Craft Beer News
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, […]
Cottonwood Creek Brewery Now Open! Published 5/3/2025 HUTTO, Texas — Cottonwood Creek Brewery & Smokehouse is excited to announce its grand opening celebration on Monday, May 5, 2025. The all-day event will feature live music, beer sampling, food specials, and a visit from Hutto’s mayor. Located at 610 W. U.S. Highway 79, Cottonwood Creek Brewery invites the community to experience its new venue, which combines a full-service restaurant, on-site brewing facility, and an indoor/outdoor space […]
Texas World Beer Cup Winners Indianapolis 2025 The World Beer Cup 2025 awards were held once again on May 1st in Indianapolis, IN at the closure of the 2025 Craft Brewer’s Conference. This is the 16th such competition and broke down as follows: Total Breweries – 1,761 (2,060 in 2024) Total Countries – 49 (50 in 2024) Total Beers Entered – 8375 (9,300 in 2024) Total Medals – (349) (329 in 2024) New Breweries – […]
Barks for Beers Returns for 2025 Popular fundraising event Barks for Beers, operated by local charity Divine Canines, is returning to Central Texas for their 11th year. Starting on May 1st, visit any of the 30 breweries listed below to pick up a pint glass and Pawsport for $30 + tax. Then, you can use that Pawsport at all 30 breweries throughout the month of May to receive one pour at each. Divine Canines provides […]
In This Edition: Surly Comes to Texas, The Latest Pinthouse Expansion, Festival Season, and More. Published 04/09/2025 GoFundMe for Martin House’s John “Beef” Laughman In late March, the head brewer of Martin House suffered a severe fall, resulting in major injuries. His friends and family have organized a GoFundMe to support him during this difficult time. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe or enjoy a Martin House beer while keeping him in your thoughts. You […]
Beer Bills for the 2025 Texas Legislative Session Despite it being 2025, Texas still primarily adheres to the outdated 3-tier system established at the end of Prohibition. This system mandates that breweries sell to a distributor first, rather than directly to consumers. Distributors then sell to retail outlets, which subsequently sell to consumers. This situation is ironic because wineries and distilleries in Texas can already operate differently. Although this observation seems logical, this is […]
9 Brand New Central Texas Breweries – Spring 2025 Published 2/27/25 Edited 2/28/25: Marion Brewing sent us a comment, which has been added below! This article was originally titled “9 Central Texas Breweries You Had NO IDEA Existed”, but we’re above clickbait here. The truth is, you’ve probably never heard of most of these breweries before today. We updated our brewery openings and closures list last week with two new spots, and then this week […]
Craft Beer & Cask Ale Fans Rejoice: The Central Texas Pinvitational is returning for 2025! A celebration of Cask-Conditioned Ales & Lagers from across the great state of Texas and beyond. Better Half Coffee & Cocktails / Hold Out Brewing March 1st, 2025 3:00pm Tickets on sale NOW! Hold Out Brewing, Acopon Brewing, and Dutchess Ales are proud to present the Second Annual Central Texas Pinvitational, a celebration of the glory that is Cask-Conditioned Beer. […]
Texas Craft Brewers Cup 2025 Celebrating its first year in 2022, the Texas Craft Brewers Cup is the premiere professional beer competition run and organized by The Texas Craft Brewers Guild to showcase the outstanding quality and variety of Texas craft beer and the brewers that make them. The awards ceremony was held on the evening of Saturday, February 8 at the COTA Event Center as the closing event for the Texas Craft Brewers Guild’s […]
Year in Preview: Craft Beer Stories to Watch Out For in 2025 Originally published 1/2/2025 2024 was a tempestuous year for craft beer in Central Texas and across the country. What will 2025 hold? Below are some of the local and national developments that the Craft Beer Austin team will be watching for: Tariffs could drive up costs for craft brewers… In December, President-Elect Trump announced his intention to place a 25% percent tariff on […]
Black Star Co-op Announces Closure Located at 7020 Easy Wind Dr., Ste. 100 After fourteen years of serving craft beer as the first the world’s first cooperatively owned and worker self-managed brewpub, Black Star Co-op Pub & Brewery has announced it’s closure effective Sunday January 12, after regular business hours. The announcement was made public on social media and privately earlier this week to member owners, with a notice currently posted on its website. While […]