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We brew traditional styles which pay homage to European origins, while highlighting our own Texas Hill Country terroir. All of our beers are made with water sourced directly from the limestone-filtered water well on the property, 450 feet below the surface in the Middle Trinity aquifer.
We don’t alter this water in any way, and let our beers showcase this beautiful, mineral-rich natural resource. The end product is an elegant and dry beer, made to be enjoyed under the shade of a Live Oak.
The Tasting Room draft list shown here is subject to change, as we rotate beers often. Be sure to check our retail cooler for barrel program beers no longer on draft.
We offer a curated list of wines and local ciders, as well as non-alcoholic beverages.
Collaboration Series
We celebrate lifelong craftsmen and organizations who share our ethos through developing a recipe and brewing together. We highlight local Texas artisans and non-profits in our community who are working hard for their passion each and every day.
Collaboration Series
We celebrate lifelong craftsmen and organizations who share our ethos through developing a recipe and brewing together. We highlight local Texas artisans and non-profits in our community who are working hard for their passion each and every day.
COLLAB WITH BARTON CREEK COUNTRY CLUB
BREADY / CRISP / PINE / 4.2% ABV
0.5L pour / Pitcher / Crowler / 6x12oz cans
This classic American blonde ale pours a rich golden hue with a fluffy white head and aromas of freshly baked bread, pine, grapefruit and melon. This drinkable ale delivers a full mouthfeel and slight acidity from Vista’s mineral-rich well water. This recipe was designed in collaboration with our friend’s over at Barton Creek Country Club as the perfect brew for a day on the golf course!
Collab with Zilker Therater Productions
TOASTED WHEAT / GRASS / CRISP / 5.0% abv
0.5L POUR / PITCHER / CROWLER
This classic German wheat gets is name from its beautiful, clear deep straw color. This easy-drinking 5.0% brew drinks light & crisp, with light wheat and crackery notes. While the base of locally grown and malted grains, including Barton Springs Mill unmalted heirloom wheat, is the highlight, we nod to the German heritage by using 100% noble hops. Hallertauer Mittelfrüher lends a very mild bitterness and slightly spicy and floral aromas.
Named for the Little Shop of Horrors main character, Audrey II. We’ve partnered with Zilker Theater productions, whose annual theater production runs in Bee Cave this summer, to create a brew perfect for sipping while watching the show!
Barrel Program (draft)
Vista’s barrel program is built around freshly emptied wine barrels sourced from our neighbors here in Central Texas. We currently have barrels aging with brettanomyces ales, Belgian-style lambics (some with local fruit, such as Fredericksburg peaches) and small batch variations of our beer garden recipes.
Barrel Program (draft)
Vista’s barrel program is built around freshly emptied wine barrels sourced from our neighbors here in Central Texas. We currently have barrels aging with brettanomyces ales, Belgian-style lambics (some with local fruit, such as Fredericksburg peaches) and small batch variations of our beer garden recipes.
This barrel aged sour brown ale is our Texas tribute to a traditional style of the Flemish region of Belgium. We began with Texas grown pilsner, munich and chocolate malts. Vista’s well water and house-aged hops mingle nicely with a strain of Brettanomyces isolated from a small Belgian brewery. Fifteen months in a neutral oak give us a balanced sour brown ale which pays tribute to the style.
Named in honor of the poem by John McCrae written as a tribute to fallen soldiers on WWI.
“Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.”
Dry / Fruit-forward / Brett / 6.8% abv
8 oz pour / 500ml bottle
This delicate and lightly tart wine barrel-aged ale is our Texas tribute to a traditional style, adding the terroir of freshly-dumped local wine barrels. We began with 100% grown and malted Texas grain, Vista well water and house-aged hops. The beer fermented with a blend of yeast and bacteria, plus a heavy dose of Italian plums for over 12 months in Mourvèdre barrels from
nearby William Chris Vineyards. Grato pairs well with a wide range of foods, from cheese & charcuterie, to grilled meats, to chocolate mousse.
Named for the Italian word “grato”, literally translated to “grateful” or “thankful” to remind us all to live with gratitude.
PEACH / BARNYARD / TANNIN / 7.0% ABV
8 OZ POUR / 500ML BOTTLE
Vista fans’ favorite barrel-aged beer is BACK just in time for the summer peach season! Just down the road from Vista’s ranch sits one of the best peach growing regions in the world: Stonewall, TX. We incorporated this local fruit at the peak of ripeness into a mixed culture, Lambic-style ale. This delicate brew is tart and dry, with aromas of fresh peach and alluring rose that give way to farmhouse Brett notes, medium acidity and tannins.
Vista’s first vintage of Stonewall won “Best Limited Release Beer” from the Austin Beer Guide and a national Good Food Award, which considers local sourcing of ingredients and sustainable business operations. This year’s vintage uses peaches from Vogel Orchards and aged in freshly-dumped Port and Sangiovese barrels from our friends at William Chris Vineyards. It is spot on, if even better than the 2019 release!
Barnyard / Peach / Tannin / 7.8% abv
8 oz draft / 500ml bottles
Light bodied, with a beautiful amber color. Subtle earthy aroma, pleasant tartness, hints of apple and pear with a dry finish.
Let this delicate and nuanced ale inspire tall Texas tales and Hill Country songs! Over 18 months in French oak barrels, along with light additions of Red Wheat and Dark Munich malts give an amber glow and mild acidity to this subtle ale. 100% Texas grown malts, water from Vista’s aquifer-fed well, wine barrels from our friends at Bending Branch winery, house-aged hops and a blend of Brettanomyces and bacterial fermentation come together to create an easy-drinking and approachable wild ale.
