BreweryHazy IPAs, lagers and sours$$Daily 11:00-23:00
Meanwhile Brewing in Austin is the South Austin 3.7-acre brewery and beer garden on Promontory Point Drive, with three food trucks, a soccer field and a kids.
Tip: Distant Relatives BBQ truck is on-site; the beer garden runs late and works for both family afternoons and after-work hours.
BreweryAmerican craft brewpub$$Sun to Thu 11:00-22:00; Fri to Sat 11:00-23:00
Pinthouse Pizza in Austin is the Rosedale neighbourhood craft brewpub since 2012, a Burnet Road biergarten with house-brewed IPAs, in-house dough and house.
Tip: The Electric Jellyfish IPA is the cult pour; pizza comes with house dough and bread-flour pretzels.
BreweryGerman and Belgian-style craft$$Tue-Thu 12:00-23:00, Fri 12:00-00:00, Sat 11:00-00:00, Sun 12:00-22:00Mon to Thu 16:00-22:00; Fri to Sat 12:00-23:00; Sun 12:00-21:00
St. Elmo Brewing in Austin is the South Austin craft brewery in The Yard industrial-park strip, a beer hall and patio with two on-site food trucks running.
Tip: The Yard development around the brewery runs other tap rooms; do a slow loop on a Saturday afternoon.
BreweryCzech and German lagers$$Mon-Wed 12:00-20:00, Thu-Sat 12:00-21:00, Sun 12:00-20:00Thu to Sun 12:00-21:00
Live Oak Brewing in Del Valle is the Austin-area Czech-and-German lager brewery since 1997, relocated in 2015 to 20 acres near Bergstrom airport with a tap.
Tip: The Pilz is the Austin staple; the brewery is a 15-minute drive from downtown but has tap-only releases worth chasing.
BreweryFarmhouse ales and barrel-aged wild ales$$Mon to Thu 14:00-20:00; Fri 14:00-21:00; Sat to Sun 11:00-21:00
Jester King Brewery in Austin is the Hill Country farmhouse brewery on 165 acres of Fitzhugh Road land, a world-renowned maker of wild ales.
Tip: The brewery is a 25-minute drive from downtown; bring a designated driver, the visit is half-day with the pizza kitchen.