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Andrew Schwab

Twitter: @andrewlschwab Untappd: aschwab My craft beer journey started sometime in university when light beer just was not cutting it anymore. I started venturing out to the beer store and buying any 6 pack that I had not had before. This has now continued for ten years. You will see me visiting almost any and every brewery that I can. I have a passion for travel, craft beer, and college football. When I am not drinking craft beer, I work as a manufacturing engineer in Austin.

Another Day, Another TABC Ruling that Hurts the Texas Craft Beer Industry

By / July 23, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Beer to Go, CBA, Craft Beer News / Leave a Comment

The TABC announced on Wednesday that they were going back on another press release that they put out the Friday before. That release was simply allowing brewpubs and breweries, who sold beer to go, to rezone their patios and allow people to drink their to-go beer on the patios. It was, what seemed like, a simple gesture to give some breathing room to the already struggling brewery industry. Over the last 5 days that this …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals May 22nd, 2020

By / May 21, 2020 / Craft Beer, Craft Beer News, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

Continuing the label approvals for another couple of weeks. Seems like things have slowed down a bit since the last couple of updates (honestly, this does not surprise me in the least). Either way, here are the latest brewery/label approvals. Recent Brewery Approvals: Note: I have only been putting new brewery approvals here – anything that is just getting reapproved, I do not list. Along with this, any macro brewery that is approved, I do …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals May 1st, 2020

By / May 1, 2020 / Craft Beer, Craft Beer News, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

These label approvals cover most of April. It seems like the shelter in place has not slowed down the TABC as far as putting out label approvals, and approving brewpubs. A couple of new breweries are getting their first approvals – like Hold Out Brewing in Austin, along with some new out of state breweries getting their first approvals – like Maine Beer Company. Recent Brewery Approvals: Note: I have only been putting new brewery …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals April 15th, 2020

By / April 16, 2020 / Austin Breweries, Craft Beer, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

What better time to jump-start the TABC label approval post than when being stuck at home during quarantine? So, I had to start somewhere, which in this case, is from the beginning of March to now. Note: due to the number of label approvals coming in now, I am turning the focus of this more onto local beers, and more interesting out of state ones. There are just too many beers coming in now that …

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SXSW Austin Craft Beer Guide

By / March 14, 2020 / Austin Breweries, New to Craft Beer, SXSW / 3 Comments

Read First | Austin Area Brewery COVID-19 Updates Downtown for unofficial #SXSW events and looking for something more than PBR? Well, maybe I can help. I put together a list of breweries and bars that are easily accessible to the unofficial SXSW action. I will start off by saying that 6th Street is generally NOT where many of the Austin beer drinkers hang out. Luckily, that does not mean there are not some good beers …

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Texas Brewery Update | January 2020

By / February 29, 2020 / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer, Dallas Brewery, Data and Stats, San Antonio Breweries / Leave a Comment

Texas Brewery Update | January 2020 I got around to running the numbers for the number of breweries/brewpubs in the state of Texas. Before we go into the data, here are the a couple of notes on the numbers: All data is coming from the TABC licenses Duplicate entries have been removed (meaning, if a place has two licenses for the same location, it counts as one. If a place is contract brewing while having …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals Oct 16 2019

By / December 6, 2019 / Austin Breweries, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

After 11 years, (512) Brewing is packaging one of their mainstays in something other than kegs. Pecan Porter looks to be coming out in 12oz bottles. So, there is that in this month’s approvals….along with a whole slew of other approvals. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format bottle b = Small format bottle c = Small format (12oz) can cc = 16oz format can …

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Brewers Association GABF 2019

Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2019

By / December 6, 2019 / Austin Breweries, Craft Beer Festival, The People of Craft Beer / Leave a Comment

Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2019 The largest beer festival in the US, the Great American Beer Festival, has passed once again. For those who have never been, it has turned into a week long party for craft brewers and fans in Denver that ended Saturday. (Photo © Brewers Association) While most articles locally will talk about how Texas did, I decided to take a deeper look into the numbers of all …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals Sept 18 2019

TABC Label and Brewery Approvals Sept 18 2019

By / December 6, 2019 / Austin Breweries, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

I thought the last list of label approvals were bad (due to my procrastination), but this one was even worse. Around 600 new beers approved over 8 weeks. Along with the label approvals, 10 new Texas breweries received licenses to start up in Texas. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format bottle b = Small format bottle c = Small format (12oz) can cc = …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals June 26 2019

TABC Label and Brewery Approvals July 26 2019

By / December 6, 2019 / Austin Breweries, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

And another month has passed, so another long list of approvals. Along with that, 8 new brewpubs in Texas were approved over the last month. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format bottle b = Small format bottle c = Small format (12oz) can cc = 16oz format can C = Larger format can 11 Below Brewing Company – 11 Below Hipster Stache IPA (K) …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals June 24 2019

By / December 6, 2019 / Austin Breweries, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

And another month has passed, so another long list of TABC approvals. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format bottle b = Small format bottle c = Small format (12oz) can cc = 16oz format can C = Larger format can 11 Below Brewing Company – 11 Below Duck Duck Juice (K) 11 Below Brewing Company – 11 Below Crazy Pilz Dry Hopped Pilsner (c) …

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals May 22 2019

TABC Label and Brewery Approvals May 22 2019

By / December 6, 2019 / Austin Breweries, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

I have taken a bit of a break from doing these, so here are all of May’s approvals up to this point. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format bottle b = Small format bottle c = Small format (12oz) can cc = 16oz format can C = Larger format can 2 Docs Brewing Co. Llc – Two Docs Bock (K) 2 Docs Brewing Co. …

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