Adelbert’s Brewery

This place is the best. It’s just enough quiet that you can hold a pretty decent conversation with your friends, but it’s not so quiet that it’s awkward to be there. We had an absolutely fantastic time, fortunately for us, it was a Saturday during a UT game, so we had a table, no waiting for refills, and plenty of space.
Beers were super delicious (I drank them all, no drops spared) and the bar crew didn’t patronize us for asking them tons of questions, basically asking them to give us whatever they thought would be best. They were required to baby us a bit, but they didn’t mind.
I tell everyone about this place, especially because I’m not a beer junkie. Granted… after Adelberts, I totally am.

Great staff and extremely reasonable beer (Glass + 6 beers for 13 $). Cannot imagine having anything other than a fun time here! I will be coming back.

Really cool on the inside with Barrels lining the walls stacked to the ceiling! Great beer, nice bartenders, & good people. We are so happy that we stopped by Adelbert’s on our Brewery tour!

Easily the best brewery I’ve enjoyed in Texas! Many of the breweries I’ve tried haven’t stacked up to the Colorado breweries I’m used to; however, this place definitely impressed me! I love their deal with the wristbands and every single beer I tried I enjoyed! The staff was extremely friendly and pleasurable to deal with and when I went, they offered some art for sale (which I thought was a great touch). I’ll definitely be back!

This was my first time here and I was a little bit nervous as I am hosting an event as well, for 30 people. Never stepped a foot in this brewery but the staff when I was working with them to coordinate the event was amazing! When I pulled up around 4:30pm, it was still daylight but I was so impressed by how the brewery looked! The whole back wall was full of barrels that looked great as a decoration as well. There are lights strung up everywhere and barrels standing upright as a tables. Outside there is 3 picnic tables for seating as well. As the guests started to arrive, everyone absolutely loved the place. For $ 13 you get an Adelbert’s pint glass and 6 sample pours. At this time they had a few special casks opened as well, Mango Wit was everyones favorite! I also coordinated with the staff to do a brewery tour which normally the tours are on weekends only. All in all, the group had an amazing amount of fun, everyone was able to find a beer favorite here and I will definetly be back!

Adelbert’s has taken the crown for my favorite brewery so far.
$ 13 for 6 tasters and a glass to keep. As a lightweight drinker, this works out really well for me if I can share a wristband with someone.
And the beers are oh-​so-​good. There’s a good selection of different types of beers with varying ABVs. They also have neat little cards with information on their regular beers — very informative! The Black Rhino is probably one of my favorites.
There’s also lots to do aside from standing/​sitting and sipping beer: snack on some Snyder’s pretzels/​Cape Cod chips, play some ping pong, Foosball, or darts, or get some food from the food truck outside.
I recently went on a brewery tour led by Mr. Mackey, who was a fantastic guide. He of course went over the brewing process, but it was also cool to learn that there’s a story to all the names of the beers (apparently Adelbert was an interesting guy). I also learned that it’s pronounced Adele-​bert, like the singer. The more you know!

Great brewery with a really nice and knowledgable staff. The BBQ food truck that was suppose to feed everyone at Austin Beer week pulled out. The staff said we could bring food in and offered to order pizza.
A fun brewery like Hops N Grain or Twisted.

Chill Belgian warehouse bar. They had a food truck and benches out front and ping-​pong and darts inside. Staff was cool and I got the 6 beers for $ 13 (glass included) and I bought a shirt for $ 10, and the staff gave me a few coasters and stickers as thanks. The beer took me back to Hangzhou, China, when friends and I would go to a beer bar and drink Belgian beers (Chouffe, Chimay, Gulden Draak, etc.). After drinking the imitation microbrews from the corporate brewers (Sam Adams, Coors, etc.), I can say that Adelbert’s is what beer should be. Their beer is full and rich and gives true Belgian beers a good run for the money. If you bring back your glass you save $ 2, AFAIK, and can get the 6 beer special for $ 11. I would love to return and do that again. Much better than going downtown and getting two cruddy domestic beers for around the same price.

Adelbert’s has recently remodeled, adding much needed interior volume and seating. As Fall arrives, they’ve added some covered outdoor seating as well, along with a grilled cheese food truck.
The beers remain excellent, high ABV fair, so be warned that you’ll likely be staggering out of here. Über\lyft\taxi accordingly. They now have one of the best values in Austin, $ 13 for six (very generous) half pours. The menu has expanded, so you won’t be at a loss for selection.

