Brewery Profile
Downtown Pflugerville Gets its First Brewery with Prost Alehouse Updated December 2023: Prost Alehouse announced its soft opening on December 19, 2023, starting at 3 p.m. with $5 “Haus” beers through Thursday and Garbo’s Lobster ATX food truck onsite. The beer lineup features Haus beers brewed by the new brewer, Kevin Decoud including a Pilsner, Schwarzbier, Schwarz on Nitro, Bavarian IPA, Hefeweizen, and a Cherry Sour. Decoud has a formal brewing education and over 6 […]
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Hutto’s Rockabilly Brewing announces temporary closure to begin renovations Originally published 12/14/23 Update 4/15/24: The renovations were successful, and they are now open again! Rockabilly Brewing, a craft microbrewery located at 1133 CR 137, Hutto, Texas, announced that Dec. 17 will be its last day open in 2023, and it will reopen in early 2024 with some much-anticipated changes. Upon its opening, the microbrewery assured guests that, while they are still a very rustic spot, […]
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Friends and Allies Announces Closure After weeks of speculation and rumors, Friends and Allies Brewing has announced it will be closing permanently after eight years in a social media post. Rumors began spreading around the end of summer that the brewery was already closed, those rumors mainly coming from other social media platforms like Reddit. Members of the CraftBeerAustin.com team visited several times over the past few months and things appeared to be operating normally. […]
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In a surprise move, Oskar Blues has closed its Austin location. Per a former employee, all employees were laid off this morning and the Metric location is closed as of today. Further, the social media accounts and the Austin location on the website have all been removed. Austin has seen a rash of brewery closures over the past few months and the North Austin Brewery District has been hit the hardest with the closure of […]
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New Breweries: Autumn, 2023 Published 10/5/23 Updated 10/7/23 to add a sixth new one – Fat Ass Brewery Updated 1/3/24 to note that Power is not open, but Obsidian and Prost are Did you know that a bunch of new breweries opened last month? While some places open with a lot of fanfare (like the expectedly popular Fast Friends Brewery), other places tend to open quietly with nothing more than a few Instagram posts. But […]
Read MoreCircle Brewing Co. Announces Bankruptcy and Closure Today Circle Brewing Co. announced bankruptcy and plans to close both locations. Circle Brewing was started by childhood friends Ben Sabel and Judson Mulherin who singled out Austin as the location to open their brewery in 2011. After roughly three years of build-out, they recently opened their second location in Elgin, Texas. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Circle Brewing Co. (@circlebrew)
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Humble Pint Brewing Co. Set to Close in September UPDATE: a new brewpub is taking over the space from Humble Pint in Leander. Per social media, Obsidian Brewery, Saf and Doggett, will be opening with a mixed beverage permit. Announced via an Instagram post on social media, Humble Pint Brewing Co. in Leander, TX is scheduled to close in September. In the video, the brewery announced that September would be their final month of business, […]
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Thirsty Planet and SoCo Homebrew Closed Unconfirmed reports say that the building occupied by Thirsty Planet Brewing and SoCo Homebrew has been sold and the tenants locked out of the building. Thirsty Planet just recently opened its long-awaited taproom. In a flurry of social media posts this week, the owners of SoCo Homebrew asked local breweries if they could rent any extra space they may have as they were given 4 hours to vacate the […]
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The Austin area brewery scene has been steadily growing during 2023 with five new breweries currently in operation and three new expansions, and several other projects in the works. Here are some of the newest breweries and expansions for you to visit today! Fast Friends Beer Co. Opens in South Austin Now Open | 3rd Level Brewing Open Now! 5th Element Brewing in Leander New Hill Country Brewery | Lago Vista Brewing Company A New […]
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A New Nano Brewery Brings Belgian-style Beers to Austin You may have noticed some new beers pouring around town served in gold-rimmed pint glasses with a logo of two female silhouettes and featuring fun names like Main Piece. So who is Lass Haüs Ales? Lass Haüs Ales is the first all-female-owned nano-distribution brewery in Austin founded by Amber McCullough and Kris Carpenter, who met while working together at an engineering company back in 2013 while […]
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Whitestone Brewery Expands to Liberty Hill Located at 15390 W State Hwy 29, Liberty Hill, TX The anticipated second location of Whitestone Brewery is open in Liberty Hill featuring an expansive tap wall with 23 taps, HopWater, food trucks, and live music. After almost a year of various delays, the new location is quite a bit larger than the original Cedar Park location at around 4,500 square feet with ample parking. The Liberty Hill location is […]
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New Hill Country Brewery | Lago Vista Brewing Company This post has been updated from the original publish date of March 2022 A new addition to the Central Texas brewery scene is open now. Lago Vista Brewing Company, founded by Samantha and Mark Norman, and Dylan Byerly, will be located at 8001 Bronco Lane in the Texas Hill Country of Lago Vista, Texas. “We have always had a deep love for the Texas Hill Country,” […]
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