Fast Friends Beer Co

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Folks! We are so stoked to announce the return of two staff favorite drinks around here. The first being DAIMYO, a Japan...
11/15/2024

Folks! We are so stoked to announce the return of two staff favorite drinks around here. The first being DAIMYO, a Japanese inspired Rice Lager (now in cans!!!). As well as THE SPRITZ, a thirst quenching aperitif based seltzer cocktail. Read on for some fun details about these beverages.

DAIMYO 🍚

A premium 5% abv Japanese Rice Lager brewed with traditional methods to achieve what we feel is a looking glass into the history of Japanese Lager. We sourced some high quality polished Sake Rice, a bit of Koji fermented & dehydrated rice, and of course some of the finest Pilsner malt around. This lager first undergoes an extensive mash regiment in order to cook the rice using steam. After this stage is done we cool, mix in the Koji rice and a bit of barley, rest, then we utilize multiple step mash points with the remaining pilsner malt. Boiled with a delicate addition of Saaz and Tettnanger hops. From there we brew Lager as we typically do, slow and cold ferment throughout, naturally carbonated, and clarity is achieved without the aids of finings or filtration. Lagered 12 weeks cold. Upon the first sip you can expect notes of fresh bread, limoncello, honeysuckle, and fermented tea, with a dryness that lends itself to endless drinkability. Come by, have a couple, and then stock your fridge with this easy drinking premium lager.

THE SPRITZ 🍊

We sourced some incredible Apertivo from Antica Erboristeria Cappelletti, who first started production in 1906. Cappelletti Apertivo may be the oldest style of the classic red bitter still in production, and unlike similar products, is made with 100% natural ingredients and every single batch is blended by taste.

This is then hand mixed with our super clean 17% abv hard seltzer base, a bit of Rambler sparkling water, and garnished with an orange slice. Classic stuff here folks. Insanely refreshing.

Both of these products showcase our unwavering commitment to offer the finest liquids possible. We hope it shows and we can’t wait to have you in to enjoy some!

Hang on to your bandanas friends.Big week over here  with a FREE comedy show on Thursday, FREE live music with  on Frida...
11/06/2024

Hang on to your bandanas friends.
Big week over here with a FREE comedy show on Thursday, FREE live music with on Friday, bonsai-ing with on Saturday and the legendary rocking out for FREE on Saturday night.

Ohhhhh wait a minute, did we mention Nelson on my mind is making its hazy triumphant return this Friday?

We first released this DIPA banger on 4/20/24 with a goal of celebrating the gloriousness of Nelson Hops. The plan was simple in theory… put a crazy amount of Nelson into a soft, dank, & hazy Double IPA. Easy Enough. Featuring almost 4 pounds per bbl of glorious Nelson Sauvin and a touch of their Peacharine, with 2 different Hop Kiefs (a solventless hop extract); Kohia Nelson, which is more passion fruit forward, and Maui Nelson, which is more pineapple forward, this unique blend of hops bursts with Sauv Blanc, Tropical, Stone Fruit and Juicy notes. You could say we always have Nelson on our Minds...

See y’all soon!

10/29/2024
Hey Friends, it’s voting season!Early voting is going on now and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th.Show us your voti...
10/28/2024

Hey Friends, it’s voting season!
Early voting is going on now and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th.
Show us your voting sticker and get a short pour of your favorite on us!

Check the top link in our bio for a map and list of all the voting stations in Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, and Hays counties.

Name a better combo!We’ll wait….So thankful to have  and  leading our hospitality team!Come hang out friends😃
10/27/2024

Name a better combo!
We’ll wait….
So thankful to have and leading our hospitality team!
Come hang out friends😃

Spooky news friends! Our first pastry style imperial stout is releasing in CANS and on DRAFT tomorrow (Sat 10/26) at 9am...
10/25/2024

Spooky news friends! Our first pastry style imperial stout is releasing in CANS and on DRAFT tomorrow (Sat 10/26) at 9am here at Fast Friends Beer Co. We’ve got a ton of fun events lined up for this Halloween weekend, stay tuned for more info!

COCONILLA - Imperial Pastry Stout w/ Coconut and Vanilla - 12% ABV - $7.99 per 16oz can / $14.99 for 2x 16oz cans

COCONILLA is here just in time for Stout Season. We start with a massive and complex grain bill featuring over a dozen different caramel and roast malts, we then only pull the first runnings of this mash for maximum strength and flavor, boil for many hours until we achieve our desired concentration. We then ferment it fully, which leaves ample residual sweetness. This thick 12% stout base then got treated with 100’s of pounds of both toasted and raw coconut flakes, then racked off and conditioned on 5lbs of the finest all natural whole vanilla beans we could find; sourced from Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Madagascar.

This is a liquid candy bar y’all. Warming, sweet, and full of nostalgic dessert flavors. Vanilla is the star here with a fully supporting toasty coconut background. We can’t wait to continue exploring these big dark beers with you.

See you soon friend!

