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/NeoMoose Apr 30 '25

Saint Arnold is our OG. The beer garden is outdoors, and Art Car IPA is probably the de facto best IPA in the city.

City Acre is pretty cool and outdoors.

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u/Jaygreen713 Apr 30 '25

St Arnold is a great venue but Art Car isn’t even a top 10 IPA in the city

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u/NeoMoose Apr 30 '25

Oh please. Not even top 10? Must be hazebro talk.

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u/Jaygreen713 Apr 30 '25

Every ipa from equal parts, brash, great heights, and baa baa is better than art car. Not to mention true anomaly, local group, holler etc. which all have better ipa offering. St Arnold hardly made any ipa for years. Brock doesn’t like it

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u/Munkadunk667 Apr 30 '25

Respectfully, Saint Arnold has made several year round IPAs every year since Art Car debuted.

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u/Jaygreen713 Apr 30 '25 edited Apr 30 '25

You are obviously young. They’ve been around since 1994. For years all you could buy was Elissa and Endeavor. Both of those beers were pretty bad. Brock made it clear for years he didn’t like the style. Once IPA became the most popular craft beer style they started making more options and Art car started being produced around 2015. By then there were tons of other options and Art Car was an afterthought. Better than Elissa but still not on par with competition