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Visit Infamous Brewing in Lake Travis

By Feature Blogger / February 15, 2019 / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile

This is a guest post by Katie. Infamous Brewing in Lake Travis Located 4602 Weletka Dr., Austin, TX 78734 If you ever find yourself out shopping around the Hill Country Galleria or killing some time before a famous Lake Travis Sunset take the detour and go see what the fuss is all about at Infamous Brewing. Infamous Brewing has an outdoor beer garden with a fire pit and food truck. Infamous Brewing has kept the spirit

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Are there Negative Impacts as Breweries Race for New Beer Releases?

By Feature Blogger / February 7, 2019 / Austin Breweries, The People of Craft Beer

This is a guest post by Brian Trivitt. Things change fast these days. Gone are the times when people worked at the same place for their entire career or there were just a small handful of television shows to choose from. Today, we are inundated with constant new choices and beer is certainly no exception. Thanks to smartphones and social media, we are literally just a swipe of a screen away from seeing what’s new.

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A Visit To The Brewtorium

By Feature Blogger / February 5, 2019 / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile, The People of Craft Beer

This is a guest post by J. Darris Mitchell. I showed up to the Brewtorium ready to rock. I’m an avid environmental volunteer and a good friend of mine (and go-to Hop Head, Tam T.) invited me out to a naturalist trivia night. With bragging rights about being a natural minded know-it-all, how could I say no? I walked into the Brewtorium to discover a spacious room, filled with communal style picnic tables. Think Pinthouse

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Great Places to Drink Beer and Eat Pizza in Austin

Best Places to Drink Beer and Eat Pizza in Austin

By Feature Blogger / January 24, 2019 / Austin Breweries

This guest post is by Steve Duffy. Best Places to Drink Beer and Eat Pizza in Austin Much like the horse and carriage, the Captain and Tenille, and Will and Grace, our beloved elixir (that’s beer) goes together with pizza like no other. Legend has it that beer got its start when people steeped leftover bread in water. You had the grain, the yeast, add the water, throw in some herbs for flavor and BAM!,

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Favorite Austin Summer Beers – 2018 Can Edition

By Feature Blogger / July 19, 2018 / Austin Breweries, CBA

This guest post is by James. Favorite Austin Summer Beers – 2018 Can Edition As if we needed an excuse to grab a cold beer, Texas heat is certainly a good one. When the mercury climbs we all scramble for the water. Whether it’s a river, a lake, a beach getaway or your neighborhood pool, a well-stocked cooler is just as important as that sunscreen. The things I look for in beers these occasions are

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The Texas Beer Project – Fixing Texas’ Broken Beer Laws

By Feature Blogger / June 7, 2018 / Austin Breweries, CBA, The People of Craft Beer

#texas_beer_project is on a mission to help “fix Texas’ broken beer laws,” a call-to-action raised earlier this year by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild and their new political action committee, CraftPAC. As an ardent craft beer enthusiast, Gabriela saw this as an opportunity for the wider data community to rally and support a cause that impacts many in Texas and beyond. The Texas Beer Project Brewing the Project Inspiration Independent craft breweries in Texas were dealt a hard blow

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Vista Brewing – Texas Craft Brewery Profile

By Feature Blogger / June 1, 2018 / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile

Vista Brewing – Texas Craft Brewery Profile Location: 13551 FM150, Driftwood, TX 78619 Open: Thursday – Saturday 11am – 10pm, Sunday 11am – 8pm If you haven’t made it out to Vista Brewing yet, you’ve been missing out. Nestled among the picturesque ranch land of Driftwood, Vista is a destination brewery well within reach of those hoping to escape the city for some brews and views. But Vista is more than just a beautiful property.

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Try These Austin Brewed New England IPAs (NEIPA)

By Feature Blogger / May 7, 2018 / Austin Breweries

In the last few years, the IPA drinkers’ palette has moved from the classic West Coast IPA to the recent New England IPA (NEIPA); a low IBU, full-bodied, juice bomb. While classic and American IPAs are still top sellers in the market, breweries such as The Alchemist, Hill Farmstead, Tree House, and Trillium have changed the game, paving the way for a new style. NEIPAs are typically brewed with American hops, developed in the U.S.,

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Austin’s Local Brewery Contenders for World Beer Cup 2018

By Feature Blogger / May 1, 2018 / Austin Breweries, The People of Craft Beer

Update: 2018 Winners Announced Congratulations to the following Austin-area breweries who took home medals this year: Pinthouse Pizza (Burnet): Gold Medal in American Style Strong Pale Ale Category for Green Battles, and Silver Medal in Fresh or Wet Hop Category for This Year’s Crop Wet Hop Pinthouse Pizza (Lamar): Bronze Medal in American Style IPA Category for Bailing Room See the full list of 302 Award Winners from All Styles from from All Countries represented

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Suds Monkey Brewing Company – Texas Craft Brewery Profile

By Feature Blogger / April 26, 2018 / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile, The People of Craft Beer

Suds Monkey Brewing Company Location: 12024 US 290 (@Nutty Brown) Hours: Mon 5-10, Closed Tuesdays, Wed – Thurs 4-9, Sat 12-10, Sun 12-8 One of the new kids on the block, Suds Monkey Brewing Company is “redefining the art of beer, one batch at a time.” The nanobrewery is already making a distinctive mark on the Austin beer landscape with its fun branding and namesake mascot, Suds the Monkey. Todd, self-described “Illustrator of the monkey”

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NLand Brewing Company – Texas Craft Brewery Profile

By Feature Blogger / April 9, 2018 / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile

NLand Brewing Company Location: 4836 E. Highway 71, Del Valle, Texas 78617 Open Tuesday – Sunday 12-8p (until 10pm on Wed. for trivia night) Since opening in late 2016, North America’s first surf park has offered “world-class surfing in the heart of Texas Hill Country,” but that’s not all. Along with its 2 lagoons, juice bar and restaurant, NLand Surf Park also serves up its own craft beer to thirsty surfers and visitors. Head Brewer

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Orf Brewing – Texas Craft Brewery Profile

By Feature Blogger / March 27, 2018 / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile, CBA

Orf Brewing Location: 4700 Burleson Road, Unit F Austin, TX 78744 Currently open weekly on Saturdays 2 to 5pm, with events featuring special entertainment happening roughly once a month “Beer is the overlap of chemistry and fun,” per Chris Orf, founder of Orf Brewing. A chemist by training, but a comedian at heart, Orf’s goal in launching his brewery was to create “a fun community of beer lovers and people who like to laugh.” Just celebrated their

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