See Saint Arnold Brewing Company's humble beginnings in the 1990s

1994: Prepping the warehouse that housed the original brewery at 2522 Fairway Park Drive. 1994: Prepping the warehouse that housed the original brewery at 2522 Fairway Park Drive. Photo: Courtesy Of Saint Arnold Brewing Company Photo: Courtesy Of Saint Arnold Brewing Company Image 1 of / 56 Caption Close See Saint Arnold Brewing Company's humble beginnings in the 1990s 1 / 56 Back to Gallery

Texas' oldest craft brewery ain't getting any younger.

Saint Arnold Brewing Company celebrated its 25th anniversary over the weekend with a party featuring Lil' Flip and Black Pistol Fire.

The company has come a long way since founders Brock Wagner and Kevin Bartol sold their first keg of beer on June 9, 1994. Since then, the influential brewery moved from its original location on Fairway Park Drive to its current site at 2000 Lyons Avenue. The company unveiled a new beer garden and restaurant last year.

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Wagner recently told the Houston Chronicle that at first, people didn't know what craft beer was. The company had to educate people to create a market. Plus, restrictive Texas brewery laws made it difficult to promote themselves, he said.

"The laws in Texas made it so the chances are, you weren't going to survive," Wagner said. "And that is why we're the oldest craft brewery in Texas. It's not because we were first. We weren't. It's because we outlasted everyone else."

Chron.com recently compiled a gallery of photos from the brewery's humble beginnings dating back in the 1990s.

>>> Click through to see the original bottling line and other sights in the old brewery

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