TX Label Approvals

Discussion in 'Southwest' started by Lutter, Jun 15, 2012.

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  1. jl28r1

    jl28r1 Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2011 Texas

    That looks like a cool site, great job!
     
  2. miikezombie

    miikezombie Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2010 Texas

    No. That's for rare stuff like La Folie and Boulevard Chocolate Ale.
     
  3. BgThang

    BgThang Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2007 Texas

    Thanks. hopefully we can get the stores to post over there when they have new beers. As I dont care, unlike here.
     
  4. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas
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    A few new approvals (there's actually a ton if you look at the site, way too many to list here)

    Goose Island - 312 Urban Wheat (the most sizes I've seen in one approval... 12oz cans, 12oz bottles, 22oz bombers, and every size they make of kegs)
    Goose Island - Honker's Ale (bottles/kegs
    Goose Island - Matilda (keg only)
    Goose Island - Mild Winter Ale (bottles/kegs)
    Pyramid - Oatmeal Stout (bottles/keg)
    Sixpoint Autumnation (cans/kegs)
    Stone - Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout (12oz bottles)

    Most importantly...
    Budweiser & Bud Light Super Bowl XLVII cans

    The really scary thing about all of Goose Island's regulars is that they all have two approvals... because they are being made in multiple breweries (Baldwinsville, NY & Fort Collins, CO).

    Circle Brewing seems to be good at one thing: getting their beer's labels approved. I swear half the list is all their different varieties that I NEVER see around in Austin.

    I expect to see a CRAPLOAD of Goose Island over the next month as the empire rolls their tanks into your local craft beer bar and supermarkets. Resistance is futile.
     
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  5. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas
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    I'm really interested in seeing what little breweries get shoved off the shelf and out of the supermarket when Goose Island starts rolling into our HEB, Randall's, Kroger, and assuredly Wal*Mart. With all the configurations 312 Urban Wheat has, it's going to take up a similar amount of space in fridges to Bud/Bud Light from top to bottom.
     
  6. pushstartnow13

    pushstartnow13 Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2011 Texas

    GI is a really interesting story...I had a chance to visit recently and to me it is amazing how much autonomy they are being allowed by AB. Their beers are solid accross the board and I would not worry about the other brewery locations one bit...Both of those locations have to go through a GI certification process and when I was there the Ft. Collins location was not yet certified. They send samples back to Chicago for evaluation, just like AB does with Bud across the country, plus they are only brewing the core brands and Chicago is doing everything else.
     
  7. thirdeye11

    thirdeye11 Pundit (973) Feb 3, 2009 Texas

    After reading the article below, tell me if you still think they'll keep their autonomy forever. If the CEO's objective is to turn every last bit of profit out of this company, then GI won't last for long in their current state.

    http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/78040-the-plot-to-destroy-americas-beer

    Cheers,
    Chad
     
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  8. AdamR46

    AdamR46 Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2011 Texas

    been waiting for goose island to show up for a long time. the past two years i've bought 312 when I was in chicago and indiana to bring back down, all of it brewed in new york, tasted the same as when it was brewed in chicago and on draft at their brewpubs. I hope it lasts for a least a while. I'm hoping to get a keg of matilda for the kegerator. A couple months ago in indiana I found a bomber of matilda dated from 4/2010 at a random liquor store. I had some 2011 last night too, i love that stuff.
     
  9. H0rnedFr0gs

    H0rnedFr0gs Initiate (0) Mar 12, 2012 Texas

    "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell"-Edward Abbey

    There are many different geopolitical statements to made off that one quote but I think it could be applied to this situation as well. If profit is the sole motive then product will surely suffer.
     
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  10. DanzBorin

    DanzBorin Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2012 Texas

    I red that yesterday and it sickens me. I hope GI has leverage to keep some hand on quality.

    I'm not sure how he is bullying companies to sell to him, but it's got to be something we as the public don't see.
     
  11. thirdeye11

    thirdeye11 Pundit (973) Feb 3, 2009 Texas

    If you're not sure, I'll give you a hint. It starts with the letter B and ends with an "illions of dollars."
     
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  12. FUNKPhD

    FUNKPhD Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2010 Texas

    I believe limited releases and one-offs are still being brewed in Chicago.
     
  13. DanzBorin

    DanzBorin Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2012 Texas

    I had heard that AB didn't want to sell to InBev though.
     
  14. DanzBorin

    DanzBorin Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2012 Texas

    This is true now, but if you read that article, I think it's a matter of time before that changes. :slight_frown:
     
  15. thirdeye11

    thirdeye11 Pundit (973) Feb 3, 2009 Texas

    If they didn't want to sell to InBev, they wouldn't have. The gave them an offer they couldn't refuse. Keep in mind though, that it wasn't a one-person decision. Anheuser Busch was a corporation with many stockholders (decision makers).
     
  16. dumptruck81

    dumptruck81 Initiate (0) Dec 28, 2011 Texas

  17. MightyDog

    MightyDog Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2012 Texas

    One of the main reasons I fully support JK (bottles, gear, events, etc). If you are in the business just to make money off brewing, don't do it the way JK does it. If you are in it for craftsmanship, then they are a solid role model.
     
  18. H0rnedFr0gs

    H0rnedFr0gs Initiate (0) Mar 12, 2012 Texas

    Figured I'd add one more tidbit about the GI thing.

    If they truly are independent will they be able to use the distributor of their choosing? I ask almost rhetorically because we all know that inBev will be the distributor of 99% of all GI product.

    They see 10-15% of their market share being lost to craft and they are aiming to take it all back (in effect) by squeezing out other products. They will withhold pallets of Bud Light to retail outlets that don't have 4 cooler rows of GI. Retailers will be forced to squeeze craft out. Be prepared for GI shoved so far up one hole that you'd wish it was in the other.

    I'm willing to retract that if GI retains distribution rights.
     
  19. HopAG

    HopAG Savant (1,137) Sep 22, 2012 Texas

    GI scares me...
     
  20. BgThang

    BgThang Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2007 Texas

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