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Raise a Glass! Tickets on Sale for the 2025 Great American Beer Festival Experience thousands of craft beers, ciders, cocktails, and more this October 9-11 in Denver BOULDER, Colo. —Tickets to the Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) are officially on sale! Hosted by the Brewers Association, the trade organization representing small and independent craft brewers, GABF will return to the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, on October 9-11, 2025. Following last year’s buzzworthy debut of ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs) and beyond-beer […]
Austin’s Best Air-Conditioned Tap Rooms Updated August 2025 2025 has been abnormally cool for Central Texas. However, while the rain may help the temps, it also drives the mugginess factor sky high. In addition, we are still hitting the 100s regularly and we all know this will go at least through September. So, with 6 or so weeks of temperature and humidity misery to go, we asked ourselves once again, “What breweries in Austin have […]
Craft Beer Austin Staff Picks | Summer 2025 Welcome back for the Summer 2025 edition of Staff Picks. We once again polled the team to see what they recommend during the dog days of summer in Central Texas. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit to let us know your favorite beers of the moment on our social platforms. Aaron The Brewtorium | Canyonero | Texas Imperial IPA The Brewtorium has been […]
Starbase Brewing Sends Barley to Space in First-of-Its-Kind Experiment Starbase has always stated that their goal is to be the “first brewery on the moon” and on Thursday, July 31, they took an early step in that direction. Starbase Brewing saw its first two spaceflight payloads launch to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard NASA’s Crew-11 mission. One of them could bring humanity a step closer to enjoying beer on Mars. The experiment, called […]
Celis Anniversary Celebration Sparks Questions About Brewery’s Narrative Over the weekend of July 12, the Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas, celebrated its eighth anniversary in style. The event featured the usual beer releases associated with Celis anniversaries, along with brunch, mimosas, an all-day DJ, brewery tours, food vendors, dog adoptions, and more. Beer fans flocked to the brewery throughout the day to join the celebration, which paid homage to the brewery’s founder, Pierre Celis. Central […]
The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 2, 2025 It’s the middle of 2025, and we can’t believe how many new breweries have opened in the last six months. How many have you been to? I’ve been to 8 of them from this list, with an upcoming trip to Llano to check out a few more. It may be difficult to open a new spot in the city among competition, but these new […]
Central Texas Breweries Mobilize for Hill Country Flood Relief In the wake of the devastating Hill Country floods over the July 4th weekend, Central Texas breweries have quickly shifted gears from festive celebrations to community support. Instead of their originally planned holiday weekend events, many breweries are now hosting fundraisers, collecting supplies, and donating proceeds to help those affected by the floods. Once again local breweries are showing that the craft beer community in Central […]
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 […]
Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival 2025 The fourth annual Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival and Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Fredericksburg Rotary Club, occurred on June 13th and 14th. On Friday night, hundreds of brewers met at Altstadt for dinner, drinks, and celebration of the brewing community in Texas. The party continued on Saturday with the festival in downtown Fredericksburg, featuring a record 30 breweries, along with live music, food, and German stylings. Competition Results There were […]
Holden A Beer & Austin Ale Trail Present: ATX Brewery Bracket Austin content creators and community advocates Holden A Beer and Austin Ale Trail have teamed up to bring the third annual summer ATX Brewery Bracket. The event is naturally 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 to highlight all the breweries in town and decide […]
In This Edition: Breweries are opening, expanding, and making some crazy decisions. Published 06/09/2025Edited 06/12/2025: Handsome Dan’s actually did release their beer last week! Whoops. Updated below. The Debuts: Witcher Brewing Company, Black Chapel Brewing, and Highway 71 Brewing Opening Soon If you’ve read our 9 New Breweries in Central Texas earlier this year (and if you haven’t, go read it!), here’s a small update. Handsome Dan’s, after selling sandwiches for a few months, has […]
Bluff SchuetzenFest La Grange, Texas – Kreische Brewery and Monument Hill State Historic Sites will host their fourth annual Bluff SchuetzenFest celebrating German heritage and Texas brewing history on Saturday, May 17th from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. This free family festival offers a full day of live music, traditional crafts and games, historic demonstrations, tours of the Kreische brewery ruins, food and drink, and more. “Bluff SchuetzenFest continues the legacy of the Bluff Schuetzenverein, […]