Beer Garden
We’re brewing beer perfect for enjoying in shade of an old oak tree. Our recipes are influenced by European traditions, with our own signature interpretation. We’ll have a range of styles, all balanced, approachable, low abv. Crisp and dry on the palate, but at the same time, soft and drinkable.
Beer Garden
We’re brewing beer perfect for enjoying in shade of an old oak tree. Our recipes are influenced by European traditions, with our own signature interpretation. We’ll have a range of styles, all balanced, approachable, low abv. Crisp and dry on the palate, but at the same time, soft and drinkable.
Crisp / DRY / Effervescent / 4.5% abv
0.5L pour / pitcher / Crowler
An ale-lager hybrid with an easy-drinking mouthfeel and a touch of fruit notes from the ale yeast. An exceedingly drinkable beer which we make with 100% German Noble hops and malts. Named for an old Texas family name, passed down for generations in the Vista Brewing family.
Clove / banana / ester / 9.5% abv
8oz pour / 750ml bottle
This Belgian-style, strong golden ale is our tribute to the Trappist monks and to Vista’s pure, limestone filtered water from the Middle Trinity aquifer. Pours with a faint haze and a snow-white head. Floral and mellow spiciness and clean vanilla malty notes make way for traditional banana and clove.
FLORAL / CITRUS / BALANCED / 6.5% abv / 45 IBU
0.5L pour / pitcher / Crowler
Vista’s mainstay classic American IPA, a rotating hop brew which is always highly drinkable and dry, right at 6.5%. This batch is super crisp, citrusy with a hint of mango. Named for: travels to destinations near and far that have inspired our dreams!
Fruity / Dry / Spice / 6.5% abv
0.5L Pour / 750 ml Bottle
Vista’s house saison is a French-style modelled after the classic ales of Wallonia. This brew pours a rich golden color with a frothy white head and a slight haze. The aroma is tropical fruit, banana, clove, white pepper and honey.
The first sip gives you classic saison flavors of bready malt, honey and white pepper. The beer is dry with a full mouthfeel, with a good amount of ester and spiciness. Pair this elegant beer with any of our grilled meats, or take a pint on our walking trail and explore it’s delicate layers.
ROASTY / DRY / LIGHT-BODIED / 4.9% abv
0.5L pour / pitcher / Crowler / 6 x 12oz cans to-go
GOLD MEDAL – 2018 US OPEN BEER CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dark Skies is a light-bodied black lager with hints of coffee and roasted marshmallow. Classic pilsner malt with the addition of
midnight wheat malt, plus locally sourced pilsner yeast, imparts fruitcake and fresh dough flavors and aromas. Classic noble hops balance the flavors without bitterness.
In the glass, it appears robust, but is deceivingly light and drinkable. You’ll get all of the dark and roasty flavors of a dark beer with a dry, refreshing light body and under 5.0% abv. A great year-round beer.
We named this beer in honor of the International Dark Sky Association, an organization which combats light pollution. With this beer, we’re celebrating the beauty of the nighttime skies of the Texas Hill Country, and keeping the stars at night big and bright over Driftwood. Our neighbor to the west, Dripping Springs, was actually the first Dark Sky community in Texas and the sixth in the world.
Bright / Stone Fruit / Crushable / 4.5% abv
0.5L POUR / PITCHER / CROWLER
Relax under the oaks with this crisp, dry and crushable ale, perfect for springtime! You’ll find peach and melon notes from the 100% Australian Summer hops and a bready backbone from the malt bill of Pilsner, Vienna and Marris Otter.
The sparkling ale is Australia’s only native beer style, born down under in the late 1800s to compete with the imported lager.
The name comes from that fun song that’s now stuck in our head, filling us with positive vibes!
TOASTED BREAD / ALMOND / DARK FRUIT / 5.0 % ABV
0.5L POUR / PITCHER / CROWLER
This classic American style is simple in makeup, but complex in flavor! Revive Amber highlights the lightly toasted malts and pours a beautiful reddish hue with a fluffy white head. The aroma begins with toasted bread, nutty malt, and distinctive dark fruit characteristics. The flavor is a delicate blend of bread crust, almond, and deep plum with hints of cherry. A dry and malty finish leaves you coming back for more.
Revive nods to the hopeful stage of life as we heal from this terrible pandemic. Beautiful wildflowers, fun summer trips and celebrations with friends are all on order as our community collectively REVIVES in the coming months.
Crisp / Crushable / Banquet / 5.5% abv
0.5L POUR / PITCHER / CROWLER / 6 X 12OZ CANS TO-GO
A crispy and crushable all-American lager brewed in the pre-war tradition using both malt and corn. This crystal clear quencher is just what you want on a hot summer day — with light esters and a crisp maltiness that finishes dry and clean.
Tropical / Citrus / Pepper / 5.5% abv
0.5L POUR / PITCHER / CROWLER
Bright tropical and citrus hop aromas will have you coming back for a second (or third?) pint. Hey, it’s only 5.5%! Pair with grilled seafood and farm-fresh veggies, or on its own to enjoy the balanced bitterness and complexity.
This is the season of harvest, and Evolve uses a blend of malts: about half locally grown and malted TexMalt Pilsner malt, and the remaining half a blend of flavorful wheat, Munich and rye malts. The stellar local saison yeast from our friends at Community Cultures Yeast Lab in San Antonio and an aromatic dry hop of Summer hops culminate in a truly delicious and complex saison.
Each season brings on change, some more significant than others. We are hopeful for so many things with the new season, much of which is focused on how we Evolve – as a brewery, a company, a community, and a society. After so many challenges, we know “that which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” Evolve Saison celebrates those changes that make us stronger together.
