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The Best Breweries in Fort Worth Right Now
Fort Worth has a great brewery scene that has grown steadily in the past several years. What started as a handful of early craft beer pioneers has expanded into a full landscape: huge taprooms, tasty IPAs, lager-forward classics, sour specialists, and a few that have grown large enough to land on store shelves across Texas. Whether you’re a Fort Worth local building out your brewery rotation or a visitor trying to get a sense of our best pours, this is the list to start with.
We’ll admit it… We absolutely love Maple Branch. It’s one of the best brewery experiences in town in Fort Worth. Owners Stuart and Allyssa Maples set out to create beers like they enjoyed in Europe and have done exactly that. They specialize in great Eastern European style lagers and pilsners, but have also added killer seasonal brews and tasty IPAs to that rotation. Dog-friendly, EV charging in the parking lot, and the kind of neighborhood brewery you want to go to every week.
Beers We Love: Czech You Later pilsner, Raspberry Fields Forever Blonde, small-batch rotating seasonals, fresh-hop IPAs.
Martin House is one of Fort Worth’s biggest craft beer success stories. It’s grown into a large-scale production brewery with distribution across Texas and beyond, while keeping the taproom as a great and approachable space to try all their brews. The beer program leans hard into fruited sours, big stouts, barrel-aged releases, and experimental one-offs, with up to 40 taps on-site and a new beer dropping nearly every week. The Salty Lady Gose and True Love Raspberry Sour are the gateway beers into their crazier stuff, and then their Rancho Grande, Friday IPA, Mayday IPA, and Doctor Bock are great regulars on the tap list and that you can find in stores. The Thursday and Saturday $20 wristband for four pours is a strong value. Taproom is open daily from noon to 10PM.
Beers We Love: Best Maid Pickle Beer (yes, a pickle beer!), Salty Lady Gose, True Love Raspberry Sour, barrel-aged stouts, and we’ll try just about any crazy creation they come up with.
Cowtown Brewing is the neighborhood brewery founded in 2018 and has remained a popular go-to brewery ever since. Cowtown Brewing has built a loyal following on consistent, well-made beer and a welcoming taproom that also has great BBQ. The 5,000-square-foot space has 16 taps, a wall-size projection screen, outdoor deck, live music, and tours available on request. The Rhinestone Cowboy Kölsch is the crowd-pleaser. The Sim City Double IPA and Canvas Raspberry Milk Stout round out a lineup that covers a lot of ground without losing focus.
Beers We Love: Cold Fort Worth Beer American Lager, Rhinestone Cowboy Kölsch, Sim City Double IPA, Stampede West Coast Double IPA.
Wild Acre started in 2016 in the old Ranch Style Beans factory east of downtown and has grown into one of the larger and more family-forward brewery setups in the city. Now under new ownership by Bishop Cider, the East Fort Worth taproom has 26 taps, bocce ball, cornhole, giant Jenga, lawn chairs, a covered pavilion, live music stage, and a JumboJumper for kids. The core lineup covers Texas Blonde, Billy Jenkins Bock, Sundance Wheat, and Juice Slinger IPA, with rotating taproom brews throughout the year. Entry includes a tasting and take-home pint glass on select days. Plus, you can find them at just about any local grocery or liquor store.
Beers We Love: Texas Blonde, Sundance Wheat, Billy Jenkins Bock, Juice Slinger IPA and rotating taproom exclusives.
HopFusion was one of the early pioneers of South Main and is one of the more beloved neighborhood breweries in Fort Worth. The taproom has 20-plus taps of beer brewed entirely on-site, with three glass garage doors that open onto a great beer drinking patio when the weather cooperates. The program is known for creative ales ranging from milk stouts and fruit-forward seasonals to hop-heavy IPAs. Open seven days a week, dog-friendly on the patio, and they’ll knock a dollar off your tab if you ride your bike in. The Thursday evening deal of four 8oz pours for $10 plus a keep-the-glass is one of the better happy hour setups in the city.
Beers We Love: Rotating hop-forward IPAs, fruit-forward seasonals, and milk stouts.
Breweries Worth the Short Drive:
These breweries are either just within Fort Worth city limits or just beyond, but far enough from the core neighborhoods we typically cover that they warrant a dedicated trip. Each one is well worth the drive!
