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    Drink and Learn

    The all-important guide to North Texas brewery tours

    Brandon Beville
    Jun 10, 2016 | 12:41 pm
    Four Bullets Brewery
    Four Bullets Brewery in Richardson is open Saturdays, 12-6 pm.
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    If you're a craft beer aficionado, then you're in luck, because North Texas has a plethora of great breweries at which you can wet your whistle. A small admission fee (usually $15 or less) gets you a tour of the brewery, a pint glass for your collection, and a few pints of beer. What a steal.

    Here's a list of breweries around North Texas that offer weekly tours:

    Bitter Sisters Brewery
    Addison's resident brewery has tours every Saturday from 12-2 pm for $15, which gets you the standard tour, three beers, and a pint glass. Bitter Sisters excels at making clean, crisp beers, like the Hissy Fit Marzen Lager and the Busy Body Blonde Lager. The brewery also recently debuted a taproom, open on Friday and Saturday evenings.

    Community Beer Co.
    Practically next door to Peticolas Brewing Company (see below) in the Dallas Design District, Community features a gigantic taproom that often hosts local venders and a musician. Tours occur every Saturday from 12-5 pm. You get three beers with your admission of $10 if tickets are purchased online (by the Friday evening before), or you can pay $15 at the door. The brewery also has the taproom open weekly Wednesday through Saturday, where beer can be purchased by the glass.

    Deep Ellum Brewing Co.
    Dallas' Deep Ellum Brewery tour is a great place to begin a Saturday in Deep Ellum. The brewery includes a taproom and large patio, where you're sure to find live music every week during tour hours, which are 12-3 pm. Afterward, head over to Elm or Main streets to enjoy the large selection of restaurants and bars Deep Ellum has to offer. The tour costs $15 at the door or $12 online, and you receive three beers and a pint glass. The brewery also has weekly taproom hours, where you can hang out and buy beer by the glass.

    Division Brewing
    Arlington's first locally owned and operated brewery, Division Brewing has a taproom open to the public on Friday evening, from 4 pm to midnight, but it has recently opened on Saturdays for tours. Its $15 fee comes with four beers and the standard souvenir glass that we've come to expect. The brewery's Facebook page is the best source of information on tours and tastings, as they're still getting up and running on a regular schedule. With 10 to 15 beers on tap to taste, this is a must-see new brewery.

    Four Bullets Brewery
    Located in Richardson, Four Bullets currently only has hours on Saturday, from 12-6 pm. The tour costs $10 and gets you three beers and a pint glass. After the tour, grab a pint of the Royal Flush Red Ale and head out to the expansive patio to hang out. Once you've had your fill at the brewery, head over to the Richardson Food Park across the street, which features a decent local draft beer assortment and an always rotating selection of food trucks.

    Franconia Brewing Company
    One of the first breweries to open its doors in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Franconia has one tour a week, at 11 am on Saturdays. The always entertaining guide for the tour is typically the owner himself, Dennis Werhman, who comes from a family of brewers back in his home country of Germany. He is not afraid to tell you his opinions of the huge domestic brewers and how Franconia sets itself apart by using the methods of the German Purity Law. The tour is only $5, and you receive several beers during the event. For an extra $5, you can get a Franconia glass to take home.

    Martin House Brewing Company
    Situated just across the Trinity River from downtown Fort Worth, Martin House's skyline view pairs extremely well with its excellent beer. Martin House is open for tours on Thursdays, 6-8 pm, and Saturdays, 2-5 pm, for $10 (yes, you get a pint glass to keep). Expect large crowds of locals, who flock here regularly to listen to the live music, play games, and visit with the friendly team who brew some of Cowtown's most popular craft beers.

    Nine Band Brewing Company
    Allen's only brewery has tours for $15 every Saturday at 12 pm, 1 pm, and 2 pm. The cost of admission comes with the requisite pint glass and beer samples. Nine Band has a wide selection, from its 28th State Stout to the Badge Honey Blonde. The brewery's taproom is also open Monday through Saturday evenings, where you can buy beer by the glass.

    Panther Island Brewing Company
    Head over to North Main Street in Fort Worth for Panther Island Brewing's tour on Fridays, 5-9 pm, and Sundays, 2-6 pm. The $10 tour gets you a free pint glass, three samples of beer, live music, and access to local food trucks.

