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Contents FROM THE EDITORS

The end is near. No, really this time. It’s early September and I’m not sure this issue will ever see the light of day. We’re facing some pretty serious issues as a country and the tell-tale signs of the Armageddon are all around us—a new cold war, looming terrorist threats, an indicted governor, and 99-packs of beer. The world is truly upended.

But fear not. Here at ABG we’ve got all the feature-rich survivalist content you’ll need to ride out these trying times. Looking to stock your prepper hoard with the best local non-beer libations? We’ve got you covered (p.26). Wondering which ride-sharing service will pick you up quicker if you need to bug out? We pitted Uber vs. Lyft on a Friday night brewery crawl so we’re pretty much experts (p.42). Do you need to know more about fresh hop beers made in Austin (p.36)? Well, that’s information that really won’t help you as you navigate the scorched earth of our once great city—but withholding useless information is something we vow never to do. End times or not.

Really though, there’s at least a slim chance that you’re not reading this in your bomb shelter with a gas mask, counting your remaining batteries. If so, celebrate! And if that celebration gets a little out of hand we consulted some of the fi nest minds in the local beer scene to share their favorite hangover remedies. For you. We did that for you (p.14).

We also check in on the breweries and brew pubs that are taking on that dreaded sophomore effort (p.34), share a pint with Jeff Young of Blue Owl Brewing (p.18), and get some last call tips from Rebecca Walston at Billy’s on Burnet (p.92).

We really hope you enjoy this issue. Even if only for the warmth it provides burning in a trash can fi re. Good luck out there. –SP

Chris TroutmanJosh Spradling

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CENTRAL AUSTIN

SOUTH AUSTIN

BEER & LOATHING

BREWER’S BRAIN

GREATER AUSTIN

SEASON’S DRINKING

NEWS & BREWMORS

BREWIN’ ON UP

CRAFT IT ALL

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NORTH AUSTIN

LAST CALL

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NEWS & BREWMORS

Not to be upstaged by Davis Tucker of NXNW, Josh Hare of Hops & Grain and Jim Sampson of Twisted X riding 1,400 miles from Austin to Denver to raise awareness and support for prostate cancer, Thirsty Planet makes plans to jog to Denver in gorilla suits to raise funds for heat exhaustion and dehydration research.

Which Craft, the specialty bottle shoppe in south Austin, despite popularity among beer enthusiasts, still burnt at the stake.

Real Ale, in their most genius move ever, have decided to use their new 16oz canning abilities to release “Austin Beer Guide Presents, Four More Ounces” limited edition tallboy cans of Hans’ Pils. Expect lots more Wilco, lawn mowing, and porch sitting in our futures.

After announcing the rebranding of Peacemaker from Extra Pale Ale to Anytime Ale, Austin Beerworks announces their other rebrandings: Pearl Snap Usually Works Lager, Black Thunder Sometimes Lager, and Fire Eagle Every Damn Time Ale.

Upon popular release of Jester King’s Snörkel, an oyster mushroom based beer, they plan to follow up with an olive beer, then shortly after a pepperoni beer. Fans plea to 86 the anchovy beer.

Hops & Grain scratch plans for new porter named PorterCulture and instead go with a reference/tribute to the recently deceased Robin Williams: Dead Porter Society.

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Brewmors (brew·mor [broo-mer] 1. a beer related story or statement in general circulation

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS

There are a lot of anniversaries this time of year. We have detailed most of them in our event calendar (p.10), but at the time of press Dig Pub in Cedar Park did not yet have a date set yet for their 7th anniversary party. We do know that it will (should) take place in October and they will be tapping a “bunch of rare/specialty kegs we’ve been cellaring” to celebrate.

DISRUPTIVE PACKAGING

By now we are sure you’ve heard about Austin Beerworks’ massive 99-packs of Peacemaker Anytime Ale. A joke turned media phenomenon, it was covered world-wide. Delivery days of the pack turned into wild goose chases, à la It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (or Rat Race for our younger readers). You’ll probably never get one, so turn to p.16, tear that spread out, and put it on your wall. . . . TURN PAGE, MORE NEWS!—>

DRYWALL REPORT

They keep opening breweries and we keep adding pages to keep up. This issue there are quite a few openings and updates. Middleton Brewing is in their new location in San Marcos and NXNW TWO is opening their doors as you are reading this. Read more about these new locations and other exciting area expansions on p.34.

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Blue Owl Brewing Co. will be opening soon, very soon, this fall, probably, fi ngers crossed. Jeff Young and company have a property on East Cesar Chavez and are brewing up test batches of their unique brand of soured beers. Check out more info in our Over a Pint interview with Young on p.18. Hurray for more cans!

SoCo Homebrew has opened its doors at 4930 South Congress Avenue, Suite 307 and is already providing home brewers down south and beyond with their own brand of home brew ingredients, supplies, expertise, and good vibes.

Last Stand Brewing Co. are getting close to opening their brewery southwest of town off of Fitzhugh Road in the Jester King, Argus, Revolution Spirits hood. They are currently test driving recipes on their 15-barrel Bennett Forgeworks brewhouse. Look for their brand of homebrew inspired beers ranging from session ales to unique experimental one-offs sometime in late 2014.

If you follow Zilker Brewing Co. on their social media networks you might already be familiar with the brewery development. They’ve had a bunch of equipment delivered and build-out is starting soon. When asked for an update they replied, “An opening day is hard to estimate right now, but probably at least 3 months from now since we haven’t started construction quite yet.”

YA GOTTA EAT!

We know, you love beer and occasionally need a snack. Sometimes you have to give the Draught House brats a rest, as good as they might be. Luckily a handful of new joints have opened lately serving up some tasty grub to be washed down with copious pints. Maybe the most exciting of these is the reopening of Alamo South Lamar and The Highball. Movies, karaoke, noshables, and swiggables are all available at this uber swanky reincarnation of two of south

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Austin’s favorite hot spots. Miss bowling at Highball? No problem, have you heard about Punch Bowl Social? They are a micro-chain from Denver that just opened a location in the Domain. With 10+ taps, full bar (including punches, duh), full food menu, bowling, and tons of other games, this is the ultimate adult playground (that

sounds gross). Looking for a little less fun and just some straight good eats and brew? Head to Jacoby’s on the east side where they are serving up fancy Texas-style comfort fare along with well-curated beer, wine, and cocktail menus. It’s been a couple years since our gastropub feature. With the opening of more gastropubs in town, it might be time to revisit that topic. One newish g-pub in Austin is Porter Ale House. They check all the boxes for a gastropub: cheese plate, check; burger over $12, check; heavy, diverse beer list, check. With the fantastic view and killer beers, a visit to Oasis, TX Brewing Co. is almost perfect. Almost. Fear not, they have solved the problem of not having food. They are now offering up fi ne sandwiches and such from Noble Sandwich Co. To be specifi c: “select favorite sandwiches, small plates and snacks and some items for kids. Noble Sandwich Co. will slowly add new menu items, some that will be paired with session and seasonal beers by Oasis, TX Brewing Co.” Sounds perfect.

BIKE + BEER

The annual Austin Beer Guide bike pub crawl is still in the incubation stage, but should reach its fi nal form by the time Austin Beer Week kicks off. Start tuning up your ride and watch us on your SoMe channel of choice for more info and such.

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GUIDE’SBEST OF 2014 READERS’ CHOICE POLLKeep your ears open and eyes glued to the Austin Beer Guide

social web zones in early November. We will be announc-

ing the start of our Best of 2014 Readers’ Poll. Make your voice heard. Rock the vote. Vote

or die. All that shit. For good measure we will have a party to

announce the winners.

PUNCH BOWL SOCIAL

ONE OF THE ORIGINAL IDEAS FOR THE LAGER JAM WAS TO HOLD IT ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF the year. What could be better than slugging down some cool lagers on a blistering summer day? Not much. Well we failed. It was hot, but not close to the hottest. That’s okay, because the lager fl owed faster than the sweat from our brows and a good party was had by all, mostly. Need proof? Someone tore a cloth bag and wore it as a tank top. That is a fi esta. Big thanks to our host Billy’s on Burnet and all the other sponsors who helped make it happen.

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Photos by TYLER MALONE

Fall is always a busy time for beer in Austin. This year is no different. This is just a sampling of what is on tap for fall 2014. Clear your schedule and book that Uber or Lyft ride.

TEXAS CRAFT BREWERS FESTIVAL

texascraftbrewersfestival.orgSimply the best beer festival in Texas. See

the next page for recommendations on what to drink. You will have a lot of options.

Sep 27

FALL EVENT CALENDAR

HOPS & GRAIN 3RD ANNIVERSARY PARTY

hopsandgrain.comTwo fresh hop beers are being brewed for the anniversary party. That, along with the usual shenanigans, is worth the price of admission.

Oct 12AUSTIN BEER WEEK(MULTIPLE EVENTS)

austinbeerweek.comNobody leaves thirsty. There are so many

events during ABW it would be impossible to list them all. Don’t miss: ABG bike pub crawl.

Oct 24–Nov 2

FLYING SAUCER 7TH ANNUAL BEERFEAST

beerfeast2014.com/austin.phpThey will have a lot of good beer. It will be

outside. The weather will probably be super nice. It is a festival and it’s on this calendar.

Oct 25

(512) BREWING6TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

512brewing.comThe Saturday before Halloween, this is quickly

becoming a fall tradition. New anniversary beer and costume contest. Spooky.

Oct 25NXNW

OKTOBERFESTnxnwbrew.com/events/oktoberfest

This is THE Oktoberfest party to attend in Austin. Beer+German food+Oompah music+Nate the Great Balloon Artist.

Oct 25 & 26

4TH ANNUAL JESTER KING FUNK N’ SOUR FEST

jesterkingbrewery.comWith national attention and a quiver of

whalez, any event Jester King throws is a big one. You probably are not worthy, stay away.

Oct 30

DRAUGHT HOUSE 46TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

draughthouse.comSame story: great beers, food trucks,

DJ Jubal spinnin’ the funk. Arrive early, hang out, take a nap break, come back

ready to get a ride home.

Oct 25

PINTHOUSE PIZZA 2ND ANNIVERSARY PARTY AND INAUGURAL HOP FEST

pinthousepizza.comAn anniversary party and hop fest in one,

forget about it. Pinthouse is all in this year.

Nov 1

INDEPENDENCE BREWING 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

independencebrewing.comHow do you celebrate 10 years in the ATX

beer scene? Well, by releasing a dry-hopped barleywine and throwing a big party.

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The Texas Craft Brewers Festival is our state’s fi nest beer event, and we’re lucky enough to have it in our own backyard. With brewers hailing from across the state, each year has had a stupendous sample of Texas born beers with more joining every year, but this year is exceptionally special as it is the fi rst year (since way back) that brew pubs will be pouring their fi ne craft beverages at the event.

Benefi ting the Young Men’s Business League & Austin Sunshine Camps, the TCBF regularly rates as one of the best beer events every year and we’re sure this year will be no exception. Take the opportunity to explore beers from parts of our state we rarely get while also enjoying some of the several special and unique brews brought out just for this event. With 57 (@$#!) breweries pouring at the event, it may be hard to know where to start. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

GET IT WHILE THE GETTING IS GOOD:(512) Brewing(512) Imperial Stout - 2013

Deep Ellum Brewing Co.Oak Cliff Coffee Ale

Hops & Grain BreweryGreenhouse IPA

Saint Arnold Brewing Co.Pumpkinator - 2013

FESTIVAL FRESHMEN:Oasis, Texas Brewing Co.Lake Monster

Texas Beer Refi neryGulf Coast Gose

Peticolas Brewing Co.Velvet Hammer

Kamala Brewing at the Whip InBitterama

Grapevine Craft BreweryLakefi re Dry Hopped

SURE BETS:Jester King BreweryLe Petit Prince

Lakewood Brewing CompanyThe Temptress

Karbach Brewing Co.Weekend Warrior Pale Ale

Black Star Co-opVulcan

BREWS OF NOTE:Real Ale Brewing Co.Blakkr

Armadillo Ale WorksQuakertown Stout

Community Beer Co.Mosaic IPA

Independence Brewing Co.Power & Light Pale Ale

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33 BRONZE

39 GOLD

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2013 GABF STAT WISEAttendance

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47,214Beers at the Festival

3,142Beers in the Competition

4,809Categories Judged

84 + Pro-AmCategory with Highest Entries

American Style India Pale Ale: 252Medals Awarded

252 + 3 in Pro-Am

BEER GUIDERS IN ATTENDANCE2011: 4 2012: 3 2013: 0 2014: 4

SEASON’S DRINKING

WITH SO MANY HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS HAPPENING DURING THE FALL AND WINTER

seasons, a hangover or four are inevitable. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah,

New Year’s Eve, etc. all come with their own reason for heavy drinking: awkward family political

discussions, work parties, pre-church nips, yada yada. And with all the events and festivals, you

are going to be drunk often. We are here to help with those mornings after.

Hangover Season

Do you have any hangover cures?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksCrying and vomiting.

BEN SABELCircle Brewing Co.Emergen-C and a Bloody Mary or two.

JOSH HAREHops & Grain BreweryThe cure for the common hangover lies deep within your soul. Find it, and tell that hangover that you need to take a break. And of course, anyone who has ever broken up with some-one knows what that phrase actually means. Find it and harness it, otherwise fi nd some greasy food.

