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Top Austin Breweries with Air Conditioned Taprooms

By David Kulczar / August 28, 2025 / 0 Comments

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 […]

The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 2, 2025

By Caleb Hoffman / July 14, 2025 / 0 Comments

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 […]

Barks for Beers Returns for 2025

By Caleb Hoffman / April 30, 2025 / 0 Comments

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 […]

10Best | Kid Friendly Breweries

By Feature Blogger / April 13, 2025 / 2 Comments

Top Eight Kid-Friendly Breweries in Austin By Gin Benavidez 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 a total buzzkill. […]

The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 1, 2025

By Caleb Hoffman / April 10, 2025 / 0 Comments

The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 1, 2025 Welcome back.  I want to start off this article by providing a statistic that I looked at for the first time today: There were a total of 558 beers added to Untappd in the greater Central Texas region during this quarter… and of those, 283 of them had less than 10 check-ins.  That’s more than half. It’s possible that the best beers of the […]

Spring Beer Festival Season is in Full Swing

By Caleb Hoffman / March 12, 2025 / 0 Comments

Beer Festivals to Attend in 2025 The Spring festival season is upon us with many unique craft beer festivals across the Austin area. Click on each to read more about the festival, ticket sales, and volunteer opportunities. Some links below are to our 2024 articles, which will be updated as we get closer to each event. Hillhops | January 23, 2025 HillHops | A Celebration of Texas Beer History Beyond Booze Fest | January 25, […]

SXSW Austin Craft Beer Guide

By Andrew Schwab / March 6, 2025 / 3 Comments

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. […]

9 Brand New Central Texas Breweries – Spring 2025

By Caleb Hoffman / February 27, 2025 / 0 Comments

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 […]

The Best Beers of 2024

By Caleb Hoffman / December 26, 2024 / 0 Comments

The Best Beers of 2024 Happy Holidays!  We hope your Christmas stout was rich, sweet, and full of adjuncts, and that your New Years stout will be richer, sweeter, and contain even more adjuncts. Welcome to our best beers of 2024 article, where we use your check-ins to rank the community’s favorite brews of the year.  Before getting into the results – in the last article, I posted a survey asking how much you interact […]

Austin Ale Trail Passport Review (2024-2025): The Best Brewery Perks to Collect This Year

By Caleb Hoffman / December 18, 2024 / 0 Comments

Austin Ale Trail Passport Review (2024-2025): The Best Brewery Perks to Collect This Year Updated 9/18/24 – Passports are now available everywhere! It’s that time of year again: The Austin Ale Trail has returned with their fifth annual brewery passport for the 2024-2025 season.  If you’re raring to go, you can get your passport early at the two launch parties this weekend – Vacancy Brewing on Saturday 9/7, and Blue Owl Brewing on Sunday 9/8.  […]

10Best | Bottle Shops

By Caleb Hoffman / December 13, 2024 / 0 Comments

10Best | Bottle Shops Published January 29, 2024 Updated October 9, 2025 – Replaced two closed places with new options 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, […]

10Best | Nicest Brewery Taprooms

By Caleb Hoffman / December 13, 2024 / 0 Comments

10Best | Nicest Brewery Taprooms Updated March 29, 2023 Deciding where to go for a beer in Austin can feel overwhelming with how many breweries there are nowadays.  There are a few key traits you might be seeking out – you might be looking to try a great new beer, or a bite to eat; but no matter what, the most important attribute of a brewery taproom is how enjoyable it is to spend your […]

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