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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Friends and Allies Brewing Announces Upcoming Core Lineup

Friends and Allies Announces Upcoming Core Lineup and Can Designs! Austin, TX 10.27.2016 – Friends and Allies Brewing Company is proud to release the details of their upcoming core lineup: • Noisy Cricket Session IPA • Fresh Coast IPA • Urban Chicken Saison • Springdale White Ale These beers will launch in draft upon completion of their new East Austin facility later this year and cans will launch in early 2017. For more information about Friends […]

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals October 21st 2016

This TABC approval list is substantially longer than last week’s list. First, we have some newcomers on here. Thousand Oak Brewing (Cedar Park) and Manhattan Beer Project (DFW) both have started receiving their first label approvals (both in kegs). On the Austin side, there are a couple of new beers being released from Independence, Thirsty Planet, and Zilker. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals October 14th 2016

Well, you will get a good feeling at what Bell’s is planning on sending to Texas in this week’s TABC label approvals. A little bit of everything (yet no Hopslam yet). Granted, we likely won’t see these until April, so Hopslam (if it did come) would likely be even further out. And Künstler Brewing (used to go by San Antonio Brewing Company) received their brewpub license. It looks like they already have tanks in place,

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Texas at the Great American Beer Festival Recap 2016

Another year has come and gone for the Great American Beer Festival. For those who have never been, it has turned into a week long party for craft brewers and fans in Denver that ended Saturday. While most articles locally will talk about how Texas did, I decided to take a deeper look into the numbers of all of this. This year, there were 4 new categories to bring the total to 96. These range

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wicked-weed-amourous TABC Label and Brewery Approvals October 7th 2016

TABC Label and Brewery Approvals October 7th 2016

The first of the Bell’s Brewery beer is starting to show up. Granted, we will still not be seeing it until (likely) April of next year. Along with that, we have a couple more Wicked Weed bottles getting approvals. I am guessing they will be equally hard to get as the last ones. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format bottle b = Small format

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uinta-funkn-patch TABC Label and Brewery Approvals September 30 2016

TABC Label and Brewery Approvals September 30 2016

Nothing too crazy on this week’s TABC label and brewery approvals. We do have Lakewood barrel aging a Pilsner and Berliner Weisse. Along with a couple more Cascade approvals, it appears Sam Adams is updating a bunch of their labels. I am guessing we will see a lot more of those come through in the upcoming weeks. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle bb = 16oz format bottle

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals September 23 2016

Sigma, a brewery who has their official opening at the end of this month in Houston, is currently winning on the number of labels approved before opening. After this week, it brings their total up to 27 different approvals. That may not seem like a lot for a brewery that has been open for some time, but to have that many different beers in the works before opening? This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K =

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals September 16 2016

This looks like a much more productive week for the TABC label approvals. After last week, we had an approval for Oskar Blues BA Ten Fidy that was an Austin can. This week, we have approval for the CO version of the can. We will be seeing the CO distribution of this beer, but the Austin facility will not be making (at least for this year). Along with that, Lakewood has a new BA Barleywine

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals September 9 2016

A short week means quite a few less TABC labels approved. With that said, Oskar Blues has been busy getting all of their future Austin made beers approved. Do not expect to see the Austin made Barrel Aged Ten Fidy in stores any time soon (I do not believe they even have barrels yet) but it is nice to know that it will exist. This week’s TABC Label Approvals: K = Keg B = Large format bottle

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals September 2 2016

A solid week of TABC label and brewery approvals here. It includes some new Texas cans, another Bruery bottle, Oskar Blue’s long awaited keg approvals (they can now serve beer on tap at the taproom), among others. 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

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avery the beast oak aged TABC Label and Brewery Approvals Aug 26 2016

TABC Label and Brewery Approvals Aug 26 2016

TABC label and brewery approvals seemed to be slow going all week, but, we have a new brewery starting getting approvals called Sound Brewery (out of Washington). They apparently make a Mortal Kombat based series. 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 Avery

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals Aug 19 2016

Editors Note: Delay due to Jester King Brewery Western Caribbean Cruise. While I generally include most TABC label approvals each week, I often skip over some that are major macro beers (they are not of much interest). This week, I skipped over a bunch of the Boston Beer Company’s approvals. This list is generally 50ish approvals each week spread over numerous craft breweries. Boston Beer, alone, had over 200+ approvals this week. Now, most of

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