DUSAN KWIATKOWSKILive Oak Brewing Co.Shotgun a tallboy of Bulgar-ian yogurt.

SPENCER TIELKEMEIER Oasis, TX Brewing Co.Bistec a la Mexicana at Ta-queria Arandas. All the MSGs to get your head right. Has to be Burnet Road location or will not work.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.Other than the hair of the dog that bit me, my go to is Funyuns and Spicy Hot V8.

What is your favorite hang-over music? Movies/TV?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksAntichrist. It reminds me things could be worse.

JEFF YOUNGBlue Owl Brewing Sunday Football!

BEN SABELCircle Brewing Co.Blasting through a season of some obscure sci-fi show I’ve never heard of on Netfl ix.

JOSH HAREHops & Grain BreweryBluegrass and Pumping Iron, starring everyone’s favorite phase of Arnold’s life.

JOEY MCGILL AND RAFFI VEGAIndependence Brewing Co.Enya, Portishead. Cartoons, How to Train Your Dragon.

DUSAN KWIATKOWSKILive Oak Brewing Co.Pure Moods Vol. 1 & 2.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.There are many things I listen to when hungover, but the most consistent thing would be Stars of the Lid, Music For Nitrous Oxide. It both eases and augments the swoon. Movies and TV are the last thing on my mind in that state.

What is the best hangover meal?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksIV DRIP.

BEN SABELCircle Brewing Co.Something involving much bacon.

JOSH HAREHops & Grain BreweryRemember those Marie Callender’s pot pies? As a hangover meal I’d sug-gest getting some raw, cold pressed juice and a big bowl of quinoa salad.

JOEY MCGILL AND RAFFI VEGAIndependence Brewing Co.Arnold Reuben from Gour-mands, breakfast tacos, tortilla soup, fried chicken.

DUSAN KWIATKOWSKILive Oak Brewing Co.Chaat makes it all better.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.Greasy breakfast items.

What is your favorite hair of the dog?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksAdam from the Wood.

JEFF YOUNGBlue Owl Brewing Mimosas and then a good puking.

BEN SABELCircle Brewing Co.Bloody.

JOSH HAREHops & Grain BreweryWeed.

DUSAN KWIATKOWSKILive Oak Brewing Co.Riga Black Balsam (post chaat).

SPENCER TIELKEMEIER Oasis, TX Brewing Co.Live Oak Hefe on ice. Add OJ if you’re fancy. It’s the East 5th Mimosa.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.Imperial stout.

There is an urban legend that craft beer does not cause hangovers. True?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksMy friend’s cousin drank craft beer for years and he never had a hangover. But, he was murdered by Candyman so it doesn’t really matter.

JEFF YOUNGBlue Owl Brewing Sooooo untrue.

BEN SABELCircle Brewing Co.If only that were true.

JOSH HAREHops & Grain BreweryCraft beer doesn’t cause a hangover, people cause a hangover. The right person in the right spiritual place can avoid a hangover all together. Haven’t you read that book “The 4 Hour Workweek?”

SPENCER TIELKEMEIER Oasis, TX Brewing Co.LOL.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.False. You drink enough craft beer and you will pay.

How many craft beers does it take to cause a hangover?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksSuper Awesome? Probably double digits. Black Tuesday? I dare you to drink one by yourself.

DUSAN KWIATKOWSKILive Oak Brewing Co.Only one of some.

SPENCER TIELKEMEIER Oasis, TX Brewing Co.Depends how many I drank through a hole made by my car keys.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.About the same as it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

When was your last hang-over?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksWhen was the last ABG re-lease party?

BEN SABELCircle Brewing Co.Today?

JOEY MCGILL AND RAFFI VEGAIndependence Brewing Co.Can’t recall . . . lose count.

DUSAN KWIATKOWSKILive Oak Brewing Co.Last GABF.

SPENCER TIELKEMEIER Oasis, TX Brewing Co.My wife and her coworker chartered a boat for their birthdays about a week ago. I left my dignity at the bottom of Lake Austin.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.A long time ago in a galaxy far far away . . .

Worst hangover?

MICHAEL GRAHAMAustin BeerworksHangover Part III. How many cars do you need, Bradley Cooper?

JEFF YOUNGBlue Owl Brewing In my chemist days, we made a still at a party and distilled real-time shots during the evening. After about 2 shots of distilled red wine, I got the worst hang-over of my life. JK, TABC!

BEN SABELCircle Brewing Co.When I’m hungover, that one is the worst.

JOSH HAREHops & Grain BreweryI was once arrested for an MIP (minor in possession of alcohol) as a 14 year old in West Texas at a John Michael Montgomery concert . . .

JOEY MCGILL AND RAFFI VEGAIndependence Brewing Co.That’s my secret . . . I’m always hung over.

DUSAN KWIATKOWSKILive Oak Brewing Co.First GABF.

SPENCER TIELKEMEIER Oasis, TX Brewing Co.Uncle Billy’s Anniversary Party 2012. Not even a question.

ERIK OGERSHOK Real Ale Brewing Co.The Craft Brewers Conference in San Francisco. Toronado and Old Potrero. That one re-ally sucked.

OVER A PINT

WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE BLUE OWL BREWING CREW RECENTLY TO SAMPLE A FEW TEST BATCHES AND WAX POETIC ON SESSION SOUR MASHED BEERS, AND INDULGE IN A FEW LIGHT HEARTED WEEKDAY EVENING SHENANIGANS. JOIN US AS WE PICK THE BRAIN OF THE EVER EDGY JEFF YOUNG.

ABG: So what are we drinking here?JY: This is a beer called Van Dayum. This is going to be one of our initial releases at Blue Owl Brewing. This is our malty, approachable, sour amber ale.

It’s tasty. So tell me about this beer, what’s going on here?So with this beer we were trying to marry the sourness from the sour mash with some of the malty characteristics that you can get from a beer that’s amber or light brown. So things like caramel fl avors, nutty fl avors, a touch of roast. All these are an experimentation in sourness and malt. So we’re starting with the

sour amber ale so it’s an amber ale fi rst and just a little bit darker probably than the average amber ale, but the idea is to bring out as much malt character as we can, but keep it nice and balanced with the sourness so just as amber ales are generally pretty agreeable, middle of the road styles, this doesn’t intend to be on the fringe. So the tartness helps counteract some of the sweetness. It’s not overly tart. This is one of the things that we can play with is how sour do we want to make it. And I think that that’s going to develop with time as we try these over time and change the recipe and fi ne tune it, we’ll decide the appropriate level of sourness and I think we can do that with a fair amount of precision with the way we sour beers.

The sourness is more to compliment the amber style versus it being extremely sour?Yeah, yeah. I think that’s the biggest difference between. . . or what we’re trying to do at Blue Owl is make styles of beer that people recognize and then integrate sourness as one of the characteristics, not the defi ning characteristic of a sour beer that used to be, you know, an amber

ale, like a Flemish or something that’s sat in a barrel for years and got dominated by the bacteria, the acids that were produced. We want to retain that American traditional style of, say an amber ale, or a pale ale, and then just accent it with the sourness.

So this is the Van Dayum, and then you guys have another three styles that you’ll be coming out of the gate with?Right. So when you’re ready to come out of the gates and you’re trying to come up with a portfolio you want to hit most of the bases. You need something that’s focused on hops, you need one that’s focused on malts, etc. So, the four that we’ve chosen have been the malty one, which is Van Dayum, the light, most drinkable accessible one is Little Boss. We call that a sour session wheat. People might recognize it as similar to Berliner weisse. It’s low alcohol, has a fair amount of wheat, low hops but very clean, crisp, refreshing.

It’s good for like the pool. Taking it on your bike. Disc golf. Pretty much anything you’re going to do this time of year.So, then we would move into one of the styles that most breweries, it’s almost ubiquitous now, obligatory to have a pale ale as part of your beginning arsenal. Your American pale ale. And we’re not better than that but we are going to put our own personal twist onto what we think a pale ale should be from Blue Owl Brewing and that’s a sour pale ale. So that’s taking the traditional characteristics from an American pale ale, something that has a little bit of a malt backbone, some really nice hops, expressive hops, I think that’s the key here. Like the main player is the hops. But then the sourness has to be like a supporting actor. The diffi culty in that is bitterness and sourness don’t necessarily go well together. But they can coexist if you balance it with sweetness and maltiness in there. But the thing I’m really trying to work on with Spirit Animal is to get the sour tartness to marry well with particular kinds of American hops which are more focused on the citrus side of things- tropical fruit, citrus and less with the herbal and piney. I think those things together, sour and piney, would be too much.

Yeah. That sounds great. It’s going to be an interesting semi-challenging fun adventure for a drinker. What else do you have?So then the last one is Professor Black. It is a sour cherry stout. The thing that I like about that beer maybe the most is that it just sells itself just right there. Sour. Cherry. Stout. I don’t think anybody would read that and have different expectations than what is is. But when

we get down to actually designing it, some of the diffi culties are that you’re marrying a stout which is intrinsically a little bitter, a little stringent, roasty and again those could be almost classifi ed as kinds of harshness and if you start adding sourness on top of that it can be a little bit too much. So what you have to do is create the stout in such a way that it smooths out some of these factors. Like it can’t NOT be roasty, then it wouldn’t be a stout. But you have to make sure that the roast character, the bitterness, the slight astringent undertones, that they work well with the sourness. And there are ways to do that when you’re adjusting sweetness and bitterness and additional fl avors and slightly aging it so it can kind of mellow out a little bit. It’s one of the more kind of challenging or demanding beers as far as just mellowing out because you are trying to get so much fl avor out of something you usually have to start by adding more fl avor than you wanted and then allowing everything to settle down, meld, and then you would release it.

What’s your process for achieving the levels of sourness you want in these beers that you make while still keeping the integrity of the style fi rst and foremost yet still implement a nice crisp sour fl avor to it?A lot of this is experimentation that hasn’t really been well documented out there.

Until now . . . when we publish this.I’ll have to be a little tight lipped about some of it because we are still trying to develop certain ways to control sourness to keep clean . . . it’s a diffi cult thing that has a lot of factors in it. I think the way that I’ve approached it is if you’re going to make a sour pale ale, fi rst you have to make a really good pale ale. You have to make it balanced. You have to add the ingredients that give it nice characteristics and then when you have made a nice pale ale you have to add this extra dimension that completely puts it on a different plane. It’s not like it’s so far different from a pale ale that you wouldn’t recognize it, but now you have something that you are familiar with, that you started with and then you have to go to a different plane to now taste it in a different light, in a different way. So all of these ways are processes that exist if you’re trying to balance any beer with sweetness, with bitterness, with getting the right ingredients. But when it comes down to the souring process, there’s just not a lot of information out there for pre-fermentation souring. So I’ve been working with White Labs to discuss how we can have a yeast program that works well in sour fermentation because that’s something that post fermentation souring people don’t have to deal with. They ferment the beer then

they worry about souring. We sour it fi rst and then we have to worry about fermenting it. So that affects everything with fermentation. You have to think about the process of how you’re going to sour these beers, how you control the variables. Then when you have good control over it, you have to decide as the craftsman to balance everything and put it all together.

So tell me, based off that, the mantra for Blue Owl Brewing? Like, what are you guys going for?I wish I had a catchy slogan right there. I’m sure I need to work on that. Blue Owl Brewing is about trying to make approachable, affordable sour beers. There are a lot of ways you can do that. For one, starting out, most of our beers are going to be lower in alcohol. They’re not going to be the higher 7 to 9 or 10 percent alcohol. They’re going to be 3.5 to 5.5. So you’re going to have all four of our beers coming out of the gates, you’re going to be able to drink as many of those as you would other typical kind of American ales. Another way we do that is affordability and that’s where we really start differing from what exists out there. To make something affordable you have to bring down the cost and have a reasonable margin for it and when you’re allowing something to age in expensive barrels in expensive warehouses for prolonged periods of time, that adds up as money and then you have to charge more for it.

There’s a lot of overhead involved.Yeah, a lot of overhead. And then of course, there’s the novelty also of having something special that’s been aged for a while. Yeah, so a way to get around that with sour mashing is there is still some time involved. You can’t get around that but you can accelerate it in a controlled environment that allows you to minimize it and if you’re smart about the rest of the process then you can keep your margins in check and essentially make these sour beers at about the same cost as some of the other normal kind of main-staying craft beers around town. Another way to make these approachable, so obviously price is a big deal, another way to make it approachable is how you present it. But one of the early kind of tenets of what we were doing was when you think of sour beers on the market right now you think of 750ml bottles, higher price, maybe elaborate designs or something that looks more rustic as far as labels go, caged cork on top and there is a sense of, not to call anyone out, but there is a sense of exclusivity that can come along with high price and fancy packaging. So, what we decided to do is make these affordable sour beers that mimic the original style that they were intended to be and put them in packaging that’s approachable and accessible to more of the

average beer consumer and we do that by having branding that is playful but maybe still shows a little bit of quirkiness to it. Blue Owl, the logo we created was basically trying to have something recognizable, simple, not overly detailed, not too cartoonish but not too obscure. Nice solid colors. And then that branding we wanted it to be on cans as opposed to bottles simply because of the perception of cans being more transportable more accessible. I don’t think that’s necessarily the case everywhere in different markets or different climates, but here in Austin it’s very appropriate to have cans.

