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
3 Nations Brewing Company	Carrollton
8th Wonder Brewery[1]	Houston	2013	Cans	Taproom
Alamo Beer Company[2]	San Antonio	2015	Bottles
Athens Brewing Company	Athens	2015	Kegs	Taproom
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	Taproom
Big Bend Brewing Company[13]	Alpine	2012	Cans	tours
Bitter Sisters Brewery	Addison
Blackwater Draw Brewing Co.[14]	Bryan	2010	Kegs, Cans, Bottles	Taproom
Blue Owl Brewing[15]	Austin	2015	Cans
BrainDead Brewing[16]	Dallas	2015	Kegs, bottles	Brewpub	Scratch kitchen, barrel program, house and guest taps
Breaking Brew Meadery	Dallas
Brutal Beerworks	North Richland Hills
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
Celestial Beerworks	Dallas
Celis Brewery	Austin	1992		Taproom	Original brewery closed in 2000; Reopened in 2017
Community Beer Company[21]	Dallas	2013	Bottles, Cans, Kegs	Taproom
Cypress Creek Southern Ales[22]	Winnsboro	2018	Kegs	Taproom
Deep Ellum Brewing[23]	Dallas	2011	Bottles; cans	taproom
ETX Brewing Company[24]	Tyler	2017	Kegs	taproom
Eureka Heights Brewing Company[25]	Houston	2016	Kegs	Brewpub
Franconia Brewing Company[18]	McKinney	2008	Bottles, Kegs
Freetail Brewing Company[26]	San Antonio	2008	Bottles; cans	Brewpub; brewery with taproom
Friends & Allies Brewing[27][28]	Austin	2016	Cans	taproom
Four Bullets Brewery	Richardson
Four Corners Brewing[29]	Dallas	2012	Cans	taproom
Galveston Bay Brewing[30]	Dickinson	2014	Kegs, Cans	Taproom
Galveston Island Brewing[31]	Galveston	2014	Kegs, Cans	Taproom
Holler Brewing Company[32]	Houston	2016	Kegs	Taproom
Hop and Sting Brewing Company	Grapevine
Hops & Grain Brewery[33]	Austin	2011	Cans	taproom
Hop Fusion Ale works	Fort Worth
Panther Island brewing	Fort Worth
Wild Acre brewing Company	Fort Worth
Cowtown Brewing Co	Fort Worth
Legal Draft Beer Co	Arlington
Division Brewing	Arlington
Dirty Job Brewing	Mansfield	2017	kegs,cans,pints	Brewpub	self distribution, Home of the original Pickle beer
Independence Brewing Co.[34]	Austin	2004	Kegs, Cans, Bottles	Taproom	Distributes to Arkansas[35]
Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery[36]	Garland	2015		Brewpub
Jester King Brewery[18][37]	Austin	2010		Taproom
Karbach Brewing Company[18][38]	Houston	2011	Bottles; cans	brewpub
Krootz Brewing Company[39][40]	Gainesville	2019	Kegs; Cans	brewpub
Künstler Brewing[41]	San Antonio	2017		brewpub
Lakewood Brewing Company[42]	Garland	2011	Bottles; cans	taproom
Live Oak Brewing Company[18][43]	Austin	1997	Draft; cans	taproom
Lone Pint Brewing Company[18][44]	Magnolia	2012	Bottles
Manhattan Project Beer Co.	Dallas
Martin House Brewing Company[45]	Fort Worth	2013	Cans	taproom
Meanwhile Brewing[46]	Austin	2020		Taproom
Middleton Brewing[47]	San Marcos	2011		Taproom
MillerCoors Brewery[8][48][49][50]	Fort Worth	1966			Lone Star is made by Miller at the Fort Worth brewery. The Lone Star brand is owned by Pabst Brewing Company.[51]
New Republic Brewing Company[14]	College Station	2011	Kegs, Cans, Bottles	Taproom, Beer Garden	Barrel-aged beers
Nine Band Brewery	Allen
No Label Brewing Company[18][52]	Katy	2010	Bottles	taproom
NLand Brewing Company[18]	Austin	2017	Kegs	taproom
Oak Cliff Brewing Co.	Dallas
Oak Highlands Brewery	Dallas
Oil Horse Brewing Company	Longview	2015	Kegs	taproom
On Rotation Brewery + Taproom	Dallas
Outfit Brewery	Dallas
Pegasus City Brewery	Dallas
Peticolas Brewing Company[53][54]	Dallas	2011	Kegs, Cans	taproom	Grand National Champion at the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship.
Rahr and Sons Brewing Company[18][55]	Fort Worth	2004	Bottles
Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling[56]	San Antonio	2010	Cans, bottles	Taproom, tours
Real Ale Brewing Company[18][57][58][59]	Blanco	1996	Cans, Bottles	taproom
Reck 'Em Right Brewing Company	102 South Avenue G, Johnson City, TX 78636	Established 2019	Pints, Growlers	See Facebook Page, Instagram and www.reckemrightbrewing.com for details.	Featuring small batch American and European style ales brewed primarily with Kveik and Belgian yeasts. Host Live music regularly.
Revolver Brewing[60]	Granbury	2012	Bottles
Rogness Brewing Company[61]	Austin	2012	Bottles	taproom
Saint Arnold Brewing Company[18][62]	Houston	1994	Cans; bottles	brewpub
Shannon Brewing Company[63]	Keller	2014	Cans	taproom
Soul Fire Brewing Company	Roanoke
Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery[64]	San Antonio	2015	Bottles	brewpub
Southern Star Brewing Company[18]	Conroe	2007	Cans	taproom
Spoetzl Brewery[18][65]	Shiner	1909	Bottles; cans	Tours	Makers of Shiner beer
Steam Theory Brewing Company	Dallas
Texas Ale Project	Dallas
Texas Beer Company [66]	Taylor	2016	Cans, Kegs	Taproom	In the historic McCrory-Timmerman building at 2nd and Main Street in Taylor.
Texas Beer Refinery[67]	Dickinson	2013	Bottles	taproom
Texian Brewing Company[18][68]	Richmond	2012	Kegs; bottles
Thirsty Planet Brewing Company[18][69]	Austin	2010	Bottles; Kegs		Makers of Thirsty Goat Amber & Buckethead IPA. Tasting Room coming in 2019.
True Vine Brewing Company[70]	Tyler	2014	cans	Taproom
Turning Point Beer	Bedford
Twin Peaks Brewing Company[71]	Irving	2014	Cans		Produces kegs for the Twin Peaks restaurant chain.
Under the Radar Brewery[72]	Houston	2016	Kegs	Taproom
Union Bear Brewing Co.	Plano
Unlawful Assembly Brewing Co.	Plano
Westlake Brewing Company	Dallas
White Rock Alehouse & Brewery	Dallas

