Caleb Hoffman

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Austin Ale Trail Passport Review (2024-2025): The Best Brewery Perks to Collect This Year

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Guide

Austin Ale Trail Passport Review (2024-2025): The Best Brewery Perks to Collect This Year Updated 9/18/24 – Passports are now available everywhere! It’s that time of year again: The Austin Ale Trail has returned with their fifth annual brewery passport for the 2024-2025 season.  If you’re raring to go, you can get your passport early at the two launch parties this weekend – Vacancy Brewing on Saturday 9/7, and Blue Owl Brewing on Sunday 9/8.  […]

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10Best | Bottle Shops

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

10Best | Bottle Shops Published January 29, 2024 Updated October 9, 2025 – Replaced two closed places with new options 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,

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10Best | Nicest Brewery Taprooms

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10Best | Nicest Brewery Taprooms Updated March 29, 2023 Deciding where to go for a beer in Austin can feel overwhelming with how many breweries there are nowadays.  There are a few key traits you might be seeking out – you might be looking to try a great new beer, or a bite to eat; but no matter what, the most important attribute of a brewery taproom is how enjoyable it is to spend your

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The Best Beers at Texas Craft Brewers Festival 2024

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

The Best Beers (Maybe?) at Texas Craft Brewers Festival 2024 This is the article that you’ve always wanted. You’ve already looked over the beer list at TCBF and thought, “So many beers!  I’ll just figure it out when I get there.”  That’s a bold strategy – what if you miss the best one?  Good news, readers of Craft Beer Austin, we’re here to reward your continued support by literally telling you what the best beers

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Texas Craft Brewers Festival 2024 | Beer List Released

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

Texas Craft Brewers Festival Returns To Austin on November 16, 2024 Originally published June 2024Updated October 19th – Beer list releasedUpdated October 31st – Rotating taps released Tickets On Sale Now! Tickets are on sale 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 November 16, 2024. This year’s event will feature more than 80 Texas craft breweries serving samples

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Austin Eastciders Collaboratory Closes, Moves Production to Michigan

By / / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile, CBA, Craft Beer News

Austin Eastciders Collaboratory Closes, Moves Production to Michigan Posted 10/22/24 Austin Eastciders announced on instagram that the Collaboratory in East Austin is closed, effective immediately. In the carefully worded post, Eastciders states that the space “will evolve into a year-round, multi-use destination,” and clarifies in a comment reply that “the Collaboratory is closed, but a new hospitality vendor is taking over the space in the coming weeks.”  Eater Austin has reported that the new tenant

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The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 3, 2024

By / / Austin Breweries, Beer Data and Statistics, Best Beers, CBA, Guide

The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 3, 2024 Welcome to the end of summer edition of TBBotY(SF)!  This time, we are asking for your feedback: This series takes a decent amount of time to put together each quarter, so with that in mind, I created a survey to find out which parts of this article are being utilized by readers.  Please take a minute to fill this out whether or not you

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Last Stand Brewing Company Closing

By / / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile, CBA, Craft Beer News

Last Stand Brewing Company Closing This Weekend Posted 10/9/24 Last Stand Brewing Company has announced on instagram that they will be closing, with their final opening day on Sunday, October 13th.  Last Stand started in Dripping Springs off of Fitzhugh Rd. in 2015, before moving to a larger location on South Congress in 2020.  In 2023, the back room was converted into a small pickleball facility.  The reason for closure is not yet known.  In

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The San Antonio Beer Festival Returns October 19th

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

Don’t Miss the Largest Single-Day Beer Fest in Texas: The San Antonio Beer Festival, presented by H-E-B  Saturday, October 19, Noon – 6 p.m., Crockett Park   The San Antonio Beer Festival, founded in 2005, is San Antonio’s original beer fest, pouring hundreds of premium and craft beers from 100+ breweries from around the world. Don’t miss the largest single-day beer festival in Texas, the San Antonio Beer Festival is presented by H-E-B, benefiting the San Antonio

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Austin Beer News | Six Things You Need to Know | September 2024

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In This Edition: Austin Eastciders Brand Refresh, New Beer Festivals, New Breweries, Industry Hiccups, and More. Published 9/24/2024 Austin Eastciders Debuts First Brand Refresh  Austin Eastciders has a new look, bringing the flavors of Austin across Texas and the country. Cans and cartons of their ciders now feature vibrant illustrations with colorful characters and unique patterns representative of everything Austin is and loves: food, culture, people, music and the outdoors.  The new on-package imagery is

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Head to Head: Lager Jam vs Lager Fest

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

Head to Head: Lager Jam vs Lager Fest Welcome to autumn beer fest season!  To kick us off, there are two lager events coming up: on September 14th, Spokesman South + Austin Beer Guide will host their 10th annual Lager Jam at The Yard.  Then, on September 21st, Jester King Brewery is hosting a new Lager Fest in honor of their 14th anniversary.  Since they’re so close to each other, I thought it would be

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Austin Beer News | Six Things You Need to Know | August 2024

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Published 8/14/2024 This edition of Six Things You Need to Know covers various craft beer topics in the Austin area and beyond. Thirsty Planet Reopening in San Marcos Thirsty Planet Brewery announced on instagram that they will be opening a new brewing facility in San Marcos.  The brewery was originally located off 290 near Fitzhugh Rd, before moving operations to a large facility on South Congress in 2016.  While there were plans to open a

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