List of breweries in Texas
The Magnolia Brewery Building in Houston was built in 1912.
This is a list of breweries in Texas .
Breweries and microbreweries
Brewery
Location
Founded
Distribution
On-site
Notes
8th Wonder Brewery[ 1]
Houston
2013
Cans
Taproom
Alamo Beer Company[ 2]
San Antonio
2015
Bottles
Austin Beer Garden Brewing Company[ 3]
Austin
2013
Kegs
Brewpub
Austin Beerworks[ 4] [ 5]
Austin
2011
Cans
Taproom
Austin Eastciders[ 6]
Austin
2013
Cans, Kegs
Taproom
Anheuser-Busch Brewery [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Houston
1966
Annual production of 12 million barrels as of 2013
B-52 Brewing Company[ 10]
Conroe
2014
Kegs, cans, bottles
Taproom
Barrel-aged beers. Ranked #5 in 2019 Texas Craft Beer Report
Bare Arms Brewing[ 11]
Waco
2015
Kegs
Taproom, crowlers, kegs
Barrow Brewing Company[ 12]
Salado
2016
Kegs, cans, growlers
Taproom
Blackwater Draw Brewing Co.[ 13]
Bryan
2010
Kegs, Cans, Bottles
Taproom
Blue Owl Brewing[ 14]
Austin
2015
Cans
Bold Republic Brewing Company[ 15]
Belton
2018
Taproom
BrainDead Brewing[ 16]
Dallas
2015
Kegs, bottles
Brewpub
Scratch kitchen, barrel program, house and guest taps. Closed permanently in 2021.
Brazos Valley Brewery
Brenham
2014
Blind Boar
Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company[ 17] [ 18]
Houston
2011
Cans
Cactus Land Brewing Company[ 19]
Adkins
2016
Bottles; cans
taproom
Cedar Creek Brewery[ 18] [ 20]
Seven Points
2012
Cans
brewpub
Celis Brewery [ 21]
Austin
1992
Bottles; cans
taproom
Circle Brewing Company[ 22]
Austin
2010
Cans
Taproom
Community Beer Company[ 23]
Dallas
2013
Bottles, Cans, Kegs
Taproom
Cypress Creek Southern Ales[ 24]
Winnsboro
2018
Kegs
Taproom
Deep Ellum Brewing[ 25]
Dallas
2011
Bottles; cans
taproom
ETX Brewing Company[ 26]
Tyler
2017
Kegs, Cans
Brewpub
Eureka Heights Brewing Company[ 27]
Houston
2016
Kegs
Brewpub
Franconia Brewing Company [ 18]
McKinney
2008
Bottles, Kegs
Freetail Brewing Company[ 28]
San Antonio
2008
Bottles; cans
Brewpub; brewery with taproom
Friends & Allies Brewing[ 29] [ 30]
Austin
2016
Cans
taproom
Four Corners Brewing[ 31]
Dallas
2012
Cans
taproom
Galveston Bay Brewing[ 32]
Dickinson
2014
Kegs, Cans
Taproom
Galveston Island Brewing[ 33]
Galveston
2014
Kegs, Cans
Taproom
Holler Brewing Company[ 34]
Houston
2016
Kegs
Taproom
Hops & Grain Brewery[ 35]
Austin
2011
Cans
taproom
HopFusion Ale Works[ 36]
Fort Worth
2016
Cans
taproom
Hopsquad Brewing Company[ 37]
Austin
2019
Cans
taproom
Independence Brewing Co.[ 38]
Austin
2004
Kegs, Cans, Bottles
Taproom
Distributes to Arkansas[ 39]
Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery[ 40]
Garland
2015
Brewpub
Jester King Brewery [ 18] [ 41]
Austin
2010
Taproom
Karbach Brewing Company [ 18] [ 42]
Houston
2011
Bottles; cans
brewpub
Krootz Brewing Company[ 43] [ 44]
Gainesville
2019
Kegs; Cans
Brewpub
Scratch kitchen, live entertainment, regional distribution
Künstler Brewing[ 45]
San Antonio
2017
brewpub
Lakewood Brewing Company[ 46]
Garland
2011
Bottles; cans
taproom
Live Oak Brewing Company [ 18] [ 47]
Austin
1997
Draft; cans
taproom
Lone Pint Brewing Company[ 18] [ 48]
Magnolia
2012
Bottles
Martin House Brewing Company[ 49]
Fort Worth
2013
Cans
taproom
Meanwhile Brewing[ 50]
Austin
2020
Taproom
Middleton Brewing[ 51]
San Marcos
2011
Taproom
MillerCoors Brewery [ 8] [ 52] [ 53]
Fort Worth
1966
Lone Star is made by Miller at the Fort Worth brewery. The Lone Star brand is owned by Pabst Brewing Company .[ 54]
New Republic Brewing Company[ 13]
College Station
2011
Kegs, Cans, Bottles
Taproom, Beer Garden
Barrel-aged beers
No Label Brewing Company[ 18] [ 55]
Katy
2010
Bottles
taproom
NLand Brewing Company[ 18]
Austin
2017
Kegs
taproom
On Rotation Brewery & Kitchen [ 56] [ 57]
Dallas
2015
Kegs, Cans, Crowlers
Brewpub
Small batch craft beers brewed in-house with guest taps, scratch kitchen, trivia night, reverse happy hour, luxurious dog-friendly patio, located outside Love Field
Pegasus City Brewery [ 58] [ 59]
Dallas
2017
Kegs, Cans
taproom
Peticolas Brewing Company [ 60] [ 61]
Dallas
2011
Kegs, Cans
taproom
Grand National Champion at the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship .
Rahr and Sons Brewing Company [ 18] [ 62]
Fort Worth
2004
Bottles
Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling[ 63]
San Antonio
2010
Cans, bottles
Taproom, tours
Real Ale Brewing Company [ 18] [ 64] [ 65] [ 66]
Blanco
1996
Cans, Bottles
taproom
Revolver Brewing[ 67]
Granbury
2012
Bottles
Rogness Brewing Company[ 68]
Austin
2012
Bottles
taproom
Saint Arnold Brewing Company [ 18] [ 69]
Houston
1994
Cans; bottles
brewpub
First modern craft brewery in Texas
Saloon Door Brewing [ 70]
Webster
2015
Cans
taproom
"Best Draw in the West" makers of TASTY AF
Shannon Brewing Company[ 71]
Keller
2014
Cans
taproom
Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery[ 72]
San Antonio
2015
Bottles
brewpub
Southern Star Brewing Company [ 18]
Conroe
2007
Cans
taproom
Spoetzl Brewery [ 18] [ 73]
Shiner
1909
Bottles; cans
Tours
Makers of Shiner beer
Texas Beer Company [ 74]
Taylor
2016
Cans, Kegs
Taproom
In the historic McCrory-Timmerman building at 2nd and Main Street in Taylor.
Texas Beer Refinery[ 75]
Dickinson
2013
Bottles
taproom
Texian Brewing Company[ 18] [ 76]
Richmond
2012
Kegs; bottles
Thirsty Planet Brewing Company[ 18] [ 77]
Austin
2010
Bottles; Kegs
Makers of Thirsty Goat Amber & Buckethead IPA. Tasting Room coming in 2019.
True Vine Brewing Company[ 78]
Tyler
2014
cans
Taproom
TUPPS Brewery[ 79]
McKinney
2015
Kegs, Cans
Taproom
Twin Peaks Brewing Company[ 80]
Irving
2014
Cans
Produces kegs for the Twin Peaks restaurant chain.
Under the Radar Brewery[ 81]
Houston
2016
Kegs
Taproom
Westlake Brewing Company[ 82]
Dallas
2019
Kegs, Cans
Taproom
Located in Deep Ellum . 2021 GABF Gold-Medal Winner[ 83]
^A These breweries were housed in the same physical brewery building at 3300 Church Street in Galveston.
^B These breweries were housed in the same physical brewery building at 303 Pearl Parkway in San Antonio.
See also
References
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