Really, anywhere you are, a can is more of an after-work beer than a special occasion beer.Yeah, and who would have thought that you would come home after work and sit down and have a six pack of sour pale ale or sour stout. You can do that! There’s no reason you can’t do that. To get to the point where a company, a brewery, to make a product that’s affordable like that, it’s taken a lot of work, a lot of research, but at this point we have the confi dence that we’re up to the task, I guess.

Cool. I know I’m excited to crack open a sour cherry stout when I get home from work. Maybe not now in August, but . . . So, I guess you guys are right now aiming to be open fall 2014. Right?Fall 2014. The space that we’re in on East Cesar Chavez is mostly a production facility. A 30-barrel brewhouse, canning line, but we’ll have a tap room. We want to have a face to our brewery. We want to have people coming in and when you have a product that may be as standard as what’s out there, you really need a lot of face time with people and talk to them and get their feedback and improve the product in that kind of loop. Feedback loop?

What else can people expect from the brewing program? What can we look for in the future?Where we’re going? I think in general, people can expect that we’re going to have fun with this kind of novel frontier of making just about any beer style sour. And I’m not going to say that it’s going to work every time. I’m not going to say it’s going to be good every time. But I think people can expect at least coming in and at least being challenged in what they thought is out there, what they thought could be a beer and then at the same time we’re never forgetting that these are supposed to be drinkable approachable beers. With Blue Owl Brewing, I want people to expect seeing a broad range of beer styles and our particular souring process to be applied to many different styles of beer.

Fall 2014 can’t come soon enough.

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EVERYONE REMEMBERS WHERE THEY got their start in craft beer, whether it started by having a gateway beer like Fat Tire and going from there, or hanging out with people in the industry who just kind of made you drink great beer. And who can forget the one awesome old uncle who’s been drinking the good stuff since it hit the shelves? Gateway beers, peer pressure, or even a kickass bartender could have been your intro to the juice, but how do you really start to respect the craft?

I have Nate Seale to thank for passing on the torch as Kitchen Manager at the Alamo Drafthouse and making me do beer dinners when he left to work at (512) Brewing Co., I was 21 and had drank only a handful of the beers that were out there at the time. As a kid, new to all alcohol, it was a huge challenge. Like most of us, I became a regular at The Draught House, and still am. By the time I was 23 I had done beer dinners with Erik Ogershok (Real Ale), Brock Wagner (Saint Arnold), Greg Koch (Stone), and Sam Calagione (Dogfi sh Head). Not to say I set all that shit up, that was someone else’s job. I just drank the beer and made the food that went with it, never really got to sit in on any of those beer dinners until recently, but everyone said they were good. I met a lot of brewers, writers, and just overall kickass people that just kept coming back over and over. I had to try more and more beers to keep up with what was going on and would hook up with brewery and distributing reps to see what was out there. Pretty soon they were looking for me instead of the bar managers. I guess everything that

happened in those few years was my intro to the craft.

I guess it was about a year before I left the Drafthouse that I had a solid introduction to cask ale. I had the occasional pint of cask beer at the “Dhouse,” but didn’t have a major interest in it since I was still kind of all over the place beer wise, still discovering styles I hadn’t tried and what not. Anyway, one day there was this brand new cooler that showed up in our lobby. Some dude showed up, put it behind the bar and pulled out two beer engines to install right next to it… and then it was done! Now what? We don’t have any beer to put on it. A few of us, Ian Mckenzie and Mary Coleman to name a few, were able to pull

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together our contacts and get a few fi rkins in. Mary even convinced the big dogs upstairs to buy us some empties to send around the country to get fi lled.

This is where I think I really got into social media, before it was just me connected with friends on Facebook and nothing more. I discovered that Alamo Lake Creek had its own Twitter. I got a hold of it and started tweeting out what was on cask. I started following people like @beertownaustin and @stayhoppyaustin and just kind of immersing myself in the community. I didn’t think that anyone read my tweets from that particular account, until a few people told me that they actually followed it. I just know that we were having to throw out some beer, and that fuckin’ sucks. While I was there I started to read up on everything I could pertaining to cask beer, and learned all I could from brewers like Nate and Erik who were doing great things with cask beer.

When I parted ways and got to another bar, Baker Street Pub, I was determined almost right away to set up a cask night, and I did! First cask… barely sold anything. Second? I had friends come out and we put down half of it. Since they didn’t have engines we just straight tossed everything that was left over. Which, by the way, is something that a lot of bars don’t do. I know sometimes it might taste fi ne, and that’s OK to serve. But if you know you’re selling shit, take it off the damn bar. You can totally ruin someone’s fi rst go at a cask beer by giving them three day old, triple re-refrigerated, foggy bullshit. Anyway, it wasn’t going as well as we liked, and that’s when I got the idea of setting up something like

Cask Austin. Talked to some people and they were all about it, so I went with it and starting hitting up bars for what they were tapping, when they were tapping it and how often they did stuff like that. It’s amazing, the amount of people I met just over Twitter, all because we have the same interest. Beer! I got a pretty good response with the cask thing and kept up with it pretty well . . . Until I started working at The Chicago House. After that I pretty much only tweeted about what was going on at the bar and it kind of killed it for me. Sure I got to pick whatever beers I wanted and send fi rkins where I wanted them to go, but for some reason it just wasn’t for me. I still can’t explain what it was, I had fi nally made the transition from kitchen to full time bar. I just couldn’t stand it there, must have been Downtown Austin. It kind of sucks. Luckily some guys from Alamo came in one day and offered me a Bar Manager job down at Alamo Slaughter, and I’ve been back there ever since. I actually even made it to the top and am in charge of everything beer that happens in Austin. Woo!

I don’t really know the point of me telling that story is, I think most of it was to fi ll the space around that part about bar’s selling old cask beer. Don’t disrespect the craft, it’s usually more of a brewer’s heart and soul then the core beer itself . . . or sometimes I guess it might just be an experiment they are jacking around with. Anyway . . . don’t fuck it up.

Adan De La Torre is Head of Beer at Alamo Austin. Follow Adan on Twitter: @caskaustin

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Let’s face it, we ALL tire of beer at some point. Yeah, even that blow hard who posts a new beer pic with about 17 hashtags EVERY NIGHT. Even he (or she) dips their toes (er, tongue) into some of the other mighty tasty fer-mented, distilled, or otherwise alcoholic beverages. Be it bourbon, wine, cider, gin, vodka, or even mead, we all have our poison of choice outside the beer world, and we thought it helpful to guide you in a good direction for finding a few new and established local purveyors that pride themselves in the quality and craft (yeah, we’re back on the wagon) of their beverages just as much as your favorite brewers do.

Often we may find ourselves indulging in other li-bations and leaving all our standards of quality at the door, as if we hold beer to a higher degree of excellence, but let it all slide when we feel like partaking in some well whiskey, house wine, or just an easy thoughtless cider. Sure, we all slum it sometimes. And no one wants to be accused of being a snob of any sort, but since they are available, it doesn’t hurt to grab that local indepen-dently made wine over your usual red next time you get a hankering to re-watch Sideways (“are you chewing gum?”). Or maybe forgo that super sweet “whatever” cider for a well-crafted cider using Texas apples? Who needs another “bourbon” based off a shared spirit dis-tilled in Indiana when we have plenty of well-made Tex-as whiskeys worth exploring. Even in our fair city, there are a venerable plethora of exemplary non-beer adult beverages for the ravaging.

Get adventurous and try your first natural or wild wine. Give in to your inner Pooh and get your next buzz courtesy of some well-made mead. Indulge your fantasy of becoming Austin’s next so hot “mixologist” and Breaking Bad-up your kitchen with some curious gin and other botanical and herb based flavor profiles. Taste cider again for the first time with some of our area’s several first rate apple architects.

Our livers could not withstand a full on review of the central Texas group of craft distilleries, wineries, meaderies, cideries, and so forth, but we did our best to curate a good starting point of fine local folks for you to whet your appetite. Hopefully, the next time your crav-ings stray beyond beer, you’ll remember not to leave your standards with your beer and seek out the same level of excellence as you venture out amongst beer’s other alcoholic cousins. So set down that beer, for now, pick your poison and read on.

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REVOLUTION SPIRITS12345 Pauls Valley Road, Building G revolutionspirits.com Complimentary tastings and tours Hours are variable, so call ahead – 512.358.1203 ABG Recommendation: Austin Reserve Gin

Needing a tasty detour from beer? Check out the curious spirits Revolution are concocting out in the Hill Country. One of the Austin area’s newest spirits makers, Revolution are rushing out of the gate with a beautifully spiced gin, dry and interesting enough to enjoy on its own. They use a tested blend of six botanicals to give it a unique, yet well balanced ar-ray of flavors allowing each to sing their own note without becoming muddled. At the time of print, their gin is available at various bars around town and for wholesale at most chains and on shelves at a few independent liquor stores. Revolution have plans in the works to produce an Amaro, an Italian style liqueur (“Hey intern, get me a Campari.”), a coffee liqueur, a red absinthe and beginning next year, a bourbon. They are even experimenting with using some of the refermented fruit from Jester King’s fruit beer series. For the time being, they plan to test drive new spirits at the distillery tasting room and then fast track the winners to full time production. Going with the gin first allowed distillers Brian Meola, Forrest Allen, and John Henry the ability to be creative and show off their collective talent for blending balanced flavors in a quick turnaround product, unlike many distilleries which immediately release a flavorless vodka to pay the rent. So when beer gets boring (and it does sometimes), skip over that Redbull/vodka and challenge your taste buds with some botanical liqueur. Your heart rate will thank you for it, and you’ll look hella classier drinking it.

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THE AUSTIN WINERY9007 Tuscany Way Austin, TX 78754 theaustinwinery.com $15 Tasting - Book on website ABG Recommendation: Violet Crown

Blink and you will miss the Austin Winery. It is located somewhere north of 183 and east of I-35, between the distribution centers of UPS and the US Post Office. But that is no problem for beer fans, as they are used to great breweries plunked in the middle of industrial zones. The winery is techni-cally an urban winery, meaning they don’t grow their own grapes and are located in a metropolitan area. Again, this should sound familiar to craft beer drinkers. Not growing your own ingredients does not exclude you from producing a tasty tipple. Take their Violet Crown (a Grenache and Syrah blend) and Old Vine Zinfandel—both delicious fruit bombs, each with a hint of spice, each distinct. Currently they are using 70% California grapes and 30% Texas grapes. Sounds perfect for Austin. Get it? Austin Winery’s labels also help them stand out. All labels are created by Nic Mathis and walk the line of respecting the old guard and representing the young, creative team behind the winery. A first thought when entering the winery and meeting Ross McLauchlan and Cooper Anderson might be, “Damn, they are so young. Where is the adult supervision?” Don’t let that throw you off. Ross is an Italian citizen, so you know, wine is basically in his blood. You are in good hands . . . young, soft hands.

MERIDIAN HIVE MEADERY8120 Exchange Drive, Suite 400 meridianhive.com Hours by appointment via website ABG Recommendation: Frontier

If you’re lost in that industrial park maze looking for the Austin Winery, you might just stumble upon Meridian Hive. If so, you’ll find Head Meaderer (Meaderite? Mazer?) and co-founder Mike Simmons doing his best to convert you to mead. With crisp, dry meads that aren’t overly sweet, he’s putting his extensive homebrewing background to good use to achieve his goal. There’s even a dry hopped ver-sion of his base mead to serve as your gateway. As of right now, the meadery is only open by appoint-ment, but you can catch them pouring samples of their traditional orange blossom mead (Discovery), the dry hopped version (Frontier), and a honey and blackberry wine (Rhapsody) at farmer’s markets around town. So put down that turkey leg, pause Game of Thrones and check their website for all the places that you can find Meridian Hive on tap and in bottles.

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LA CRUZ DE COMAL WINES7405 FM 2722 Canyon Lake, TX 78133 lacruzdecomalwines.com Saturday & Sunday 12–6 PM ABG Recommendation: Troubadour

This destination winery is located in the hills surrounding Canyon Lake and produces vino that can only be crafted there via their terroir approach to winemaking. Using only grapes grown on the La Cruz de Comal estate or within the Hill Country area and fermented with naturally occurring wild yeast, their wines are unique unto their own, and just as delectable as they are limited in number. Weighing in at just 150–200 cases per year, their wine is worth the hunt. Eschewing nitrates, sulfites, laboratory yeast, and other modern winery processing practices, La Cruz de Comal produce dynamic wines nuanced with flavors and aromas that are truly endowed a sense of place. Rustic, rich, semi-sweet, tart and dry, these wines hit very similar notes as all our favorite malted beverages—like a nice beer, but with a good beard trim and a button down shirt. With a handful of excellent red, white and dessert varieties available, it’s not hard to find several favorites amongst their wines.

Bottles are available on-site or at Austin Wine Merchant, and poured at Dai Due, the Jester King tasting room and other fine area restaurants, but do yourself a favor and make the day trip out to the winery. And maybe take your significant other—it’s a little awkward to just go with your beer drinking buddy. But maybe your relationship needs to go to that next level—destination winery tast-ing room level. Just be wary if anyone asks you if you soak corks.

