Dining
BY SAM SCHAFFER
The Fat Boy Special ($18.00) is a combination of 1/2 pound smash burger and house-pulled pork.
Float the River Brewing’s Nashville chicken sandwich ($17.00) is a heaping piece of fried chicken served in a spicy sauce.
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Father-son duo head up brewing at Float the River Harrison Holmes has been brewing beer with his dad since he was about 10. Of course, he says, he wasn’t drinking then. Now 29, Harrison and his dad, Brian Holmes,
Harrison Holmes is Float the River Brewing’s head brewer.
equipment with similar ingredients, so the di er- ences lie in the margins. “I would call it more of an art than it is work,” Harrison said. “It’s really really fun.” What you need to know Float the River is also a restaurant with its own kitchen and a full bar. Sta places a high impor- tance on fresh ingredients and house-made food, including making their own BBQ and marinara sauces, Roberts said. The restaurant recently shifted to focusing on high-quality pub food, Roberts said, championing the sh and chips and half pound smash burgers. The brewery’s top selling beer is the Float the River Kolsch, and it has a range of IPAs.
have traded in the Home Depot buckets and garage brewing setup for metal tanks and a fully oper- ational brewery and restaurant, Float the River Brewing in Liberty Hill. The full story Float the River Brewing opened in 2019 and was originally called Hell or High Water Brewing, said Joseph Roberts, the brewery’s general manager. The name change was made o cial on Jan. 8. Harrison said it can be hard to stand out as a brewery, because most beer is brewed in similar
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