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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with BEER! A Love Story

By Pam Catoe / February 11, 2021 / Beer and Movies, CBA, Craft Beer News

Who would have guessed the weather would take another crazy turn, and on Valentine’s Day weekend no less! With the weather on the fritz, events are being canceled and many breweries are closing for the weekend due to safety concerns. Luckily, you can still have a craft beer-filled romantic weekend. Plan your date night at home with BEER! A Love Story. a 4K full-length feature documentary available globally throughout 2021 and now through February 28 …

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Easy Tiger Announces New East Austin Location

By Feature Blogger / February 2, 2021 / CBA, Craft Beer News

Feature post by Aaron Stevens Four months after closing their original Sixth Street bakery due to the coronavirus pandemic, Easy Tiger will return to downtown Austin. The popular bakeshop and beer garden’s new location is a few blocks away at 1501 East Seventh Street in the former 7co event venue. The massive space features a 15,000 square foot enclosed yard, 2,500 square feet of indoor space, and more than 1,000 square feet of covered terraces. …

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Yuengling Finally Makes it to Texas

By Feature Blogger / January 21, 2021 / CBA, Craft Beer News

Feature by Aaron Stevens After 191 years in business, Yuengling will finally be available in the Lone Star state. The venerable Pennsylvania-based brewery announced the distribution of its core lineup across Texas beginning in fall 2021. The expansion into Texas is the first step in a larger move into the western United States by Yuengling, the oldest brewery in the United States. Founded in 1829 by German immigrant David Yuengling in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Yuengling is …

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Austin Beer News | Six Things You Need to Know

By Pam Catoe / January 11, 2021 / CBA, Craft Beer News

January started off pretty rough; however, there are some good news stories out there. Here are a few highlights of what is happening in the Austin area beer scene. A New Pinthouse Has Arrived The long-awaited fourth location of Pinthouse Pizza has opened under a new concept Pinthouse Brewing. Many wondered if it would just be the new brewing facility for all that Electric Jellyfish; however, it is far more than that. Read more here. …

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Bluebonnet Beer Featured in Documentary

By Pam Catoe / January 9, 2021 / Austin Breweries, Craft Beer, Craft Beer News, News

Bluebonnet Beer Company was recently featured in a short documentary by Petro films as part of the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce’s initiative to promote local businesses and inspire future business creation. Bluebonnet Beer We were contacted by the Round Rock Chamber, because they felt that our style of documentary storytelling would help attract entrepreneurs to Round Rock, Texas. The objective was to create films that cultivate the business network in Round Rock, by revealing …

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Pinthouse Brewing Opens in South Austin

By Melanie Ross / January 16, 2021 / CBA, Craft Beer News, Grand Opening, News

Update: Pinthouse Brewing is Now Open! Pinthouse Brewing Located at 2201 East Ben White Boulevard, Austin, TX 78741 After eight years in the biz, the Pinthouse Pizza brand is opening the doors to its fourth and largest location yet, Pinthouse Brewing. Drumroll… official opening will commence with a limited menu this week! Yet another stellar southeast Austin brewery opening! Brewmaster & Co-Owner Joe Mohrfeld, Head Brewer Kirkland Wheeler, and Marketing Manager Rob Larry played tour …

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Craft Beer Austin Year in Review | 2020 Edition

By Pam Catoe / December 31, 2020 / CBA, Craft Beer News, Pink Boots Society, Women in Beer

Craft Beer Austin Year in Review | 2020 Edition I think we can all agree that 2020 was a terrible year for many reasons. However, there was some good news mixed in with the bad news. Closures & The Guild Let’s get the bad news out of the way. 2020 brought us a slew of brewery closures. Some were already having difficulties, but the pandemic and sudden business closures, along with the fight to reopen, …

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TABC Brewery Approvals November 30th, 2020

By Andrew Schwab / December 1, 2020 / Craft Beer, Craft Beer News, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

No label approvals again from me. Due to the influx of breweries in the market, along with all of the local breweries putting out more beer, the weekly lists have become excessive to get done. With that said, for the meantime, I will focus on getting brewery approvals out each month just to let people know what is still opening in Texas. These are all of the approvals since the beginning of October. Recent Brewery …

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Get Ready for Small Brewery Saturday!

By Pam Catoe / November 24, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Craft Beer News, Holidays

Texas craft breweries and beer retailers are teaming up across the state to offer a limited edition souvenir glass this Saturday, November 28th This Saturday Texas breweries, retailers, and craft-friendly bars and restaurants are promoting Small Business Saturday by offering a collectible souvenir beer glass for the second year in a row. This year’s beer can glass was illustrated by Texas-based artist Carra Skyes in partnership with Grandstand inspired by what most of us have …

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Last Stand Brewing Co. Expands to South Austin

By Pam Catoe / November 20, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Beer to Go, Brewery Profile, CBA, Craft Beer, Craft Beer News, New to Craft Beer

Located at 7601 S Congress, Bldg 6 Opening a new location during a pandemic is not an ideal situation for anyone; however, the plans to expand Last Stand Brewing Co. to a location in the city have been underway for quite some time. After a few final (and at times frustrating) permits from the city, the new location is open for business off of South Congress. “We started looking for a second location in 2016.” …

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4th Tap Brewing and SXSE Food Co. Have a New Partnership

By Dani Schwab / November 16, 2020 / CBA, Craft Beer News, Press Release

4th Tap Brewing and SXSE Food Co. Have a New Partnership Have you recently been by 4th Tap Brewing Co-op? If so, you would have noticed a change in food trucks. SXSE Food Co. announced a new partnership with 4th Tap Brewing Co-op. Their grand opening was Saturday, November 7th, 2020. If you did not stop by then, you will have many more chances to try their delicious offerings. Please see their menu here. …

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Cedar Park’s Red Horn Brewpub Announces Second Location

By Arianna Auber / November 11, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Craft Beer News

In early March, Red Horn Coffee House and Brewing threw its five-year anniversary party and began to plan the announcement, a long time coming, of its upcoming second location. The four co-owners had finally found the space they’d been looking for to expand the brand, only a few miles from the current Cedar Park pub. It was almost double the size and would allow them to increase beer capacity significantly. But then, of course, the …

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