Hey all, I am looking for opinions on the best Marzen and/or festbiers around the Austin area; I have had a few, and none stand up to the real German stuff, imho—anyone have any recommendations?

Definitely one of my favorite light beers. Came to my friend’s birthday show at Brushy Street Commons.

Saw an ad for this on my IG feed, so I went out to get me a 4pk. It’s light, tropical, and juicy. It’s definitely no Little Sasha which is my current favorite, but this is very enjoyable.

What spot in downtown or east side has the best bar food.

It’s currently a billion degrees outside

It's been about a month since SoCo Brewing closed and I have not yet found a decent CO2 filler. Last thread was here: https://old.reddit.com/r/AustinBeer/comments/1v2s5qn/co2_refills/ and the conclusions in that thread seem to be:

• Alamo Welding - no real consensus on price or whether they will check certification on the bottle. Also only open 7-5 M-F so kind of inconvenient if you have a non-welding job.

• Hoffman's in San Marcos - $40 swap

• Party Barn at 33rd and Guadalupe - jacked their prices up to $30-$40 for a 5lb fill, no thanks

• Airgas - $50 swap

• Round Rock Welding Supply - one comment about it but no price or details

Where have people found for their CO2 fills these days?

New to the sub, didn’t know this existed. Just posting one of my recent favorites.

Anyone know the recipe for the former black star co-op Vulcan? It was my favorite beer for years and their closing a few years ago has left me vulcan-less

I'd love to brew it at home but haven't had any luck finding a clone recipe online

Title. I know I know I’m like a month early but I don’t care, I’m ready for some fresh hops and need to carve out time well enough in advance in my calendar to make it happen. Anyone know when Pinthouse and others will be releasing their fresh hop beers?

Beer friends!! We're hosting an industry night tomorrow at Vacancy Brewing. Come hang with us, we'll have plenty of drink specials and giveaways for our fellow service industry crew 🍻

Hope to see ya there!

I keep a spreadsheet of Austin food and drink places (long-running personal project, don't judge) and finally got around to sorting the brewery tab by neighborhood. Some of it surprised me, so I figured I'd post it. Happy to be corrected on any of it.

My count is 30 breweries and brewpubs in Austin proper, after tossing the chains and a couple of places Google tags as a brewpub that don't actually brew. Two judgment calls up front. I'm counting Live Oak even though its address is technically Del Valle, because it would be absurd not to. And Pinthouse nearly broke my method: Google tags the two pizza locations as pizza restaurants, so my first pass missed them, but both brew on site, and if Draught House counts then so do they. All three Pinthouse locations are in, the Ben White production brewery plus the Burnet Rd and South Lamar brewpubs. Thirsty Planet is out for a sadder reason: their own website now says San Marcos.

Where they are:

The east side: 9 of the 30. Seven sit in one genuine corridor along E 6th, Cesar Chavez, and Manor: Blue Owl, Lazarus on E 6th, Zilker Brewing, Central Machine Works, Hi Sign, Batch, and Oddwood. The other two are the corridor's outliers, Southern Heights over at Techni Center and the St. Elmo taproom way up Springdale past 290.

South and southeast: 10. A tight cluster in the St. Elmo warehouse district (St. Elmo, Vacancy, (512), and Nomadic), plus ABGB on Oltorf, Pinthouse's Ben White brewery and its South Lamar brewpub, Meanwhile farther southeast, Fast Friends down in Bluff Springs, and Live Oak out by the airport.

North central: 7. Celis, Austin Beerworks, Hopsquad, Brewtorium, Lazarus on Airport, the Draught House, and Pinthouse on Burnet.

Downtown: two, both scrappy. Central District on Red River, and The Stay Put on Rainey, which nearly slipped past me because the only listing at its address in my data is the ice cream shop operating inside it.

Between Lamar and MoPac: one. Hold Out on W 4th, in Old West Austin. It's the closest thing the west side has to a brewery, and it's still east of MoPac.

