Beer Travel
June 2025 Houston Beer (and Astros) Trip Pam and I recently made the trek from Austin to Houston for a weekend getaway centered around two things: beer and baseball. The Astros delivered with a thrilling ninth-inning walk-off against the Twins, and Houston’s beer scene brought its own kind of fireworks. From small neighborhood spots to iconic institutions, we explored the full spectrum of the Bayou City beer scene and even snuck in a few […]
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The Definitive Guide to Austin Brewery Tours Updated April 2025 The City of Austin is home to over 45 different breweries within a 326 square mile footprint, plus an additional 71 breweries spread across the 4,285 square miles of the greater Austin area. This vast landscape is conducive to brewery experiences of all shapes and sizes. From the chic, tiny brewpubs of downtown Austin to the sprawling farmstead breweries of the Hill Country and the […]
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Where to Enjoy the Best Craft Beer While Watching the Game Missouri is home to an incredible craft beer scene, and for sports fans, the perfect game-day experience combines a lively atmosphere with an exceptional beer selection. Across the state, local breweries and historic sports bars provide the ideal setting for fans to cheer on their favorite teams while enjoying expertly crafted brews. Whether in St. Louis, Kansas City, or smaller towns, beer […]
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Best of the Worst: What to Order at Your Cancun All-Inclusive Pam and I recently returned from a fantastic trip to Mexico. While it isn’t renowned for its beer scene, we’ve been visiting every couple of years, and I’ve picked up a few tips on what to order at all-inclusive resorts. Typically, you’ll find a standard beer on tap, usually Dos Equis or Corona, but if you know who to ask and how to ask, […]
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Four Central Texas Towns Among Brew City, Texas Locations Four Central Texas cities are among the nine early adopters of the Brew City, Texas initiative from the Texas Craft Brewers Guild. The new program aims to promote beer tourism in cities with established brewing scenes as well as up-and-coming locales looking for a first brewery. According to TCBG Executive Director Caroline Wallace, “by collaborating with cities committed to celebrating the unique culture and flavors of […]
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ATX Beer Bus Showcase There are a number of awesome brewery tours in and around Austin, and if you’re looking for a fun day out with the crew it can be hard to decide which one to choose. The Craft Beer Austin team had the chance to experience one of these tours, the ATX Beer Bus, offered by owner and certified cicerone James Lipari. A few years ago, James was looking for a way to […]
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The Brewers Association hosts the Craft Brewers Conference® & BrewExpo America® each year in a different location around the country. It’s the largest craft beer industry conference taking place this April 21-24 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada. Registration is open and this year’s keynote speaker is Fawn Weaver of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: New York Times bestselling author and groundbreaking business mogul Fawn Weaver is an expert in crafting compelling stories; as a writer, powerhouse investor, and values-driven […]
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Where to Drink in Las Vegas Las Vegas is known for many over the top, ostentatiously showy reasons. Beautiful casinos, amazing shows and incredible food come to mind. Then of course their is what some would consider the bad side of Las Vegas, high crime rates, all kinds of legal and illegal vice, noise and light pollution, massive water shortages and until recently one of the worst, most pedestrian and underwhelming craft beer scenes […]
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Austin Ale Trail Passports Available Now Austin’s craft beer scene is booming and shows no signs of slowing down. With so many breweries to choose from, visiting them all can be a daunting task. That’s where the Austin Ale Trail comes in as your guide to the coolest breweries, cideries, brewpubs and bottleshops in Austin and beyond. Let the passport lead you to the latest and trendiest taprooms. Explore breweries, collect stamps, and get perks. […]
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Beer Tripping | Ybor, Florida (Tampa Bay Area) Feature Blogger Fish Reninger If you haven’t heard of Ybor, it is a historical neighborhood just WEST of downtown Tampa. The small town is known for its history as being America’s largest cigar manufacturing city. Once flourishing with hundreds of millions of cigars being rolled daily, it now hosts one last standing cigar factory & a bustling street full of restaurants, cigar-rolling bars, and breweries. Established in […]
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Beer Trippin’ – Tokyo, Japan Japan is well known for its technology, culture, and of course, food. It’s not necessarily the first place you’d think of “beer”, but as one of the most highly modernized countries, of course, there are plenty of great beer options. This article will focus on some of the best breweries and beer bars in Tokyo – easily navigated by train, no location in the sprawling city is ever too far. […]
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Chances are, if you are a longtime Austin resident who loves craft beer, you know the name Pierre Celis. You know he founded Austin’s first craft brewery in the early 1990s, after coming to the United States from Belgium, where he resurrected a beloved witbier recipe. You know his daughter fought hard to revive the brand – after it was snuffed out nearly a decade later – and opened the new Celis Brewery in 2017. […]
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