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W Austin’s TRACE restaurant has created a new monthly dinner series featuring Austin’s breweries, vineyards and distilleries. Independence Brewing Company is launching the series this Friday featuring a one-of-a-kind beer paring dinner. Friday’s dinner will includes a welcome cocktail and 3-course menu, as well as presentations from TRACE Chef de Cuisine Tim Crittenden, Executive Pastry Chef Wade Greenwood and Independence Brewing Co.’s Amy Cartwright will be on-hand. Upon Arrival: Welcome Cocktail and passed oysters on the […]
Read MoreThe Craft Beer Austin team is starting a new monthly series to inform our readers of our current favorite beers in and around Austin. So without further ado and in no specific order, here are the CBA Staff Picks for March 2020: Andrew Nomadic | Peak Season | Hazy IPA From one of my favorite new breweries in South Austin. Nothing overly crazy, just a solid offering from some good people. It’s too bad […]
Read MoreBeer with Gin | Farmhouse Ales Welcome to our new series “Beer with Gin” where we hear from local beer expert Virginia (Gin) Benavidez, co-founder of The Beer Museum (and most recently the hostess with the most-est at the Austin Beer Guide Best of 2019 Party) to discuss the origin of the Farmhouse Ales. Learn more on 2/27 during WhichCraft & Beer Museum Style Night – Local Farmhouse Ales Guest post written by Gin: Could understanding […]
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Read First | Austin Area Brewery COVID-19 Updates Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Delysia Chocolatier And Real Ale Chocolate and Beer Tasting Real Ale will be pouring Firemans 4 and Hans Pils, along with two new beers that they released last week: 8 Track Amber and Fresh Kicks Hazy IPA to go with six different Irish inspired chocolate truffles. Guests will indulge in the newly released St. Patrick’s Day truffle collection of boozy Irish favorites infused into […]
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Are Craft Beer Seasonals Released Too Early? Guest post by Brian Trivitt Way back in October of 2011 (holy cow does time fly), I wrote my first entry on my personal blog titled “Craft Seasonal Releases are too Early.” Back then, craft beer was still growing double digits year over year, and seasonal releases were still in their early (no pun intended) phase of being released earlier than their appropriate season. Since then, craft beers’ […]
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When I started writing for CraftBeerAustin.com back in 2015, my first series of articles was about Women in Beer. I am happy to announce that thanks to the ladies of the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society, I am bringing back the Women in Beer series. This edition features Clare Hulama, Owner/Assistant Brewer/Director of Everything Else for Bluebonnet Beer Company. Describe your average week. What are you responsible for? I am responsible for all […]
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Texas Brewery Update | January 2020 I got around to running the numbers for the number of breweries/brewpubs in the state of Texas. Before we go into the data, here are the a couple of notes on the numbers: All data is coming from the TABC licenses Duplicate entries have been removed (meaning, if a place has two licenses for the same location, it counts as one. If a place is contract brewing while having […]
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that CraftBeerAustin.com is under new ownership. Rich and Irina are moving on to exciting new adventures and are passing the torch to longtime CraftBeerAustin.com writer Pam Catoe and her husband David Kulczar. We are very excited about the opportunity to be leading the #1 source for news and beer events in Austin and Central Texas. Our focus will be on providing all of the most important beer news and information, […]
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Hopsquad Brewing is Open for Business Location: 2307 Kramer Ln, Austin, TX 78758 Wed & Thu 3-9pm Fri & Sat Noon to Midnight Sun 12-6pm Grand Opening: leap day, February 29th, 2020. Queue “Finally” by CeCe Peniston… That’s right folks, after many a month of wrangling and waiting, waiting, waiting for City of Austin permitting to get their shiznicky together, Hopsquad Brewing Co. is finally open for business in the northern “Brewery District” on Kramer […]
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We are fortunate to have a vibrant craft beer scene in and around the Austin area and there is always something interesting going on from week to week. With that in mind, we are launching a new feature: Six Things You Need to Know. Zymurgy® Magazine Announces the Best Beers in America for 2020 Zymurgy® Magazine is the publication of the American Homebrewers Association® announced the winners of the 18th annual Best Beers in America […]
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The holidays are nearly here. It is hard to find something for craft beer lovers under $20 unless you are buying beer. Craft Beer Austin brings you this guide for great gift ideas for beer lovers for this holiday season under $20 *Disclaimer: Most if not all links on this page will be Affiliate Links. It doesn’t cost you any more to purchase through them, but it does help us to pay for things like […]
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At a recent Pink Boots meeting, hosted by Kiki at Flix Brewhouse Round Rock, she brought up an excellent point, why aren’t more women represented in beer media? When I started writing for Craft Beer Austin back in 2015, my first series of articles was about women in beer. I am happy to announce that thanks to Kiki and the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society, I am bringing back the Women in Beer […]
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