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Upgrade Lunch With WhichCraft’s Signature Ham & Brie Panini

Wish your lunch was more satisfying? Look no further than WhichCraft’s hearty Ham & Brie Panini. Upon heaping helpings of ham melts a layer of divinely cheesy brie, pressed between two slices of freshly baked, Easy Tiger Ciabatta bread. Rounding out the flavor experience is our savory, house-made fig and onion jam.  Grab one, or any of our five delicious craft sandwiches, for only $9.00 (plus our kid’s grilled cheese for just $5.00)

Also, our Brewery of the Month deal continues throughout September.  Enjoy Tupps six-packs, including the Citra Pale, Tupps IPA, and National Standard American Ale, each just $6.99!

WhichCraft is a featured retail partner of The Austin Ale Trail – a passport booklet that includes all 45 breweries with taprooms in the greater Austin area in one novelty guide. The passport features information on the brewery and interactive journaling options as well. Visit more breweries and collect more stamps in your passport and then redeem for merchandise. Stop into Whichcraft to purchase the $5 passport or visit www.atxaletrail.com.

Lastly, we’re looking for a part-time beer lover to join the Whichcraft team. Do you love geeking out over coffee and beer? Well, here is your chance to get paid for it! Please send resumes to Jody[at]whichcraftbeerstore.com

New Beers This Week

Back in stock: 5 Stones Shepherd Warrior, Brazos Valley Greetings From Brenham, 4th Tap Sun Eater, and  Last Stand Fuzzelucious (now in 6-packs!)

Prairie Karate Chimp – A kickin’ sour ale with mango, apricot, and tangerine.  5.4% ABV / Krebs, OK / Ratebeer: 82/Availability: Decent

Prairie Basic Becky 2019 – A not-so-basic imperial stout with pumpkin, cinnamon, clove, and coriander. 11% ABV /Krebs, OK / Availability: Decent

Ommegang Wine Barrel-Aged Three Philosophers- Within this wine barrel-aged Belgian quad, aromas of roasted malt, dark fruit, molasses, and oak accompany flavors of figs, currants, and chocolate. 4.3% ABV / Fort Collins, CO / Availability: Good

Buffalo Bayou Mexican Hot Chocolate – Mexican Hot Chocolate has all the characteristics of its namesake in traditional stout form. Rich, dark chocolate malt is the foundation for this semi-sweet chocolate stout with a warm, dry finish. Cinnamon and Cayenne add a sweet spice to a chocolatey base. 9.6% ABV / Houston, TX / Availability: Good

Jester King Lagered Farmhouse Beer (2019)- Former JK head brewer, Sean Spiller describes this bottom-fermented farmhouse as a “wonderful, crisp beer with a unique aroma of malted corn and funky fermentation. The long cold aging made this finished beer very clear, although in normal Jester King fashion… some sediment is [present].” 5.5% ABV / Austin, TX / Availability: Good 

Tupps Full Grown Jack –  With the addition of pumpkin spices, Tupps’s full-flavored imperial stout grows both a little bigger and a little warmer. 12.1% ABV / Mickinny, TX / Availability: Good

4th Tap House of Torment –   Inspired by Austin’s most notorious haunted house experience, this amber-colored Pumpkin ale sits at a refreshing 5% ABV, with 240 pounds of fresh pumpkin – personally roasted by 4th Tap’s own pumpkin master, Chris Hamje. 5% ABV / Austin, TX / Availability: Good

Deschutes Black Butte XXXI –  A Celebration of Deschutes’s 31st Anniversary. This imperial porter was inspired by Turkish Coffee and uses cold brew from our Scott Hughes of Third Rock Roasters. 12.2% ABV / Bend, OR / Availability: limited

Deschutes Lil Squeezy –  A pale ale tribute to Deschute’s beloved Fresh Squeezed IPA, refreshingly juicy and effortlessly drinkable. 5% ABV / Bend, OR / Availability: Good

Deschutes Slightly Exaggerated IPA –  An easy-drinking, low key IPA featuring a big orange citrus aroma with a touch of caramel malt to balance. 6% ABV / Bend, OR / Availability: Decent

Community Funnel Cake Ale – A golden ale brewed with English malts, which give it a bready characteristic, aged over vanilla beans. It’s light and airy, like a funnel cake. 4.8%  ABV / Dallas, TX / Availability: Good

New Beers on Draft at WhichCraft Taproom

Full Draft List Available on our Website

512 Funky Kingston – A funky American Wild ale aged over two years with Brett & Pedio in red wine barrels 7.4% ABV / Austin, TX

This Week’s Specials

  • Brewery of the Month! Six-Packs from Tupps Brewing company, including their Citra Pale, IPA, and National Standard, are just $6.99 throughout September. 
  • WhichCraft Happy Hour: Mueller’s favorite afternoon activity, 4-6pm. Check the big board for our latest specials.

