Moseying up to the Jester King front lawn feels like walking onto a field of dreams. Carved out of 165 acres, the South Texas machine shop that became a homebrewers’ HQ opens onto an expanse as distanced from urban (sur)realities as a W.P. Kinsella novel. Some 17 drafts and nearly as many wines and ciders wash down the breakfast casserole, pizzas (including vegan and build-your-own), Bavarian pretzels, rye sourdough chocolate chip cookies. Sit amongst the fruit trees (fig, persimmon, pomegranate, plum, apricot), a dog-friendly 2-mile hike loop, and the main attraction for the kiddies: goats and goat feeding. Turn the clan loose.