ARGUS CIDERY12345 Pauls Valley Road, Suite 2 arguscidery.com Saturday tasting room hours currently suspended. Check website for special releases, updates or to book an event. ABG Recommendation: Bandera Brut

Just an apple’s throw down the road from Jester King you’ll find Argus Cidery. It’s fitting these two are neighbors on the “Drip” drinking trail as they share a philosophy in how they approach their craft, err, work. Using only Texas apples, which can be sweet and produce a more one dimensional cider, owner Wes Mickel and his team incorporate a variety of techniques using oaks, extended fermentation and wild yeasts to create a complex and balanced product. And just as with some of the most rewarding and interesting beers, the ciders can take anywhere from one to three years to be ready. This, along with unpredictable crops, means finding the bub-bly champagne-like cider for your next celebration (or Beer Guide story shoot) can be a challenge. Therefore, Argus has recently rolled out Tepache Especial, a sparkling pineapple wine that gives both the cidery and drinkers a new medium to explore. The best way to experience Argus is at their clean, Anthropologie-inspired tasting room, but unfortunately it’s on hiatus as they focus on apple season and production the next few months. The good news? You’ll see ciders start making their way back to shelves again later this fall.

BANNER DISTILLING CO.13201 Jacobson Road #11, Manor, TX 78653 bannerdistilling.com / Saturday hours by appointment via website ABG Recommendation: Vodka

Ever been to Manor, TX? Not sure what else is out there, but one good destination is Banner Distill-ing. They’ve been brewing, um distilling, vodka since 2012. They pride themselves on using only organic ingredients (corn, wheat, sugarcane) and Texas rainwater. That would be 100% rainwater. Their greenness does not stop there. They also employ 100% wind energy and urge their customers to recycle their bottles, even to use them as flower vases. Nothing says class then an empty vodka bottle stuffed with daisies on your dining room table. In addition to vodka, they will be releasing a wheat whiskey this fall. Their space is cozy, but they have a huge plot of land on which to grow. Obvi-ously the long term plan is to become a destination, but for now they are giving tours and tastings on Saturdays, with bookings through their website and Facebook page. Their vodka (and later whiskey) is available throughout Austin and in New York. If your local shop doesn’t have it, call New York.

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For years, cider got a bad wrap in America. What you got at the bar was overly sweet, 100% transparent and only ordered by that one friend that “doesn’t like beer.” But a new breed of American craft cideries are working to change that and re-establish cider as a respected and complex, yet refreshing, drink that holds its place with the craft beer explosion. Austin Eastciders and its founder (and proper English-man) Ed Gibson are doing their part by pursu-ing traditional techniques, such as the use of bittersweet apples, to create a drier, smoother finish in their Original Dry Cider, Gold Top, and upcoming Texas Honey Cider (made with lo-cal Good Flow Honey). But, just because they are trying to bring people back to the popular pre-prohibition drink through an old school approach doesn’t mean they can’t party. This is no more evident than with the packaging of their Original Dry in 16oz tallboy cans just before the onslaught of summer this year and future experimentation with wild fermentation, barrel-aging, small batches and possibly even a Brisket Cider to be released during Austin Beer Week (are your ears burning Franklin?). And because it’s in their name, Austin Eastciders will try to incorporate the independent spiritedness of the city at their recently completed new digs at a vintage railroad station on the east side. Go check it out, ya bloke.

TREATY OAK DISTILLING CO.In the process of moving to Dripping Springs. treatyoakdistilling.com ABG Recommendation: Barrel Reserve Rum

Craft beer fans may already be familiar with Treaty Oak through their collaboration with Adel-bert’s. Adelbert’s Contemplating Waterloo is Philosophizer saison aged in Treaty Oak Waterloo

Antique barrels. But don’t think Treaty Oak is some johnny-come-lately-crafter, they’ve been knocking around since 2007. In this time they’ve put together a strong stable of spirits: vodka (Startlight Vodka and Graham’s Texas Tea, a sweet tea vodka), rum (Platinum Rum and Barrel Reserve Rum), and gin (Waterloo Gin and Waterloo Antique Gin). Treaty Oak are currently not hosting tours and tastings as they are in the process of moving to Dripping Springs. Their new facility will not only house their distillery, but also a brand new brew-ery. The new location will not be open to the public until some time in 2015, but distilling might start happening before that. Maybe brewing too . . .

BEER IS A BIG DEAL AROUND THESE PARTS. That should be no surprise to you—you are reading this in Austin’s only deluxe beer magazine. But don’t take our word for it. Nah, go ahead and take our word for it, we know what we’re talking about. Breweries in town are bursting at the seams and hustling day and night, some brewing three shifts a day, just to keep our local glasses full and fridges stocked. Ever wonder why you can rarely find your favorite Austin beer when you visit San Antonio, Houston, or the Fort Worth-Dallas areas? It’s because we drank it all before it could get there. We are some thirsty folks.

So in a valiant effort to meet our ever increasing demand for more MORE tasty beer, several area brew pubs and breweries are making calculated moves to expand and even open second locations.

Unless you live under an internet rock, or a literal rock, you have most likely heard about the second NXNW location opening in south Austin on Slaughter Lane (5701 West Slaughter Lane).

The location will feature similar menus and design as the original location off north Research Boulevard, but will have an expanded bar and beer garden area with an expansion on their current stellar beer lineup with new beers at both locations.

Regarding the new brewhouse, which head brewer Hayden Winkler of Real Ale fame will be manning, owner Davis Tucker told us, “The equipment in the brewhouse is the same Don Thompson and I formerly brewed with at Copper Tank back in the 90s. A few Cen-tral Texas brewers have worked that system; including Erik Ogershok with Real Ale and Rob Cartwright of Independence. The fermentation and aging tanks are also from Copper Tank and were used to help Austin Beerworks start up their operations before returning to us to be used at NX2 “

Ryan Van Biene of Pinthouse Pizza told us that they have plans to open a second location off of South Lamar sometime in the first half of 2015. “There are quite a few things that will make the space unique from the original but we’d like to keep those sur-prises under our hat,” said Van Biene. “I can tell you brewing capacity will be about double and we will have a dedicated barrel-aging room. There will be a legitimate outdoor patio

at this location, but other than that I’d like to keep the surprises surprises for now.”

Van Biene added, “The food will be the same. Maybe a small variation but not much, if at all. Atmosphere should be similar. The set-up of the space will be a little different but similar and the finishes will be different.”

Brewer Joe Mohrfeld goes on to talk about how this affects the brewing side. “Jacob Passey will be moving over to Head Brewer at the new location, Trevor Kelly will be coming up as our Head Brewer at our current location and I will be overseeing operations at both as the Director of Brewing,” said Mohrfeld. “As for beer, our current lineup at the Burnet location will remain intact for our mainstays and we will keep brewing new styles that myself and Trevor will develop. Pinthouse Two will be featuring new beers for our mainstay lineup, but will be very much in our style so you will likely see an IPA, session IPA, pale, etc., but they will be new beers or riffs on explorations or fallen casks we have done and developed by myself and Jacob.”

The Austin stalwart Draught House are currently in the process of revamping their bre-whouse, which has been offline for over a year now, with a brand spanking new seven-barrel custom made, direct fired, single infusion brew-house from Bennett Forgeworks in Ridgway, CO. Brewer and manager Josh Wilson is cur-rently building the control panels and putting in the piping for wort and glycol and expects to be brewing by Halloween. “House beers will be random with some old recipes coming back,” said Wilson. “I will be hiring a brewer at some point and would want to let him/her follow their creative impulses also. Expect more sour, wood and barrel-aged beers too.”

Just a little bit out of town, the Belgian/So-Cal inspired folks at Middleton are also moving into a larger home that enables them to begin to distribute their delectable beverag-es within their Hill Country locale and beyond. “We are a 10-barrel brew pub located at 101 Oakwood Loop in San Marcos. We specialize in Belgian, British, and American style ales and focus on using local ingredients such as Texas pecans, peppers, and local coffee to make some special beers in-house,” said Clayton Rahmberg. “We are a fully-operating brew pub so we do have a bar/tasting room area with anywhere from three to four fixed beers of our own which will also be the same beers we plan

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to distribute. So far the lineup of year-round is Quartzite Belgian Blond, Garnet Belgian Amber and Topaz Belgian Tripel—roughly five rotating taps which will be any of our other beers we brew plus some specialties (i.e. seasonals and seasonal ingredients). We also have at least six taps that we’ll designate to guest beers that will also rotate.” Middleton brewers have already been brewing up a storm and hope to have the tasting room open by mid to late September with kegged beers distri-buted to the surrounding areas.

Back on the homefront, the Barton Springs craft beer and BBQ staple Uncle Billy’s are in motion to make a major expansion. Via owner Rick Engel, we were told the current location “will more than double its current brewing system, effectively tripling its brew-ing capacity. One of the largest brew pubs in Texas. The expansion will accommodate a new 20-barrel Criveller system, providing an an-nual capacity of approximately 5,000 barrels of craft beer.” Engel continued, “In addition to the new 20-barrel brewery, expansion plans will include renovations to the restaurant, includ-ing a new indoor/outdoor island bar with 360 degree service and expanded seating. Uncle Billy’s is also introducing its new Smokehouse Menu featuring a variety of newly created smoked seafood options, in addition to offering a number of food and beer pairings.” They plan to complete the expansion and be up and running on the new system by mid-fall.

Independence’s tremendous shiny new brewhouse expansion is not exactly break-ing news (see Over a Pint, Spring/Summer 2014), but its sheer massiveness deserves a mention. “We are brewing all of our beers on our new system now. It is a 60-barrel system that was made by JV Northwest (Washington state),” said Amy Cartwright, president at Independence Brewing. “We have two new 120-barrel fermenters that are now in use, with another two 120-barrel aging/bright tanks arriving in late September. Currently we are still using all of our 30-barrel fermen-ters, but plan to phase them out as we re-ceive larger tanks. We will be getting two 180 fermenters and one 180 bright in January.”

The larger brewhouse allows the Indy folk to brew more specialty one-offs like the recently released canned Power & Light pale ale and spread their Indy love farther across our great big state.

Speaking of cans, Real Ale brewing are ramping up their production with a new bottle line that runs 400 bottles per minute and a special addition to the canning line. “We still have the same can line (65 cans per minute), but we installed a new can rinser

that accommodates both 12oz and 16oz cans with quick changeover,” said Tim Schwartz. “16oz Firemans #4 coming out now, and will be at ACL this year. New bottle stuff will be next year.” Schwartz also noted that there will possibly be some 22oz bomber bottles on the horizon.

With all these expansions and new locations in the works, you’re sure to stay soaked in beer for the time being, but rumors un-printable abound teasing at even more expansions and possible second locations. OK, here’s one we can print.

“If growth continues as it has in the past, our brewery will be maxed out in the next year or two, somewhere around 20,000 barrels a year. That’s more than we ever thought we’d make, so we don’t really feel pressured to make more. Just like with money: mo’ beer; mo’ problems,” said Michael Graham of Austin Beerworks. “But, there’s so much excitement around craft beer right now that it feels like this might be a unique opportunity to get financing and city/neighborhood approval to build some-thing awesome. Which I suppose is our ultimate goal —to make something awesome. So, if you own a property in Austin that can accommodate a brewery, lazy river, disc golf course, and skate park, please give us a call.”

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FUTURE HOME OF PINTHOUSE SOUTH

Everything’s better fresh, right? Right. So of course, that

applies to hops, duh. Yeah, so this is ripe fresh hop season

(see what I did there?) and in many circles has become the

more exciting fall seasonal beer style. Sure, spices, pump-

kins, and darker beers are all nice to enjoy as the thermo-

meter drops, but face it, when there is a beer style that we

all mostly adore year round that suddenly gets a power-up

boost in flavor and aroma, there’s not much competition.

Is it time to declare a new fall seasonal beer? Probably not

yet, but this beer journalist could easily jump into a Mr. Fu-

sion fueled DeLorean headed to that future. Where we’re

going, we don’t need roads.

So what’s all the hype about? Simply put, fresh wet

hops impart a flavor, aroma, and mouthfeel that brewers

can’t achieve using typically processed hops. Note that the

term “processed” in this context is not akin to a few degrees

from that pink “chicken” sludge Mc-Ds presses into nug-

get shapes (I’m loving it!). Processed hops are those that

after being harvested are dried out in a kiln and then either

pressed into pellets (mainly for logistical reasons) or sold as

whole cone dry hops. Brewers make incredible beers with

these processed hops year round and should by no means

be shamed in comparison to brewing with fresh wet hops.

And since we’ve already diverted a bit on the seman-

tics of the word “processed,” let’s discuss the difference be-

tween “wet” and “fresh.” The two can be used interchange-

ably when referring to a beer made with hops unkilned

and brewed within 24 hours of harvesting. Often, the term

“fresh” may be used to describe a beer that was brewed

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using hops freshly harvested, but still kilned (dried). Hops

are a fragile creature and unless properly processed, will

begin to degrade in quality and body after 24 hours. Due

to the large amount of moisture present in wet (unkilned)

hops, they are prone to mold and other unpleasant guests

you’d rather them not bring to the party. So to sum it up, wet

hop beers, whether used in the boil or as dry hops (I know,

it’s confusing), are utilizing unkilned hops still moist from

the bine within 24 hours of harvesting. Fresh hop beers may

refer to the latter, but may also be used to describe beers

using hops “fresh” as within days/weeks of harvest, but not

necessarily still moist when they hit the beer.

Got it? Got it.

