Thursday, August 27, 2015

Texas Breweries at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival

The 2015 Great American Beer Festival begins in less than a month, so it's a good time to take a look at the Texas breweries that will be attending this year.

Last year there was 47 Texas breweries with booths on the festival floor which was the largest turnout ever. It's down slightly to 45 this year, but that probably has more to do with the space limitations in the convention hall and how the booth space is assigned due to the record number of craft breweries now operating. According to the GABF website, the following breweries will be representing Texas this year:

Brewery
City
Booth
(512) Brewing Co
Austin
Y2
903 Brewers
Sherman
K2
Austin Beerworks
Austin
K3
Bitter Sisters Brewing Company *
Addison
K5
Black Star Co-op
Austin
K6
Blue Owl Brewing *
Austin
K8
Bluebonnet Beer Co *
Round Rock
K9
Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co
Houston
K12
Circle Brewing Company
Austin
K13
Community Beer Co
Dallas
K14
Deep Ellum Brewing Co
Dallas
W10
Flix Brewhouse - Round Rock
Round Rock
K16
Fredericksburg Brewing Co
Fredericksburg
K23
Freetail Brewing Co
San Antonio
K24
Freetail Brewing Co - Brewpub *
San Antonio
K25
Hops & Grain Brewing
Austin
K27
Humperdinks Restaurant & Brewery
Dallas
K28
Independence Brewing
Austin
K30
Lakewood Brewing Co
Garland
K32
Live Oak Brewing Co
Austin
L3
Martin House Brewing Company
Fort Worth
L5
Middleton Brewing Co
San Marcos
Z2
No Label Brewing Co
Katy
L7
North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery
Austin
L8
Oasis Texas Brewing Company
Austin
L9
Panther Island Brewing Company *
Fort Worth
L10
Pedernales Brewing Co
Fredericksburg
L11
Peticolas Brewing Co
Dallas
Z11
Pinthouse Pizza
Austin
Z12
Rahr and Sons Brewing Co
Fort Worth
X3
Real Ale Brewing Co
Blanco
K1
Revolver Brewing
Granbury
L13
Saint Arnold Brewing Co
Houston
J17
South Austin Brewery
Austin
BP17
Southerleigh Brewing *
San Antonio
L15
Spoetzl Brewery
Shiner
L20
Texas Beer Refinery
Dickinson
L23
Texian Brewing Co
Richmond
L24
The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co
Austin
L25
The Collective Brewing Project *
Ft Worth
L26
Tupps Brewery *
McKinney
L30
Twin Peaks Brewery
Irving
K34
Twisted X Brewing Co
Dripping Springs
L31
Uncle Billy's Brew & Que
Austin
Z21
Zilker Brewing Co*
Austin
L33
* Denotes first time attending GABF
 
This is another great turnout from Texas and includes quite a few new breweries. Hopefully this will result in another great medal showing after Texas breweries took home 16 medals last year and 10 the previous year. 

Good luck to all the breweries who have beer entered in the competition this year and I look forward to sampling your beers on the convention floor.