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Slackers Brewing Joins the North Austin Beer Scene

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Slackers Brewing Joins the North Austin Beer Scene Photo credit to Slackers Brewing Address: 12233 Ranch Road 620 N #204, Austin, TX 78750 Hours: Weekends: Noon-Midnight; Weekdays: Noon-10pm; Closed Mondays   North Austin, welcome the newest brewery to the area, Slackers Brewing! According to Co-Founder, Haley Law, “Our whole theme is ‘approachably adventurous.” Intriguing, right? Joining the fast-growing Lake Creek Village Shopping Center, Slackers Brewing opens Friday, November 12th and they can’t wait to welcome […]

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Hedgehog Brewing Celebrates Cocal Beer-fundraising Legend Marvis ‘The Middleman’ Dixon with His Own West Coast IPA

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Hedgehog Brewing celebrates local beer-fundraising legend Marvis ‘The Middleman’ Dixon with his own West Coast IPA In June 2020, at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests going on across the US, San Antonio TX’s Weathered Souls Brewing launched their Black Is Beautiful collaboration beer fundraising project, which swiftly became a huge international success. Here in Central Texas, the campaign to raise awareness about the Black Is Beautiful project, recruit breweries and even cideries,

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Black is Beautiful Beer Release Part 3

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

Photo Credit to Moontower Cider Co Below is Part 3 of a 3 Part Series announcing the Austin area Black is Beautiful releases.  What is the Black is Beautiful project? Sprouted from San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Head Brewer & Co-Owner, Marcus Baskerville, the initiative aims to raise awareness of the injustices people of color face. “Our mission is to bridge the gap that’s been around for ages and provide a platform to show that the

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The Beerdtographer | Austin’s Splashy Beer Photographer

By / / CBA, The People of Craft Beer

Pinthouse Pizza’s Island Kitty Tiki IPA; Photo credit to Brian Ledden, @thebeerdtographer Here at CraftBeerAustin.com, we love championing our local beer community. Featuring breweries, events, brewers, owners, and other beer folk doing awesome things is our cup of…beer. If you follow just about any brewery in town on the socials, you’ve likely seen the brilliant liquid splash photography of Brian Ledden, the Beerdtographer. He does a fantastic job boosting (and spilling) beer and deserves his

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A New Destination Brewery Open in Spicewood | Frontyard Brewing

By / / Austin Breweries, Brewery Profile

Open! Location: 4514 Bob Wire Road, Spicewood, TX 78669 How exciting that the friendly faces at Frontyard Brewing’s dreams are coming to fruition! The Frontyard family has tackled its business model in a unique way. Instead of jumping headfirst into opening a taproom, they opted to brew their beer out of a temporary leased space with the intention of showing the world how great their product was as a “proof of concept”. Co-Founder & Brewer,

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GABF 2020 | Features Black is Beautiful Initiative

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Photo ©2020 Brewers Association & Jason E. Kaplan This year, the Great American Beer Festival went virtual. There was a clear focus on diversity and inclusion in this year’s tasting sessions. There were multiple segments labeled “Brewing For Change” and “Beer Culture” featuring the team from queer and women-owned Lady Justice Brewing, the team from Latino-owned Raíces Brewing Co., and focusing on Weathered Souls Brewing’s Black is Beautiful Project.  Black is Beautiful Collaboration Feature The

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Black is Beautiful, Support Marvis Dixon & the Virtual 5k

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

The Black is Beautiful worldwide beer collaboration has been lovingly embraced by many Austinites & local breweries. For those that are not familiar with the initiative, Weathered Souls has asked breweries globally (over 1k now worldwide participating) to come together to help bridge the gap for equality, to raise awareness & funds for the injustices people of color face daily. Weathered Souls provided the stout recipe as well as artwork, provided by Austin artist, KD

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Black is Beautiful Austin Brewery Releases, Part 2

By / / Austin Breweries, Charity

Below is Part 2 of a 3 Part Series that will announce the Austin area Black is Beautiful releases.  What is the Black is Beautiful project? It is the creation of San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Head Brewer & Co-Owner, Marcus Baskerville raising awareness of the injustices people of color face. “With the current tensions that are rising we thought that it was of grave importance to start the Black Is Beautiful initiative. We took a

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Black is Beautiful Austin Brewery Releases, Part 1

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Charity, Craft Beer News

Black is Beautiful Austin Brewery Releases, Part 1 Black is Beautiful is a beer collaboration on a fierce mission to raise awareness of the daily injustices people of color face. The project is the brainchild of Marcus Baskerville, Head Brewer & Co-Owner of San Antonio brewery, Weathered Souls. Baskerville expounded via the Black is Beautiful site, “This platform and collaboration is about understanding and supporting people of color and inclusion… With the current tensions that

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Black is Beautiful, Breweries Raise a Glass to Fight Racial Discrimination

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Charity

Photo credit to Weathered Souls Brewing  In recent years, beer-lovers have watched in awe of the camaraderie and supportive power the beer community can foster. Massive initiatives like Sierra Nevada’s Resilience IPA raising money to rebuild after the California wildfires, and more recently, Other Half’s All Together mission supporting hospitality professionals affected by Covid19, are testaments to how beer can rally people around a cause. The power of unity through beer is undeniable and sparked

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