Breweries + Distilleries

Historic Spoetzl Brewery Eyes the Future with New Distillery and Barbecue Restaurant

Historic Spoetzl Brewery Eyes the Future with New Distillery and Barbecue Restaurant

Beer isn’t all that’s rolling off the production line at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner these days. The ... Read More »

Wander the Ruins of This 150-Year-Old Brewery in La Grange

Wander the Ruins of This 150-Year-Old Brewery in La Grange

On the outskirts of La Grange, about halfway between Austin and Houston, a high limestone bluff offers an ... Read More »

Sip Local Brews Near the Beach at These Port Aransas Pubs

Sip Local Brews Near the Beach at These Port Aransas Pubs

Some things just go together: Peas and carrots; chips and salsa; the beach and beer. Spanning 18 miles from Port ... Read More »

Celebrate World Sake Day at Texas’ First and Only Sake Brewery

Celebrate World Sake Day at Texas’ First and Only Sake Brewery

At Texas Saké Company, steel tanks filled with fermented rice emit a sweet and nutty perfume. Every Thursday ... Read More »

Texas’ First Black-Owned Taproom Opens With an Educational Twist

Texas’ First Black-Owned Taproom Opens With an Educational Twist

Nestled within Houston’s Greater Heights neighborhood, a simple white building covered in bespoke murals houses ... Read More »

Beer Salt Is a Texas Tradition, Y’all

Beer Salt Is a Texas Tradition, Y’all

For 30 years I’ve written about how the world drinks, with the last 15 years concentrating on Texas. While ... Read More »

Nice N Easy Serves Craft Beer and Wine in One of Johnson City’s Oldest Buildings

Nice N Easy Serves Craft Beer and Wine in One of Johnson City’s Oldest Buildings

Gunslingers weren’t uncommon in the saloons of Johnson City in the early 1900s. “The realtors told us there were ... Read More »

Austin’s Beerburg Brewing Forages Plants for Its Wildcrafted Brews

Austin’s Beerburg Brewing Forages Plants for Its Wildcrafted Brews

Trevor Nearburg is foraging for evening primrose just steps away from Beerburg Brewing in Austin on a sunny spring ... Read More »

A Corpus Christi Distiller Has Made a Near-Perfect Chartreuse Dupe

A Corpus Christi Distiller Has Made a Near-Perfect Chartreuse Dupe

The green glow and herbaceous taste of Chartreuse are more likely to conjure up images of Paris’ Montmartre ... Read More »

Hill Country Spring Water is the Secret Ingredient in Nine Banded Whiskey

Hill Country Spring Water is the Secret Ingredient in Nine Banded Whiskey

Will Glass scrambles down an embankment at Bar None Ranch in rural Mason County. There, he feeds a hose connected ... Read More »

Fredericksburg’s First Legal Distillery Slings Award-Winning Rum

Fredericksburg’s First Legal Distillery Slings Award-Winning Rum

Run by the Williams family, Iron Goat opened in 2016, and is already racking up awards for its rums (silver, aged, and cinnamon), tequila-like agave spirits (silver and aged), and unique honey-based liquor. Read More »

Hemp is the Secret Ingredient in This Houston-Made Vodka

Hemp is the Secret Ingredient in This Houston-Made Vodka

Ben Williams channels the legacy of his great-­grandmother through his work at Highway Distillery in ... Read More »

Find Texas Events

Events Search - Quick

The June 2023 cover of Texas Highways Magazine

Get the Magazine

Save up to 68% off the cover price

Subscribe

True Texas in Your Inbox

Sign up for magazine extras, upcoming events, Mercantile specials, subscription offers, and more.