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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.

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Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2021

By / September 17, 2021 / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News, GABF, The People of Craft Beer / Leave a Comment

Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2021 What normally is the largest beer festival in the US, the Great American Beer Festival, was forced to change their award ceremony for the second year in a row. This year, it happened during the CBC (Craft Brewers Conference), which allowed many of the breweries, and brewers, to at least attend the award ceremony, unlike last year. It brought back the feel of older events, just …

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TABC Brewery Approvals June 11th, 2021

By / June 12, 2021 / Craft Beer News, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

TABC Brewery Approvals June 11th, 2021 There are a lot of new and interesting breweries coming into Texas. Some new ones with more of a name include Drake’s, Short’s, and Ex Novo. Along with that, the number of breweries opening in Texas continue to grow. The Covid slow down of new brewery approvals has definitely ceased. Recent Brewery Approvals: For Texas, to make beer here or sell beer here, you require a brewery approval through …

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TABC Brewery Approvals March 25th, 2021

By / March 25, 2021 / Craft Beer News, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

No label approvals again from me. Due to the influx of breweries in the market, along with all of the local breweries putting out more beer, the weekly lists have become excessive to get done. With that said, for the meantime, I will focus on getting brewery approvals out each month just to let people know what is still opening in Texas. These are all of the approvals since the beginning of December, 2020. Recent …

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Hardywood Park Craft Brewery entering Texas? Well, sort of.

By / March 19, 2021 / CBA, Craft Beer News, TABC Updates

Photos courtesy of Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Hardywood Park Craft Brewery entering Texas? Well, sort of.   I recently saw that Virginia’s Hardywood Park Craft Brewery received TABC approvals to come into Texas. I have to admit, I was excited for this one. I have had many of their beers over the years, and would happily buy them here when they become available. So, I reached out to them to find out the details. Their …

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Toppling Goliath Entering The Texas Market

By / March 12, 2021 / CBA, Craft Beer News, TABC Updates

Photo courtesy of Toppling Goliath Toppling Goliath is Entering the Texas Market Iowa based Toppling Goliath recently received their TABC approvals to enter the Texas market. I reached out to them to see what we can expect when they start showing up on our shelves. Do you have any current plans on when you want to hit the Texas market with your beers?  As soon as the paperwork clears, we will begin. Which beers can …

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TABC Brewery Approvals November 30th, 2020

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

No label approvals again from me. Due to the influx of breweries in the market, along with all of the local breweries putting out more beer, the weekly lists have become excessive to get done. With that said, for the meantime, I will focus on getting brewery approvals out each month just to let people know what is still opening in Texas. These are all of the approvals since the beginning of October. Recent Brewery …

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Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2020

By / April 8, 2021 / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News, GABF, The People of Craft Beer / Leave a Comment

Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2020 What normally is the largest beer festival in the US, the Great American Beer Festival, was forced to go digital for the 2020 edition. This did not stop them from still hosting the yearly GABF awards ceremony. It definitely had a different feel this year watching it on a computer screen, versus sitting in a large hall and watching the breweries actually be able to celebrate …

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TABC Brewery Approvals October 6th, 2020

By / October 8, 2020 / Craft Beer News, TABC Updates / Leave a Comment

I have a horrible habit of just not doing these anymore. So, this article is more focused on which breweries have been approved in Texas since May. Even with Covid still going on, people are moving forward with opening their future breweries. I am hoping to start back up with label approvals some time in the near future. Recent Brewery Approvals: Note: I have only been putting new brewery approvals here – anything that is …

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

By / July 23, 2020 / Austin Breweries, 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 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 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, 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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