Brewery Profile
A Comprehensive List of Brewery Openings and Closures Updated 11/25/2025 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 2025 Open Now Star Republic Brewing (Spring Branch) Lost Horizon Cider Mill (Dale/Lockhart) [Events only] Buchanan Brewing Co. (Buchanan […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Austin Eastciders Collaboratory Closes, Moves Production to Michigan Posted 10/22/24 Austin Eastciders announced on instagram that the Collaboratory in East Austin is closed, effective immediately. In the carefully worded post, Eastciders states that the space “will evolve into a year-round, multi-use destination,” and clarifies in a comment reply that “the Collaboratory is closed, but a new hospitality vendor is taking over the space in the coming weeks.” Eater Austin has reported that the new tenant […]
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Austin Craft Brewing Company Update Controversies Complicate Expansion Austin Craft Brewing Company opened in late June at the former site of Orf Brewing and Starbase Brewing, located at 4700 Burleson Rd. Members of our team attended the launch event, and the brewery appeared to be off to a promising start, with a variety of beers on tap and solid plans for growth and new offerings. However, since the opening, our team has received multiple unsolicited, anonymous messages regarding internal challenges […]
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Last Stand Brewing Company Closing This Weekend Posted 10/9/24 Last Stand Brewing Company has announced on instagram that they will be closing, with their final opening day on Sunday, October 13th. Last Stand started in Dripping Springs off of Fitzhugh Rd. in 2015, before moving to a larger location on South Congress in 2020. In 2023, the back room was converted into a small pickleball facility. The reason for closure is not yet known. In […]
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St. Elmo Brewing Co. Opens Second Location Located 8110 Springdale Road, Austin, TX 78724 What’s new: St. Elmo Brewing Co. opens its second location at 8110 Springdale Road in East Austin this weekend, doubling the size of its original South Austin space. Why it matters: The new 15,000 sq. ft. space offers a larger brewing capacity than the original location, community-focused programming, and a family-friendly vibe with 36 taps, coffee service, and a kids’ play […]
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Austin Craft Brewing Company and Power Brewing Project Open This Weekend Published 6/21/2024 It’s an exciting week in Central Texas as two long awaited breweries are finally ready to open their doors. Austin Craft Brewing Company [South Austin], one of the winners of the 2023 Method Architecture and Texas Craft Brewers Guild New Brewery Grant, has been live on social channels for about a year now sharing Austin brewery news and hype with the community. […]
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Family Business Beer Company Closes Taproom, Keeps Distribution Updated with information from owner Gino Graul May 2024 Family Business Beer Company, the brewery owned by star of Supernatural Jensen Ackles and his family, has announced via social media that they are closing the Dripping Springs taproom temporarily while they search for a taproom location closer to Austin. The Dripping Springs brewery on Hamilton Pool Rd was founded in 2017, and in 2018 began canning its brews […]
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Obsidian Brewery | A Texas Brewery Profile Located at 11880 Hero Way W Suite 208, Leander TX 78641 We are devastated to learn that our friend and pillar of the beer community Michael Doggett has tragically passed. Despite black being his favorite color, he was one of the brightest lights and uplifted everyone in the community simply with his presence. If you can, please donate to his memorial fund and hug the people that you […]
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Beerburg Brewing Co. Announces Closure The closing party is planned for January 20, 2024 Beerburg Brewing Co. announced today they will be closing on January 20, 2024, which is ironically their fourth anniversary. The brewery opened its doors in the Hill Country on January 20, 2020, and was only open for a few months before being forced to close due to the pandemic. For the next few months, the brewery rode the rollercoaster of constant […]
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Power Brewing Project Faces Unexpected Permitting Issues Power Brewing Project, the second brewery scheduled to open in Hutto, TX in 2023, was forced to delay its opening due to unexpected permitting issues with the Williamson County Health Department. David Power, owner and brewer, provided Craft Beer Austin with the specific issue at hand: “I was going through my Williamson County Health Dept permitting process (which I thought was my last hoop to jump through) a […]
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