I had an awesome time at the Texas Craft Brewer’s Festival yesterday with my friends Scott & Roy. There is some seriously good beer being made in and around Austin. If you like craft beer you should definitely attend next year. (Come early for shorter lines.)

Here were some of my favorite beers from the day (can you tell I like ’em hoppy?):

Empire (barrel-aged IPA) from Real Ale in Blanco, TX

Cask-conditioned Wytchmaker (rye IPA) from Jester King in Austin, TX

A Cascadian dark ale from Southern Star Brewery in Conroe, TX (not sure it had an official name because it was a pro-am winner’s beer)

Fire Eagle Ale from Austin Beerworks in Austin, TX

Blur Texas Hefe from Circle Brewing Company in Austin, TX

Stash IPA from Independence Brewing in Austin, TX

Bruin (American brown ale) from (512) Brewing Company in Austin, TX

Pale Horse (American pale ale) from No Label Brewing in Katy, TX