Howdyfest

Howdyfest is a rye lager on draft at Lago Vista Brewing Co. in Lago Vista, Texas.

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Specs

Brewery Description

A little Texas attitude meets German tradition. This rye lager brings a smooth, toasty backbone with just a hint of spice from the rye

Source: Lago Vista Brewing: on tap

Tasting Notes

This rye lager brings a smooth, toasty backbone with just a hint of spice from the rye, clean, crisp, and dangerously easy to drink.

Source: lagovistabrewingco.com

Ingredients

Rye is the only named grain; the brewery's tap list also calls the beer "clean, crisp, and dangerously easy to drink" and "Built for stein hoists, sunset cheers, and one more round." No hops, base malts or yeast are published.

Hop Profile

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Brewing Details

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Rye Beer says "The grist should include sufficient rye so that rye character is evident in the beer," accepts a wide range of color, and lets ABV and IBU vary with the underlying style. The brewery's note of rye spice on a toasty lager base matches that requirement.

Awards History

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Lago Vista Brewing Co. is in Lago Vista, TX.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.

Related

• Brewery: Lago Vista Brewing Co.

Links

• Beer page on brewery site
• Lago Vista Brewing Co.
• World Beer Cup 2026 winners list
• Brewers Association: beer style guidelines

Gaps

• Not Found: IBU. Checked cdn.worldbeercup.org, lagovistabrewingco.com, lagovistabrewingco.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name, lagovistabrewingco.com, lagovistabrewingco.com, craftbeeraustin.com, yahoo.com, atxtoday.6amcity.com, kvue.com.
• Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked cdn.worldbeercup.org, lagovistabrewingco.com, lagovistabrewingco.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, lagovistabrewingco.com, lagovistabrewingco.com, craftbeeraustin.com, yahoo.com, atxtoday.6amcity.com, kvue.com.

Research Notes

• The brewery has no individual beer pages; its on tap page is the beer url. The domains lagovistabrewing.com and www.lagovistabrewing.com do not resolve.
• The same beer took Bronze in Rye Beer (28 entries) at the 2026 World Beer Cup, per the official winners list.
• No 2026 medal announcement from the brewery was found.
• Researched 2026-10-13.
• Field pass 2026-10-13: The opened brewery Untappd beer list did not include Howdyfest, despite an indexed name match. Neither IBU nor hops were verified; Vista hops belong to another beer and were excluded.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the tasting notes are the tap list's own words (its dash replaced with a comma); no hops, yeast or brewing figures are given.
• Brewery site scrape 2026-10-14: found nothing new; 4 pages tried (robots.txt obeyed, one request every few seconds per host).
• Second deep dive pass 2026-10-14 (brewery tap list, Texas press search): found nothing new; 5 pages tried. Tap list re-read confirms 6.2% ABV and the existing description with no IBU. Press shows a 2025 GABF silver for 'Howdyfest-Oktoberfest with Rye' (a prior year release); no specs, hops, yeast or process found.