False Idol launched in 2020 in North Richland Hills off Maplewood and Route 26, and has built a loyal following on a deep, constantly rotating tap wall of 20-plus beers. IPA-heavy by design, but with enough variety that non-IPA drinkers will find something worth ordering. No food on-site, but you’re welcome to bring your own or have it delivered. All-day Sunday happy hours and regular trivia events make it more of a destination than a drive-through. Open daily from 11AM.
Beers We Love: The rotating IPA wall and whatever the weekly special is.
Turning Point has been open since 2018 in Bedford and has plans for a covered outdoor pavilion addition that will significantly expand the outdoor experience. The beer program is known for pushing the envelope, particularly with big, aggressive IPAs like the Nerd Alert Triple IPA, which the taproom describes as having “completely lost our minds with this one.” It’s a legitimate destination for hop-forward beer drinkers and the kind of place where the regulars know the brewer by name.
Beers We Love: Primo Juice Hazy IPA, The Reverend Green IPA, SPORTZ (Glacial Frost) – a sour beer that tastes like Gatorade, and whatever big, aggressive seasonal IPAs are on tap.
Parker County Brewing Company
Parker County Brewing holds a great piece of local history: it’s the first brewery in Parker County since 1879, when a small Weatherford grocer briefly held a brewer’s permit before it disappeared for over 139 years. The brewery recently moved into a new, larger home at 210 Willow Bend Drive in Willow Park, doubling its space and expanding the outdoor patio with string lights, pet-friendly seating, and live music. Award-winning beers include the Velvet Reaper and the Peach Blonde Ale. The drive west on I-30 takes about 30 minutes from downtown Fort Worth and the setting is worth it.
Beers We Love: Velvet Reaper and Peach Blonde Ale.
Three Wide Brewing
Three Wide sits just west of Texas Motor Speedway in far north Fort Worth, about 30 minutes from downtown, and it was built to be a destination rather than a drop-in. The two-story space was designed with a West Coast taproom feel: a bank of eight large widescreens above the main bar, an arena-style scoreboard dropping from the ceiling, an upstairs loft with open-air balcony, and a covered patio. Thirty-plus taps all brewed in-house, with a rotating selection that includes core beers, weekly releases, and occasional experimental one-offs. Cans are available at H-E-B and Total Wine if you want to try before you make the drive.
Beers We Love: Rotating weekly releases and whatever core lager is on tap.
Keyworth Brewing Company
Keyworth is one of the newer entries in the North Richland Hills brewery cluster, and it’s built a reputation quickly for being one of the more family-friendly taprooms in the area. The beer program covers a range of styles without leaning too heavily on any one category, which makes it accessible for mixed groups where not everyone is a hardcore craft beer enthusiast. Worth the drive if you’re already heading toward False Idol or want to make an afternoon of hitting multiple taprooms in the area.
Beers We Love: It’s A My What? DDH IPA, Kölsch Always Looks Surprised, T-Rex Drum Circle American IPA.
Find These Beers in Stores:
These Fort Worth brands are worth knowing even if you’re not making the trip to a taproom. Both are available at H-E-B, Total Wine, Spec’s, and most local liquor stores across the DFW area.
Rahr & Sons Brewing
Rahr & Sons is one of the founding names of the Fort Worth craft beer scene, established in 2004 by Fritz Rahr in a building on Galveston Avenue that’s since become the future home of Blue Flag Distillery. The brand has been distributed across Texas for over two decades and the flagship Ugly Pug Black Lager remains one of the most recognized Texas craft beers on the market. Pick it up anywhere beer is sold in Fort Worth and raise one to the brewery that helped start it all here.
Beers We Love: Dadgum IPA, Adios Pantalones Cerveza de Session, Fort Worth Blonde, and in the Fall, Rahr Oktoberfest
Fort Brewery
Fort Brewery got its start as a Near Southside brewpub and pizza operation before shifting to a distribution-only model. The beers are available in cans across DFW at most major retailers. A solid option when you want to drink local without leaving the house.
Beers We Love: Hell’s Half Lager, Ocho West Coast IPA,
Final Thoughts
Fort Worth’s brewery scene is still growing. Whether you’re working through the neighborhood taprooms on a Saturday afternoon or making a dedicated drive to one of the further spots, there’s enough here to keep any craft beer enthusiast busy for a while.
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