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What Happened to Austin’s Cideries? Austin used to have a ton of cidery taprooms to visit. Now they’re nearly all gone. Why weren’t cidery taprooms able to thrive in Austin the same way that breweries have? Published 1/15/2026 Take a guess at how many cidery taprooms Austin has had over the years. Did you guess three, or four? Well, the answer is actually seven. How many of them are still thriving in 2026? One. It’s […]
2025 Year in Review: Checking Back In On Our Beer Stories to Watch For in 2025 Last January, I put together a list of major industry stories to monitor over the course of 2025. It’s time to check in and see what actually happened. In a surprising twist, not everything was as bad as I anticipated! Read on to learn what I got right (and wrong) in 2025. Tariffs Tariffs may have been the defining […]
Craft Beer Austin Staff Picks | Best of 2025 Welcome to the end of 2025 edition of Staff Picks! We asked the team what their favorite local beers were that they drank this year, and here are the results! Drop us a comment on Instagram, Facebook, or Reddit to let us know your top choice of the year. David Acopon Brewing Company | Gaspipes | Ordinary Bitter This was the benchmark beer of the year […]
The Best Beers of 2025 (By the Numbers) Welcome to the end of 2025. There was a lot of movement in the Central Texas craft beer industry this year, and it’s looking pretty good – our comprehensive openings and closings list counts fifteen brewery openings (plus one cidery, two meaderies), and six brewery closings. Compare that to 2024’s seven openings, and the closings to 2024’s twelve. That’s a pretty sizable increase! Most of the new […]
Published 12/24/2025 Barking Armadillo Brewing Opens Second Location A Christmas gift to all: Barking Armadillo Brewing out of Georgetown has successfully opened their second location in… still Georgetown, but closer to Round Rock. The new spot, dubbed Barking Armadillo Social, is sharing a space with Bahler Street Pizza, which previously operated a popular food truck often seen at breweries in North Central Texas. The brewpub is the first expansion for Barking Armadillo, who opened their […]
Beer Tripping in Scotland For our Winter Trip this year, Pam and I made a pilgrimage to Scotland. The impetus was to go see our middle kid who was studying abroad at St Andrews this semester, but we took the opportunity to visit and see a large swath of Bonnie Scotland and of course we sampled many local craft beer and regional whisky varieties on the way. Here is a rough estimation of our […]
Hot Ones & Cold Ones is Back at Brew & Brew This Sunday, December 13 at 3:00 p.m. Get Tickets Here ATX Beer Party presents another edition of Hot Ones & Cold Ones at Brew and Brew this Sunday. Buckle up for a flavor ride as Brew & Brew, Hold Out Brewing, and Superthing team up for another round of luxurious libations. Sip, savor, and sojourn through four guided pairings of bold coffee creations (the Hot Ones) and crisp craft beers (the Cold Ones). […]
Austin Ale Trail Passport Review (2026): The Best Brewery Perks to Collect This Year It’s that time of year again: The Austin Ale Trail has returned with their sixth annual brewery passport for the 2026 season. If you’re raring to go, you can get your passport early at the two launch parties this weekend – Nomadic Beerworks on Saturday 12/6, and Southern Heights Brewing on Sunday 12/7. General sales will begin soon at these fifteen […]
A Comprehensive List of Brewery Openings and Closures Updated 12/24/2025 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 2026 Open Now Nothing yet! 2026 (Pending) The Alright Brewing Co. (Austin) Pour Choices Brewing Company (Fredericksburg) Three Kings […]
Texas Craft Brewer’s Fest 2025 in Photos Another fantastic event is in the books for 2025 and our team was extremely happy to be on the scene to cover all of the amazing breweries and people that were able to participate this year. So with that, we present Texas Craft Brewer’s Fest 2025 in Photos.
The Best Beers (Maybe?) at Texas Craft Brewers Festival 2025 We’re back for the third year of TCBF beers by the numbers. Last year, we saw thousands* of attendees walking around the festival with this article on their phone, using it as a guide to target the most sought after beers. Will you join their ranks this year, or will you be normal? Disclaimer: just like TBBofT(SF) and Style Breakdown series, this article is based […]
East West Beer Fest Beer List Tickets are on sale now! CraftBeerAustin.com has teamed up with Turnstile Coffee Beer and Spirits to bring a one-of-a-kind beer festival to Austin. East West Beer Fest features 10 local breweries pouring their select East Coast and West Coast-style beers benefitting We Are Blood. East Coast styles have dominated the craft beer scene for the past few years, while many West Coast-style fans still insist it’s the dominant style. Come on out and […]