Local Craft Breweries near Santa Anna, TX (3)

The small town of Rowena has a population of only about 700 inhabitants. However, that didn’t deter Mike McNeill from putting up Horny Toad Brewing Company. His wife Diane was originally from Rowena, and they decided to move back to town in 2011. He acquired and converted the old Rowena Filling Station which serves as his brewery and taproom. The brewery is directly across a memorial dedicated to the prohibition. Taproom visitors feel more like members of a very large family according to Mike. The brewery is open only on the first Saturday of each month. Mike still keeps his full time job as a civilian contractor at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo. The rest of the month he spends brewing his beers on his 7-barrel system, which runs on manual power. He self-distributes his beers to various pubs in the San Angelo area including the brewery’s flagship beer Angelo Amber.

Primal Brewing Company is heaven for people who enjoy beer. That is the long and short of it. If you are looking for something different compared to your regular bottle of lager, Primal Brewing Company has exciting flavors that will make drinking beer more fun. Try the peanut butter banana stout, or you may also sample the caramel white chocolate or mocha flavors. There is no wrong answer when you are choosing your beer here. Especially not when you are around the very laid back people of Primal Brewing Company.

Red Gap Brewing is a fantastic family friendly place to relax and enjoy a great beer! They have a desire to connect with the city of Cisco and surrounding areas by knowing the names and stories of those who walk in the doors. They strive to create a brand and a beer, that is gritty, true and honest. Although they may create a fancy beer every once in a while, Red Gap Brewing wants to create beer that appeals to the person who likes beer for beer. Their core beers includes “1878 Lager, a traditional American Lager; The General, an American Pale Ale; and Pretty Witty Amber, an Amber Wheat Beer.” The brewery also have seasonal offerings like Big Dam Porter, which is a very approachable 6% ABV. There is often a food truck outside and you can buy some food and bring it inside.