Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Plan to Continue Their Antics

Proposed Flow Meter Bill could burden craft breweries

"...The small brewers and wholesale distributors of Texas went from business frenemies to pals..."

March 7, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Beer Bill Filed With Legislature Changes Proposed Requirements for Breweries

Billionaire beer distributors are still railing against beer-to-go

"...Yes, there is yet another update to the beer-to-go saga: The proposed Flow Meter bill was filed in..."

March 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Follow the Money, Find Beer-to-Go’s Largest Opponents

Time is the latest hurdle in the Texas Craft Beer legislation saga

"...If you’d rather live your life instead of hate-reading and groaning through the fourth installment of this..."

April 9, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Texas on the Brink of Enjoying Beer Like Every Other State in America

Beer-to-Go passes Texas Senate as TABC Sunset Bill amendment

"...say in Westeros and apparently in the war room of the Texas Craft Brewers Guild. The infamous Beer-to-Go Amendment..."

May 23, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Storm in a Beer Stein

Craft beer makers and fans make their case at the Lege

"...Craft brewing fans had only one tear in their beer at Tuesday’s House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee meeting,..."

March 23, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Historic Agreement Reached on Craft Beer-to-Go Bills

Texas Craft Brewers & Beer Alliance of Texas finally work together

"...If you’ve been around Austin’s craft beer soap opera for longer than 10 minutes, you’ve noticed..."

Feb. 14, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

UPDATE: Beer-to-Go Passes House but the Battle Will Rage On in the Senate

What actually happened, and what happens next

"...The Beer-to-Go bill passed the House after it came within a..."

April 26, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Beer Bills Brewing at the Lege

Microbrewers want on-site sales, brewpubs want to sell off-site

"...Unfortunately, Texas’ stupid, arbitrary liquor laws make it hard on the..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Beer Laws Moving Today

Your guide to the mixed reactions

"...Today and tomorrow, the Texas Senate is expected to vote on the four beer..."

March 25, 2013 Food Post by Ivy Le

Will Texas Patch Up TABC Before It Bursts?

If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the state’s Sunset Act, it’s the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion

"...agency needed to be scorched by the liquid fire of the state's Sunset Act, it's the Texas Alcoholic Beverage..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Battle of Small Beer vs. Big Distributors Rages on With Texas Beer-To-Go Bill

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...Here in Texas, the small, plucky craft brewers and the overdetermined parade..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Greg Abbott Signs "Beer-to-Go" Bill at Austin Beerworks

Texas becomes final state in the country to allow such sales

"...drinking Rolling Rocks until sunrise at the Fiji house: Beer-to-Go in Texas is official!..."

June 17, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...Are Texas state troopers damaging the economy of a small town..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Brewers Lobby at the Capitol

Beermakers hopeful that deal has been worked out with distributors

"...meet-and-greet event at historic Saengerrunde Hall hosted by the Texas Brewers’ Institute intended to promote beermakers’ interests to state..."

Feb. 23, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...It's difficult to overstate how hungry the Austin beer economy is at the moment. With nearly 50 Central..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Microbrewery Bill Moves Forward

Did Anheuser-Busch objections fall flat?

"...Texas microbrewers may have felt a bit hammered a week..."

May 18, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Dying in Committee, Part 8: Microbrewery Bill Dead

Don't plan on taking any beer home after that microbrewery tour.

"...The bill in the Texas Legislature that would allow microbrewers to sell their product..."

May 11, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Microbrewers Bill Alive but 'On Life Support'

Farrar's HB 2094 gets out of committee

"...Houston Rep. Jessica Farrar's bill to allow Texas microbreweries to sell their product on the premises finally..."

May 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

LegeLand: Brew the Looking Glass

If Texas' liquor laws look good, you must be wearing beer goggles

"...in town – you're gonna need a drink. Unfortunately, Texas' arbitrary liquor laws make it hard on the businesses..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Home's A Brewin': Do You Hear the People Drink?

Local breweries unite in effort to reform restrictive brewpub legislation

"...across all political lines on two things: freedom and beer. Imagine my dismay upon my recent homecoming when I..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Column by Ivy Le

Music to Your Beers

Microbrewer bill passes House

"...Texas microbrewers are closer than ever to being allowed to..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Don't Roll Out the Barrel Just Yet

Microbrewers between a rock and a hard place at the Lege

"...Texas microbrewers are between a rock and a hard place...."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Brew News

Brewery openings and Texas winners and losers

"...Commons development that has sprung up on the site of the old Huntsman Chemical facility at North Lamar and..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Politics Gift Guide

Deck the halls – or get decked – with these last-minute suggestions from the News staff

"...and economic theory (Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Soci­e­ties, by Jared Diamond, W.W. Norton & Co.,..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Capitol Briefs

"...could be an apt title for the near-anarchy state of the House this session. Persistent rumblings of an attempted..."

May 18, 2007 News Column

Top Guns

Kent A. Caperton ($885,000-$2,925,000 )

"...Minick, P.C. *$200,000-$999,999 Aon Corp. $200,000-$999,999 Entrecorp $100,000-$149,999 Association of Electric Cos. of Texas $50,000-$99,999 Boys & Girls Club..."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

When Good Things Happen to Bad Bills – and Vice Versa

Bad bills fly, while good bills die

"...hike to pay for transportation costs or make the Texas Department of Transportation truly accountable, Senate Transportation & Homeland..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by the News Staff

In the Yard: Austin Winery

Pretty much surpassing all your grape expectations

"...Look: Here’s an interview with Matt Smith of the Austin Winery at 440 E. St. Elmo Rd...."

May 12, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner