TX Label Approvals

I would love to get my hands on their barleywine, but I'm sure that's wishful thinking for now.

 

Who is we? Do you work for a distributor?

 

Will Smashed Pumpkin be coming?

 

XXIV came to Houston months ago on tap. Only way I see more coming is if someone held it back.

Not sure about Austin though.

 

DFW. Our schmaltz and Sixpoint rep, amoungst others.

Are we expected to see any of Pugsley?

 

Or Autumnation?

 

Did you guys know what happened with clown shoes? I heard there was no new stuff coming in since they did a Collab with Brash Brewing and apparently Ben from Petrol Station owns it. I guess he was trying to cheat the three tier system in Texas by brewing out of state and sending product in. Im not sure I am just going by what a friend told me he heard from someone at Specs and also after reading a few articles online.

 

Brash gets no distro in TX. No cheating the system.

 

This. I dont think he is allowed to tell in Texas due to a COI essentially. Someone correct me if im wrong here

 

As far as i've heard it came down to the fact that his first beer was a "collab" with clown shoes. Who owns what is where the argument came to. No new clown shoes until all is sorted out. We've missed Clementine 1.5 and i'm sure we'll miss the double pecan pie and whiskey blaecorn. Of course that means no Brash either

 

I got this responce from them stating that they may be pulling out of Texas. Not sure I buy it since they were getting new beers out to Texas for a long time before the mess with Brash happened.

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On twitter Clown Shoes just said the Pecan Pie was coming to TX.

Also, why approve labels (as noted above) if you are pullijg out of Texas? Why would TABC approve their labels if there was an issue?

 

does favorite brands distribute to south texas? is rogness only going to be available to the greater cities? inquiring minds want to know....

 

We never claimed to be pulling out of TX nor do we want to.

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New beers are going to be about four to six weeks behind the release, as we need to submit them for ABV testing and then into the TABC. Label approvals are not enough, which we get done in advance.​

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Texas is a great market and we are committed to it.​

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The Brash fiasco was not an attempt to cheat the system. Mercury is set up as the "owner" of the brand and Ben is creative director. We thought all was legal and above board, but when the TABC explained that he could have no involvement whatsoever we agreed to not sell in TX until the time, if it ever comes, the laws change.​

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Gregg B.​

 

Well, that put that rumor to rest.

 

Not sure about the Valley, but we get beer from them here in SATX (Shmaltz, Twisted Pine, Crazy Mountain, Eel River soon).

 

i need to ask or contact a vendor cause i have just been dealing with valley bev, l&f, and ben e. I dont think we get any of those beers.

 

Thanks gregg, glad to hear it. Love your stouts for sure.