Live Oak Brewing Company

HefeWeizen

Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen

Modeled after the classic wheat beers of Bavaria, Hefeweizen is cloudy and straw-colored with a meringue-like head that lingers to the bottom of the glass.… Read More

Modeled after the classic wheat beers of Bavaria, Hefeweizen is cloudy and straw-colored with a meringue-like head that lingers to the bottom of the glass. Brewed with an ample volume of wheat malt and few hops, this beer features a unique yeast strain that produces harmonious notes of clove, banana, and vanilla throughout this effervescent brew. A traditional interpretation of a classic style, this idiosyncratic Bavarian beer is perfectly at home here in Texas. Read Less

Pilz

Pilsner - Czech / Bohemian

The Pilz is a classic Bohemian-style golden lager, decoction-mashed with a single heirloom variety Moravian malt. Premium Saaz hops combine to produce… Read More

The Pilz is a classic Bohemian-style golden lager, decoction-mashed with a single heirloom variety Moravian malt. Premium Saaz hops combine to produce a clean, crisp pilsner with complex malt flavor and spicy hop bitterness and aroma. Read Less

Big Bark Amber Lager

Lager - Vienna

The clean, dry lagers of Vienna provide inspiration for our soft body with a depth of malty richness and aroma. Small additions of noble hops gently balance… Read More

The clean, dry lagers of Vienna provide inspiration for our
soft body with a depth of malty richness and aroma. Small
additions of noble hops gently balance characteristics of the
malt. Cold fermentation and conditioning assure a beer
with a clean finish, showcasing the interplay of the malt and
hops. A beer of fine malt character and subtle hop nuance, it
is accessible, smooth, and satisfying. Read Less

Primus

Bock - Weizenbock

Dark and cloudy, Primus Weizenbock marries the rich, malty flavors of bock beer with the fruity and spicy flavors of weizenbier. Brewed with significant… Read More

Dark and cloudy, Primus Weizenbock marries the rich, malty flavors of bock beer with the fruity and spicy flavors of weizenbier. Brewed with significant contribution of wheat malt, Primus features a subtle warming alcohol character. Dark roasted malts impart notes of chocolate, caramel, and toffee in concert with flavors and aromas of clove, banana, and vanilla contributed by the Bavarian yeast strain. Primus is a rich, complex beer perfect to enjoy on a winter night. Read Less

Oaktoberfest

Festbier

Our Oaktoberfest is decoction-mashed honoring Bavarian tradition using the finest German malts. Noble hops balance this rich malty fullness with a subtle… Read More

Our Oaktoberfest is decoction-mashed honoring Bavarian tradition using the finest German malts. Noble hops balance this rich malty fullness with a subtle smooth hop character. A fall classic. O’zapft Is! Read Less

Liberation IPA

IPA - American

Our IPA is unique among our beers in that its inspiration is drawn from the Pacific Northwest rather than Central Europe. Generously infused with Columbus… Read More

Our IPA is unique among our beers in that its inspiration is drawn from
the Pacific Northwest rather than Central Europe. Generously infused with Columbus and Cascade hops, this ale balances firm bitterness with a solid malt body and massive hop flavor and aroma. Warm fermentation with ale yeast contributes subtle fruity flavors and a satisfying dryness. Another addition of hops at the end of fermentation imparts more citrus aroma reminiscent of Texas Ruby Red grapefruit. Enjoy this classically styled American IPA. Read Less

Grodziskie

Grodziskie / Grätzer

Piwo Grodziskie is a centuries old Polish beer style that ceased commercial production in the late 20th century. A decoction mash, rare oak-smoked wheat… Read More

Piwo Grodziskie is a centuries old Polish beer style that ceased commercial production in the late 20th century. A decoction mash, rare oak-smoked wheat malt from a small Czech malting, and equally rare Polish Nowotomyski hops join in to bring this beer back to life in Texas.

A spritely carbonated, low-alcohol beer with a clear, golden color, moderate levels of hop bitterness, a firm full body and a wonderful smoky aroma and flavor. It is very refreshing. Read Less

Live Oak Gold

Pilsner - German

Live Oak Gold is a north German-style pilsner brewed with generous additions of Hallertau noble hops. The German lager yeast and lengthy secondary conditioning… Read More

Live Oak Gold is a north German-style pilsner brewed with generous additions of Hallertau noble hops. The German lager yeast and lengthy secondary conditioning produces a crisp, bright, and very clean beer that really lets the flavors of the malt and hops shine through. Read Less

Pre-War Pils

Lager - American Pre-Prohibition

A 1912 German-American recipe, Pre-War Pils is mashed with 35% corn grits. Immigrant German brewmasters created these beers to duplicate those from their… Read More

A 1912 German-American recipe, Pre-War Pils is mashed with 35% corn grits. Immigrant German brewmasters created these beers to duplicate those from their homeland while using high protein American malts.