My favorite stop when we embarked on our Austin brewery tour. Belgians have a soft spot in my heart, so it was no surprised I loved Adelbert’s.
Their Triple B was great. High ABVs throughout their taplist though so definitely watch out. I’m sure this place was the reason of my 0 to drunk real quick because we were throwing back beer after beer.
$ 13 keep the glass got you a wristband for 6 half pours. Love the snifters you get! Quality glasses. Some specialty pours were 2 ticks, but for reason. They were out of Flyin’ Monks, their quad, but their tripel was delicious and I can only imagine how good their quad is.
Their taproom area is very nice. You get to see the loads of barrels against the wall and a door separates you from their main brewing facilities, which you get to check out if you go on their tour. There’s a good amount of seating though we had trouble finding a table initially. Plus one for the table tennis, darts, and foosball table. After a few drinks, you begin to realize how much you suck at these games (or at least I do). I would easily come back for the chill vibe.
I’ve never heard of this brewery prior to visiting Austin, but I recently saw their bottles at my local Whole Foods. Good to see they’re getting CA distribution.

Read all the 70 reviews and they all have captured it so right.
Don’t have high hopes on the food trailer next to the brewery. It is a hit or miss.

North Austin brewery with a nice busy hum on weekends and a variety of beers to taste. Not too far north that you have to drive outside of the city. Not too busy that the line gets so long that you forget which beer you wanted. Not beers of just one style but range the gambit of light to dark, bitter to sweet, ornery to smooth. After 6 tastings at $ 10, my only complaint the space. After an hour, I felt claustrophobic and couldn’t find a comfortable place to sit. I realize we are in their warehouse, but maybe they can soon expand into an area with more seats and natural light.

Adelbert’s Brewery brings a slice of East Austin to the North. The Brewery is located in a warehouse which doesn’t look like much from the outside, but the tasting room inside is beautiful. On Saturday there is a food truck onsite, and you can bring the food inside, or eat in the covered area outside. The upside to outside is that you can hang with your dogs, and they have several water bowls for your furry mates. The downside is the neighboring dumpster that provided a slight smell. The smell even overpowered the delicious smells of the BBQ from the food truck at times. This place is popular and was crowded later in the afternoon. The board game collection, foosball, and dart boards are a fun touch.
They are open 1−4pm on Saturday and for $ 13 you receive a wristband, a tulip Adelberts glass, 6 pours of your choice, and a tour. The tours are given at 2 & 3pm. They announce the start of the tour inside if you want to join the group. They keep track of your pours by marking off your wristband. They also have a carbonated alcohol-​free tea on the menu. Note: The Triple B counts as 2 marks as it has a higher alcohol content.
Adelbert’s Brewery brews Belgian-​style ales. In their seven vessel brewery they use a multi-​temp mash technique to make beer from old-​world floor malted barley, low alpha Noble Czech hops, and their yeast.
I am not a beer fan, and I even liked their Black Rhino black ale with coffee and cocoa notes.
If you come back bring your glass as you will receive a $ 2 discount. You can come to just taste, but I found it was fun to just hang out here and enjoy the afternoon with friends.

Great place on a hot Saturday. It is fun to sample so many beers and take home a new glass.

This is my favorite Texas brewery and I was stoked that my wife surprised me with a tour here!
I am not going to restate the already glowing reviews (rightfully deserved) but will bump this thread to say that it’s great beer made and served by good people. That should be enough for anyone.

