When a friend asked if I could pick up a few bottles of beer for him if I happen to be at Jester King Brewery, I was initially doubtful. I hadn’t planned on visiting the brewery and didn’t even know it existed, but after a few quick searches, it became a place I knew I had to visit while I was in Austin.

Jester King Brewery is a 25 minute drive from the city center, through beautiful, rolling, Texas hill country.  One may think it’s another one of those trendy breweries boasting of farmhouse beers, but this brewery is actually in a farmhouse. They have a variety of beers, some more suited to my taste than others, but all of them are available to drink in small sample sizes.

Right next to Jester, in another farmhouse-like structure is Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza.  Their brick oven pizza is of the thinner-crust variety and pretty damn good.  They have non-Jester beers on tap if you’re looking for something different.

While the beer and the pizza are both great, what makes them even better is the idyllic setting.  There are picnic tables and benches scattered throughout the property whether you want to sit under a roof, or under a canopy of trees, or under the sun.  The wide open space and scattered cornhole games is perfect for a lazy afternoon eating pizza and drinking beer.  It’s even kid and dog friendly.

So after my friend introduced me to this place, I thought it only fitting that I bring back a couple of bottles for him. And of course I couldn’t help bringing a few bottles home for myself.

Jester King Brewery
13187 Fitzhugh Rd
Austin, TX 78736
(512) 537-5100

Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza
Ceres Park Ranch
13187 Fitzhugh Rd
Austin, TX 78736