That said, brewers do not usually brew beer using

100% wet fresh hops as they are not as efficient as kilned

pellets, and logistically speaking, are hella hard to work

with. The magic they bring to a beer, is mostly and best ap-

preciated when used in the latter half of the boil when the

beer takes on the hops’ flavors and aromas, and even later

on used for dry hopping. Kilned hops will impart dimen-

sions of the hop not present in the wet hop. Most pros agree

that a combo of kilned and wet yield the most tasty results.

OK, let’s get back on track. Fresh wet hops are spe-

cial in that they are harvested by the farmers and then

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introduced to wort within 24 hours. Think about that. Seven

AM-ish Pacific Standard Time, these juicy green beautiful

cone florets are plucked from their bine homes, quickly

packaged, hustled to the airport, flown cross-country, re-

trieved at their destination, hustled again to the brewery

and tucked into their boiling wort bed before the PST clock

hits seven AM a second time that calendar day. It’s pretty

fucking incredible. Welcome to the modern age. Brewers

that choose to utilize hops via this incredibly arduous path

are rewarded with beers possessing juicy, resinous, bright-

ness, oil presence, and vibrancy only found in fresh wet hop

beers. Please sir, I want some more.

Incredible.

And even more so since up until these past few years

this was an actuality only for those brewers located within

hours drive of the hop farms. But thanks to a handful of cra-

zy adventurous brewers in town who are willing to pay in-

credible shipping charges, plane cargo fees, and are ready

to fire up the brewhouse at the drop of a hat once the farmer

announces harvest day has come, we are now #blessed to

be of the lucky few in the nation, nay world, to enjoy FRESH

fresh wet hop beers.

We’re a guide, not a beer history book (but check out

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any factual errors in this timeline, but to the best of our

reporting abilities we have determined that Tim Schwartz

of Real Ale and Brian Peters of ABGB brewed the first fresh

wet hop beer in Austin at the Bitter End in 2001. Then again

from 2002–2004. “I believe we did the first one in 2001,” said

Schwartz. “In 2002 we brewed one with Warrior; 2003 and

2004 were with Centennial. These were fresh hop pale ales

around 13.5 Plato. We used 16 to 20 pounds of wet hops

for six barrels. In 2004 we added Centennial pellets for bit-

tering and then used 20 pounds of wet. I believe we called

them Harvest Ale.”

“We worked directly with Hop Union. Back then they

would pretty much give you the hops, but we had to pay

high shipping charges to overnight them so they wouldn’t

spoil,” said Schwartz. “The high moisture content, coupled

with high temps around harvest presented a challenge with

transportation. The biggest obstacle in the brewhouse was

dealing with the large amount of whole hops in the kettle/

whirlpool. We had to improvise a hop-back since we didn’t

have one at the time. Also, achieving the correct IBUs was

tough because of poor utilization compared to pellets. That

is why we added a pelletized bittering addition in 2004.

These issues are still valid today, but luckily more brewer-

ies have larger hop-backs now.”

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Yeah, they’re that young a style around

here. We’ve been getting fresh wet hop beers

from our pacific northwest and northern Cali-

fornian brewer friends for a little while now,

but it appears we did not have any brewed

fresh in town until 2001. Then in 2012 Jeff

Young, while at Black Star Co-op (now co-

founder/brewer of Blue Owl), revived the style

in Austin. Then the style exploded in popular-

ity the next year with Pinthouse Pizza, Hops &

Grain, and Austin Beerworks joining the fresh

wet fun in 2013.

This year all four breweries are return-

ing to this special style with vigor. As the hop

harvest depends on the specific farmers’ re-

gion and hop variety, the actual availability is

scheduled anywhere between late August to

September. So drinkers can expect to start

seeing these wet hop derived beers popping

up around town mid-September to October.

Just as we’re all getting tired of pumpkin

beers.

Will Golden of Austin Beerworks, who

received their wet hops first this year, said,

“We are doing a Centennial Heavy Machinery

wet hop beer again.” Using hops from Cros-

by Farms in Oregon, Golden says their beer

“used 400 pounds of Centennial. IBUs are

around 45 but we can’t be sure as we don’t

know the alpha acid percentage in the hops as

they haven’t been processed. The unmistak-

able freshness and slight vegetal green flavor

should be present. I would describe it as a hop

character that has the depth and complexity

of fresh fruit and earthy greens.” The Austin

Beerworks’ Heavy Machinery Wet Hop beer

will be available in cans and on draught in late

September.

“We’ll be brewing two hoppy red-ish

beers, identical malt bill and fermentation

profile but each utilizing a different hop,” said

Josh Hare of Hops & Grain. “I like to up the

caramel and Munich malts for these beers to

help provide a nice backbone for the oily hop

profile. We’ll be using Meridian, which is noto-

rious for carrying a rich juicy fruit/Orange Ju-

lius character and Nugget which will deliver

much more on the pine and resin side. These

will be part of our small batch Greenhouse

Series, called Hop-Screpincy.” Hops &

Grain’s fresh wet hop beers are

using wet hops sourced from

farms in the Willamette Valley

of Oregon and will be released at their Anni-

versary party on October 12th.

Pinthouse Pizza head brewer Joe

Mohrfeld will be brewing his second fresh

wet hop beer since arriving in Austin. “We will

be brewing a fresh hop ale with some really

exciting fresh wet hops this year: Equinox!”

Mohrfeld exclaimed. “Equinox is in its first

year of limited commercial production and

has been previously known as HBC 366. Equi-

nox is known for its pronounced citrus and

tropical fruit character that produces intense

flavors of lemon, lime, papaya, apple and

subtle green pepper. Our fresh hop beer this

year will riff on the sessionable IPA trend we

started here in Austin and showcase this hop

almost exclusively with just a touch of another

exciting experimental hop, HBC 291 known for

its floral and peppery characteristics, thrown

in for complexity.” Mohrfeld expects his fresh

wet hops from Yakima, WA to be brewed and

ready to enjoy in beer mid-October.

Chris Hamje took over the brewing

reigns after Jeff Young departed Black Star

earlier this summer but will carry on the co-

op brewery’s fresh wet hop tradition for the

third year in a row. “Hubris is Black Star’s

semiannual American Pale Ale, and this fall

we are adding freshly-picked Equinox wet

hops in massive quantity in order to take full

advantage of this rather new varietal,” said

Hamje. “Hubris is absolutely unique in that

it is never the same batch-to-batch, utilizing

a different specialty ingredient each time to

maximum effect. We’ve never had a chance

to use this hop in anything before, but its in-

dustry and anecdotal descriptors of citrus,

papaya, lime, apple, and subtle green pepper

have us intrigued and excited. We’re definitely

excited to see what this hop can do.” Hamje’s

hops are coming from the B.T. Loftus Ranches

in Yakima Valley and the final beer should be

available sometime in October.

We for one, cannot wait to wrap these

exciting beers round our collective tongues

and fully expect in the near future, that our

fine beer community will begin to define ear-

ly fall seasonal beers to be those graced by

the magic fresh wet hop. Perhaps so much

so that one day public demand will elicit

a #freshwethopjam? Until then, we’ll just

have to satiate our desires via sweet juicy wet

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LONG HAVE WE DREAMT OF WASTING AWAY a Friday evening drinking from brewery tap-room to brewery taproom enjoying numerous beers whilst remaining within the legal bounds the State of Texas enforces on all drivers. And of course, just staying responsible in general. And besides the vehicular limitations, until recently, most breweries only had taproom hours for short periods on Saturdays, or only monthly. Well, fi nally our time has come. As more and more breweries have discovered the thirsty throngs in Austin’s Friday after work crowd (breweries are the new TGIF), our city has also become home to the popular ride sharing apps Lyft and Uber. Although currently operating in the gray zone, they are infi nitely better than choosing to hop in your own vehicle after soak-ing up a brewery tap room or four.

The challenge: to successfully hit up as many brewery taprooms on a Friday evening using ONLY Lyft or Uber. We divided into respective teams of two: Aaron and Shawn for #TeamUber, and Chris and JIB for #TeamLyft, with our very good friend Bryan Gutmann serving as our referee to keep everyone honest. The rules were simple, fi rst team to a stop orders four beers (with the ability to sabotage the second team via heavy “sippers”), then the fi rst team to complete said beers could request their ride to the next stop. So you can imagine there was a fair

Ride Sharin’ Nighttrippin’ Words by CHRIS TROUTMAN/AARON CHAMBERLAIN Photos by SHAWN PHILLIPS

amount of chugging followed by running out into parking lots scanning for drivers.

#TeamLyft: At 5:30 PM we parked our cars/bike in the parking garage near Black Star Co-op, took down our fi rst beers, and requested our fi rst rides. JIB wisely went with the session sour wheat Waterloo, while I, already lapsing in judgement sans beers, chose the anti-chug, otherwise delicious Vector. JIB, of course beat me to the bottom of his glass, and we requested our fi rst ride. Jacoby, in his white Nissan Juke, pulled up in front of Black Star roughly eight minutes after we requested, an antagonizing three minutes after the Uber driver picked up our adversar-ies curbside on Lamar. After a short snafu with his GPS telling him to go south on Lamar, we began driving north to Circle Brewing. Try-ing to shave off some time and possibly beat the Uber fellas, we cut west on Kramer. And then hit every light to Braker. Whatever. We lost the fi rst round and arrived to two full pints of Circle’s Hop Overboard Pale Ale on nitro. Team Uber thought they’d foil us, but the smooth consistency of the nitro pale slid down our throats in just a few quick seconds, and with a hello/thank you/goodbye to owner Jud Mulherin, JIB and I requested our next ride before Aaron and Shawn were even halfway through their beers.

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to help either team regroup, but sure as shit paired nicely with the tasty grilled cheeses we devoured from the Burro Cheese Kitchen truck in the parking lot. High off our recent victory, JIB and I plotted with Graham to score two more full pours of that hefty Belgo IPA to punish Team Uber with. We each pleasantly took down an Einhorn and Super Awesome lager with little effort as Aaron and Shawn forced their bodies to make room atop those grilled cheeses for more Belgo IPA. We requested our ride fi rst, again, and again our Lyft driver failed to arrive before the Uber driver. In the meantime, JIB attempted to negotiate a ride with a nice fellow leaving the brewery. They were pretty deep into the logistics of the deal when Bryan put a stop to it. Luckily our next, and favorite driver Mark, arrived shortly after in his Toyota sedan.

#TeamUber: We were so confi dent that we would be the fi rst car to ABW, Shawn and I were already planning which beers we would make Team Lyft drink. As we arrived I told our driver, “This is fi ne, pull in behind that minivan.” Then all of a sudden Chris and JIB are bounding out of the minivan. WHAT?! How did that happen? We had left Circle fi rst, laughing and fl ipping them the bird. I consoled my team (Shawn), “at least we got some free cold water.” ABW served as a layover stop in the challenge. We agreed to fuel up with whatever food truck was serving that night, then we would grab our chug beers, and call our cars. We scarfed down $60 dollars worth of grilled cheese and moved to the next beer. Chris was particularly nasty and made Shawn and me drink ABW’s Belgo IPA (9%), a fantastic beer, but a horrible beer to guzzle down quickly. Surprise, surprise Uber was the fi rst to show. We were off to Hops & Grain.

#TeamLyft: The trek from Austin Beerworks to Hops & Grain was the longest, so we at-tempted to plot our route ahead and seeing lots of red down the center of Austin via the Google maps app, we suggested our driver

#TeamUber: I was excited to see Live Oak’s Grodziskie on the tap wall at Black Star. I was not excited fi nding out I had to chug this beer. I knew this was going to be a race, but I never really thought about racing through the beers. It was a very tasty beer, don’t get me wrong, but not the best beer for slugging down in a couple minutes. Shawn gulped down his beer with no problem. We ordered our Uber car after Team Lyft, but our car arrived fi rst. I knew I had picked the right team. First to get picked up and fi rst to arrive at Circle. I was mad that Circle did not have some big bad boozy stout to push onto the Lyft team upon their arrival. They only had drinkable beers, WTF? Shawn and I got two pints of Alibi and ordered nitro versions of the Circle Hop Overboard pale for Chris and JIB. My thought was the nitro would make the beers “heavier.” I guess that was no consequence as they arrived and beat us in fi nding the bottoms of our pints. Again, we dialed up our car second, but left fi rst. See ya’ suckers!

#TeamLyft: Another eight minutes later, and AFTER Team Uber had departed, our next lucky driver Liz arrived in her mini-van. JIB and I ran to meet her at the front of the park-ing lot and hopped in. We advised her to forgo the Lyft GPS app and trust our directions. She seemed up for anything and went along with it. As luck would have it, we caught up with the Uber driver at the light on Braker and Burnet. Without pressuring her, we asked if she would mind attempting to beat the black BMW SUV in front of us. Like I already said, she was up for anything and put pedal to metal and by tak-ing the northern route to Austin Beerworks, narrowly pulling into the parking just ahead of those jerks in the Uber car. Victory! The score was one-all and we were getting hungry, so with referee Bryan’s OK, we took a quick half-time to regroup and rally for our next win.

ABW co-founder/owner Michael Graham welcomed us with open arms and samples of the new Heavy Machinery Belgo IPA. At roughly 9 percent ABV, this did little

Sorry to disappointif you were expecting a clever name dripping

with irony, an insider joke, an odd innuendo,

or random irreverence. Nope. Brewmaster

Matt Brynildson just wanted to call his

Hoppy Pils “Pivo”. In Czech, pivo simply

means beer. Kind of refreshingly appropriate

for a beer that doesn’t claim to be anything

that it’s not. Just a West Coaster’s hoppy take

on the classic Czech Pils. Word.

