DINING FEATURE
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
VISIT FAUST’S FOOD TRAILER Here are three fan favorites from the food trailer.
The Greek salad ($11) includes cucumber, feta, red onions and Kalamata olives.
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The Reuben ($14) is a corned beef sandwich with sauerkraut on marble rye.
Owner Vance Hinton and General Manager Brandi White celebrate at the brewery's grand reopening April 1.
In addition to its standard brews, mixed beverages are now on the menu.
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COURTESY FAUST BREWING CO.
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Faust Brewing Co. Brewery reopens, o ering American pub fare F aust Brewing Co. opened in 1998 inside the Faust Hotel, but in 2016, the demand wine. The brewery shuttered its doors due to COVID-19 in 2020 and remained closed before reopening
The loaded German fries ($14) are made with bratwurst, sauerkraut and more.
those permits back, we will jump into construction,” General Manager Brandi White said. The food trailer sells American pub fare with a German twist, including burgers, sandwiches, snacks, tacos and more. The beer garden expansion includes the addition of a venue where the brewery hosts live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Faust Brewing Co. also plans to open a co ee shop on the property. “Our motto is that if you can brew it, we’re going to have it,” White said. “With the liquor license and the co ee shop, we can do a lot more specialty drinks [at] the bar, so that’s exciting.”
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Faust Brewing Co. 499 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels 830-609-9086 www.faustbrewing.com Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
for its beer grew so much that it had to build an o -site production brewery at 499 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels. Owner Vance Hinton—who was a frequent vacationer to New Braunfels—decided to move to the city and purchased the Faust Hotel and brewery in 2009. The microbrewery continued to operate inside the hotel until Hinton sold it in May 2022, making the loca- tion down the street the brewing company’s o cial new home. In 2016, the brewery opened its taproom but only sold beer and
April 1, 2023. The brewery con- tinued producing and selling beer wholesale during that time. Since reopening, the brewing company has renovated its tasting room and added a liquor license. The microbrewery also added a food trailer that serves customers in its tasting room and beer gar- den—which has tripled in size—until the brick-and-mortar restaurant is complete. “We are in [the] permitting pro- cess right now with the city of New Braunfels for permits to build in our restaurant. So as soon as we get
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