Baby, Your Beers Have Arrived

Presented by WHOLE FOODS MARKET and CRAFT PRIDE,
 Entirely for Texas Craft Beer Lovers,
JOIN US on Sept. 19, 2015

The initial list of over 150 Texas craft beers has been release, to be poured at this year's 2015 Texas Craft Brewers Festival, coming Sept. 19 to Austin. The Festival, which benefits Habitat for Humanity Austin and is produced by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild, is the largest celebration of Texas craft beer. Ever.

Let's See What's Trending

Hop-forward IPAs and pale ales continue to reign supreme, enjoying a robust 23% increase from last year. The big story, though, is the leap Sours, Saisons and Farmhouse Ales have made, up 83%, and more than doubling if you include "Other," where often-sour styles like Gose currently reside. It's worth noting, too, the "Sours" category gobbled up Berliner Weisses this year, contributing to a drop in the "Wheat" category. We recommend, taking it all with a grain of salt (or Gose!):  

• IPAs / Pales - 34.8%  (up 23% from 2014)
• Sours / Saisons / Farmhouse - 15.2%  (up 83% from 2014)
• Blacks / Browns / Reds / Rye - 12.7%  (up 1.6% from  2014)
• Stouts / Porters / Strongs - 11.6%  (up 16% from 2014)
• Wheats - 9.1%  (down 27.2% from 2014)
• Lagers (Pilsners, Bocks, Märzens) - 9.1%  
• Blondes / Goldens / Ambers - 4%  
• Other - 3.5%  (up 6.1% from 2014)

Finally, you can see Texas craft brewers' creativity on display when zeroing in on special brewing techniques and ingredients:

• Imperials / Doubles - 12.6%   (up 7.7% from 2014)  
• Barrel Aged - 7.6%  
• Low ABV - 23.5% below 5.5% ABV (3% labeled "Session")
• Flavor-Infusing Adjuncts - 28.8%
  Nuts - 4% of all beers  (14% of the adjunct beers)
  Spice & Herbs - 3%  (1.5% of the adjunct beers)
  Coffee - 4%  (14% of the adjunct beers)
  Peppers - 2.5%  (8.8% of the adjunct beers)
  Vanilla - 2%  (7% of the adjunct beers)
  Pumpkin - 2% (7% of the adjunct beers)
  Oatmeal - 2%  (7% of the adjunct beers)
  Milk Sugar - 1.5%  (5.3% of the adjunct beers)

Note: % change from 2014 provided when available.

The Texas Craft Brewers Festival is made possible by the generous support of Whole Foods Market and Craft Pride, along with these Texas craft brewers:

Saint Arnold Brewing
Real Ale Brewing
Whole Foods Market Brewing
Deep Ellum Brewing
Community Beer
Revolver Brewing
No Label Brewing
Hops & Grain Brewing

Peticolas Brewing
Rabbit Hole Brewing
Freetail Brewing
4th Tap Brewing
Independence Brewing
Austin Beerworks
South Austin Brewing

And these great supporters of Texas craft beer: 

Victory Packaging
Brown Distributing
Martin Frost & Hill

American Canning
AT Law PLLC
Ben E. Keith
Brewers Supply Group
Cask Branding
Cross Oak Group
G&D Chillers
Grandstand Glassware & Apparel
Local Libations
SkinnyPop
Texas Monthly
Verde Environmental Solutions
Uber
Wortham Insurance

With thanks to the Austin Chronicle, You Stay Hoppy Dallas and Austin Beer Guide.

Connect with us about the Texas Craft Brewers Festival:

Website: http://texascraftbrewersfestival.org/
Twitter: @TXBrewersFest
Hashtag: #TxBrewFest
Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/TexasCraftBrewersFestival
Email: info@texascraftbrewersfestival.org