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The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 3, 2025

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The Best Beers of the Year (So Far): Quarter 3, 2025 As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been putting a lot of work into the Location Spotlight series recently – but I also know that it’s time for the quad-annual best beers rankings.  There’s a consistent theme between the two series though: the breweries in the greater Central Texas area are making some fantastic beer.  You’re going to see a lot of breweries outside of Austin […]

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Austin Craft Beer Events | College Football Kickoff

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Austin Craft Beer Events | College Football Kickoff Austin Area Brewery Hours and Map   It is my favorite time of year. Fall with College Football! Opening weekend kicks off with a big one- University of Texas vs Ohio State at 11 am. U.T is ranked number One in the polls this year. There are lots of breweries who are opening early to show the game.   Craft Beer Bars and Breweries Showing the Game :

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

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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

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Holden A Beer & Austin Ale Trail Present: ATX Brewery Bracket

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Holden A Beer & Austin Ale Trail Present: ATX Brewery Bracket Austin content creators and community advocates Holden A Beer and Austin Ale Trail have teamed up to bring the third annual summer ATX Brewery Bracket.  The event is naturally inspired by March Madness, and is a fun way to celebrate the brewing community in Austin – no sponsorships, no paid marketing, just a community-led competition to highlight all the breweries in town and decide

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Cottonwood Creek Brewery Now Open!

By / / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile, CBA, Craft Beer News, Event Listings and New Releases

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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10Best | Must Visit Austin Breweries

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10Best | Must Visit Austin Breweries Updated April 2025 Here are 10 breweries that are must-visit locations in Austin and Central Texas. I could easily add a dozen more amazing breweries to this set of profiles, but for a full list of all Central Texas breweries see our Comprehensive Central Texas Brewery Guide (includes links, food options and other key information). Photo Credit: ABGB Austin Beer Garden Brewing (ABGB) 1305 W Oltorf St. The list

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The Definitive Guide to Austin Brewery Tours

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The Definitive Guide to Austin Brewery Tours Updated April 2025 The City of Austin is home to over 45 different breweries within a 326 square mile footprint, plus an additional 71 breweries spread across the 4,285 square miles of the greater Austin area. This vast landscape is conducive to brewery experiences of all shapes and sizes. From the chic, tiny brewpubs of downtown Austin to the sprawling farmstead breweries of the Hill Country and the

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10Best | Kid Friendly Breweries

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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.

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

By / / Austin Breweries, Beer Data and Statistics, Best Beers, CBA, Guide

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

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Craft Beer & Crawfish | 2025

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Event Listings and New Releases

Craft Beer & Crawfish Where to Find the Best Boils in Austin Crawfish season is gearing up. There are already a few events planned. Here are our top picks for where to get your crawfish boil fix while enjoying local craft beer in Austin. Note: we’ll update this list as events are announced. Oakwood BBQ & Beer Garden Crawfish, Blues, and Brews | Saturday, April 5th to May 25th St. Elmo Springdale Crawfish Boil |

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SXSW Austin Craft Beer Guide

By / / Austin Breweries, Event Listings and New Releases, Guide

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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9 Brand New Central Texas Breweries – Spring 2025

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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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