These are the beers thirsty beer drinkers yearned for during prohibition – “Pre-War” being the common way to refer to those times and those beers before prohibition and before World War I. An authentic example of early American lager brewing as performed by the original German-American lager brewers. Read Less

Berliner Weiße

Sour - Berliner Weisse

Originating in 17th century Berlin, this unique Weissbier undergoes kettle-souring with Lactobacillus giving it a refreshing lemony tartness. Because… Read More

Originating in 17th century Berlin, this unique Weissbier undergoes kettle-souring with Lactobacillus giving it a refreshing lemony tartness. Because of its dry effercescence Napolean dubbed it the “Champagne of the north”. Read Less

Roggenbier

Roggenbier

Roggenbier means rye beer. Designed to highlight rye malt's unique contribution to brewing, this beer features a cloudy appearance and a refreshing tartness.… Read More

Roggenbier means rye beer. Designed to highlight rye malt's unique contribution to brewing, this beer features a cloudy appearance and a refreshing tartness. The beer is lightly hopped, and fermented with a special German ale yeast that after cold conditioning yields a restrained fruitiness that compliments the spice of rye. Roggenbier is crisp, complex and deliciously refreshing. Read Less

Schwarzer Rauch

Rauchbier

Schwarzer Rauch, or Black Smoke, is a smoked black lager. Dark but with little roast character, this beer prominently features a beechwood smoked malt… Read More

Schwarzer Rauch, or Black Smoke, is a smoked black lager. Dark but with little roast character, this beer prominently features a beechwood smoked malt flavor. This smokiness mingles with layers of darker malt flavors and is braced with a noble hop character. Fermented cold and clean with our lager yeast, this beer highlights the complexity that smoke adds to traditional dark lagers. Read Less

Smoaktoberfest

Smoked Beer

Smoaktoberfest is a smoked version of our fall classic, Oaktoberfest. Using traditional beechwood smoked barley malt, this lager is cloaked in a pleasant… Read More

Smoaktoberfest is a smoked version of our fall classic,
Oaktoberfest. Using traditional beechwood smoked barley
malt, this lager is cloaked in a pleasant balance of smoke,
malt and hops. Noble hops offer a faint bitterness enveloped
in the flavor of smoked malt. After fermentation with proper
Bavarian lager yeast, we condition the beer to allow time to
round out the malt character and to develop a clean, smoky
finish. O’zapft Is!
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Lichtenhainer

Historical Beer - Lichtenhainer

Lichtenhainer is a Berliner Weisse-style beer that vanished in the 1980s, named after the suburb of Jena, Germany. Both beechwood smoked pilsner malt… Read More

Lichtenhainer is a Berliner Weisse-style beer that vanished in the 1980s, named after the suburb of Jena, Germany.

Both beechwood smoked pilsner malt and oak smoked wheat malt contribute to the refreshing lemony tartness from kettle-souring with lactobacillus. Read Less

Liberator

Bock - Doppelbock

Inspired by the strong dark lagers of Germany, Live Oak Liberator Doppelbock is brewed for the last days of winter. Liberator pours deep brown, almost… Read More

Inspired by the strong dark lagers of Germany, Live Oak
Liberator Doppelbock is brewed for the last days of winter.
Liberator pours deep brown, almost black with layer upon
layer of rich malt flavor. The hops are present to gently
support and balance the expressive malt character. While the
beer sleeps the winter away in a conditioning tank, our lager
yeast continues to work to assure a very clean and dry finish. Read Less

Dunkelweizen

Wheat Beer - Dunkelweizen

Dunkelweizen is a South German-Style wheat ale akin to both Hefeweizen and Primus. Similar to its siblings, Dunkelweizen shares the wonderful clove, vanilla,… Read More

Dunkelweizen is a South German-Style wheat ale akin to both
Hefeweizen and Primus. Similar to its siblings, Dunkelweizen
shares the wonderful clove, vanilla, and banana aromas
produced by this Bavarian yeast strain. The small noble
hops addition adds just enough bitterness to balance the
malt flavors. With notes of darker malt, this addition to the
weizenbier family remains effervescent and refreshing.
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Old Treehugger