Former breweries

Brewery	Location	Founded	Dissolved
Alamo Brewing Association[8]	San Antonio	1888	1893
Behloradsky Brewery[8]^B	San Antonio	1881	1883
Bitter End Bistro & Brewery	Austin	1994	2005
Bosque Brewing[73]	Waco	1995	1997
Both and Company[8]	Weatherford
Charles Degen Brewery[8]	San Antonio	1879	1911
Copper Tank Brewing	Austin	1994	2004
Dallas Brewing Company[8]	Dallas	1889	1893
Falstaff Brewing Corporation[74][75]^A	Galveston	1955	1981
Felix Bachrach Brewery[8]	San Antonio	1890	1890
Fort Bend Brewing Company[76]	Missouri City	2012	2015
Frederick Probst Brewery[8]	Fredericksburg	1874	1895
Gabel's Brewery[77][78]	Houston	1849	1879
Galveston Brewing Company[8]^A	Galveston	1895	1918
Galveston-Houston Brewers[8]^A	Galveston	1934	1955
Giesecke and Brothers Brewery[8]	Brenham
Gustave Franke Brewery[8]	Meyersville	1884	1903
Herman Frank Home Brewery[8]	Bellville	1882	1918
Kreisch Brewery[8]	La Grange
Lone Star Brewery[8]	San Antonio	1884	1918
Lorenz Ochs and George Aschbacher Brewery[8]	San Antonio	1890	1904
Lorenz Zeiss Brewery[8]	Brenham
Michael Cellmer Brewery[8]	Yorktown	1878	1891
Pearl Brewing Company[79]^B	San Antonio	1883	2001
Simon Mayer Brewery[8]	Dallas	1895	1900
Texas Brewing Company[8]	Fort Worth	1890	1918
Waterloo Brewing Company & American Grill	Austin	1993	2001
Western Brewery[8]	San Antonio	1855	1878

• ^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

• Beer in the United States
• Microbrewery

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External links

• Texas breweries directory