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Independence Brewing Company Partners with TRACE for a New Monthly Dinner Series

W Austin’s TRACE restaurant has created a new monthly dinner series featuring Austin’s breweries, vineyards and distilleries. Independence Brewing Company is launching the series this Friday featuring a one-of-a-kind beer paring dinner. Friday’s dinner will includes a welcome cocktail and 3-course menu, as well as presentations from TRACE Chef de Cuisine Tim Crittenden, Executive Pastry Chef Wade Greenwood and  Independence Brewing Co.’s Amy Cartwright will be on-hand. Upon Arrival:  Welcome Cocktail and passed oysters on the […]

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Beer with Gin | Farmhouse Ales

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

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

Austin Craft Beer Events | Valentine’s Day Austin Area Brewery Hours and Map Dinners:  Valentine’s Dinner in the Hill Country | Vista | Ticketed | 6-10:30 Valentine’s Day Steak Dinner | Bluebonnet | 5-9 Saint Valentine’s Dinner & Chill | Extra Special food and a special beer release that’s chocately, cofee-ey, and filled with sweet cherry | Black Star Co-op | 5-8 Valentine’s Night Owl Dinner | Blue Owl | Ticketed | 7-9   Beer Releases

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

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?

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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Women in Beer | Clare Hulama

When I started writing for CraftBeerAustin.com back in 2015, my first series of articles was about Women in Beer. I am happy to announce that thanks to the ladies of the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society, I am bringing back the Women in Beer series. This edition features Clare Hulama, Owner/Assistant Brewer/Director of Everything Else for Bluebonnet Beer Company. Describe your average week. What are you responsible for? I am responsible for all

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Austin Craft Beer Events: The Big Game 2020

Austin Craft Beer Events for the Big Game Feb. 2nd, 2020

Austin Craft Beer Events | The Big Game 2020 Austin Area Brewery Hours and Map   For many of us, it is that time of year again to gather your friends, beer, and food to watch the Big Game. There are many craft beer places to enjoy this event. Don’t know what you are serving at your very own party? Perhaps it is Spicy Boys at Zilker. You can order Big Game Chickens Togo!   Craft

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Texas Brewery Map

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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Austin Beer News | Six Things You Need to Know

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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Austin Craft Beer Events New Year Edition 2020

Austin Craft Beer Events New Year Edition Howdy Austin! Check out Austin Craft Beer Events and special tappings that are happening around town this week. Austin Area Brewery Hours and Map   Monday, Dec. 30th: Southern Heights + Real Ale Throat Punch Pint Night | 600 Degrees Pizzeria & Drafthouse | 6:00 New Years Eve-Eve Party w/ Aura Zora | Middelton Brewing | 6:00 Friends Trivia NYE “The One with the Routine” | Growler USA |

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Women in Beer | Kiki Whatley

At a recent Pink Boots meeting, hosted by Kiki at Flix Brewhouse Round Rock, she brought up an excellent point, why aren’t more women represented in beer media? When I started writing for Craft Beer Austin back in 2015, my first series of articles was about women in beer. I am happy to announce that thanks to Kiki and the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society, I am bringing back the Women in Beer

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