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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 […]
The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 2, 2023 Welcome to the second edition of The Best Beers of the Year (So Far). I’ll skip the super long intro this time, please refer to the first article for all details on methodology. Instead, let’s get right into the results! Here are the top beers released in Central Texas from April to June, 2023! Lager: Pilsner: Pale Ale: IPA (New England / Hazy): IPA […]
The Beerists | 576 – Freak Folk Bier – Vermont Tour Part 2 The Beerists podcast is recorded in Austin, TX and each week we will be featuring the latest episode. The content below is an excerpt from the latest Beerists podcast release: 576 – Freak Folk Bier – Vermont Tour Part 2 576 – Freak Folk Bier – Vermont Tour Part 2 It’s our 2nd Vermont show in this series- this time focusing on […]
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,” […]
Craft Beer Austin Staff Picks | Summer 2023 Welcome back for the Summer 2023 edition of Staff Picks. We once again polled the team to see what they recommend as the weather starts to heat up in Central Texas. One addition this week is Caleb Hoffman, who is contributing his first staff pick. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter and let us know your favorite beers of the moment on our social platforms. […]
5th Element Brewing Open in Leander Located at 100 East Evans, Leander, TX Hours: Thurs 4-9, Fri 2-9, Sat 11-9, Sun 12-6 Join the 5th Element Founders Wall! Six years in the making, 5th Element Brewing is scheduled to open in Leader, TX on June 30 with five beers initially on tap. After various delays, including a global pandemic, the small but mighty four-person team is excited to finally open to the public. Co-Founders Michael Brune […]
By Feature Writer Gin Benavidez Lager? I hardly know her! I agree with you that this is probably the worst way to open an article, but it was the first thing that popped into my head when I tried to figure out a succinct way to convey the point that, as much as beer drinkers love lagers, there’s quite a bit of mystery and misunderstanding surrounding the beer. Plus, the alternative jokes I thought up […]
Celebrating the World’s Best Homemade Beer, Cider, and Mead Press Release The American Homebrewers Association® (AHA)—the national not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the hobby of homebrewing—announced the winners of the 2023 National Homebrew Competition (NHC) during its annual Homebrew Con™ conference in San Diego. 120 medals in 40 categories were awarded for the most outstanding homemade beer, mead, and cider. Six major awards recognizing overall brewing excellence were also presented. The NHC has long been recognized as the […]
The Beerists | 575 – Vermont Tour Part 1 The Beerists podcast is recorded in Austin, TX and each week we will be featuring the latest episode. The content below is an excerpt from the latest Beerists podcast release: 575 – Vermont Tour Part 1 Rubio’s finally healed up from his first bout of COVID, and just in time for a Vermont show! We’re all back in the studio for this one, and listener Justin […]
Celis Brewery | A Texas Craft Brewery Profile Pierre Celis is a beer legend. If you know, you know. Pierre’s name is synonymous with the Belgian Witbier style, or “white” beer. Historically there were three styles of Witbier dating back to the 1300s: The Peeterman, Bières blanches de Louvain (both from Leuven, Belgium), and of course the Hoegaarden Witbier style. Of the three, the Hoegaarden and Louvain were by far the most popular, though Hoegaarden […]
Craft Beer Austin Staff Picks | Summer 2023 Welcome back for the Summer 2023 edition of Staff Picks. We once again polled the team to see what they recommend as the weather starts to heat up in Central Texas. One addition this week is Caleb Hoffman, who is contributing his first staff pick. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter and let us know your favorite beers of the moment on our social platforms. […]
A South Asian Beer Club Collaboration Features Three Texas Breweries A new, first-of-its-kind, beer collaboration brings together brewery owners of South Asian heritage in the U.S. through the South Asian Beer Club and the Chicago Brewseum. Subcontinental: A South Asian Beer Club Collaboration Brew is a jackfruit lager brewed by Roughhouse Brewing in San Marcos TX (available in the taproom only), Misfit Outpost in Cypress TX, Windmills USA in Dallas TX, and Azadi Brewing in Chicago IL. Austin writer Ruvani […]