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Barks for Beers Returns for 2024 Popular fundraising event Barks for Beers, operated by local charity Divine Canines is returning to Central Texas for their 10th 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. Here at Craft Beer Austin […]
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Style Breakdown 3: The Best Berliner Braunbiers Ever Made in Central Texas Welcome to the third edition of Style Breakdown, where we look at the top examples of a specific beer style. The first edition was on Pilsners, the second was about Imperial Stouts, and for the third I wanted to switch it up a bit and go for a lesser known (but very respectable) style, the Berliner Braunbier, which has been having a huge […]
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2024 Best Places To Eat and Drink In Austin #ATXBESTEATS Photo courtesy of the AFBA City Guide The Austin Food Blogger Alliance puts together an annual guide about all the best things to eat and drink in the city of Austin. Check out this year’s guide and see our #ATXBESTEATS picks below. 10Best | Must Visit Austin Breweries 10Best | Beer Gardens 10Best | Austin’s Best Dive Bars The Definitive Guide to Central Texas Brewery […]
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Location Spotlight: Liberty Hill I have a secret for you – I’m not driving out towards Dripping Springs for the eclipse next month. I’m staying far away from 71 and 290. Instead, as you can tell by the title of this article, I’m planning to head northwest towards Liberty Hill, which is actually slightly closer to the center of totality than Dripping. And while it’s better to continue a bit further west to maximize your […]
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SXSW Austin Craft Beer Guide Downtown for unofficial #SXSW events and looking for something more than PBR? Well, maybe I can help. I put together a list of breweries and bars that are easily accessible to the unofficial SXSW action. I will start off by saying that 6th Street is generally NOT where many of the Austin beer drinkers hang out. Luckily, that does not mean there are not some good beers to be had. […]
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10Best | Kid Friendly Breweries By Gin Benavidez Updated March 2024 In a society where controversy could be an Olympic sport, one topic that will get any avid brewery-goer debating is whether or not kids should be taken to breweries. I’ve yet to meet any beer drinker who doesn’t have a fully-formed opinion on this matter, and most are of the mindset that the presence of children at a brewery is either completely fine or […]
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Location Spotlight: Cedar Park + Leander Originally published 6/29/23, last updated March 2024 With the long-awaited 5th Element Brewing opening this weekend, it’s a good time to review all the beer options in the area. If you haven’t explored the suburbs Northwest of Austin yet, take warning – it’s too much for one day. In this article, we’ll cover the brewery options, top beer bars, and bottleshop(s), and maybe even reach a bit further to […]
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10Best | Bottle Shops Published January 29, 2024 Looking to stock your fridge? Sure, you could pick up a decent 6 pack at any grocery or convenience store nowadays, but if you’re a reader of Craft Beer Austin then you likely have more specific tastes in beer. Below is our list of the 10 Best Bottle Shops in Central Texas based on quality, variety, and freshness. Did we overlook a top bottle shop? Reach out […]
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A Comprehensive List of Brewery Openings and Closures Updated 3/29/2024 This is a complete list of all brewery openings and closures since 2020. We also maintain a table of all Central Texas breweries that you can view any time here (or from the navigation bar above, under “Beer Guides”), which can be filtered by region. Openings 2024 Open Now: Belly Up Brew Pub (Fredericksburg) 2024 (Pending) The Alright Brewing Co. Old Gregg Beer Company Austin […]
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The Best Beers of 2023 Welcome to the first annual The Best Beers of the Year, presented by Craft Beer Austin! You read, you drank, you voted, and now we’re here to present the results. If this is the first of our data-driven articles you’ve seen, please keep in mind that we are using Untappd data to determine the highest rated beers, and as such this data is crowdsourced, not the preferences of the CBA […]
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Style Breakdown 2: The Best Imperial Stouts Ever Made in Central Texas Welcome back to Style Breakdown, where we have a jolly good time looking at the best beers ever made in Central Texas. The first article was about Pilsners, and while I wanted to pick wintery beers for this one, I had a tough time deciding if it would be porters, stouts, or strong ales. But let’s be honest, you want to see the […]
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The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 3, 2023 Welcome to the third edition of The Best Beers of the Year (So Far). Since the previous edition, we’ve released a few spin offs – Style Breakdown: Pilsners, and Best Beers at TCBF (expect more festival based articles in the future, and style breakdowns during lulls of other newsworthy content). All of these articles are using Untappd data to determine the highest rated beers, […]
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