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4th Annual Pints for Pups Raises $5,636 for Local Rescues
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For the last four years we have reached out to the Austin community to help raise funds and awareness for local animal rescue organizations. We did it the only way we knew how, by inviting all of our friends to the brewery for some beer and a great big dog party! Beer, music, great food, [...]
New Independence Brew System in Final Production
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Back in January we shared the news that we are working on expanding the brewery. We are adding 10,000 sq ft of warehouse space and moving from a 14 Barrel brewing system that was built in the early ’90s to a 60 Barrel brewing system that is being made for us by JV Northwest, one [...]
Giving thanks: our team, our volunteers, our investors
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We celebrated our 8th Anniversary at the brewery on October 27th, and had a great time with friends and fans of the brewery. One thing I especially love about anniversaries is that they give us the chance to look back and see how far we’ve come and thank the many people who have contributed to [...]
“When and where can I get Oklahoma Suks Beer?”
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Every fall, we look forward to the weather cooling off and for Texas football season to begin. We love the sport, we love the fans, students and alumni, tailgating, rivalries…it’s just so much fun. With the first Texas home game, the calls and emails begin pouring in, “When and where can I get Oklahoma Suks [...]
Fairwell Lovejoys, welcome aboard Todd Henry
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We are happy to announce that Todd Henry, the long-time brewer of Austin’s Lovejoys brewpub, has joined the team of Independence Brewing Co. brewers. Like most Austinites, we were sad to see Lovejoys – the last remaining brewpub in downtown Austin - close its doors. It seemed emblematic of the changing craft beer scene in Austin. In the mid-90′s, [...]
One last bash
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When I came to Austin I thought I liked craft beer. Not a Facebook like, nothing that serious. When given the choice I always chose a finely crafted beer over a macro despite my family ties to a major brewery. Austin had so many different and exotic beers I felt immersed in its beer culture. It was [...]
Independence Pints for Pups raises $4221 for local dog rescues
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The storms on Friday evening gave us a bit of a scare, but by sunrise Saturday it was all sunshine and blue skies. Independence Brewing hosted it’s 3rd annual Pints for Pups to benefit 6 local dog rescues. This year with the help of our vendors and sponsors we raised over $4,000 dollars for 6 [...]
Independence Classic raises $1770 for charity!
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Disc, Beer and Burgers. Its just as glorious as it sounds and it happened this past weekend at the Met Center for our first ever Independence Classic Charity Disc Golf Tournament. Despite the wind and the intermittent sprinkling from above we had over 30 teams compete! John and Dee Houck were gracious enough to donate [...]
Bang the Chains for Charity
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This weekend we will be throwing down on the first ever Independence Classic Disc Golf Tournament with our partner Top Notch Burgers. If you haven’t registered yet here are 5 reasons you should: Space 12 will benefit Space 12 is a community center that lends its walls to all sorts of groups free of cost [...]
Independence and Frankenbike Partner for 2012
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We love bikes here at the brewery. I ride to work nearly every day and John has caught the bug as well. Jamie has been known to shred the trails on his mountain bike as well. It was a no brainer when Frankenbike asked us to join up with them for 2012. We hope you [...]
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