Pivois Just a Word

For Beer .

#BeerBeforeGlory

app needs some revamping. Bob’s ride, I can’t recall the vehicle anymore, was Lyfted out. He was the only driver to wear the pink ‘stache loud and proud on the front grill. Not only that, he was rocking the Cuddle-Stache in the backseat, and a home-embroidered “I heart Lyft” dash badge. This guy was the Lyft poster child. Unfortunately, he missed the exit for Independence and tacked on an extra five minutes to our ride as we turned around and negotiated our route via back streets. We arrived last to Independence and although we lost, we all won as we were treated to fresh-off-the-line Oklahoma Suks cans. That plus some Power & Light pale lifted our losing spirits and helped console our loss as we all piled into an Uber XL ride back north. #TeamLyft lost, but will live to fight another day, er, maybe not. Whatever.

#TeamUber: Team Uber once again arrived first, making us the winners of the night. Upon our arrival, Indy was wrapping up their taproom hours. We ordered a few Power & Light pale ales and took a tour of the new expansion. We were treated to a shotgunning of fresh cans of Oklahoma Suks. I am not the biggest proponent of shotgunning good beer, but how can you say no to such freshies. I can’t lie, after that it was a bit fuzzy, but I know we cooled off in the cold storage and then posed for some photos. All you really need to know is #TeamUber won, therefore Uber is better. I guess. There really wasn’t that much difference. Go with your gut.

take 183 south to Manor Road and Spring-dale. Sure this looked like a good idea on the map, and although we did avoid traffic, we still sat in the car a very long time. Long enough that we talked family, beer, religion, and even heard a harrowing story of how our father of four with one on the way driver once received exposed breasts for a tip with an offer to “squeeze to see if they are real” but in the end honorably declined. Wow. We arrived at Hops & Grain to find the Uber team with two large pints of the Coffee Porter Culture collaboration with Flat Track Coffee. It was mighty tasty, but not so easy going down in a hurry. JIB and I struggled to finish our pints of rich, dark, coffee/beers and after one of the toughest pints to take down all night, requested our final ride.

#TeamUber: On the way to Hops & Grain I was sure Team Lyft would pass us up. We were all over the place. Somehow we landed first. And just like Circle, Hops & Grain did not really have any heavy hitters on their beer list that night. We figured a coffee stout would do for Team Lyft. I believe Shawn and I enjoyed a couple of Zoes. Hops & Grain seemed like a flash. Before we knew it we were headed southish towards Independence.

#TeamLyft: Bob arrived a few minutes after the Uber gang had already departed. It was a little disheartening to learn that his previ-ous stop was at Hi Hat, just a few blocks away from the brewery. Guess that Lyft GPS

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2911 San Jacinto Boulevard3. Dog and Duck Pub

406 West 17th Street 4. Chicago House

607 Trinity Street5. Haymaker

2310 Manor Road 6. School House Pub

2207 Manor Road7. Little Woodrow’s

520 West 6th Street 8. Kung Fu Saloon

510 Rio Grande Street 9. Alamo Drafthouse - Ritz

320 East 6th Street 10. The Ginger Man

301 Lavaca Street11. Frank

407 Colorado Street12. Hopfi elds

3110 Guadalupe Street13. Contigo

2027 Anchor Lane

14. House Pizzeria5111 Airport Boulevard

15. Easy Tiger Bake Shop and Beer Garden709 East 6th Street

16. The Brew Exchange706 West 6th Street

17. Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden79 Rainey Street

18. Jackalope404 East 6th Street

19. Star Bar600 West 6th Street

20. Gourmands2316 Webberville Road

21. Austin Ale House301 West 6th Street

22. Nasty’s606 Maiden Lane

23. Spider House2908 Fruth Street

24. Thunderbird Coffee - Manor2200 Manor Road

25. Violet Crown Social Club1111 East 6th Street

26. The Grackle1700 East 6th Street

27. The White Horse 500 Comal Street

28. Cherrywood Coffeehouse1400 38 1/2 Street

29. Swift’s Attic315 Congress Avenue

30. Hi Hat Public House 2121 East 6th Street

31. Craft Pride61 Rainey Street

32. Salt & Time1912 East 7th Street

33. in.gredients 2610 Manor Road

34. Hole in the Wall/East Side King 2538 Guadalupe Street

35. Wright Bros. Brew & Brew G 500 San Marcos Street

BREW PUBS 36. Draught House Pub &

Brewery G 4112 Medical Parkway

BREWERIES 37. Hops & Grain Brewery

507 Calles Street

38. Live Oak Brewing Co.3301-B East 5th Street

39. Blue Owl Brewing Co.2400 East Cesar Chavez

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4429 Duval Street42. Whole Foods Market G

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LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . 2400 East Cesar Chavez

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DRINKING HOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coming Soon

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.blueowlbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Little Boss . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sour Session Wheat

Spirit Animal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sour Pale Ale

Professor Black . . . . . . . . . . .Sour Cherry Stout

Van Dayum! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sour Amber Ale

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Jeff Young, former brewer of Black Star Co-op,

will open Blue Owl Brewing this fall. With a

focus on keeping their beers approachable and

affordable, Young and co. aim to make their

canned beers the fi rst “after-work” sour beer

for the everyman.

WE RECOMMEND

Little Boss, Van Dayum!

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

Blue Owl Brewing

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4112 Medical Pkwy

Austin, TX 78756

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . . Mon–Thu 3pm–2am,

Fri–Sun 1pm–2am

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes (many)

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes (growlers)

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.draughthouse.com

HOUSE BEER SAMPLING

Red Planet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Ale

Bombay IPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

Jubal Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winter Warmer

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

The Draught House brewhouse has been offl ine

for a little over a year at this point, but should

be online mid to late fall 2014 with a new

seven-barrel custom made, direct fi red, single

infusion brewhouse. Brewer and manager

Josh Wilson said the new beer program will be

random with the return of some old favorites

plus some wood and barrel-aged beers to

come.

WE RECOMMEND

Malt Ball, Red Planet (also Double Red Planet),

Bombay IPA

Draught House

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LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3301 East 5th Street

Austin, TX 78702

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . Varied, check website

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . No, samples only

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.liveoakbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Big Bark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amber Lager

HefeWeizen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hefeweizen

Liberation Ale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

Pilz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Czech Pilsner

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Built by hand by Chip McElroy in a small

(and now worn) building on the east side of

town, Live Oak has been an Austin staple

since 1997. They use an old-world style

of brewing mostly practiced throughout

Germany and the Czech Republic and utilize

techniques such as open fermentation and

secondary lagering.

WE RECOMMEND

HefeWeizen, Pilz

Live Oak Brewing Co.

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 Calles Street

Austin, TX 78702

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . . . . . . Wed–Fri 2–10pm

Sat 12–8pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . Yes (Basically)

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hopsandgrain.com

BEER SAMPLING

Pale Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

Alt-eration. . . . . . . . . . Dusseldorf-style Altbier

The One They Call Zoe . . . . . . . . . . . Pale Lager

Greenhouse IPA . . . . . . . . . .Rotating IPA Series

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Bringing his Colorado beer knowledge and

inspiration to Austin, Josh Hare has opened

one of Austin’s two east side breweries. With

three year-round beers canned for easy use

during your outdoor drinking endeavors,

and a handful rotating series: Greenhouse,

Volumes of Oak, and Volumes of Funk.

WE RECOMMEND

Alt-eration, Greenhouse IPA

Hops & Grain Brewery

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BARS & RESTAURANTS 1. Zax Restaurant & Bar

312 Barton Springs Road 2. Hopdoddy Burger Bar - SOCO

1400 South Congress Avenue 3. Barley Swine

2024 South Lamar Boulevard 4. Black Sheep Lodge

2108 South Lamar Boulevard 5. Red’s Porch

3508 South Lamar Boulevard 6. Opal Divine’s, Penn Field

3601 South Congress Avenue7. Draft Pick

1620 East Riverside, #16188. Snack Bar

1224 South Congress Avenue

9. The Buzz Mill1505 Town Creek Boulevard

10. Gibson Street Bar1109 South Lamar Blvd

BREW PUBS 11. Uncle Billy’s G

1530 Barton Springs Road12. Kamala Brewing / Whip In G

1950 South IH-3513. Austin Beer Garden Brewing G

1305 West Oltorf Street

BREWERIES 14. (512) Brewing Co.

407 Radam Lane, F20015. Independence Brewing Co.

3913 Todd Lane

16. South Austin Brewing Co.415 East Saint Elmo Road, Suite 1D

STORES 17. Thom’s Market

1418 Barton Springs Road18. Central Market G

4477 South Lamar Boulevard19. Spec’s-Brodie Lane

4978 West Highway 29020. Live Oak Market

4410 Manchaca Road21. South Lamar Wine and Spirits

2418 South Lamar Boulevard22. Growler Room South G

2400 East Oltorf Street, Suite 6A23. Which Craft

2418 South Lamar Boulevard

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INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407 Radam Lane

Austin, TX 78745

DRINKING HOURS. .Some Saturdays with RSVP

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . No, samples only

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.512brewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

(512) IPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

(512) Pale Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

(512) Pecan Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Porter

(512) Wit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wit or white beer

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Kevin Brand moved back to Austin from California in early 2008 to start the brewery and began brewing beer that summer. Brand’s initial lineup was the Wit, Pale, and IPA, but quickly added the Pecan Porter to the year round line up after the enormous reception it received as the fi rst winter seasonal. Currently (512)’s beers are only available on draft but they have had some

special releases in bottles.

WE RECOMMEND

Pecan Porter, IPA, Pale Ale

(512) Brewing Co.

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . 1305 West Oltorf Street

Austin, TX 78704

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . . Varied, check website

Closed Mondays

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.theabgb.com

HOUSE BEER SAMPLING

Big Mama Red. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hoppy Red Ale

Day Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pale Ale

Hell Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helles Lager

Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . German Pilsner

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co. (ABGB) swung

wide their doors in late August and have been

steadily supplying their south Lamar hood and

beyond with tasty brewed beverages and pies

like old pros. And that’s because this “new”

establishment is run by some old stalwarts

of Austin brewing lore. Amos Lowe and Brian

“Swifty” Peters, co-brewers and founders, work

tirelessly to keep the suds a fl owing.

WE RECOMMEND

Hell Yes, Big Mama Red, Industry

Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co.

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

Thanks for all the Instagrams and Tweets. Share more shots @theabgb #ouratx.

BREWPUB. BEER GARDEN. MUSIC.1305 W. OLTORF

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INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3913 Todd Lane

Austin, TX 78744

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fri 4–8pm,

fi rst Saturday of the month

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . Yes (Basically)

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . .www.independencebrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Convict Hill Oatmeal Stout. . . . . Oatmeal Stout

Stash IPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

Power & Light Pale Ale. . . . American Pale Ale

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Husband and wife Rob and Amy Cartwright started Independence Brewing Co. in south Austin in 2004, but were active members of the ATX brewing community long before. Since opening, Independence has created a local niche for themselves by packaging the Oklahoma Suks bottles (NOW IN CANS!) every fall for the UT vs. OU game. They have recently expanded to a 60-barrel JV Northwest brewhouse and expanded their regular lineup to include several new beers

packaged in cans.

WE RECOMMEND

Power & Light, Convict Hill

Independence Brewing Co.

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1950 IH-35

Austin, TX 78704

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10am–12am

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.kamalabrewing.com

HOUSE BEER SAMPLING

Parvati Pale Ale . . . . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

Bitterama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiced ESB

Shiva Milk Stout . . . . . . Barrel-Aged Milk Stout

Lakshmi Hefe . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiced Wheat Ale

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Born a simple family owned convenience store

on the side of I-35, Whip In was not content to

live its days out that way. After becoming one of

the top bottle shops in Austin, they slowly crept

tap by delicious tap to becoming one of the

largest draft and Texas-brewed beer selections

in town. And now, they are home to Kamala

Brewing.

WE RECOMMEND

Bitterama, Parvati Pale Ale

Kamala Brewing at the Whip In

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

South AustinBrewing Co. INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . .415 East Saint Elmo Road

Austin, TX 78745

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . Varied, check website,

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . .www.southaustinbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Kol’Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kölsch-Style Ale

TPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

6 String Saison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saison

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Parked in the same neighborhood as Independence and (512) breweries, South Austin Brewing Co. started producing Belgian-style ales in 2012. Changes have been afoot in south Austin. The brewery has recently redesigned their taproom, brought on a new Master Brewer (Eric Wolf), and expanded their beer lineup beyond the original two classic Belgians to include everyday drinking beers now packaged in 16oz tallboys. Groovy.

WE RECOMMEND

TPA

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

www.whichcraftbeerstore.com

2110 S. Lamar STE F/WHIChcRAFTATX

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6-pack?

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BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Texas is BBQ heaven. Austin is Texas Craft Beer

heaven. Put them together and you get Uncle

Billy’s Brew and Que. Uncle Billy’s is the ideal

spot after a day of festival-ing at Zilker Park or

cooling off at the springs. Brewers keep on the

Austin staple Ax Handle Pale Ale while mixing

in a constant rotation of beers with an emphasis

on hoppy ales and sessionable lagers.

