San Marcos is an emerging craft beer market with six breweries and brewpubs, with more being established soon…

By, Terra Rivers, Managing Editor



San Marcos was chosen to host the Texas Craft Brewers Guild 2018 Education and Safety Summit.

Members of the guild will spend July 13 and July 14 listening to “thought provoking and informative presentations and panel discussions on topics relevant to today’s brewers.”

The annual conference focuses on growing the quality, safety and education for Texas Craft Brewers.

Speakers cover a wide variety of topics including dry-hopping methods, working with the press, barrel aging procedures and promoting breweries as a tourism destination. This is the second year the Texas Craft Brewers Guild has held their Education and Safety Summit in San Marcos.

San Marcos is an emerging craft beer market with six breweries and brewpubs, with more being established soon. The first San Marcos production brewery, Altmeyer & Lewis Brewing Company, opened in October of 2016.

The second production brewery calling San Marcos home is Hops & Grain, who will be opening their downtown San Marcos location this summer.

With the opening of Hops & Grain, there are now four craft breweries within a three-block stretch in downtown San Marcos.

For a full list of breweries in San Marcos, visit http://www.toursanmarcos.com/attractions/breweries/index.html.