Garrison Brothers is probably not the biggest distillery on this planet (and even in Texas), however rattling if it isn’t one of many friendliest.
Pull into Garrison Brothers’ Hye-based facility and also you’ll end up instantly immersed in one thing extra akin to a bourbon-soaked playground than a stuffy distillery expertise. Wholly unserious, your expertise begins on the Garrison Brothers garden, the place youngsters are at play and cornhole is in full swing. It appears to be like like horseshoes may need been within the combine at one level, however methinks iron bars and consuming most likely don’t combine.
I didn’t eat right here, however the odor from the grill is excellent and totally Texified, with loads of hen fried every thing on the menu. A cocktail checklist is intensive — strive the frozen Dr. Pepper with a shot of bourbon — however if you’d like a beer or wine, you may seize one from the honour fridge and pay what you’d like. (Bizarrely, Garrison Brothers can promote bourbon, however it might probably’t promote Shiner.)
You possibly can really take these beers with you on the tour, which is a fast pickup journey up the hill. No worries about having youngsters alongside for the journey right here: On our tour, one younger lady started working behind the bar with our information. The extent of enlargement being undertaken right here is critical; it’ll a minimum of double the area occupied by the present operation. In the meantime, issues listed below are supremely folksy and quaint: No pc controls, and bottling is completed with assistance from volunteers who work all day for breakfast, lunch, and photographs, and never in that order.
Excursions take about 90 minutes — which incorporates every thing from tasting the fermenting mash, sipping white canine, touring the bottling line, and having fun with a (giant) shot of Garrison Brothers on the finish of the expertise. $10 per particular person, $20 on Saturdays, and free in the event you present up on a horse. Reservations are important.
Open day by day. 1827 Hye-Albert Rd, Hye, TX 78635
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