TABC Label and Brewery Approvals January 22 2016

Over the last week, we started seeing Knee Deep show up in stores in Austin. It looks like their kegs will be following right after based on these approvals. Along with this, I take it this is why Alesmith released all their beers in DFW this week – all of their keg approvals just came through.

Then you have Braindead Brewing (Dallas) who received their first bottle approval. It will likely be used for events and not necessarily distribution.

As far as the brewery approvals go, Saloon Door Brewing received theirs. It looks like they are already really close to opening. Just recently, though, they had to change their name from Southern Draw Brewing to Saloon Door Brewing.

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

Abita – Louisiana Spiced Ale (b)
Abita – Big Easy IPA (b, K)
Alamo – Fiestaval (b)
Alesmith – Lil Devil Belgian Style Pale Ale (K)
Alesmith – Speedway Stout Imperial Stout (K)
Alesmith – Nut Brown (K)
Alesmith – My Bloody Valentine Ale (K)
Alesmith – X Extra Pale Ale (K)
Alesmith – IPA (K)
Alesmith – Grand Cru (K)
Alesmith – Anvil ESB (K)
Alesmith – Horny Devil (K)
Alltech – Kentucky Extended Age Stout (K)
Anchor – Go West! IPA (b, B, c, K)
Austin Beerworks – Midnight Swordfight (K)
Austin Beerworks – Sea Cow Scotch Ale (K)
Avery – Vanilla Bean Stout (B, K)
Ballast Point – Pineapple Sculpin (b, c, K)
Ballast Point – Ginger Big Eye (B)
BJ’s – Committed Double IPA (K)
Blue Point – Spring Fling Ale Hoppy Cooper (b, K)
Blue Point – Hoptical Illusion IPA (b, K)
Boulevard – Imperial Stout 2015 (B)
Braindead – Hammer of the Gods (B)
Community – Triple Yessir! Triple IPA (K)
Destihl – Wild Sour Smoked Gose (K)
Firestone – Nitro Merlin Milk Stout (K)
Firestone – Nitro DBA Double Barrel Ale (K)
Freetail – Seventh Anniversary Old Bat Rastard (B, K)
Full Sail – Session Wheat Hefeweizen (b, K)
Full Sail – Session Golden Premium Export (b, K)
Full Sail – Slip Knot IPA (B, K)
Goose Island – Rasselbock (b)
Green Flash – Cosmic Risttretto Baltic Porter (B, K)
Infamous – Bugsy Fire Brush Amber (c)
Knee Deep – Citra Extra Pale Ale (K)
Knee Deep – Hoptologist DIPA (K)
Knee Deep – Hoparillo Triple IPA (B, K)
Knee Deep – Tanilla Porter Brewed with Vanilla Beans (B, K)
Knee Deep – Hop Shortage Triple IPA (B, K)
Knee Deep – Lupulin River Imperial IPA (K)
Knee Deep – Simtra Triple IPA (K)
Knee Deep – Breaking Bud (K)
New Belgium – La Folie Sour Brown Ale (B, K)
Ninkasi – Critical Hit Barley Wine Ale (B, K)
Rhinelander – Good Ass Beer (c)
Rogness – Vanilla Ost Porter (K)
SanTan – Limeleaf American Summer Ale (c)
SanTan – Grapefruit Shandy (K)
Sierra Nevada – Five Hop Option IPA (b, K)
Spindle Tap – Hop Option IPA Amarillo Ale (K)
Stone – NXS IPA (B, K)
Stone – Pataskala Red X IPA (b, K)
Uinta – Farmside Saison Ale (b, K)
Uncle Billy’s – Barton Springs Pale Ale (c)
Uncle Billy’s – The Green Room (c)

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 not put. An example of this would be things like a South Korean macro brewery.

(For TX breweries: B = Brewery, BP = Brewpub)

Joseph James Brewing – Nevada
Saloon Door Brewing – Webster (BP)
Platypus Brewing – Houston (BP)