On the outskirts of La Grange, about halfway between Austin and Houston, a high limestone bluff offers an expansive view over the snaking Colorado River. The bluff extends out of a steep rocky incline, presenting an in-built foundation and a natural spring that flows at its foot. Here you’ll find the ruins of the historic Kreische Brewery, one of Texas’ earliest commercial breweries, built more than 150 years ago.
Visitors to La Grange can walk the grounds of the now defunct brewery, which was founded by German immigrant Heinrich Ludwig Kreische. A stonemason who left the German
