The Texas House gave its final approval on Monday to a package of five bills supported by craft breweries, brewpubs and distributors that would help the burgeoning craft beer industry continue to thrive, while protecting the three-tier system that helps sustain it. The bills are SB 639, SB 515, SB 516, SB 517 and SB [...]
In a major victory for the craft brew industry, independent wholesalers, and beer aficionados across the Lone Star State, the Texas House on Friday passed a package of craft brew legislation that supporters say will help small business and increase the quality of beer available to Texans. Congratulations to all of us! In under a minute, [...]
The craft brew legislation has officially been set on the Texas House floor calendar for Friday, May 17. This is great news, and just in time for American Craft Beer Week! If the House can keep the amendments off it, a favorable vote on Friday and another on Saturday will send it directly to the [...]
When we talk about someone’s livelihood – beer-related or otherwise – passions run high and opinions strong. When the discussion does involve the vast and varied beer industry, with its thousands of players in all three tiers of the Texas system, it’s understandable and to be expected that not everyone will agree on every single [...]
Craft brewers in Texas and the state’s wholesale beer distributors have reached a deal on legislation designed to help small breweries grow while maintaining the three-tier system, in accordance with the Monday deadline set by Senate Business and Industry Committee Chairman John Carona, R-Dallas. It’s not one of those deals where everybody wins everything they wanted, [...]
Bills that would affect the craft beer industry and the state’s three-tier system of alcohol distribution had their hearings in a Senate committee this week. After an hour’s worth of testimony and back-and-forth on the various legislation in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee, Chairman John Carona left the slate of five bills pending and [...]
Two beer companies, 200-plus beer brands – do you know what you’re drinking? We send out props this week to NPR for an excellent overview on the incredible growth of two foreign-owned mega-beer corps that, incidentally, have taken great interest in any legislation that would help them build their influence in Texas. Why? Because the [...]
The economic impact of various aspects of the alcoholic beverage industry is the subject of a lot of discussion these days, as Texas lawmakers begin considering legislation aimed at helping out the craft brewers. Without a doubt, the craft brewers are the success story of beer these days, and I support their continued success. I [...]
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1 Comment » Four bills were filed today that deal with opening up the three-tier system more to craft brews and breweries in Texas. SB 515, 516, 517, 518 were filed by Sen. Kevin Eltife, who described them this way in a press release: “The legislation will authorize craft brewers who brew beer as a production brewer to [...]
From a recent, well-written article on CBS: There are 2,000 local breweries like Port City across the country. As they multiply, the opposite is happening with the big beer makers, which are consolidating on a march to global domination. Even Budweiser is now owned by a Belgian company, Anheuser-Busch InBev. It controls nearly 50 percent [...]
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