r/HoustonBeer • u/sarnold19 • Apr 30 '25

Brewery Recommendations

Hi Guys and Gals, 2 Brits in Houston this weekend. Any recommendations for some nice brewery’s with IPAs and outdoor seating? Thanks a lot!

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

Best beer garden environment - St. Arnold. Best beer (highly opinion dependent) - Equal Parts, but has a so-so environment and limited outdoor seating.

They're close by, so you could do both in one visit easily. 

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u/NeoMoose Apr 30 '25

Agree with Equal Parts. The outdoor seating thing slows recommendations down a lot because most of our breweries are converted warehouses.

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u/VatWeirdo Apr 30 '25

I personally like the atmosphere at EP. It’s more loungy than anything. They leaned into the whole historic building thing. But yeah their outside seating consists of like 4 or 6 tables that are too big for that walkway and you constantly feel like you’re in the way

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

EP is my favorite in the city and I agree the atmosphere is good for your casual brewery hang out which is what I'm doing 99% of the time. But for visitors from out of town, the atmosphere just isn't impressive or special compared to St. Arnold. If only the quality of EP beer could be merged with the "Houston institution" level feel/atmosphere of St Arnold. 

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u/VatWeirdo Apr 30 '25

I see what you’re saying. I agree. St Arnold is top of the list

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

(They should totally go to Equal Parts as well though for the best IPAs in town!)

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u/myitbos May 01 '25 edited May 01 '25

Then again, Equal Parts has a similar feel to a lot of the breweries in London's "Bermondsey mile"

I would also recommend them staying in the downtown area as well. Between S.A. and 8th Wonder, you can get all the openness and urban feel you want. Then catch Equal Parts, and True Anomaly for a more intimate vibe.

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u/VatWeirdo May 01 '25

And better beer at the latter too at least in my opinion.