New Hazy IPA on draft today! We’ve got tons of IPAs, lagers, and some dark stuff pouring all weekend. See ya soon friend...
10/18/2024

New Hazy IPA on draft today! We’ve got tons of IPAs, lagers, and some dark stuff pouring all weekend. See ya soon friends 🤝

THE HARBOR - NEW ENGLAND IPA - 6.2%

Some of the best and original examples of Hazy IPA come out of the New England area. These hop pioneers started reducing bitterness slightly, moving a ton of the hop additions to the whirlpool and dry hop to increase aroma, and fermenting with an expressive yeast of English origin. All this combined with a fairly soft water profile lent to bursts of fruitiness and soft juicy characteristics all in an “IPA” format. We swooned over these beers years ago, and it felt time to bring it back to the basics.

The Harbor begins with all Texmalt Pilsner Malt, a bit of their more robust Wildfire Pale Malt, and a restrained amount of flaked oats and malted wheat. We hopped it heavily in the end of boil & the whirlpool with Billy Goat Hop Farm Centennial, and our selected Amarillo via Crosby Hops. Both lend flavors of sweet citrus ranging from lemon to candied red grapefruit. Post fermentation we dry hopped with a heavy hand of our selected Amarillo and some real nice pineapple forward Idaho 7 via Billy Goat.

Soft, juicy, dank, fruity, welcome bitterness.
Classic.

🗺️WHERE to Find us Friday!!STOKED to now be a part of Bread Basket Market!Not only can you find our FLAGSHIP BEERS: ✔️Mu...
10/11/2024

🗺️WHERE to Find us Friday!!

STOKED to now be a part of Bread Basket Market!

Not only can you find our FLAGSHIP BEERS:
✔️Mucho Gusto (Mexican Style Lager)
✔️Matamata (New ZEALAND Hazy IPA)
✔️Sup Ya’ll (Westcoast IPA)

At the below locations BUT they have ALL of our SEASONAL specialties!!

Including:
✅Billy Cannon (Hazy Doible IPA)
✅South x South Fresh (Fresh Hop IPA)
✅Feistbier (German Lager)
✅ACL (Austin City Lager)

Current Bread Basket Markets:
📍Manchaca
📍Stagecoach
📍FM 2770 Plum Creek
📍West Gate

Which beer have you been wanting to try?

Gonna be a packed house tonight friends, swipe 👈🏽👈🏻👈🏿 for some pro tips on navigating the traffic and parking.GET YOUR F...
09/28/2024

Gonna be a packed house tonight friends, swipe 👈🏽👈🏻👈🏿 for some pro tips on navigating the traffic and parking.
GET YOUR FIRST FULL POUR OF BEER FOR $3 IF YOU SHOW US YOUR LYFT OR UBER RECEIPT TO FAST FRIENDS!

Billy Cannon is back in town, he’s bringing the heat this time 🤠Draft + 4packs are available NOW here at the brewery. Se...
09/27/2024

Billy Cannon is back in town, he’s bringing the heat this time 🤠

Draft + 4packs are available NOW here at the brewery. See y’all soon.

This super fresh Hazy DIPA starts off with a grain bill of pale malt, malted oats, flaked oats, and wheat. We hop it lightly in the kettle with Freestyle Hops Southern Cross, then in a chilled whirlpool with Idaho 7. Fermented with our preferred English ale yeast. This batch was dry hopped heavily with some choice Strata, Idaho 7, Riwaka CGX, and a bit of pungent Rakau subzero hop kief. Straight up tropical OJ! Kiwi, pineapple, tangerine, lil bit of sweet lime, and just very very dank. 8% abv.

AUSTIN CITYLAGERPremium Texas Lager - 4.2% ABVOur love letter to this city is officially in cans & back on draft here at...
09/26/2024

AUSTIN CITY
LAGER

Premium Texas Lager - 4.2% ABV

Our love letter to this city is officially in cans & back on draft here at the brewery.

Brewed with massive inspiration from some of the local regional lagers around this great country. We use 100% Texas grown Pilsner Malt from our buds , hopped with Perle & Spalter from our expert hop friends over in Germany, and made with 100% Austin City water. Fermented cold, lagered long, and always unfiltered.

Come by the brewery and be an early supporter of this Texas inspired lager beer. Then go ask your local bars & markets to carry some cold cans or some fresh draft of your new favorite lager 🍺

It’s that time of year friends! Oktoberfest weekend is approaching here at Fast Friends Beer Co. SEPTEMBER 20-22Once aga...
09/18/2024

It’s that time of year friends! Oktoberfest weekend is approaching here at Fast Friends Beer Co.

SEPTEMBER 20-22
Once again we’ve got both our classic Marzen GISELA & our pale modern FESTBIER on draft starting Friday September 20th!

All weekend long (until they sell out) we will be offering $22 custom ceramic steins with a fill of lager included. $7 refills.

This year we worked with our dear friends on some incredible can designs to kick off our packaged German Lager series. Y’all can bring these freshly canned Oktoberfest lagers home for just $13.99 per 4-pack 🤠

FESTBIER - Oktoberfest Lager - 5.4%
Our classic & sessionable Festbier is here! Differing from its more robust and malty relative Marzen, Festbier boasts balance and drinkability due to its moderate golden maltiness and a supportive hop crispness to round it out. We start this beer out with a solid base of all German heirloom malts, specifically Barke Pilsner, Barke Vienna & Barke Munich. Hopped in the kettle with a moderate bittering addition of Hallertau Mittlefruh, then we give it a touch of German Saaz right at the end of the boil. Fermented as cold as our house lager yeast can handle, utilizing the natural co2 from this process to fully carbonate the beer. We then let it lager for 11 weeks, just in time for our Oktoberfest celebration!

