Priory is a beer-centered hospitality project that uses food, collaboration, and gathering to push back against noise and chaos.

To know the unknown Guest

It began with a table—set not just for friends, but for whoever might walk through the door.

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Who We Are

We exist to make space—for slower conversations, longer tables, and the kind of presence that’s easy to lose.

Through beer dinners and collaborations, Priory brings people together around fermentation, food, and shared experience.
Not as spectacle, but as practice.
In a world shaped by speed and distraction, Priory is an attempt to recover something quieter.
Not smaller—just more grounded.
Beer is at the center—not just as a product, but as a language.
Food is part of the same conversation.
The goal isn’t performance. The goal is presence.
For now, Priory lives through dinners and collaborations.
Over time, it moves toward something more rooted—without losing its movement.

Priory is, at its core, an act of resistance.

Our Team

Ben Walter

Ben Walter is a chef, creative director, and one of the founders behind Priory; where he explores the intersection of hospitality, fermentation, and community through food and drink. His cooking draws from Texas ingredients, Japanese technique and sensibility, whole-animal cookery, and the belief that the table is one of the most meaningful places people can gather. After years spent building kitchens, developing restaurant concepts, and collaborating with breweries, Ben founded Priory to create a different kind of hospitality; one rooted in patience, craftsmanship, and a slower way of living. Whether designing a tasting menu, brewing a collaborative beer, or serving a simple meal, his work is guided by the conviction that great hospitality can nourish both guests and the people who make it.

Creative + Culinary

Collin Zreet

COMING SOON

Beer + Operations

Hospitality + Public Relations

John McCurdy