The Rules of Texas Craft Beer.

Neither of you live in ATX.

 

And we rejoice.

 

Damn, so did the beard just kill this thread?

 

There's power in a king's beard.

 

i actually dont have a lot of beer lol.. >> http://www.cellarhq.com/cellar/mattchow

 

I wouldn't call that a lot... I know people that actually have 5x more bottles than that.

 

I have a buddy whose cellar just passed 3600 bottles. I asked him what his "end game" is, since I dont think anyone can drink that much beer, and he didnt really have an answer.

 

Will it to future generations...

 

For real, can some explain this to me.
Saint Arnold is the oldest craft brewery in TX from what I've read IIRC, but Shiner also makes under 6 Megabarrels (isn't that what the BA set craft at with SA going all big?), and Shiner is older...?

 

I would not consider Shiner craft. More of a heritage brewery. That's subjective I guess but it's how I see it.

Sort of Texas' Yuengling...

 

Yuengling>Shiner

 

I know there are a few criteria to be officially considered craft and one of them is who actually owns the company financially and that is why Shiner is not technically a craft brewery. I don't know the details but I am pretty sure that is why St Arnold gets to say that

 

The Brewers Association has the Gambrinus Company listed as a craft brewery member, which is the company that owns Spoetzl Brewing. If that is what people are referring to. Both Saint Arnold and Gambrinus are on the members list.

This is their definition for "craft"
http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/craft-brewer-defined
This is their members list
http://ba.brewersassociation.org/memberlist/members.aspx?memtype=BREW

Take it for what it is, and nobody has really come up with a good definition for a "craft" brewery IMO.

Edit, Do'h that is just a list of all members. There is a PDF file on the first link that lists all "craft brewers." The Gambrinus Company is not listed on that file, but Spoetzl is...confused yet. I know I am.

 

Well I stand corrected and have no idea why Saint Arnold is called Texas' oldest craft brewery

 

Anyone can have quantity in their cellar, quality is where you should focus on.

 

Spoetzl's inclusion on that list has been relatively recent. They now claim the use of adjuncts, corn, in their flagship (Shiner Bock) is used for "flavor enhancement" and not to lighten the beer. Which lets them squeak by in the Traditional category definition.