Parking at WhichCraft Mueller. The garage behind us on McBee is free to use.

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Spread the Love at Tupps Brewing Company’s Pint Night

tupps pint night at whichcraft

We love our September Brewery of the Month so much that we’re throwing them a party. This Thursday from 5-8m in our taproom, join the fine folks of Tupps brewing company for pints of an IPA so hazy, you’d think it was juice– THE Tupps DDH IPA #13. We’ll also be pouring samples of their special BOTM beers, including the Citra Pale, Tupps IPA, and National Standard American Ale. If you like em’ we’ll let you take a sixer home for just $6.99, plus a commemorative Tupps pint glass! 

Can’t make the festivities? Fret not! Our Tupps Brewery of the Month deal continues throughout September. 

Join WhichCraft and The Beer Museum on Wednesday September 18 as we explore the varied and unique beers of the Belgian region. We’ll cover the history of Belgian beers from Trappist styles to specific regional styles and learn how Belgian beer became such a unique phenomenon in the beer world.  Tickets available here.

WhichCraft is a featured retail partner of The Austin Ale Trail – a passport booklet that includes all 45 breweries with taprooms in the greater Austin area in one novelty guide. The passport features information on the brewery and interactive journaling options as well. Visit more breweries and collect more stamps in your passport and then redeem for merchandise. Stop into Whichcraft to purchase the $5 passport or visit www.atxaletrail.com.

Lastly, we’re looking for a part-time beer lover to join the Whichcraft team. Do you love geeking out over coffee and beer? Well, here is your chance to get paid for it! Please send resumes to Jody[at]whichcraftbeerstore.com

 Special Events at WhichCraft Tap Room

Thursday, Sept 12th

5-8pm Raze some haze at our Tupps pint night. In addition to the 13th (and frankly, best) iteration of their renown DDH IPA, we’ll be sampling our brewery of the month specials: the Citra Pale, Tupps IPA, and National Standard

Wednesday, Sept 18th

7-9pm Style Night – Belgian Beers with The Beer Museum

New Beers This Week

Back in stock: Armadillo Brunch Money, Sierra Nevada Narwhal, Alpine Nelson

FiftyFifty Totality – This award-winning Imperial Stout also serves as the base beer for the internationally acclaimed barrel-aged Eclipse series (which we also have bottles of ON SALE in our Taproom). Rich dark chocolate, mocha, and espresso flavors. 9.5% ABV / Truckee, CA / Availability: Decent

People’s Champ – A collaboration with the original H-town GOAT,  Paul Wall. A crystal-clear, traditional German wheat beer that’s a milder cousin of the Weisstheimer Hefeweizen, with subtler aromas/flavors of banana & clove. 4.9% ABV /Houston, TX / Availability: Good

New Belgium Peach Kick- A blend of New Belgium’s wood-aged sours and a golden ale infused with peaches. 4.3% ABV / Fort Collins, CO / Availability: Good

Old Man Hattan – A blend of five notable Firestone Walker beers aged in cherry, orange, and aromatic bitters barrels. The result is a beer that exhibits pronounced whiskey notes while also expressing essences of both the Old Fashioned and the Manhattan cocktails. 9.6% ABV / Paso Robles, CA / Availability: Limited

Independence Oklahoma Suks (2019)- It’s a golden ale this year. Also…they do. Hook ’em. 4.8% ABV / Austin, TX / Availability: Suks

Roughtail Boom Boom Boom –  Hazy Double IPA featuring Amarillo, El Dorado, and Mosaic Hops. Hints of Tangerine, Pineapple, and Sweet Candy. 7.6% ABV / Midwest City, OK / Availability: Decent

Left Hand White Russian Nitro –  With coffee, vanilla, and notes of chocolate, this is a beer that really ties it all together. 8.9% ABV / Longmont, CO / Availability: Good

Real Ale Blakkr bombers – BLAKKR Imperial Black Ale is the spawn of the long-awaited collaboration between Surly, Three Floyds and Real Ale Brewing Company. Subtle dark malt and toffee character quickly yields to the citrus and tropical notes provided by a staggering amount of hops.  9.99 ABV / Blanco, TX / Availability: Good 

Stone ///Fear.Movie.Lions-  This unfiltered double IPA is juiced up with Loral & Mosaic tropical & citrus notes. The mild bitterness and dry body compliment the style, and the residual maltiness rounds it out. Lingering lime peel and tropical fruit derived from the hops stand out on the finish. 8.5% ABV / Escondido, CA / Availability: Great

Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin – Every year North Coast ages a special batch of their ubiquitous Russian Imperial Stout in Bourbon barrels. This year, barrel-aged Old Rasputins were produced — one in rye whiskey barrels, and the other in wheat whiskey barrels 11.3%/ Fort Bragg, CA / Availability: Decent 

New Beers on Draft at WhichCraft Taproom

Full Draft List Available on our Website

whichcraft tap wall

8th Wonder Boysenberry Haterade – big Gose fermented on boysenberries. 3.3% ABV / RateBeer: 82 / Houston, TX

Real Ale Fresh Haze – A blend of Azacca, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops, added to the whirlpool and also at multiple times in the fermentation process, produces hop flavors and aromas that mimic the addition of ripe tropical fruits. 6.6% ABV / Blanco, TX

Live Oak Glass of Sunshine – Hazy. Brewed with the Norwegian yeast strain, Kveik, and dry hopped with Cryo hops; Loral, Mosaic, and Ekuanot. 5.3% ABV/ Austin, TX

Family Business The Grackle – Rich, robust, maillard. Notes of coffee, prunes, baker’s chocolate, and heavily roasted malts are complimented by a lingering alcohol warmth. Full bodied and full of attitude. 8.9% ABV / Driftwood, TX

Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout (2017) – The Original Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout. Intense aromas of charred oak, vanilla, caramel, smoke. 14.1% ABV / RateBeer: 100 / Chicago, IL

Tupps DDH #13 – Hops – Barbe Rouge (40%), Ella (40%), Azacca (20%) 7% ABV/ McKinney, TX

Tupps National Standard – This beer is light, crisp and crush-able. This is your new go-to summer beer for the lake, the pool, the BBQ, the dinner parties, the.. you get the point!  5.2% ABV / McKinney, TX

Collective Brewing The Churroing – Dessert stout with cacao nib, vanilla, cinnamon, and lactose sugar. 10.5% ABV / Ft. Worth, TX

Spaten Oktoberfest – Dark Marzen style beer with a full, malty body. 5.9% ABV / Munich, Germany

This Week’s Specials

  • Brewery of the Month! Six-Packs from Tupps Brewing company, including their Citra Pale, IPA, and National Standard, are just $6.99 throughout September. 
  • WhichCraft Happy Hour: Mueller’s favorite afternoon activity, 4-6pm. Check the big board for our latest specials.

Parking at WhichCraft Mueller. The garage behind us on McBee is free to use.

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Groove Into the Weekend with Destihl Brewing

We’re kicking off Friday night with one rockin’ Destihl pint night, and we gotta say– this lineup is STACKED. For a refreshing opening act, enjoy samples of their Funkengruven kettle-soured IPA, Lynnbrook raspberry Berliner Weisse, and Excommunie Quatre quad. Headlining this event are tall, frosty pints of the tropical Extended Jam IPA. Come early and stay late.

Then, get your game face on. On Tuesday, September 10th, 6-9pm, our friends at the virtual/augmented reality agency, Fair Worlds are turning our taproom into a pop-up VR  arcade. Come grab a pint of something tasty and compete for high scores on immersive games like Beat Saber and Rec Room. Enjoy your first ten minutes of gameplay free.

WhichCraft is a featured retail partner of The Austin Ale Trail – a passport booklet that includes all 45 breweries with taprooms in the greater Austin area in one novelty guide. The passport features information on the brewery and interactive journaling options as well. Visit more breweries and collect more stamps in your passport and then redeem for merchandise. Stop into Whichcraft to purchase the $5 passport or visit www.atxaletrail.com.

Also, our Tupps Brewery of the Month deal continues throughout September.  Enjoy Tupps six-packs, including the Citra Pale, Tupps IPA, and National Standard American Ale, each just $6.99!

Lastly, we’re looking for a part-time beer lover to join the Whichcraft team. Do you love geeking out over coffee and beer? Well, here is your chance to get paid for it! Please send resumes to Jody[at]whichcraftbeerstore.com

 Special Events at WhichCraft Tap Room

Friday, September 6th

5-8pm Destihl will be in the house to tap their tropical, hop-forward, Extended Jam IPA. Also being sampled are some tasty Destihl quads, sour IPAs, and Berliner Weisses. Grab a beer; keep the glass.

Tuesday, September 10th

6-9pm Fair Worlds brings their virtual reality pop-up arcade to Whichcraft. Enjoy popular games like Beat Saber and Rec Room–paired with a cold pint of your favorite beer!

New Beers This Week

Back in stock: Dogfish Head Punkin Ale, Spaten Oktoberfest, Live Oak Oaktoberfest, Avery Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest lager. 

FiftyFifty B.A.R.T (Barrel-Aged Really Tasty) – a delicious blend of FiftyFifty Brewing Company’s imperial Honey Stout and Barleywine Ale, aged in oak bourbon barrels. Aromas of caramel, vanilla and dark fruits, follow brown sugar, dark molasses, espresso and chocolate on the palate. 12% ABV / Truckee, CA / Availability: Good

FiftyFifty CAPA  – California Pale Ale. CAPA is a strong hopped pale ale. Brewed with Citra and El Dorado Hops which creates a grapefruit and citrus aroma. This is a beer for those who want hops without too much bitterness. 5.4% ABV / Truckee, CA / Ratebeer: 86 / Availability: Good

FiftyFifty Donner Party Porter-  One of FiftyFifty’s flagship beers. The taste is reminiscent of dark chocolate, espresso, and dark dried fruits with a long complex finish. 6.7% ABV / Truckee, CA / Ratebeer: 91 / Availability: Good

St. Arnold Bishop’s Barrel #24 – After aging for 19 months in Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels, this American Imperial stout is finally ready. Featuring notes of rich figs, fresh vanilla, ripe strawberries, toasted oak, and dark chocolate. 14.7 ABV / Houston, TX / Availability: Limited (Friday)

Sufferfest Repeat – Kolsh style beer with bee pollen. Crafted to reduce gluten. 3.5% ABV / San Francisco, CA / Availability Good

Sufferfest FKT –  a well-balanced Pale Ale with a playful tanginess from the black currant and Citra, Azacca, and Magnum hops. 3.5% ABV / San Francisco, CA / Availability Good

Sufferfest Head Start –  Stout brewed with coconut water and added coffee. For a lighter beer drinking experience 4.5% ABV / San Francisco, CA / Availability Good

4th Tap Brut of All Evil Watermelon Strawberry – Crisp and clean, easy-drinking IPA brewed with champagne yeast, featuring the fruity aroma of fresh watermelon and strawberries. 6.5 ABV / Austin, TX / Availability: Good (Friday)

Brazos Valley Physical Graffiti – A cryo IPA featuring big notes of citrus, tropical fruit, papaya, and mango, thanks to a blend of concentrated Azacca and Cascade hops. 6.2% ABV / Brenham, TX / Availability: Good (Friday)

Tupps Full Grown Pastry Chef – Tupps’ robust flagship stout, now with delectable dark chocolate and ripe red raspberry flavors. 11.8% ABV / McKinney, TX / Availability: Decent (Friday)

New Beers on Draft at WhichCraft Taproom

Full Draft List Available on our Website

ABGB Rocket 100 – a crushable interpretation of the pre-prohibition lagers brewed by Texas’s early German immigrants. 5.1% ABV / RateBeer: 82 / Austin, TX

Brewtorium Tiny Boombox– A gose loaded with a few hundred pounds of pink guava, mango and passion fruit. The result is a tart, refreshing fruit bomb. 4.6% ABV / Austin, TX

Southern Heights Evergreen Terrace – Crisp, Clean American IPA with a delightfully hazy body. 7% ABV/ Austin, TX

Armadillo Greenbelt Farmhouse Wheat – Made with malted wheat, two-row barley, & honey malt. Hopped with Cascade and Santiam hops. Spiced with grapefruit peel and coriander. 5.2% ABV / Denton, TX

Texas Keeper Number One – Blended semi-dry cider. 7% ABV / Austin, TX

Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout (2017) – The Original Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout. Intense aromas of charred oak, vanilla, caramel, smoke. 14.1% ABV / RateBeer: 100 / Chicago, IL

Locust Vanilla Bean Cider– Washington apples blended with real Madagascar vanilla. Sweet, smooth “adult” cream soda. 5% ABV/ Woodinville, WA

St. Elmo Carl Kolsch – German Pilsner malt, Tettnanger Hops, and clean Kolsch yeast come together in graceful harmony to make a refreshing everyday beer.  4.6% ABV / Austin, TX

Destihl Extended Jam IPA – Extended Jam IPA features Pilsen malt, flaked oats, wheat and an encore of Mosaic and El Dorado hops, awakening jammy aromas and flavors reminiscent of tropical & stone fruits. 6.8% ABV / Normal, IL

This Week’s Specials

  • Brewery of the Month! Six-Packs from Tupps Brewing company, including their Citra Pale, IPA, and National Standard, are just $6.99 throughout September. 
  • WhichCraft Happy Hour: Mueller’s favorite afternoon activity, 4-6pm. Check the big board for our latest specials.

Parking at WhichCraft Mueller. The garage behind us on McBee is free to use.