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Austin spreads its breweries across town. Pinthouse Pizza pours hazy IPAs on Burnet Road, Austin Beerworks runs clean lagers in North Loop, Zilker Brewing sits on East 6th, and Easy Tiger keeps a long tap wall Downtown. The drive-out destination is Jester King, a farmhouse brewery in the Hill Country. Most rate 4.5 to 4.7 at $$.
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Austin spreads its breweries and taprooms across the city, so the nearest pour depends on which side of town you are on. Downtown and the east side hold the walkable taprooms, North Loop and Burnet Road the neighbourhood breweries, and the Hill Country the destination farmhouse brewery. For the complete ranked list, see our best craft beer bars in Austin guide.
Pinthouse Pizza brews on Burnet Road and pours its own hazy IPAs alongside pizza, rated 4.7. The Electric Jellyfish IPA is the order, and it is the easy pick in the north-central stretch. Price $$.
Jester King is a farmhouse brewery on a working ranch in the Hill Country southwest of town, rated 4.7. Order Le Petit Prince table beer, and plan it as the drive-out destination rather than a quick stop. Price $$.
Austin Beerworks runs a North Loop taproom known for clean lagers, rated 4.6. The Pearl Snap Pilsner is the order, and it is the nearest brewery when you are north of the university. Price $$.
Zilker Brewing pours on East 6th at the center of the east-side bar run, rated 4.6. Order the Zilker IPA, and make it the stop when you are already walking East Austin. Price $$.
Easy Tiger is a Downtown beer garden and bakehouse with a long tap wall, rated 4.5. The Easy Tiger Tap Flight is the order, and it is the closest deep beer list in the central blocks. Price $$.
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The five taprooms above are the craft beer stops we send Austin visitors to first, grouped so the nearest one is easy to find. They are anchor picks, not the only good pours in the city. For the broader ranked list, follow the link to the Austin craft beer guide.
Rating is the entry point, not the verdict. Each taproom here clears the bar on the beer, the people pouring it, and whether it earns a second round. We group by district because in Austin the right answer is usually the good taproom you can walk to now.
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