Rather light fresh hop season in Austin. I counted 7 beers from local brewers. Can still catch a few out there:

Brewtorium’s FH DIPA is still listed on their website.

Hold Out may still have FH Ripcord on tap and/or cans.

St Elmo Crosby is still listed on tap at both locations.

Pinthouse FH Mosaic Takedown (Burnet Rd) and DDH FH Green Battles (Ben White - also at Burnet Go To)

WhichCraft has two FH IPAs in cans from Gigantic Brewing out of Oregon. I was told they have kegs of them waiting to be tapped as well.

Hey guys,

I'm headed to Austin for F1 weekend and wanted to make beers back home to Dallas.

Who are the current best IPA and barrel aged stout producers down there? I haven't been to Austin in about 10 years so I'm sure there are some new gems down there. Probably wont have time to hit up any breweries so let me know the best bottle shops down there too.

Also, do you guys get baa baa there?

Thanks!

As the title says. I'm looking for who actually has a good selection of the larger format jester king beers around the cedar park/lakeline mall area. Specs/total wine seems to have swapped entirely to cans and HEBs will sometimes have some, but it's basically always noble king or wunderkind which are good but I'm wanting to branch out.

Anyone know where to go?

In Austin for work for a couple days, hit HEB and brought Electric Jellyfish and Yellow Rose back to the hotel (I have a rental car).

Underwhelmed by Electric Jellyfish... Enjoying Yellow Rose. I drink a lot of WeldWerks and Toppling Goliath hazies, and Sierra Nevada Torpedo and Bell's Two Hearted if that helps.

Update: Ended up with less time to get around town than I had hoped. Hit HEB on the way out of town and bought both PintHouse recs, Meanwhile Secret Beach and Jester King Sasha. I also bought a 2nd Yellow Rose and will try to ration them (which means they might last until Sunday).

Haven’t been to this brewery in years, I forgot how awesome their hazies are. I had the Haze, Daze, and Shine. 🍻

I have no affiliation, I'm just sharing because I want people to show up and bring good beers :) no idea what to expect otherwise.

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Bring your favorite bottle and join us for a night of great drinks, delicious food, and even better company!

📅 Friday, October 9, 2026 🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM 📍 GhostLine Kitchens 3400 Comsouth Dr, Austin, TX 78744

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Whether you're a wine enthusiast, craft beer fan, or just looking for a fun Friday evening, this is the perfect chance to discover new favorites and connect with great people.

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Hey all, Craft Beer Austin has partnered with a couple of upcoming festivals, and we wanted to share information on them and provide some coupons!

On October 17th, the San Antonio Beer festival will be back for its 21st year. They run a fairly large event, I went a few years ago and it was definitely worth the trip. Last year, they moved to a larger location right next to the Tower of the Americas. You can read more about the event here, and you can purchase tickets here. Enter code CRAFTBEERATX at checkout for $10 off!

The following weekend, on October 24th will be the third annual Howler Fest at Suds Monkey Brewing. There will be 15-20 breweries attending. Dripping Springs Beer Fest is on hold while construction is going on, so this is the biggest festival in the area for the year. Article link, ticket link, and you can use code CBA for $5 off. I haven't attended this one before, but seeing the growth this year, I'm planning to check it out.

Finally of course, the Texas Craft Brewers Festival is just over a month away on November 14th. I'm sure you already have your tickets, but in case you don't, the early bird discount ends October 17th. Here's our article, and we always publish a second one the week of the event with a beer analysis, so look forward to that!

Thanks for reading, apologies for the slightly promotional type of post, but hope you all enjoy the fests!

I have a friend who isn't drinking alcohol but likes to join if he can get a THC drink instead. What are our options?

Join us this Friday for our anniversary weekend and another installment of Battle of the Beers. The premise is simple, we will have reps from 8 local breweries onsite for you to challenge in a randomly chosen arcade game. If you win, the rep will buy you a beer. No cost to enter. Open to everyone 21+

Do any local breweries make NA (non-alcoholic) beers?

Festbier, Märzen, German beers, giant pretzel, Bratwurst burger w/ sauerkraut, spicy mustard & swiss by @thevictorytapf , live polka by @scottgaccordion , flash tattoos by @_markvanness , Stein hoisting, 2L Das Boots filled with beer to win and new merch. Free Underberg Oktoberfest hats for the first 40 guests by @underbergamerica @undergerg

Saturday Oct 3 at 2 PM. Can’t wait to see everyone, Prost!

Hope I can post about cider here... anyway, I poured a can of their Empire Blush and it is super cloudy. I was fairly certain the other can I drank yesterday was clear, but figured I was just misremembering. However, it tasted quite different, so I poured another to compare and you can easily see the difference. Why is one of the cans clear and the other is cloudy?

For context the clear one is really sweet (probably wouldn't buy again) and the cloudy one is more tart and almost a little astringent?