Barleywine - American

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Heller Rauch

Lager - Smoked

Heller Rauch is a pale, smokey lager. Beechwood-smoked barley flavor is punctuated by a perfect Noble hop character. Fermentation with German lager yeast… Read More

Heller Rauch is a pale, smokey lager. Beechwood-smoked barley flavor is punctuated by a perfect Noble hop character. Fermentation with German lager yeast leaves the beer dry, but well-rounded. The special harmony of these elements creates a very refreshing and unique lagerbier. Read Less

Weißer Rauch

Rauchbier

Weisser Rauch, or White Smoke, is a marriage of a traditional German Hefeweizen and a Rauchbier. The smoke is more restrained than in some of our other… Read More

Weisser Rauch, or White Smoke, is a marriage of a traditional
German Hefeweizen and a Rauchbier. The smoke is more
restrained than in some of our other offerings in order
to allow the weizen yeast character to come forward. The
smokiness plays on the spicy phenols and the fruity esters to
both increase complexity and to fully integrate itself with the
beer’s more familiar flavors. This beer is for the connoisseur
and the smoke beer novice alike. Read Less

IPA

IPA - American

An old school bitter and malty IPA with Centennial, Cascade, and Crystal hops. Candied orange peel and cinnamon grapefruit, filtered brite with a firm… Read More

An old school bitter and malty IPA with Centennial, Cascade, and Crystal hops. Candied orange peel and cinnamon grapefruit, filtered brite with a firm bitterness, the taste of the 90s. Read Less

Kleines Bier

Lager - Leichtbier

Kleines Bier is a small beer with a sizable hop bouquet combining our favorite noble Czech and German hops, a lager beer that is as light as it is flavorful. Read More

Kleines Bier is a small beer with a sizable hop bouquet combining our favorite noble Czech and German hops, a lager beer that is as light as it is flavorful. Read Less

Helles

Lager - Helles

2022 batch collaboration with Escarpment Labs. A Helles made with reanimated Tum35 lager yeast, last used in Germany in the 1950's! Close kin to our 34… Read More

2022 batch collaboration with Escarpment Labs. A Helles made with reanimated Tum35 lager yeast, last used in Germany in the 1950's!

Close kin to our 34 lager yeast we use in our non-Czech lagers. Made with pilsner malt and Mittelfruh hops, taste the flavor of lagers past!

Helles, first cousin to the pilsner, is the daily drinking beer of the Bavarian people. The crisp bright lager contains slightly less hop bitterness than pilsner, highlighting its soft pale malt flavors. Cold fermentation and lagering produce a beer that is brilliant and clean. Please enjoy this beautiful artifact of a culture that places enjoyment of this fine lager bier at the center of society. Read Less

HopfenWeisse

Wheat Beer - Hopfenweisse

HopfenWeisse happily incorporates our favorite aspects of Weissbier with the fruity aromas distinctive to American hops. Brewed in much the same manner… Read More

HopfenWeisse happily incorporates our favorite aspects of Weissbier with the fruity aromas distinctive to American hops. Brewed in much the same manner as our traditional Hefeweizen, this beer benefits from a sizeable late addition of hops that contributes a powerful floral, citrus aroma while maintaining a mild bitterness. This beer’s spritzy carbonation better conveys the fruity medley of aromas. Please enjoy HopfenWeisse fresh!
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Juicemeister

IPA - American

Juicemeister is packed to the gills with a tropical fruit medley; mango, guava, lychee, orange, grapefruit peel, dankness, and assorted jungle flowers.… Read More

Juicemeister is packed to the gills with a tropical fruit medley; mango, guava, lychee, orange, grapefruit peel, dankness, and assorted jungle flowers. Flavors all provided by generous hop bounty from the brewers' cut.

Made with 50% wheat malt, this hop cornucopia is fully supported in a pungent and refreshing bloom. Are you a Juicemeister? Read Less

Kalt IPA

IPA - Cold

Kalt means Cold! Kalt IPA is cold-fermented for extra smooth crisp flavor. It tips the scale at 60 IBUs and is cold-hopped for flavor and aroma with generous… Read More

Kalt means Cold! Kalt IPA is cold-fermented for extra smooth crisp flavor. It tips the scale at 60 IBUs and is cold-hopped for flavor and aroma with generous heaps of hand-selected hops – dank, stone-fruit and citrus. It’s everything you desire in an IPA. Read Less