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BREAKING NEWS | Hops and Grain San Marcos Permanently Closed

By Pam Catoe / March 15, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Craft Beer News

Hops and Grain San Marcos Permanently Closed Announced on social media this morning, the San Marcos location of east side favorite Hops and Grain is permanently closed. They opened the taproom almost one year ago and started production last summer. Funds were raised for the project early on through a Wefunder campaign, where the founder Josh Hare was able to raise one million dollars for the second production facility. In the beginning, the project […]

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Book This Unique Beer Inspired Cottage For Your Next Getaway

By Feature Blogger / March 15, 2020 / Beer Travel, CBA, Craft Beer News, Pink Boots Society, The People of Craft Beer, Women in Beer

Read First | Austin Area Brewery COVID-19 Updates Guest Post Austin is famous for its beer, and Portland, Oregon is no slouch with over 100 breweries and nearly weekly beer festivals. If you’ve ever dreamed of heading to the great Northwest on beer safari, book this unique beer inspired cottage for your next getaway: The Brewmaster’s Cottage. Craft beer veteran, Teri Fahrendorf, is not only the Founder of Pink Boots Society and an award-winning Brewmaster,

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The Hill Country Brewery You Need to Visit Now

By David Kulczar / March 5, 2020 / Austin Breweries, CBA

Carter Creek Winery and Old 290 Brewery (opens in new tab) On February 22nd, the Craft Beer Austin team embarked on a small team outing to visit some breweries that are new, interesting or different; or that we had just not been to before. The highlight of what we found was the most surprising new brewery in years. Carter Creek Winery and Resort in Johnson City recently opened a brewery called Old 290 Brewery next

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Craft Beer Austin Staff Picks | March 2020

By David Kulczar / February 29, 2020 / CBA, CBA Staff Picks

The Craft Beer Austin team is starting a new monthly series to inform our readers of our current favorite beers in and around Austin. So without further ado and in no specific order, here are the CBA Staff Picks for March 2020: Andrew Nomadic | Peak Season | Hazy IPA From one of my favorite new breweries in South Austin. Nothing overly crazy, just a solid offering from some good people. It’s too bad

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Beer with Gin | Farmhouse Ales

By Feature Blogger / February 25, 2020 / Beer with Gin, CBA, The People of Craft Beer, Women in Beer

Beer with Gin | Farmhouse Ales Welcome to our new series “Beer with Gin” where we hear from local beer expert Virginia (Gin) Benavidez, co-founder of The Beer Museum (and most recently the hostess with the most-est at the Austin Beer Guide Best of 2019 Party) to discuss the origin of the Farmhouse Ales. Learn more on 2/27 during WhichCraft & Beer Museum Style Night – Local Farmhouse Ales Guest post written by Gin: Could understanding

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Breweries Giving Back | Upcoming Austin Area Charity Events

By Pam Catoe / February 11, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Charity, Pink Boots Society

Photo courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Williamson County Breweries Giving Back | Upcoming Austin Area Charity Events Austin breweries have a long history of giving back to the community. As local businesses, breweries around town understand the importance of supporting the community that supports them. And it’s not just about support, these breweries are passionate about the work they do to give back and they go the extra mile. So if you love the local

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Austin Craft Beer Events | Valentine's Day

Austin Craft Beer Events for Valentine’s Day

By Dani Schwab / February 11, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Event Listings and New Releases

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Delysia Chocolatier And Real Ale Chocolate and Beer Tasting

By Dani Schwab / February 10, 2020 / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News, Event Listings and New Releases

Read First | Austin Area Brewery COVID-19 Updates Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Delysia Chocolatier And Real Ale Chocolate and Beer Tasting Real Ale will be pouring Firemans 4 and Hans Pils, along with two new beers that they released last week: 8 Track Amber and Fresh Kicks Hazy IPA to go with six different Irish inspired chocolate truffles. Guests will indulge in the newly released St. Patrick’s Day truffle collection of boozy Irish favorites infused into

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Are Craft Beer Seasonals Released Too Early?

By Feature Blogger / February 5, 2020 / CBA, Features

Are Craft Beer Seasonals Released Too Early? Guest post by Brian Trivitt Way back in October of 2011 (holy cow does time fly), I wrote my first entry on my personal blog titled “Craft Seasonal Releases are too Early.” Back then, craft beer was still growing double digits year over year, and seasonal releases were still in their early (no pun intended) phase of being released earlier than their appropriate season. Since then, craft beers’

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Texas Brewery Map

By Andrew Schwab / January 28, 2020 / Austin Breweries, CBA

Texas Brewery Update | January 2020 I got around to running the numbers for the number of breweries/brewpubs in the state of Texas. Before we go into the data, here are the a couple of notes on the numbers: All data is coming from the TABC licenses Duplicate entries have been removed (meaning, if a place has two licenses for the same location, it counts as one. If a place is contract brewing while having

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CraftBeerAustin.com Under New Ownership

By David Kulczar / January 23, 2020 / CBA

We are pleased to announce that CraftBeerAustin.com is under new ownership. Rich and Irina are moving on to exciting new adventures and are passing the torch to longtime CraftBeerAustin.com writer Pam Catoe and her husband David Kulczar. We are very excited about the opportunity to be leading the #1 source for news and beer events in Austin and Central Texas. Our focus will be on providing all of the most important beer news and information,

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Austin Beer News | Six Things You Need to Know

By Pam Catoe / January 11, 2020 / CBA, Craft Beer News

We are fortunate to have a vibrant craft beer scene in and around the Austin area and there is always something interesting going on from week to week. With that in mind, we are launching a new feature: Six Things You Need to Know. Zymurgy® Magazine Announces the Best Beers in America for 2020 Zymurgy® Magazine is the publication of the American Homebrewers Association® announced the winners of the 18th annual Best Beers in America

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