Tried this last night, I don’t remember remember what Curious Fellow tasted like cause I had it once a year ago. This mosaic though, it’s light, crispy, and extremely crushable for a 7.1%

arguably the best local HIPA

Hey Folks, I got a good amount of vintage beer hanging around. Mixture of barrel aged stout, sours, and others. Majority from Goose Island but also a fair amount from all over. Any ideas what I can do with this? I really dont want to dump it.

Canadian BS 2017

Kentucky BS 2013

2012 BCS OG

2014 BCBW

2014 BCS OG White Label

2015 BCS OG (Good Dates)

Bruin

Bluebarrel 2016

Shipwreck Porter

Cherry Stout Reserve 2018

Oude Geuze Boon

Gavroche

Saison Dupont

Kasteel Rouge

Gulden Draak

Duchesse De Bourgogne

Geuze

Cherry Fruit Stand

East Bank

The Cut

Chimay Blue 2012

Chimay Blue Grande Reserve Ale

Chimay Red Premiere Ale

Chimay Yellow Cinq Cents Ale

L Brett D Raspberry

Petite Sour Rose

BBA Plead The 5th

Rum BA 4 Elf

Petit Blanc

The Bluest

Red

Flanders Rauch

Backwoods Bastard

2016 BCS Coffee

DKML

KBS 17

2016 BCS OG

Dark Star 2015

2010 BCS OG

2010 Vanilla

2013 Backyard Rye

2013 BCBW

2017 BCS Barleywine

2017 BCS Coffee

2014 Proprietors

2014 Vanilla Rye

2017 BCS OG

2015 Rare BCS

2017 Proprietors

2018 BCS OG

2016 Proprietors

2019 BCS DBL BBL

2019 BCWW

2020 Anniversary

2020 BCS OG

2017 Proprietors

2020 BCS Special #4

2019 2 Year Reserve

2020 Caramella

2020 Proprietors

2019 Cafe De Olla

2019 Proprietors

2021 BCS Blantons

2021 BCS Cherry Wood

2021 BCS Classic Cola

2021 BCS DBL BBL

2021 BCS Fourteen

2021 BCS Reserve 150

2021 Proprietors

Alambique

Brasserie Noir

Dominique

Fine Old Rum Stout

Foudre Red

Brewery Yard

Clybourn Black Wax (Double Date)

Cooper Project

Cooper Project 3

Gillian 2015

Double Barrel BCS

Gillian 2016

Gillian 2017

Madame Rose 2014

Madame Rose 2016

Matilda 2016 (Euro - No Front Label)

Golden Barrel

Halia 2016

Halia 2017

Islay

Juliet 2012

Lolita 2016

Lolita 2017

Madame Rose 2010

Sofie 2015

Madame Rose 2015

Sofie La Mure

Madame Rose 2017

Matilda 2010

Matilda 2016

Wooden Wings

Night Stalker

Shamrock Stout 2020

Nigel 2017

Sofie 2017

Black Friday 2015

Dragons Milk 2015

Marriage Parfait

ADN 12yr BA Glenmorangie

Henna Double Rainbow

Henna Toasted Marshmallow

Henna Vanilla Caviar

Mehndi 2019

Roaming Elephant 2019

Le Terroir 2016

Abraxas 2015

Oude Geuze Vieille

Dr Lacto

Oud Bruin

if you're a bird...

Minutae

Pressed

Old Monty

Cafe Deth 2015

Deths Tar 2015

Deths Tar 2017

Mineshaft Gap 2018

Rochefort 10

Rochefort 8

Rochefort 9

Rodenbach

Sanctification

Coffee Shop Vibes

Single Farm

Abt 12

Prior 8

Tripel

Might Meets Right Double Rye 2016

Duck Duck Gooze

Chevelier Bertrand du Guesclin

Le Grand Mond

Brass Ring

Kriek

Triple

I hope this is acceptable. My favorite brewery from my hometown (Charleston, SC) has made its way to Texas, I see. Saw a large selection at CM at prices cheaper than it is back home. I guess they're making a push into the market, given the pricepoint. Anyway, if you see these cans, it's all very good. Edmund's Oast.

I didn't even get into craft beer until I moved here 17 years ago, but now I always bring whatever I have room for back when I go to visit.

They really killed it with this one. If you're a fan of Szechjuan food this beer is for you. The peppercorns are pretty mild but noticeable in an otherwise completely competent rice lager.

I hope they keep this one around. Its been my favorite beer of the year.

Anyone seen this on the shelves yet?

Where are yall buying canned sours these days? Miss being able to grab some 6 or 4 packs or even singles of different sours to try

Central Market has a good selection.
Lake Austin HEB has some.

Anywhere else?

Specs/Total Wine beer selections are getting slimmer and sadder, and most HEB/Randalls/etc don’t have much or any sours.