12 Fox Beer Co
Old-school Texas barbecue from a truck that parks here five days a week, at a brewery that opens three.3
Why go
Gummies BBQ is the resident kitchen, running lunch and dinner Thursday through Monday while the taproom itself opens Friday, Saturday and Sunday.3 The snack worth knowing about is a dip of cream cheese, chilis, onions and bits of ham, served with Club Crackers and made by a family business in Dripping Springs.3 On the drinks side they pour their own beer next to organic European and local Hill Country wine, which is a combination most breweries do not attempt.1 It sits under live oaks off Fitzhugh Road, runs live music, welcomes kids and dogs, and houses the veteran-founded Fireside Chat Support Network.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: whatever Gummies is smoking, plus the cream cheese and chili dip with Club Crackers.3
- Take home: canned beer from the grab-and-go cooler.3
- Avoid: a midweek drive. The taproom is Friday to Sunday.1
Good to know
- Hours: Friday 3pm to 8pm, Saturday noon to 8pm, Sunday noon to 7pm. Event rentals run any day.1
- Food schedule: the barbecue truck runs Thursday to Monday, which does not match the taproom days. Check the venue calendar before you drive.3
- Distance: Dripping Springs, in the Hill Country roughly 45 minutes west of central Austin. This is a day trip.
- Hygiene: Austin Public Health has no jurisdiction here. Its Environmental Health Services Division covers the City of Austin, unincorporated Travis County and parts of Williamson County, and Dripping Springs is in Hays County, so no Austin inspection score exists for this address.2
- Coverage: no approved publication has reviewed the beer, the wine or the barbecue.
Verdict
could-visit — A destination brewery under the live oaks off Fitzhugh Road in Dripping Springs, about 45 minutes west of central Austin, and the food is somebody else's. Gummies BBQ parks there Thursday through Monday doing old-school Texas barbecue, which is more days than the taproom itself opens, and the snack to know about is a cream cheese, chili, onion and ham dip served with Club Crackers from a family business in the same town. They pour their own beer alongside organic European and Hill Country wine, run live music, welcome kids and dogs, and support a veteran-founded network. It is a day trip rather than an Austin night out, and the taproom opens Friday to Sunday only.