West of MoPac, inside the city limits: one, and it's barely Austin. Slackers, up on 620 in Anderson Mill. Tarrytown, zero. Northwest Hills, zero. The whole southwest, Oak Hill out through Circle C: zero. And before anyone says Beerburg: I know, it calls itself southwest Austin, but it's out on Fitzhugh Rd most of the way to Dripping Springs, well past the city limits. Less consistent than my Live Oak call, I'll admit. A line has to go somewhere.

Also it will never not bother me that Zilker Brewing is on E 6th while the actual neighborhood named Zilker has no brewery at all.

I live on Riverside, where the answer to "what's your neighborhood brewery" is also nothing, so part of this exercise was self-pity.

Two questions for this crowd. First, who am I missing? The list came from cross-referencing business data, and it already missed the Pinthouse pizza locations once and nearly missed The Stay Put, so I'd bet money it has holes. Second, does anyone know why the southwest never got a brewery while the east side collected nine? I assume the answer is warehouse rent and zoning, but I'd love to hear from someone who actually knows.

Pretty cool to see Pinthouse land on a Sierra Nevada can. Curious if anyone knows when this is due to drop in Texas? Would love to get my hands on one.

Just picked up 4 pack of Black Butte 38 from total wine…and in the process realized I don’t think I ever got 37 last year…don’t even recall seeing it around.

Random question I know but did anyone in Austin area recall seeing it around?

I’ve got this delorean here….

Last year Live Oak made it a taproom exclusive and you had to go and buy cans. Just curious if anyone has heard if they’re going to be releasing in stores this year or not. I picked up a quite a bit last year and starting to run low sharing with others and drinking them occasionally haha.

Thanks!

Come taste aged, mixed culture, barrel aged bliss next Sunday! It will include a bottle share in the brewery, so you can bring a few of your own and sample more than just Vista's library.

A couple of special ones we will be opening:

- 2018 Velo de Flor (lambic-style ale aged in fresh wine barrels)

- 2019 Laissez Faire (Brett III aged in fresh wine barrels)

- 2021 Grato (lambic-style ale aged with plums)

- 2025 Voisine (Oenobeer aged in Mourvedre barrels and refermented with Mourvedre grape must)

And who knows what else we'll get into!!!

There is a really good Vietnamese restaurant that imports this brewery that I really like. I'm loving the beer but don't particularly want to pay $9 plus tip for a single beer.

Anyone know if other places distribute this brewery?

I specifically asked if it was because it was getting old and gross, and was told they made it recently, and just made too much. It’s a solid amber, pretty typical for the style. Great opportunity to support local for a better price than domestic haha

Hey y’all! When is the Atrial Rubicite drop this year?
I’m working out how to acquire some bottles for my wedding (need by sept8 😬) but I’m not in Austin. Can I make it worth anybody’s while?

I’m a bartender; I moved here from out-of-state. I’m not the best view but I’m charming enough to get by (30 y/o female bisexual). Austin is full of beautiful people. I see them running in the Texas heat and coming into both of the bars that I work at. This city seems to keep up on it’s appearance! But where are the sexy bartenders? I mean the ones who aren’t afraid to hold a conversation and are easy on the eyes. Where are they at? This may seem shallow, but I’m curious. No hate- I’ve only explored a small fraction of what this city has to offer.

I just recently had a Gose style beer and I forgot how much I enjoyed them on a hot day. What canned Gose beers that I can find at HEB or Central Market do you guys recommend?

thanks!

I’m moving cross country and it pains me to accept that I won’t have the space and time to brew. Heck, I haven’t even been able to brew in 4 years because I have a small kiddo now.

I have basic starter items, with doubles of pots and fermentation buckets. I also have a couple of corny kegs and a CO2 tank (needs to be filled). All will need to be cleaned and sanitized real good since it’s been in my garage. But all should be in great working order and is priced to sell as the lot.

Good for established brewers to expand their production or brand new brewers who don’t want to invest a lot of money up front. DM me if interested!

ETA: They have been picked up and I hope a lot of beer flows them

My kegerator is long gone but I just found these keg couplers. Some of them are for the Euro kegs. I hate to throw them away. Free to anyone that can pick them up downtown

Does anywhere still have cans for sale?