Beer Laws
Austin-based Adelbert’s Brewing Company is changing the name its popular beer The Traveler Belgian IPA, in response to a trademark notice from Vermont’s The
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October 20, 2015 // 0 Comments
Today in “____ craft brewery is threatening legal action against ____ craft brewery” news… Flying Dog Brewery has hit Dallas-based Deep Ellum Brewing
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June 30, 2015 // 0 Comments
A pair of bills introduced this week aim to make it legal for Texas craft breweries to sell cans, bottles and growlers of their beer to go directly from their taprooms.
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March 13, 2015 // 0 Comments
Three Texas brewers have teamed up to challenge restrictions on craft beer distribution. Chip McElroy, owner of Live Oak Brewing in Austin, Michael Peticolas, owner
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December 9, 2014 // 4 Comments
In the past months, concern has risen that new federal rules may cut centuries-long relationships brewers have had with farmers. A proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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March 31, 2014 // 0 Comments
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st amendment, in other words, the repeal of Prohibition. Naturally, this beverage-centric historical milestone
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December 5, 2013 // 0 Comments
The Alamo Drafthouse is kicking off its Rolling Roadshow summer series with a very special beer-themed event. As the sun sets on Jester King Craft Brewery this Thursday July
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July 15, 2013 // 1 Comment
With only the Governor’s signature needed to make the beer bills law, a number of Texas brewers have come forward through social media, online forums and blogs in
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May 22, 2013 // 0 Comments
Hey craft beer drinkers, in case you haven’t heard the news, SB 515, 516, 517, 518 & 639, a package of craft beer bills that would allow production breweries to
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May 16, 2013 // 1 Comment
Remember that one time Hanson said they were making a beer called MMMHop after their revolutionary 1997 hit “MMMBop”? I do because I was fucking stoked for it.
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March 12, 2013 // 1 Comment
One step forward—two steps back, as they say. Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) brought before the Texas Senate a bill that many are calling “anti-competitive.”
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February 22, 2013 // 2 Comments
It was announced earlier this week on Open the Taps’ blog that the Texas Craft Brewers Guild had made some headway in their negotiations with beer industry interest
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February 14, 2013 // 3 Comments