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Did Beer Delivery Just Become A Real Thing?

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News

UPDATE: No, it did not. Apparently TABC released guidance that things will remain the same for Texas breweries and bars: “You should continue to operate as you have been operating in recent weeks. The order does not create a new special authorization to conduct pickup and delivery if Texas statutes do not currently allow your business to do so.” Today marks the first day of retail to-go under Governor Abbot’s GA-16 order signed on April […]

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TABC Label and Brewery Approvals April 15th, 2020

By / / Austin Breweries, Beer Data and Statistics

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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Beer-to-Go | Pink Boots Collaboration Beer Edition

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Pink Boots Society, Women in Beer

Welcome to our new series “Beer-to-Go” aimed at highlighting all of our wonderful local breweries and bars that have fresh beers for you to enjoy during the quarantine. Our first installment of the beer-to-go photo contest was a success, thank you to everyone who participated! This week we have a very special feature, we are asking you to get out there and pick up some Pink Boots Austin Collaboration beers! In case you don’t know, our local Pink

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Beer-to-Go Photos | April 13, 2020

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA

You answered the call to show us your beer-to-go pictures, supporting local breweries and bars. Here are this week’s top posts, let’s do it again next week! https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0G8col7Bi/ Wanted to support @draughthouse through this tough time today. Very smooth pick-up. Smaller breweries & pubs are gonna be hit the hardest. #craftbeeraustin pic.twitter.com/36usfPUTF4 — David Wiechmann (@dwiechPR) April 10, 2020   https://www.instagram.com/p/B-26AEZFmjc/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0bZl2JGeD/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7rKU_FIox/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kecPHJgsK/  

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Show Us Your Beer-to-Go Pictures!

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA

Welcome to our new series “Beer-to-Go” aimed at highlighting all of our wonderful local breweries and bars that have fresh beers for you to enjoy during the quarantine. For this first installment, we are asking you to show us your beer-to-go photos! Simply snap a pic when you are picking up your favorite local beer, post it on social media and tag CraftBeerAustin.com. If you also tag the brewery or bar and add the hashtag

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Craft Brewers Conference Canceled But You Can Join Online for FREE!

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News, Event Listings and New Releases

It was an amazing opportunity for Texas brewers to have the largest craft beer industry conference planned for San Antonio this year. The Brewers Association hosts the Craft Brewers Conference each year in a different location around the country. This was going to be the first time it was held in Texas and boy; we were all looking forward to it. I’ve said it many times, we don’t get the recognition we deserve in the

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What the New Stay at Home Order Means for Austin Area Breweries

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News

As of today, both Travis and Williamson counties have implemented “Stay home – Work Safe” orders in effect until Monday, April 13. Under the order, restaurants are considered essential businesses and can continue to provide food for pick up or delivery, including food trucks. Liquor stores and grocery stores also will remain open, all while maintaining social distancing. The City of Austin order Section 6.f.ii outlines details for food manufacturers and liquor stores: Stores that

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Feature | COVID-19 Impact on Craft Beer

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Craft Beer News, The People of Craft Beer

Feature written by Brian Trivitt COVID 19 AKA, Coronavirus. The continual impact and panic it continues to inflict worldwide is astounding. I am trying to remember any modern epidemic that has escalated so quickly literally day by day. It’s coincidental name, is, of course, spawned some jokes on social media about Corona beer, but at this point, things have gotten so serious any humor regarding this has pretty much vanished. After having the pleasure of

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BREAKING NEWS | Hops and Grain San Marcos Permanently Closed

By / / Austin Breweries, Craft Beer News

  Hops and Grain San Marcos Permanently Closed Announced on social media this morning, the San Marcos location of east side favorite Hops and Grain is permanently closed. They opened the taproom almost one year ago and started production last summer. Funds were raised for the project early on through a Wefunder campaign, where the founder Josh Hare was able to raise one million dollars for the second production facility. In the beginning, the project

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Women in Beer | Karen Killough

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA, Pink Boots Society, Women in Beer

Women in Beer | Karen Killough When I started writing for Craft Beer Austin back in 2015, my first series of articles was about Women in Beer. I am happy to announce that thanks to the ladies of the Austin chapter of the Pink Boots Society, I am bringing back the Women in Beer series. This edition features Karen Killough, Co-Founder of Vista Brewing. Describe your average week. What are you responsible for? Marketing &

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Altstadt Brewery Launches Core Beer Line-Up Available in Cans

By / / Craft Beer News

Altstadt Brewery out of Fredericksburg, Texas just announced they are releasing their core beers in cans including their Kolsch, Lager, Amber, and Hefeweizen, previously only available in bottles or on draft. Altstadt recently made news when they won double gold medals at this years Great American Beer Festival for their German style Kolsch and Munich Style Helles Lager, both first time entries. Other notable awards include the 2019 US Open Beer Championships for German Style

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The Hill Country Brewery You Need to Visit Now

By / / Austin Breweries, CBA

Carter Creek Winery and Old 290 Brewery (opens in new tab) On February 22nd, the Craft Beer Austin team embarked on a small team outing to visit some breweries that are new, interesting or different; or that we had just not been to before. The highlight of what we found was the most surprising new brewery in years. Carter Creek Winery and Resort in Johnson City recently opened a brewery called Old 290 Brewery next

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