    Peticolas Brewing Company
    A staple in the Dallas Design District and craft beer community, Peticolas hosts tours on the first and third Saturday of every month for $10 at the door. The cost of admission gets you a tour, three beers from its award-winning selection (like Velvet Hammer Imperial Red Ale or Royal Scandal English Pale Ale), and a pint glass. Before and after the tour, there is plenty of space to relax, drink your beers, and play bar games like rebound shuffle board. Dallasites have been flocking here to hang out on Saturdays since its opening.

    Rabbit Hole Brewing
    Hop on over to Rabbit Hole Brewing just north of Fort Worth, in Justin, Texas. These guys host two tours on Saturdays, between 12-4 pm. You're likely to find core beers on tap — Mike Modano's 561 Kolcsh, Rapture Fusion Brown Ale, and 10/6 English Pale Ale — along with seasonal offerings on a constant rotation.

    Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
    Rahr has been a staple in the Fort Worth community and craft beer scene for years, and it was one of the first in Dallas-Fort Worth to open its doors to the public. It has $10 tours on Wednesday evenings, from 5-7:30 pm, and on Saturday afternoons, from 1-3 pm. Of course, free beer samples are included with your admission. We recommend hitting the Wednesday evening tour to avoid the large weekend crowds and for a chance to sample any specialty beers that may be on tap.

    Revolver Brewing
    Revolver took Dallas-Fort Worth by storm with Blood & Honey, its flagship beer on tap in most restaurants these days. The brewery is worth the drive out to Granbury, with one of the best brewery atmospheres around. Revolver opens from 12-3 pm on Saturdays for tours, and four 8-ounce tastings are included with admission. Come ready to hang out at this family-friendly brewery, where you can listen to live music and try your hand at giant Jenga or cornhole.

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    Opening News

    New restaurant The Gibson fills needs of its North Dallas neighborhood

    Alex Gonzalez
    Dec 5, 2025 | 10:39 am
    The Gibson
    The Gibson
    The Gibson

    A swanky new restaurant has debuted in North Dallas after overcoming some major obstacles: Called The Gibson, it opened in November at 17552 North Dallas Pkwy., in the space previously occupied by Maguire's Bistro & Bar, after three years in the making.

    Husband-and-wife Carl and Carrie Britton first purchased the building in 2022, intending to open a spinoff of The Funky Door, their fine-dining restaurant in Lubbock.

    Carrie is a big wine buff who's certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers and is also a French Wine Scholar. She opened The Funky Door in 2010 — a rare fine-dining haven in Lubbock at the time. More recently, she's turned her attention to the Dallas area, opening a French restaurant called Vieux Carre in Flower Mound in 2023 (which is currently closed temporarily).

    The Gibson was slated to open sooner, but in mid-construction, they were dealt a serious blow.

    "In 2023, The Gibson was devastated by thieves," Carrie says. "They destroyed the building, doubling the remodeling budget in damage by stripping copper from the walls, stealing all the electrical wiring and components, stealing equipment, and destroying everything from the AC to the floors."

    To make it worse, insurance wouldn’t cover the loss because it was theft.

    "It was a blow that left me truly shaken, and for a long time I couldn’t even look at the pictures of the damage," she says. "Emotionally and financially, I had to really pray about whether I was going to get this done or not. But I really felt like it was something that I needed to do. I want to be victorious. I'm not going to be a victim."

    She regained her passion, returning to the vision she had for the space.

    “The building had its own personality — I felt like a kind of Hollywood glamor with a new Dallas edge would be perfect," she says.

    The Gibson The GibsonThe Gibson

    The facade and decor have an Art Deco flavor with chandeliers, a color scheme with polished black surfaces and brass accents, and a swooping bar in the center. They've also added a patio, helping to make the space right off the Tollway feel more friendly and approachable.

    The menu is American with steakhouse touches. There's a tomahawk for two, ribeye, filet, and NY Strip. Plus short ribs, salmon, a burger, vegetarian risotto, and sea bass with an unexpected white chocolate strawberry buerre blanc.

    There are deviled eggs, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, and fried pickles. Entree prices start at $20 and top out at $59 for the sea bass.

    Cocktails include a pear martini and a Gibson with gin and dry vermouth, garnished with an onion. A large wine list includes what Carrie describes as “unicorns” — bottles that are hard to find, including a 1982 Lafitte.

    "There are very rare wines, but we also have everything, starting from $40 a bottle," she says.

    They're currently open for dinner with plans to add lunch, and there's definitely an audience. Maguire's had a big following and when The Gibson got vandalized, the neighbors came out in support.

    "The neighborhood has been really awesome," Carrie says. "They would alert me when things were going on, and they were really great to help watch over it. That was a big motivation."

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