WE RECOMMEND

Ax Handle, Green Room IPA

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . 1530 Barton Springs Road

Austin, TX 78704

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . Sun–Thu 11am–12am,

Fri–Sat 11am–11pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.unclebillysaustin.com

HOUSE BEER SAMPLING

Ax Handle Pale Ale . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

Green Room IPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

Smoked Out Stout . . . . . . . . . . . . Smoked Stout

Sgt. Stedenko . . . . . . . . . . . . .American Red Ale

Uncle Billy’s

COMEONIN!

MON--3PM

Half CajunHalf TexMex

Half Southern

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

BARS & RESTAURANTS 1. Mister Tramps

8565 Research Boulevard2. Alamo Drafthouse-Village

2700 West Anderson Lane 3. Pour House Pub

6701 Burnet Road4. Billy’s on Burnet

2105 Hancock Drive5. Hopdoddy Burger Bar - Anderson

2438 West Anderson Lane6. Drink.Well.

207 East 53rd Street7. Workhorse Bar

100 North Loop Boulevard East8. C. Hunt’s Ice House

9611 Mcneil Road

BREW PUBS 9. Pinthouse Pizza G

4729 Burnet Road10. North By Northwest (NXNW) G

10010 N Capital of TX Highway11. Black Star Co-op G

7020 Easy Wind Drive

BREWERIES 12. Circle Brewing Co.

2340 West Braker Lane13. Austin Beerworks

3009 Industrial Terrace 14. Adelbert’s Brewery

2314 Rutland Drive, Ste 100

STORES 15. Whole Foods Market, Gateway

9607 Research Boulevard 16. Specs-Arbor Walk

10515 N Mopac Expwy17. Sunrise Mini Mart

1809 West Anderson Lane18. Specs-Airport

5775 Airport Boulevard19. Austin Homebrew Supply

9129 Metric Boulevard20. King Liquor

5310 Burnet Road21. Growler Room G

6800 Burnet Road, Suite 222. Whole Foods Market, Domain G

11920 Domain Drive

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LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . .2314 Rutland Drive #100

Austin, TX 78758

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . . Wed–Fri 5–8pm,

Sat 1–4pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . Yes (Basically)

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.adelbertsbeer.com

BEER SAMPLING

Philosophizer . . . . . . . . . . Belgian-Style Saison

Tripel B. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Belgian-Style Tripel Ale

Scratchin’ Hippo . .Belgian-Style Biere de Garde

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

In 2010, Scott Hovey was ripe for a mid-life career change and when he looked for inspiration, he found it in the eclectic and exciting life of his deceased older brother, Adelbert. Adelbert’s is a tribute to George Adelbert Hovey (1953–2000). Scott was introduced to the complexities and fl avor possibilities in bottle conditioned aged Belgian beers at the 2010 Craft Brewers Conference. He returned and set out to start Austin’s fi rst all Belgian-style bottle and keg conditioned

brewery, aptly named after his older brother.

WE RECOMMEND

Scratchin’ Hippo, Philosophizer

Adelbert’s Brewery BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . 3009 Industrial Terrace

Austin, TX 78758

DRINKING HOURS . . . Thu 5–9pm, Fri 5–11pm,

Sat 1–8pm, Sun 1–7pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . Yes (Basically)

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.austinbeerworks.com

BEER SAMPLING

Fire Eagle American IPA . . . . . . .American IPA

Peacemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @anytimeale

Pearl Snap German Pils. . . . . German Pilsner

Heavy Machinery . . . . . . . . .Rotating IPA Series

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Austin Beerworks is a collection of four

friends spanning from the East coast to

Austin, united and “hell-bent on excellence”

in beer making. The beerworkers, Michael,

Will, Adam, and Mike, have raised an

impressive production brewery and cannery

in the northwest sector of town since April

2011. With their regular lineup of four

beers—including 2013 GABF gold medal

winner Black Thunder—the four friends

have come storming out of the gates and

onto the Austin beer scene.

WE RECOMMEND

Heavy Machinery, Peacemaker, Pearl Snap

Austin Beerworks BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

Hamrick's Market

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . .7020 Easy Wind Drive

Austin, TX 78752

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . Mon–Thu 4pm–12am,Fri-Sat 11am–1am,

Sun 11am–12am

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.blackstar.com

HOUSE BEER SAMPLING

Axiom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pale LagerZephyr Pale Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pale Ale

Double Dee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber Ale

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Black Star Co-op is the fi rst known cooperatively-run/owned brew pub in the world with members from across the globe. Monthly beer socials, starting in 2006, provided an outlet for recruiting new members and grew to host up to 500 members at each gathering. Black Star Co-op encapsulates everything Austin with an emphasis on local producers and community action, all through enjoyment of local beer.

WE RECOMMEND

Moebius, Double Dee

Black Star Co-op

INFO

LOCATION. . . . 2340 West Braker Lane, Suite B

Austin, TX 78758

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . .Fri 5–8pm, Sat 1–4pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.circlebrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Blur Texas Hefe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HefeweizenEnvy Amber Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber AleHop Overboard Pale Ale. . . American Pale Ale Nightlight Irish Stout . . . . . . . . . Dry Irish Stout

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Circle Brewing appeared on the internet beer rumor mill in the second half of 2008. Fast forward two years, Ben Sabel and Jud Mulherin were brewing their fi rst batches of beer for Austin. Circle brews their beer following the Reinheitsgebot, the German purity law from 1516. Their basic philosophy to make beer “with only the best ingredients and NONE of the other stuff.” You can now fi nd some of their year-round beer in bottles in a large circumference around Austin.

WE RECOMMEND

Nightlight Irish Stout, Hop Overboard Pale Ale

Circle Brewing Co.

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

Seasonal Events

Dark MoorSecond release of

our collaboration

with Danish Brewery

Grauballe Bryghus.

Clean and malty

with a smokey finish.

WaterlooSour-mashed wheat

beer with 200+ lbs

of apricots. Tart,

crisp, flavorful; a per-

fect summer beer.

VectorA Black IPA, and

Vulcan’s “bigger

brother.” Smooth,

balanced, and ag-

gressively hopped.

Monday $12 Pitchers of

House Rational

Beers.

TuesdayMember-Owner

Happy Hour. Lasts

All Day Long,

WednesdayRare and Special

Beers on Tap w/

Branded Glassware.

OftenNew House Beer

Releases (3 -4 a

Month).

7020 Easy Wind Drive Austin, Texas 512.452.BEER

www.blackstar.coop

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION #1. . . . . . 10010 Capital of TX Hwy N

LOCATION #2. . . . . . . . . 5701 W Slaughter Lane

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . Varied, check website

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.nxnwbrew.com

HOUSE BEER SAMPLING

Barton Kriek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sour/Lambic Duckabush Amber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber AleNorthern Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PilsnerOkanagan Black Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black AlePyjingo Pale Ale . . . . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

North by Northwest is Austin’s oldest and most

upscale brew pub and offers a complete menu,

with the restaurant itself driving many people

to the establishment. Identifi able by the grain

silo out front, the feel is very “Northwest lodge,”

rounded out by stone, wood and a fi replace.

They have recently branched out and opened

NXNW2 in south Austin with the a similar food

menu, atmosphere and beer portfolio but with

additional bar and outdoor seating.

WE RECOMMEND

Pyjingo Pale Ale, Barton Kriek

North by Northwest

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4729 Burnet Road

Austin, TX 78756

DRINKING HOURS . . . . .Sun–Wed 11am–11pm,

Thu–Sat 11am–12am

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.pinthousepizza.com

HOUSE BEER SAMPLING

Blind Jake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American PorterCalma Muerta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Session AleFallen Cask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IPA SeriesIron Genny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pale AleMan O’ War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Pinthouse Pizza opened to much anticipation in the fall of 2012, on the cusp of Austin Beer Week. Following California’s Pizza Port model, the brew pub slings beers from the bar, and pizzas from the counter in the beer hall-esque atmosphere. Head brewer Joe Mohrfeld brews a solid line up of staple beers, along with a series of special releases and his Fallen Cask IPA series. Go for the pizza, stay for the beer.

WE RECOMMEND

Blind Jake, Man O’ War, Fallen Cask Series

Pinthouse Pizza

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BARS & RESTAURANTS 1. Alamo Drafthouse - Slaughter Lane

5701 West Slaughter Lane2. The Dig Pub G

401 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park

3. Opal Divine’s, Marina12709 Mopac & Parmer Lane

4. BB Rover’s Cafe & Pub12636 Research Boulevard

5. Westside Alehouse1500 N IH-35, Round Rock

6. Alamo Drafthouse-Lakeline / Glass Half Full Taproom14028 U.S. 183

7. Hanover’s Draught Haus108 East Main Street, Pfl ugerville

8. The Brass Tap204 East Main Street, Round Rock

BREW PUBS 9. Flix Brewhouse /

HomeField Grill G 2000 S IH-35, Round Rock

10. Double Horn Brewing Co. G 208 Avenue H, Marble Falls

11. The Barber Shop G 207 Mercer Street, Dripping Springs

12. Wimberley Brewing Co. G 9595 Ranch Road 12, Wimberley

13. Middleton Brewing G 101 Oakwood Loop, San Marcos

14. Pecan Street Brewing G 106 East Pecan Drive, Johnson City

15. Smoke’n Hops G 3799 U.S. 290, Dripping Springs

16. Faust Brewing Co.240 S. Seguin Ave., New Braunfels

BREWERIES 17. Solid Rock Brewing

2214 Bee Creek Road, Spicewood18. Jester King Brewery

13005 Fitzhugh Road19. Thirsty Planet Brewing Co.

11160 Circle Drive20. Infamous Brewing Co.

4602 Weletka Drive

21. Twisted X Brewing Co.23455 West RR 150, Dripping Springs

22. Rogness Brewing Co.2400 Patterson Industrial Drive, Pfl ugerville

23. Real Ale Brewing Co.231 San Saba Ct, Blanco

24. Save The World Brewing Co.1510 Resource Pkwy.Marble Falls

25. New Braunfels Brewing Co.180 West Mill St, New Braunfels

26. Guadalupe Brewing Co.1580 Wald Road, New Braunfels

27. Oasis, TX Brewing Co.6550 Comanche Trail

STORES 28. Hamrick’s Market

401 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park29. Pecan Liquor

1912 West Pecan Street, #205, Pfl ugerville

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INFO

LOCATION. . . .207 Mercer St., Dripping Springs

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.barbershopbar.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

The Barber Shop is another testament to the

iron will of homebrewers. With an emphasis on

the “bar” in Barber Shop, they left the historical

building’s name the same, while sprucing

up the inside with a lush wood bar, rustic

amenities and a strategically occupied tap wall.

Brewer John McIntosh intends to focus on

English pub ales.

Barber Shop

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . 208 Avenue H, Marble Falls

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . .www.doublehornbrewing.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Double Horn, the fi rst and only brew pub in

Burnet County, is seated right off 281 in Marble

Falls. Frustrated by the lack of quality beer,

food, and atmosphere to enjoy it in, owner

Dusty Knight opened Double Horn in 2011.

Knight and head brewer Eric Casey have made

it their mission to supply residents with quality

house beers and local craft brews.

Double Horn Brewing Co.

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1580 Wald Road New Braunfels, TX 78132

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . . .By Appointment

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . Yes, basically

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.guadalupebrew.com

BEER SAMPLING

Americano Wheat Ale. . . American Wheat Ale Rye Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . America Rye IPAScotch Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scotch AleTexas Honey Ale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Honey Ale

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

After trips to Europe and the Northwest, Keith Kilker and his wife Anna were inspired to start their own brewery. The fi rst step was studying at Siebel’s Brewing Technology program and a stint at a Colorado brew pub. They opened their brewery in 2011 with their honey ale as their fl agship beer, made with locally sourced honey. More beers followed and distribution began to Austin and the rest of Central Texas.

WE RECOMMEND

Rye Ale , Scotch Ale

Guadalupe Brewing Co.

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . 2200 South IH-35, Round Rock

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . .Varied, check website

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.fl ixbrewhouse.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

How many movie theatres have a brewhouse

in their front window? Not many. You might

even catch brewmaster Justin Rizza brewing

up something tasty as you rush in for the

latest Hunger Games fl ick. Drink from their

four regular and two seasonal house taps or

one of many guest taps.

Flix Brewhouse

INFO

CURRENT LOCATION. . . . . .101 Oakwood LoopSan Marcos, TX 78666

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . .Varied, check website

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . www.middletonbrewingtx.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

The Middletons hail from the sunny state of

California. They brought with them, like many

other West Coast brewers, a love for the HOP.

In addition to hoppy monsters, they specialize

in subtle Belgian-style ales. They have recently

moved into their new facility in San Marcos.

MiddletonBrewing

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4602 Weletka DriveAustin, TX 78734

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fri 4–8pm,

Sat–Sun 1–5pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.infamousbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Bugsy’s Fire Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber AleHijack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cream AleIPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

Pumpkin Massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . Pumpkin Ale

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Zack Perry, Josh Horowitz, and brewer Matt Bitsche left various career backgrounds to start Infamous Brewing Co. in Austin and got the wheels rolling for Infamous in June of 2012. In less than a they year got their brewhouse up and running. Infamous came on the scene in spring 2013 with their take on a cream ale and an IPA, with other seasonal and special releases coming soon after. They began canning their year-round beers in late 2013.

