Caleb Hoffman

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Barks for Beers Returns: Here is CBA’s Analysis For 2024

By / / Austin Breweries, Charity, Craft Beer News, Guide

Barks for Beers Returns for 2024 Updated 4/23/24 – The first version of this article completely missed 2014!  This has been updated, 2014 is now recognized in the data below. Popular fundraising event Barks for Beers, operated by local charity Divine Canines is returning to Central Texas for their 10th year.  Starting on May 1st, visit any of the 30 breweries listed below to pick up a pint glass and Pawsport for $30+tax.  Then, you […]

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The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 1, 2024

By / / Austin Breweries, Best Beers, CBA, Guide

The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 1, 2024 With the spring beer festival season already over, it’s time to reflect on the crazy first three months of 2024.  So far this year, we’ve had: Breweries making beer Some other stuff So let’s celebrate that first bullet point by taking a look at the best beers made so far this year.  As a reminder, we use Untappd data to list the highest rated

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Wild West Brew Fest Returns for 2024

By / / Beer Festivals, CBA, Event Listings and New Releases

Wild West Brew Fest Returns to Pflugerville for 2024 Originally published Januaray 2024 The Rotary Club of Pflugerville is hard at work bringing the award-winning Wild West Brew Fest back to Central Texas, on April 12 and 13, at Typhoon Texas Waterpark in Pflugerville. This 100% volunteer-created and volunteer-run craft beer festival brings music, food, and brews together under the Texas springtime sky. The 2024 Brew Fest returns with the Launch Party on Friday evening,

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Style Breakdown 3: The Best Berliner Braunbiers Ever Made in Central Texas

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Guide, Style Breakdown

Style Breakdown 3: The Best Berliner Braunbiers Ever Made in Central Texas Welcome to the third edition of Style Breakdown, where we look at the top examples of a specific beer style.  The first edition was on Pilsners, the second was about Imperial Stouts, and for the third I wanted to switch it up a bit and go for a lesser known (but very respectable) style, the Berliner Braunbier, which has been having a huge

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Location Spotlight: Liberty Hill

By / / Austin Breweries, Features, Guide, Location Spotlight

Location Spotlight: Liberty Hill I have a secret for you – I’m not driving out towards Dripping Springs for the eclipse next month.  I’m staying far away from 71 and 290. Instead, as you can tell by the title of this article, I’m planning to head northwest towards Liberty Hill, which is actually slightly closer to the center of totality than Dripping.  And while it’s better to continue a bit further west to maximize your

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Location Spotlight: Cedar Park + Leander

By / / Austin Breweries, Features, Guide, Location Spotlight

Location Spotlight: Cedar Park + Leander Originally published 6/29/23, last updated March 2024 With the long-awaited 5th Element Brewing opening this weekend, it’s a good time to review all the beer options in the area.  If you haven’t explored the suburbs Northwest of Austin yet, take warning – it’s too much for one day.  In this article, we’ll cover the brewery options, top beer bars, and bottleshop(s), and maybe even reach a bit further to

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BEER LIST RELEASED: Hold Out Brewing Hosts Central Texas Pinvitational

By / / Austin Breweries, Beer Festivals, CBA, Craft Beer News, Event Listings and New Releases

Craft Beer & Cask Ale Fans Rejoice: The Central Texas Pinvitational is coming to Austin in March A celebration of Cask-Conditioned Ales & Lagers from across the great state of Texas and beyond.  Better Half Coffee & Cocktails / Hold Out Brewing March 9th, 2024 3:00pm Tickets on sale NOW! Updated Feb 29th – See cask list below! Hold Out Brewing, Acopon Brewing, and Dutchess Ales are proud to present the First Annual Central Texas

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RESULTS: Texas Craft Brewers Cup 2024

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News, Event Listings and New Releases

Texas Craft Brewers Cup 2024 Celebrating its first year in 2022, the Texas Craft Brewers Cup is the premiere professional beer competition run and organized by The Texas Craft Brewers Guild to showcase the outstanding quality and variety of Texas craft beer and the brewers that make them.  The awards ceremony was held on the evening of Saturday, February 17 at the Hilton in Downtown Austin as the closing event for the Texas Craft Brewers

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10Best | Bottle Shops

By / / 10Best, Austin Breweries, CBA, Guide

10Best | Bottle Shops Published January 29, 2024 Looking to stock your fridge?  Sure, you could pick up a decent 6 pack at any grocery or convenience store nowadays, but if you’re a reader of Craft Beer Austin then you likely have more specific tastes in beer.  Below is our list of the 10 Best Bottle Shops in Central Texas based on quality, variety, and freshness. Did we overlook a top bottle shop? Reach out

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A Comprehensive List of Brewery Openings and Closures

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Guide

A Comprehensive List of Brewery Openings and Closures Updated 3/29/2024 This is a complete list of all brewery openings and closures since 2020.  We also maintain a table of all Central Texas breweries that you can view any time here (or from the navigation bar above, under “Beer Guides”), which can be filtered by region. Openings 2024 Open Now: Belly Up Brew Pub (Fredericksburg) 2024 (Pending) The Alright Brewing Co. Old Gregg Beer Company Austin

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Power Brewing Project Faces Unexpected Permitting Issues, Delaying Open

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News

Power Brewing Project Faces Unexpected Permitting Issues Power Brewing Project, the second brewery scheduled to open in Hutto, TX in 2023, was forced to delay its opening due to unexpected permitting issues with the Williamson County Health Department.  David Power, owner and brewer, provided Craft Beer Austin with the specific issue at hand: “I was going through my Williamson County Health Dept permitting process (which I thought was my last hoop to jump through) a

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The Best Beers of 2023

By / / Austin Breweries, Best Beers, CBA, Guide

The Best Beers of 2023 Welcome to the first annual The Best Beers of the Year, presented by Craft Beer Austin!  You read, you drank, you voted, and now we’re here to present the results.  If this is the first of our data-driven articles you’ve seen, please keep in mind that we are using Untappd data to determine the highest rated beers, and as such this data is crowdsourced, not the preferences of the CBA

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