tx posters, write your local state congre-weasel

[Ankf00]

http://news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=176174


The Friends of Texas Microbreweries launched a campaign Thursday to change the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code and allow small Texas breweries to sell directly to patrons. They're shopping the Texas Legislature to find someone to introduce a bill for them.

Microbrewers want the chance to sell a drink or a six-pack directly to customers, not just wholesalers. When people take a tour of a Texas brewery, they can't buy any beer to take home.

"We're trying to increase the awareness about Texas microbreweries and to make microbreweries more robust," Chip McElroy of Live Oak Brewing said.

...There are only five working microbreweries in Texas - Houston-based St. Arnold Brewing Company, Independence Brewing and Live Oak Brewing Company in Austin, Rahr & Sons Brewing Company in Fort Worth and Real Ale Brewery in Blanco.


down with TABC :thumdown:

[chop456]

You Texitards and your likker laws. :gomer:

The copper whatever in Austin is closed?

[Ankf00]

copper who? what? :confused:

[chop456]

[Edit] http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_11_56/ai_n13597726

[Ankf00]

never knew that place was a brew pub. it was cheesedick/meathead central when I was there. I was thinking to myself "Why the hell would chop be asking about Copper Tank? He has to be talking about a different joint." :laugh:

but, yes, it is now long gone.


the good brewpub downtown when I was there was The Bitter End's B-side Bar on 4th. burned down shortly after that Oasis fire (btw, Oasis has rebuilt only 15 or so of the previous 70+ decks on that cliffside so far, as of September). Award winning brewmaster left to work for Real Ale... [/austin blog]