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Turning Point Beer.

Beer · Bedford · $$ · Legend · verified

1307 Brown Trail, Bedford, TX 76022

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Turning Point Beer

Turning Point puts its hop bill on the beer: $Texas is a New England IPA built on HBC-431, Hallertau Blanc and El Dorado.1

Why go

The brewery sits in a Bedford strip mall next to a church and makes mostly New England IPAs, and Hop Culture calls it one of the most hyped IPA producers in the country.1 The rotation is the product: A Nu Start is a double-dry-hopped triple NEIPA on Azacca, Idaho 7 and El Dorado, and it changes.1 The brewery also makes fruited sours and farmhouse saisons.2

Order this / avoid

  • Order: $Texas, the flagship, and read what is on it.1
  • Order: A Nu Start or whichever triple is current, and drink it beside the flagship to taste what the extra hops do.1
  • Ask for the saison or the fruited sour. Both are on the board.2

What locals & experts say

  • Hop Culture, Grace Lee-Weitz, 2025: If you're anywhere near Dallas, Turning Point has to be at the top of your must-stop list.1
  • Hop Culture on the rotation: their rotating collection has been off the chain.1

Good to know

  • Bedford is the Mid-Cities, roughly halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth, so this is a drive from either.1

Verdict

should-visit — A strip-mall brewery in Bedford that prints its hop bills and rotates through them fast, with fruited sours and farmhouse saisons running underneath the hazies. Drink $Texas against whatever the newest triple is, then ask for the saison.

Order

  • $Texas, the flagship NEIPA
  • A Nu Start, the triple-dry-hopped triple NEIPA
  • Whatever fruited sour is on the rotation
  • The farmhouse saisons

At a glance

  • Booking: walk-in
  • Best for: drinks, groups ok
  • Verified 2026-09-12

Where

approx · city map →

Pinned to the street, not the door — expect it within ~50 m.

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Key: what the badges mean

★ Michelin star · Bib Bib Gourmand · Green ★ Michelin Green Star · Michelin in the Michelin guide, no distinction · J Jeff's own note · Jeff ★★★★☆ 2019 his own rating out of five, and the year he gave it · new the venue itself opened recently · just added recently added to Jeff's list, whatever its age · 2◆ independent chef/industry recommendations · ! hygiene caution in force · ? no current public hygiene record, not a caution · keep walking Jeff has been and would walk past it · the line under a name says when to go: Destination (plan around it) / Solid (the dependable send) / Listed (on the radar). Under it, where the entry states one: how the room takes bookings, and the date I last checked the entry.

Sources & mentions

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Record

page id
turning-point-beer
city
Dallas
group
Restaurants
category
Brewery
cuisine
Beer
area
Bedford
price
$$
editorial class
Legend
verdict
Should visit
how I know
verified
confidence
high
status
Open
address
1307 Brown Trail, Bedford, TX 76022
coordinates
32.83417, -97.161632
last verified
2026-09-12
Website