A GIN OASIS
Get ready for some barbecue. A small Texas Hill Country town is putting itself on the map for spirits, beer, wine, and good eating.
Daniel Barnes, founder of Treaty Oak Distilling, guesses that there are 13 or 14 distilleries within about a seven-mile radius of his town of fewer than 5,000 people, west of West Austin.
“That’s crazy! It’s been a been a real boom out here,” said Barnes. “It’s not just the distilleries that we’re seeing out here. We’re seeing, you know, wineries and breweries coming in this direction.”
Tasting rooms beckon day-trippers from each side of the two-lane country highways that crisscross in the centre of town