GISELA - Märzen - 5.7%
Märzen, the OG Oktoberfest lager. Named after our beloved local home-baker Gisela, who treats us to some delicous breads made with our spent grain. Gisela offers a different perspective on the seasonal German lagers by bringing a richer body, glowing amber hue, complex malt toastiness, and cherrywood/pumpernickel notes throughout. A true challenge of balance, we start with a malt bill of heritage Barke Munich malt, Isaria 1924, and a light handed mix of German caramel malts. We mash at various temperatures, add hops before and during the boil, and ferment as cold as possible with our house lager strain. Krausened and spunded for 100% natural carbonation. Lagered ice cold for 12 weeks. Prost!

South x South Fresh - Fresh Hop IPA - 6.5% FRESH HOP IPA on sale now!! Draft is flowing and Cans are moving here at the ...
09/13/2024

South x South Fresh - Fresh Hop IPA - 6.5%

FRESH HOP IPA on sale now!!
Draft is flowing and Cans are moving here at the brewery. See you soon!

Brewing with freshly harvested hops is a once a year treat here at hop loving breweries like ours. IPA is the obvious vessel to showcase these magical oil & lupulin packed flowers. We start with locality in mind, Pilsner malt grown and malted in Texas by Texmalt, then we look to our Colorado neighbors for the hops... Billy Goat Hop Farm is a multi award winning farm out of Montrose Colorado, they are family owned and operated treating both the land and the hops with ultimate respect. These folks harvested & delivered hundreds of pounds of freshly harvested hops here to Austin TX in less than 24 hours. We threw a blend of their award winning Cascade, Chinook, and Multihead hops into our wort, mixed it heavily, and sent it to the fermentor. Post fermentation we dry hopped with more Chinook from Billy Goat to really boost the sweet grapefruit zest characteristics. This beer rips y’all, a true testiment of brewing something special in a fleeting moment of time. Intense stable haze brings a beautiful light orange glow, the hops lend to a soft candied grapefruit flavor with aromas of sweet pine and more citrus and subtle floral tones.

🍻 Where’s our buddies at this September??🍻We’re excited to help you turn it into the best month ever!🎉Swing by for a lin...
09/06/2024

🍻 Where’s our buddies at this September??🍻

We’re excited to help you turn it into the best month ever!🎉

Swing by for a lineup that’ll transform your week: from dance-offs to trivia smackdowns, comedy that’ll leave you in stitches, and LIVE music that’ll have you grooving all night. 🎶💃🕺

And guess what?

If you’ve been MIA, we’ve got NEW brews and seltzers from on tap—trust us, your taste buds will thank you. 🍺🥂

Plus, has whipped up a menu that’s so good, even your grandma would give it a thumbs-up. 🍴👌

Grab your buddies (if you don’t have any don’t worry we make friends fast here!) and come for the vibes, stay for the food and beer, and leave with a ton of new memories

👇Tag your buddies you’re bringing 😎🍻

Hey Friends, We have killer live music lineup this month ! Swipe 👈🏿👈🏻👈🏽 to check it out!Saturday 9/7  - 6pmSaturday 9/14...
09/02/2024

Hey Friends, We have killer live music lineup this month !
Swipe 👈🏿👈🏻👈🏽 to check it out!
Saturday 9/7 - 6pm
Saturday 9/14 - 7pm
Friday 9/20 - 6pm
Saturday 9/21 - 6pm
Saturday 9/28 - 7pm
with the release of a special Seltzer Cocktail…..’The Jimmy’

We have TONS more on the schedule this month. Stay tuned!!!

CONSTRUCTION BAD, BEER GOOD!!!Hey Friends! We are about to kickoff a killer fall season with live music, football watch ...
08/28/2024

CONSTRUCTION BAD, BEER GOOD!!!
Hey Friends! We are about to kickoff a killer fall season with live music, football watch parties, comedy nights, speed dating, bonsai parties, flower arrangement parties, trivia, and much more.
Swipe 👈🏽👈🏿👈🏻 for some pro tips on a secret route to get to Fast Friends Beer Co more quickly with all this construction traffic!

Hey Friends! We are thrilled to announce that Mucho Gusto Mexican Lager, Matamata NZ Hazy IPA and Sup Y’all West Coast I...
08/25/2024

Hey Friends! We are thrilled to announce that Mucho Gusto Mexican Lager, Matamata NZ Hazy IPA and Sup Y’all West Coast IPA are available at 9 HEBs in central and south Austin! 🎉🎉🎉
Swipe 👈🏻👈🏽 to see where to grab some 😃

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7313 S IH 35 Service Road NB
Austin, TX
78744

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 10pm
Saturday 9am - 10pm
Sunday 9am - 9pm

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