers Guild revealed the lineups for two Texas Craft Brewers Festival Community Collab tents - the PARTNERS in CRAFT Collaboration Tent sponsored by Craft Pride, and the Pink Boots Society Tent featuring Texas beers from the global collaboration effort led by women in the beer industry.  Here are the newly listed beers:

Craft Pride Presents: PARTNERS in CRAFT

Sponsored by our friends at Craft Pride, stop by the PARTNERS in CRAFT tent to experience a unique lineup of Texas collaboration beers!

  • Lucky Day – Session IPA | Blue Owl Brewing & Hold Out Brewing
  • Rat King – Fruited Double IPA | Acopon Brewing Company & Craft Pride
  • Pecking Order Porter – Spiced Coffee Porter | Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches & Smittox Brewing
  • Savannah – Saison | DeadBeach Brewery & The El Paso Zoo
  • Dort Vandelay – Dortmunder Export Lager | Fast Friends Beer Company & St Elmo Brewing
  • 40 Mike Mike – Texas Bock | Free Roam Brewing Company & Compadres Hill Country Cocina
  • Dripping in Gold – Belgian Golden Strong Ale w/ Espresso on Cask | Ghost Note Brewing & Acopon Brewing Company
  • All Hail West Texas – West Coast IPA | Good Line Beer Co & Pondaseta Brewing Co.
  • Memory Machine – Hazy Pale Ale | Hold Out Brewing & Roadmap Brewing
  • Oh! – Farmhouse Ale | Jester King Brewery & Otoko’s Chef Yoshi Okai
  • G-Spot – Belgian Style Saison Fruited Ale | Lass Haüs Ales & Second Bar + Kitchen
  • Saint Abigail Fire Honey Blond – Imperial Blonde Ale | Plateau Brewing Company & Saint Abigail Honey
  • Harvest – Fresh Hop IPA | St Elmo Brewing & Zilker Brewing Company
  • Voyager – Vienna Lager | Starbase Brewing & South Texas Astronomical Society
  • The Caucasian – White Russian Imperial Stout | Texas Ale Project & Full City Rooster Coffee Roasting Studio
  • Tangerine Cream – Cream Ale | Texas Beer Company & Rockabilly Brewing
  • Yok Yok – Rice Lager with Yuzu and Kaffir Lime Leaves | Vacancy Brewing & Hold Out Brewing
  • Daikoku – Japanese-style Rice Lager | Vector Brewing & True Anomaly Brewing
  • Mighty Marzen | Vista Brewing & Künstler Brewing

Pink Boots Society

As an international nonprofit created to assist, inspire and encourage women and/or non-binary individuals in the fermented and alcoholic beverage industry to advance their careers through education, Pink Boots Society has active chapters in North Texas, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio and members spread across the state. Stop by this booth to learn about the nonprofit, try beers brewed as part of the annual Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day® and experience the PBS hop blend from Yakima Chief Hops which unites each recipe.

  • Pink Boots West Coast Pils – West Coast Pils | Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches
  • There’s a Bee in My Boot – Honey Witbier | Beerburg Brewing
  • Chinese Yi Di – Sake/Saison | Fitzhugh Brewing
  • Katie and the Giant Peach – Fruited Blonde | Galveston Bay Brewing
  • Carlita – Kolsch | Hold Out Brewing
  • Fruity IPGAY – Fruity IPA | Hopsquad Brewing Company
  • Sally Skull – India Pale Lager | Infamous Brewing Company
  • Femme Sauvage – Hoppy Farmhouse Ale | Jester King Brewery
  • Mystic Moon – Blonde w/Butterfly Pea Flower & Lemon | Nomadic Beerworks
  • Susanna – American IPA | Texas Cannon Brewing Company

Update: Rotating Tap Lineup Revealed!

On September 20th, the Guild revealed the lineups for the rare, special, and limited release beers that will be tapped from brewery booths throughout the festival grounds at certain times throughout the day.  These are often the highlights of the festival, so be sure not to miss them!

12:30pm

  • Sandia Limon – Hazy IPA with Additions | (512) Brewing
  • Isla on the Sun – Coconut Mojito American Wheat Ale | Red Horn Brewing Co.

1:00pm

  • Corvallis – Wet Hop Pale Ale | Great Heights Brewing Company
  • Chamoy Salty Lady – Gose with Chamoy | Martin House Brewing Company

1:30pm

  • Strawberry Milkshake IPA | Alamo Beer Company
  • Laissez Faire – Wine Barrel Aged Brett Ale | Vista Brewing

2:30pm

  • BBA Commitment Stout with Coffee | Saint Arnold Brewing Company
  • Sea of Waves – Wood-aged Sour | True Anomaly Brewing

3:00pm

  • Atrial Rubicite – BA Fruited Wild Ale | Jester King Brewery
  • Olé All Day – Sangria inspired Sour Ale | Nomadic Beerworks
  • Astral Projection – BBA Coconut Stout | Wandering Mind

3:30pm

  • Ube Tropic – Pina Colada Inspired Sour Beer | Celestial Beerworks
  • Britt’s Brew Imperial Pumpkin Ale – Imperial Pumpkin Ale | Save the World Brewing Co.
  • Rubus Rex – Barrel-aged Saison with Marionberries | Vector Brewing

4:00pm

  • Neighborwood: Passion Plum – Fruited Mixed Culture Farmhouse Ale | Ghost Note Brewing
  • Museverse – Vietnamese Coffee Stout | ODD Muse Brewing Company
  • Oogie – Imperial Gummy Worm Sour | Tall City Brewing

4:30pm

  • Barrel Diver – Sotol Barrel Aged Mixed Culture Ciderweisse | Hold Out Brewing
  • Ninjas in the Orchard – Barrel-aged Sour with Peaches | The Brewtorium Brewery & Kitchen
  • Full Grown Jack – Imperial Pumpkin Stout | TUPPS Brewery

5:00pm

  • TENebrosity – Decoction Imperial Stout | Austin Beerworks
  • Blackberry Daisy Wheel – Sotol Barrel Aged Blackberry Sour | Grain Theory
  • Deluxe – Double Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout | St Elmo Brewing Co

5:30pm

  • Kokomo Royal – Tropical Fruit Smoothie Sour Ale | Blue Owl Brewing
  • Aristocratic Mistress – Golden Strong Eisbock Brewed with Spices | Lass Haüs Ales

Stay tuned to CraftBeerAustin.com for continuing updates as they are announced and visit our brewery guides and event + beer release listings to plan your next brewery visit. Keep up with the TX Craft Brewers Festival on Facebook, and Twitter.

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