Real Ale Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Blanco,
Texas,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Real Ale Brewing Company - Tap Room
Established in 1996
Contact
Description
Since 1996, we’ve been brewing in Blanco, surrounded by the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country. When you get to make beer in a place like this, you develop a greater appreciation for the simpler things in life — fresh air, wide-open spaces, and working with your hands. We're proud to make beer with as little processing as possible. In addition to being unfiltered and unpasteurized, we never use preservatives or artificial colors. We start with water from the nearby Blanco River and the highest quality ingredients. Then we take the time to allow all the unique characteristics of the ingredients to shine. We believe doing less to the beer actually creates more complexity, aroma and flavor.
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Some citrus and a little sour hay. Pale golden pour with ok head. Slightly tart cloying finish, ends a little abrasive. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 23:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours hazy pale gold with an off-white head. Taste is light malt, grass, hint of white grape, floral notes. Refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2026
at 18:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours hazy pale gold with a white head. Pils malt, grass, floral notes, touch of lemon, refreshing.
Tried
from Can
from
Central Market - Austin (N Lamar)
on 08 Apr 2026
at 18:14
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Grapefruit and mango, green papaya. Pours clear golden with pretty good head retention. Bitter finish with some lingering grapefruit. Tap at University Draft House Town Lake.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2026
at 03:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Coffee, roast. Pours black with some mocha head. Finish cloys a bit, mash malt kind of vibe. Tap at Roosevelts at 7.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2026
at 00:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aromas are dark malt and roast with hints of coffee, cocoa and molasses. Flavors are similar to nose. A little more sweet then bitter or tart up front with growing sweet at the end. Decent but nothing special.
Tried
from Can
at
Royal Blue Grocery
on 09 Jan 2026
at 03:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aromas are dark malt, roast, spice, maybe hints of dark fruit cocoa and coffee. Flavors are similar to nose with a little metallic. Single fermentation. Not bad not great.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2026
at 04:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Citrus and old resin. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2026
at 00:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can shared by Steve. Hazy, golden yellow, fine particulate mist, nice head with persistent head, nice lacing. Aroma is strong dank pineapple rind, lemon citrus, bread. Taste follows aroma. Smooth, frothy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2025
at 05:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and anise. Taste is roasted malt, anise, dark chocolate, stone fruit, bit of ash. Nice.
Tried
from Can
from
Central Market - Austin (N Lamar)
on 18 Dec 2025
at 01:54