WE RECOMMEND

IPA, Pumpkin Massacre

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13187 Fitzhugh Road

Austin, TX 78736

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fri 4–10pm,

Sat 12–10pm, Sun 12–6pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . www.jesterkingbrewery.com

BEER SAMPLING

Atrial Rubicite . . . . . . . . .Raspberry Sour BeerBlack Metal . . . . . . . Farmhouse Imperial StoutLe Petite Prince . . . . . . Farmhouse Table BeerNoble King. . . . . . . . . . . . Hoppy Farmhouse AleWytchmaker . . . . . . . . . . . . Farmhouse Rye IPA

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Ambitious from the start, the brothers made their commercial debut with a session beer, wearing the moniker Commercial Suicide. It was anything but. They have since transitioned this beer, along with their original lineup, to farmhouse versions, followed by a very popular series of sour barrel-aged creations, and most recently ventured into sour beer and fermented (and re-fermented) fruit blends starting with the raspberry Atrial Rubicite, the strawberry Omniscience & Proselytism, La Vie en Rose, Provenance, Detritivore, and the recently released oyster mushroom and sea salt Snorkel. The tasting room at the brewery is most often the best place to fi nd and grab their latest beers.

WE RECOMMEND

Le Petite Prince, Atrial Rubicite

Jester King Brewery

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION. . . . 106 E Pecan Drive, Johnson City

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . Varied, check website

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . .www.pecanstreetbrewing.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Pecan Street resides in a space formerly

occupied by the town hardware store, in Johnson

City’s historic town square. Owners Tim and Patty

Elliott, with their head brewer and son Sean, aim

to make the brew pub the town gathering center

that the hardware store once was. Their house

beers and guest taps are complimented by head

chef John Yachimski’s eclectic brick oven pizza,

salad, and burger menu.

Pecan StreetBrewing INFO

LOCATION. . . . .3799 U.S. 290, Dripping Springs

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . Varied, check website

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.smokehops.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Smoke’n Hops is Dripping Spring’s newest brew pub, bringing more BBQ and fresh beer to our Hill Country playground. They boast pit style BBQ, fresh craft beer, and a welcoming outdoor atmosphere complete with picnic tables and a playscape for the kids (extra points!). They currently have a pale ale and porter brewed on their one-barrel pilot system which they hope to upgrade to a seven-barrel system soon.

Smoke’n Hops

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 West Mill Street

New Braunfels Texas 78130

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . . . . . . Thu & Fri 4–9pm,

Select Saturdays

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.nbbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Erdeweiss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DunkelweizenFeuerweiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPALuftweiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HefeweizenShivas Tears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WeizenbockWaserweiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berliner Weisse

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Founded in 2011, New Braunfels Brewing recently underwent changes with a new head brewer and equipment. They focus primarily on wheat beer, but throw in a sour or two when their fancy strikes. Ingrained in the local community, their facility and tap room is located in the historic downtown and open for regular “hoppy hours” as well as whenever they feel like throwing the doors open. So stop by if you’re a gambling man.

WE RECOMMEND

Luftweiss, Waserweiss

Brewing Co.

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 San Saba CourtBlanco, TX 78606

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . . . .Fridays 2–5pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.realalebrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

4-Squared . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blonde Ale (Squared)Devil’s Backbone . . . . . . . . Belgian-Style TripelFireman’s #4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blonde AleHans’ Pils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . German PilsnerRio Blanco Pale Ale . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

One of the oldest breweries in central Texas,

Real Ale has been in operation since 1996.

The brewery originally operated out of a

basement of an antique shop in Blanco (50

minutes outside Austin). In 1998, current

owner Brad Farbstein took over. Real Ale

moved just outside the downtown area

in 2006 to a new facility, where they are

currently located.

WE RECOMMEND

Hans’ Pils, 4-Squared

Real Ale Brewing Co.

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . .6550 Comanche Trail

Austin, TX 78732

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thu 5–10pm, Fri 2pm–12am, Sat 12pm–12am,

Sun 12–10pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . .www.oasistexasbrewingcompany.com

BEER SAMPLING

London Homesick Ale. . . . . . English-Style AleLuchesa Lager . . . . . .German-Style KellerbierSlow Ride Pale Ale. . . . . . . . American Pale Ale

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Oasis, TX Brewing Co. is located out in the enclave of Oasis, TX, just west of Austin overlooking Lake Travis. Brewer Spencer Telekemier brews up tasty session beers including a well-made pale ale and keller pilsner. Watch for their special Lake Monster releases throughout the year and treat your eyes and taste buds to a favor and hit up the scenic tasting room on the weekends.

WE RECOMMEND

Luchesa Lager, Slow Ride Pale Ale

Oasis, TX Brewing Co.

realalebrewing.com

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . 2400 Patterson Industrial Drive Pfl ugerville, TX 78660

DRINKING HOURS. . . . Thu 6–10pm, Fri 4–10pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . Yes (basically)

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.rognessbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Beardy Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biere de GardeBella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belgian-Style Golden AleBoomslang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . India Pale LagerTitanoboa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple IPAYogi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chai Spiced Amber

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Rogness has been pumping out beers in Pfl ugerville ever since this project was kickstarted in 2012. And they do it without too much concern over style guidelines or popular “safe bet” beers. With the ethos of a homebrewer, Rogness aims to change it up—and keep it interesting—while delivering high quality brewed beers. Year-round and seasonal beers are on draft or in 22oz bottles around town, but if you swing by their tours you’ll get to try out the latest small batch concoctions they’re testing.

WE RECOMMEND

Bella, Boomslang, Rattler

Rogness Brewing Co. BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . 1510 Resource Parkway Marble Falls, TX 78654

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . . .No tasting room hours yet at time of press

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . www.savetheworldbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Agnus Dei. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Belgian-Style WitbierFroctum Bonum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saison AleHumilus Filius . . . . . . . .Belgian-Style Pale AleLux Mundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patersbier Ale

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Save the World brewing are nestled cozily out west in Marble Falls and brew up a unique portfolio of Belgian inspired ales. The beer stands on its own, but the exceptional aspect to this brewery is that they are 100% philanthropic and giving away all the proceeds to international, national, and local charities. Former physicians, husband and wife owners Dave and Quynh Rathkamp hung up their stethoscopes in 2012 and donned brewers’ boots in early 2014. They currently have a selection of four year round beers with a seasonal large format rotating style.

WE RECOMMEND

Agnus Dei, Froctum Bonum

Save The World Brewing Co.

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LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2214 Bee Creek Road

Spicewood, TX 78669

DRINKING HOURS . . At time of press they have

no current tap room hours

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.solidrockbrewing.com

BEER SAMPLING

Big Drought Stout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dry Stout

Cho’Sen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hybrid Ale

Cornerstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cream Ale

Dauntless IPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPA

Roundhead Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irish Red Ale

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Like so many breweries, Solid Rock is born

out of a passion for homebrewing. Solid Rock

was established in 2013 by three homebrewing

friends: Curt Webber, Steve Jones, and

Stephen McCarthy. They are shooting to create

beers that are drinkable, refreshing, and even

familiar. As they say in their mission statement,

“We brew our beers to fi t like your favorite pair

of jeans.”

WE RECOMMEND

Roundhead Red, Dauntless IPA

Solid Rock Brewing

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11160 Circle Drive

Austin, TX 78736

DRINKING HOURS . . . . . .Saturdays 11am–3pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . Yes (basically)

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.thirstyplanet.net

BEER SAMPLING

Buckethead IPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American IPAThirsty Goat Amber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber AleYellow Armadillo Wheat . . . .American Wheat

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Following college graduation, Brian Smittle moved to Colorado where he volunteered at the Hubcap Brewery in Vail at night. He soon became a paid employee and full-time brewer. Through his work there, he met some college students who offered him an ownership piece of a brew pub in Oklahoma. They opened in 1993 and grew to include a brewery and four satellite stores. Later he decided to escape the restaurant side of things and open a full production brewery in Austin—Thirsty Planet Brewing Co. WE RECOMMEND

Buckethead IPA, Thirsty Goat

Thirsty Planet Brewing Co.

BREWERIES & BREW PUBS

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . 23455 West Ranch Road 150

Dripping Springs, TX 78620

DRINKING HOURS. . . . . . . . . . .Mon–Thu 1–8pm,

Fri–Sat 11am–10pm, Sun 12–6pm

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

BEER SOLD OFF-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.texmexbeer.com

BEER SAMPLING

Cow Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vienna (Dark) LagerChupahopra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American IPAFuego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jalapeño PilsnerSeñor Viejo . .Barrel-aged Imperial Schwarzbier

BREWERY SNAPSHOT

Established in 2011 by Jim Sampson and Shane Bordeau in Cedar Park, Twisted X is now situated in Dripping Springs. With a Tex-Mex theme they are bound to quench the thirsts of a large swath of Austin beer drinkers. Austinites love Tex-Mex. Austinites love beer. Tex-Mex beer? Forget about it, a match made in heaven. Could a pico-de-gallo beer be in the works? Let’s hope so. Mole Porter—that’s the ticket!

WE RECOMMEND

Fuego, Señor Viejo

Twisted X Brewing Co.

Brewed with Passion,Committed to the Planet.

Of all of life’s pleasures, nothing quite compares to sharing a

common goal, celebrated with a cold beer. Thirsty Goat Amber is the perfect beer for the endless pursuit of a passionate life. This

medium- bodied beer has a sweet, malty taste that finishes with a

light, hoppy bitterness, perfect for wherever life takes you.

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INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . 240 South Seguin Avenue New Braunfels, TX 78130

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.faustbrewing.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

Housed in the historic Faust Hotel in New Braunfels, Faust Brewing is the perfect place to tell your designated driver to have a few with you. It’s better than your favorite stumble in, stumble out joint. No need to stumble anywhere, because you are already there. Drink Faust’s tasty house beers and go upstairs. Goodnight.

FaustBrewing Co.

INFO

LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9595 Ranch Road 12

Wimberley, TX 78676

GUEST TAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER SOLD ON-SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes

BEER TO-GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YesURL . . . .www.wimberleybrewingcompany.com

BREW PUB SNAPSHOT

The real name for this place is Brewster’s Pizza and Wimberley Brewing Company. As you walk into Wimberley you will notice there are a lot of kids running around. Actually, they’re not running around, they’re working. This is a true family business, run by the Collies. Try the spinach pizza.

Wimberley Brewing Co.

5 STONES CRAFT BREWING CO. LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cibolo

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.5stonesbrewing.com

ALAMO BEER COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Antonio

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.alamobeer.com

BRANCHLINE BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Antonio

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.branchlinebrewing.com

BUFFALO BAYOU BREW LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.buffbrew.com

CEDAR CREEK BREWERY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seven Points

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cedarcreekbrewery.com

COMMUNITY BEER COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.communitybeer.com

DEEP ELLUM BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.deepellumbrewing.com

FRANCONIA BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKinney

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.franconiabrewing.com

FORT BEND BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri City

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.fortbendbrewing.com

KARBACH BREWING CO. LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.karbachbrewing.com

LAKEWOOD BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Garland

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.lakewoodbrewingcompany.com

LONE PINT BREWERY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Magnolia

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lonepint.com

NO LABEL BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katy

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.nolabelbrew.com

PEDERNALES BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fredericksburg

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.pedernalesbrewing.com

PETICOLAS BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.peticolasbrewing.com

RAHR & SONS BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Worth

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.rahrbrewing.com

RANGER CREEK BREWING & DISTILLING LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Antonio

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.drinkrangercreek.com

REVOLVER BREWING LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Granbury

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.revolverbrewing.com

SAINT ARNOLD BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.saintarnold.com

SOUTHERN STAR BREWING COMPANY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conroe

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.southernstarbrewery.com

SPOETZL BREWERY (SHINER) LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shiner

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.shiner.com

TEXAS BIG BEER BREWERY LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buna

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.texasbigbeer.com

WICKED BEAVER BREWING LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wolfforth

URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.wickedbeaverbrewing.com

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LAST CALL

Billy’s on Burnet FAVORITE SHIFT BEER

Oh, this summer it’s all about Saint Arnold Berliner weisse (Boiler Room). Low ABV and the tap is perfectly situated next to the register.

WEIRDEST/CRAZIEST LAST CALL EXPERIENCE

Some rich guy who was twice my size shoved his Rolex in my face to school me on the time. I had no problem taking his beer and escorting him out. Man, maybe I should have taken the watch. I am too nice.

BIGGEST WALKED TAB

I was new and it was slammed, trying to help three customers at once. The one card I don’t get is from some frazzled young family who was way over their heads with screaming kids. They left without paying. They probably deserved that $28 lunch. LAST CALL CEREMONIES

A pitcher in my left hand, to pour out the beer you SWORE you would fi nish by 12:15 & my phone in my right hand, no need to shove a Rolex in my face.

LAST CALL BEER RECOMMENDATIONS

Something you don’t mind me dumping into my pitcher—$2.50 Lone Star pints.

CLOSING TIME SONG

I have spent lots of dollars in the jukebox on The Cure. “Let’s Go To Bed” is one of my all time faves. Can’t believe my mom used to let me wear that shirt to school when I was 14.

HARDEST CUSTOMER TO GET OUT

Every guy over 40 on a ‘Dad’s Night Out.’ My friend Sabrina Applicator says I have the sweetest last call voice on the planet. It’s reverse psychology. After they have called me the b-word and protested, I charm them into leaving.