On most weeks, TABC releases Label and Brewery approvals that have been approved for sale in Texas. Every beer that is sold in Texas has to go through this process before you can see it on store shelves. This is a way to see what beer will be coming into the Texas market before it shows up at your local bottle shop or craft beer bar. The time frame between showing up on the label approval list and hitting the shelves could be anywhere from a day to a couple of months out.
The same can be said for breweries. The brewery approvals tend to be even further out. Every brewery sold in Texas has to go through the same process to get approved by the TABC. Once they do this, they can then get labels approved.
I only include craft beer labels that have been approved.
After each label, I have indicated what they have been approved to sell in. They are as follows:
K = Keg
B = Large format bottle
bb = 16oz format bottle
b = Small format bottle
c = Small format (12oz) can
C = Larger format cans
This week’s TABC Label releases:
8th Wonder – Cutiv8 (K)
8th Wonder – Fourza (K)
8th Wonder – Free Kick (K)
8th Wonder – Funky Monkey (K)
8th Wonder – Spring Balk (K)
8th Wonder – Spruce Goose (K)
Bluebonnet – OBH Pale Ale (K)
Boulevard – Ginger Lemon Radler (c)
Boulevard – Heavy Lifting IPA (c)
Boulevard – Pop-up Session IPA (c)
Boulevard – Unfiltered Wheat Beer (c)
Branchline – Old Three Hundred Flanders (bb, K)
Branchline – The Visitor West Coast IPA (K)
Buffalo Bayou – Bananas Foster Ale (B, K)
Bull Creek – Champs Au Sud Saison Ale (K)
Bull Creek – Faded Extra Pale Ale (K)
Bull Creek – Hop Whacked Imperial IPA (K)
Bull Creek – Iron Balls Imperial Stout (K)
Bull Creek – Longhorn Blonde Ale (K)
Bull Creek – Otzi’s Twenty Nine Copper Ale (K)
Bull Creek – Tommy Raj IPA (K)
Delirium – Noel Belgian Ale (b, K)
Destohl – Bela Imperial Pilsner (bb, K)
Epic – Sour Brainless on Peaches (b, K)
Four Corners – Home Brew Texas Steam (K)
Goose Island – Goose Experimental Autumn Ale (b)
Green Flash – Flanders Drive Sour Red Ale (K)
Humperdink’s (Arlington) – Big Horn Hefeweizen (K)
Humperdink’s (Arlington) – Big Red IPA (K)
Humperdink’s (Arlington) – Bock (K)
Humperdink’s (Arlington) – Buttface Amber (K)
Humperdink’s (Arlington) – Juan Moore Light Beer (K)
Humperdink’s (Arlington) – Texas Blonde Beer (K)
Humperdink’s (Arlington) – Total Disorder Porter Ale (K)
Konig Ludwig – Oktoberfest Spezial (K)
Konig Ludwig – Weissbier Hell Ale (K)
Live Oak – Gold (K)
Mercury – Clown Shoes Mango American Kolsch (K)
Nine Band – Axis Ale (K)
NXNW South – Flip Flop Pale Rye (K)
NXNW South – One Eyed Willy’s Tripel (K)
NXNW South – Man Mountain (K)
NXNW South – Porch Time (K)
NXNW South – Raptors Delight Belgian Pale Ale (K)
NXNW South – Splintercat (K)
NXNW South – Star View Blonde Ale (K)
NXNW South – Summer Fleece Schwarzbier (K)
NXNW South – Sunbreak IPA (K)
NXNW South – Upgrayedd IPL (K)
NXNW South – Red Zepplin (K)
O’Neil and Sons – Chingo’s of Hops IPA (K)
Rahr & Sons – Drahthaar Doube IPA (B, K)
Real Ale – Black Quad Quadrupel Ale (B, K)
Real Ale – Three Lions Imperial IPA (B, K)
Save The World – Peach Proctum Bonum Saison (K)
Sierra Nevada – Trip in the Woods Barrel Aged Lime Ale (b)
Southern Tier – Choklat Oranu Stout with Chocolate (B, K)
St. Ambroise – Apricot Wheat Ale (bb, K)
St. Ambroise – Great Pumpkin (b, K)
St. Ambroise – Oatmeal (bb, K)
Stone – Double Dry-Hopped Stone Ruination w/ American Oak (K)
Stone – Farking Wheaton Woot Stout (B, K)
Stone – Ruination Double IPA 2.0 w/ American Oak (K)
Texian – Crockett Imperial Stout (K)
Texian – FM 359 Brett Saison (B, K)
Texian – Salado Gose Salted Sour Wheat (K)
Texian – Texianer Weisse Sour Wheat Ale (K)
Texian – The Invincible Brett IPA (B, K)
Texian – Travis Pale Lager (K)
Tupps – Black Ale (K)
Twin Peaks – Dropdead Redhead IPA (bb)
Uncle Billy’s – Schizopetal (K)
TABC Brewery Approvals:
Pinthouse Pizza Lamar – Austin
Long Wooden Spoon – Amarillo
Barley & Board – Denton
Labels Approved:
Texian – It sounds like we should start seeing more from Texian in the near future. I recently had one of their Brett IPAs at the Big Texas Beer Festival and it was great. It sounds like they may be doing more things in that area, so I am looking forward to seeing them at bars again.
Pinthouse Pizza South – One step closer to opening. Granted, they are still a bit away from opening, it is good to see that they have this one obstacle taken care of.
Bull Creek – Located north of Austin, they have been quiet as of late about their opening. It is good to see that they are getting labels approved again. Hopefully, that means they will officially open their doors in the near future.
Texas Labels Approved:
