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Raise a Glass! Tickets on Sale for the 2026 Great American Beer Festival Experience thousands of craft beers, ciders, cocktails, and more this October 10-11 in Denver Press Release Crack one open, it’s official. The Brewers Association (BA) has announced that tickets are now on sale for a reimagined Great American Beer Festival ® (opens in new tab)(GABF™), happening at Levitt Pavilion in Denver on October 10 and 11, 2026. GABF has been the heartbeat of […]
Texas Craft Brewers Festival Returns To Austin on November 14, 2026 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 14, 2026. This year’s event will feature more than 80 Texas craft breweries serving samples of approximately 200 independent craft beers, as well as live music and onsite food options. The […]
Pinthouse is expanding to Cedar Park with its biggest project yet Why it matters: Texas’s top brewpub by volume is betting big on Williamson County by adding more brewing capacity and its first-ever beer garden. The details: New facility at 1605 E. New Hope Dr., opening second half of 2027 Full Pinthouse Pizza menu + dedicated outdoor beer garden (a first for the brand) Boosts production for cans/kegs across Central Texas Co-located with Jack Allen’s […]
Austin’s Best Air-Conditioned Tap Rooms Updated August 2026 2026 was trending as a relatively cool year for Central Texas, then came August and 11 straight 100+ degree days as of 8/12. So, with 6 or so weeks of temperature and humidity misery to go, we asked ourselves once again, “What breweries in Austin have the perfect inside air-conditioned oasis to get out of the heat with a local craft beer?” For this list, I am […]
Red Horn Restructures Operations, Names New Head Brewer Red Horn Coffee House and Brewing Co. 1615 Scottsdale Dr. Building 1 Suite 110, Leander, TX 78641 By Jackie Von Panda One recent night, I was relaxing with a cold beer and watching some streaming show. I did not have a care in the world after a long day of work—at least until an unexpected notification popped up on my phone. I lazily reached over, assuming it […]
The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 2, 2026 Apologies that this is a few weeks late – I simply forgot. Enjoy! Standard disclaimer: This data comes from Untappd and is not our personal opinions. Click here to find out more about how this data is gathered. Here are the top beers released in Central Texas from April to June, 2026! https://www.instagram.com/p/DaDXHx5k8rj/?img_index=1 Lager: Pilsner: Pale Ale: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNfI7skcfl/?img_index=1 IPA (New England / Hazy): IPA […]
Altstadt Brewery Wins Big at 2026 U.S. Beer Open After a seven-year hiatus, Fredericksburg’s Altstadt Brewery finished among the top 10 breweries at the 2026 U.S. Beer Open. In 2019, the one-year-old brewery won big at the Great American Beer Festival and took home the fourth-most prizes of any brewery at the U.S. Beer Open, becoming the third brewery ever from Central Texas to place in the competition (the two previous top-10 finishes were by […]
Trailer Premiere Celebrates the Story Behind Texas Craft Beer Revolution AUSTIN, Texas — On Friday, July 17th, Celis Brewery will be hosting the public premiere of the trailer for On Premise: A Texas Beer Story, a forthcoming documentary exploring the origins of the Texas craft beer movement. The documentary tells the story of Billy Forrester, known for establishments including Texas Showdown Saloon, Crown & Anchor, Dog & Duck, and Waterloo Brewing, and brewer […]
A Comprehensive List of Brewery Openings and Closures Updated 9/5/2026 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(opens in new tab) (or from the navigation bar above, under “Beer Guides”), which can be filtered by region. Openings 2026 Open Now Ceremony Botanical Brewing (Austin) Crest Brewing Company (McMahan) 2026 (Pending) Beer Ranch Project […]
Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival Turns 5 Get your tickets here Five years in, the Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival is still doing what it does best: great Texas beer, live music, and giving back to the community that makes it all possible. Mark your calendar for June 12–13 in Fredericksburg. Friday, June 12 —Texas Craft Beer Competition & Awards Dinner The weekend opens at Altstadt Brewery with the Texas Craft Beer Competition and Awards Dinner, shining […]
Holden A Beer & Austin Ale Trail Present: The 2026 ATX Brewery Bracket Let the games begin! Austin content creators and community advocates Holden A Beer and Austin Ale Trail have teamed up to present the fourth annual summer ATX Brewery Bracket, starting on June 12th. The event is inspired by March Madness, and is a fun way to celebrate the brewing community in Austin – no sponsorships, no paid marketing, just a community-led competition […]
Taste Texas History at Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill’s Bluff SchuetzenFest Kreische Brewery and Monument Hill State Historic Sites will host their fifth annual Bluff SchuetzenFest on Saturday, May 16th from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. This family festival celebrates German heritage and Texas’s rich brewing history. Guests can enjoy a full day of live music, a laser shooting gallery, guided tours of the Kreische brewery ruins, food and snacks, history and beer talks, and […]