Capsule review: Adelbert’s offers incredible value on a surprisingly eclectic batch of beers, with nice perks and a friendly staff. Check them out. Full review below.
So, full disclosure: I’m an IPA guy. They probably account for 60−70% of my total beer purchases, which are many. When I’m in the mood for beer but not IPA, it’s typically going to be porter or stout next, followed by a nice lager like Full Sail’s Sessions. It isn’t that I dislike the current wave of Belgian-​styled dubbels, tripels, and quads (essentially, the entirety of Adelbert’s output), it’s just that there are so many other styles that I prefer. So let’s say I was a skeptic before heading to Adelbert’s, skepticism enhanced by its middle-​of-​nowhere north side location.
But Adelbert’s made a believer of me. Turns out, maybe I was just drinking the wrong beers from them, and my life needed a trip to their tap room to sort things out. We showed up as a group of four (plus a youngin’) doing «research» for a podcast we’re doing on Austin breweries. At five o’clock on a Wednesday, the place was lively but not packed. We grabbed a seat at one of the outdoor picnic benches underneath speakers playing some old school rock just a little bit too loud for our liking and reviewed our plan of attack.
Turns out, the plan (pay $ 13 for six generous samples) was rewritten when the friendly staff told us about happy hour: four bucks for EVERYTHING. There are some 11% ABV beers on the board. Surely this did not apply to those, I thought? It did.
So, unimaginative IPA fan that I am, I order the IPA. «It’s a Belgian-​style IPA,» I am told. Well, of course it is. I try it, decide that it is a square peg in a round hole: not bad, but a mix of two styles that should probably remain apart.
Then I decide to experiment a bit. I see something going by the name of Flyin’ Monks, 10.9%. It is heavenly: probably aged in a bourbon barrel, it has notes of clove and vanilla and does a magnificent job of concealing its booziness. It’s hall of fame. I go in next for Tripel B, fruity and wonderful and, also, nine-​point-​something ABV. I return for a second pass at the Flyin’ Monks. It is delightful again and I’m now kind of drunk. I pay the tab and it is an incredibly cheap $ 24 for two people to get tipsy on delicious high-​gravity ale.
But the beer isn’t the whole deal: there’s a rotating cast of food trucks and stands (selling pupusas, dill nuts, and chips while we were there – an odd combination but also all oddly delicious). There are free darts and foosball and snack packages of chips and pretzels (very nice of you, thanks). It’s also one of the only breweries in town that pays to heat and cool their bar area (sorry, Hops and Grain). So, maybe this is just a story about me or a description of the world, but I’ll put it this way: in two hours and four beers, I went from skeptic to convert. I look forward to returning and spreading the faith.

Another fantastic brewery in Austin. As of February 2015, $ 13 nets you a glass and six tastings. If you enjoy Belgian style brews, this is where you want to go. The Naked Nun, Philosophizer, and others are phenomenal beers. A great way to spend the afternoon in Austin.
Tips for Saturday visits:
— They have a food truck out there for you.
— I believe tours run (approximately) at 1:45, 2:30, and 3:15.
— Ping pong, foosball, darts, and more are here to welcome you.

Shame on me for not reviewing sooner. I found out this brewery was 5 miles away from where my company had me staying (North Austin). Showed up on a sunny Saturday afternoon. It looks like the trailer of semi truck. i don’t know another way to describe it. Paid my $ 13 bucks and given an awesome Adelbert’s glass. I like that their different beers have a very distinctive name and taste. Good beer here and I don’t say that often. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. The tour is informative and not so long that you quit paying attention. (Looking at you Saint Arnolds Brewery). It’s got a cool funky story behind the names of the beers. And the tour guide brings a pitcher of beer to share with you as you go along. Score!
They have an outdoor patio that you can take your brew out to with a food truck of course to get munchies. This is great because seating is very limited inside the brewery. It was a great weather day and thaving the option to sit outside just made the day. Met some cool friendly folk. One of my greatest afternoons I spent in Austin. What an awesome place. Five stars from me

I had no idea this place was so close! Adelbert’s is of the nicest breweries I’ve visited. I came on a Friday for a birthday and had a wonderful time. For $ 10, you get the small 5oz glass and six pours which is plenty at 5pm — this ain’t bud light, yall.
The staff is organized and helpful and the bartenders are seriously fast. The interior is clean, air-​conditioned, and actually quite swanky. They also have darts, foosball, and a food truck outside!

Came for the happy hour last night and it did not disappoint. If you like Belgian-​style brews, this is the place!
The «tour» is $ 13 for a tulip Adelberts glass and 6 pours or $ 10 for a 5oz taster w/​6 pours. You get a wristband and they mark off a beer on your band with each pour.
They do offer a tour of the brewer and announce it (the Happy Hour was from 5−8pm and the tour went around 6:30 — 6:45pm). I didn’t do the tour as I was too busy trying to get my 6 beers in before last call around 7:30pm.
I was able to try everything on tap (sadly there were no specialty taps) thanks to Gilbert who did a great job of pouring a proper tasting and each pour was generous. If you run into the issue that I did where I wasn’t going to make my 6^th pour because of last call, I recommend going with a friend who is willing to split with you, and order two different pours. If you’re lucky, they won’t finish theirs and you will have a bonus pint!
The beers I tasted last night were:
–Flying Nun
–Philosophizer
–Triple B
–Dancin’ Monks
–Black IPA
–Imperial Stout (shared)
–Traveller IPA
My fav was a toss up between the Black IPA and the Stout, but for an IPA, the Traveller was solid (I am not a hophead, but the finish was smooth and the hops not overwhelming).
Definitely recommend as a stop on the Austin Craft Brewery circuit!