Beer Is A Bi-Partisan Issue

In the last session of the Texas Legislature, the Lege took a step toward revising Texas’ Prohibition Era liqour laws and passed Senate Bill 877, which Governor Perry signed into law.
That bill expanded the rights of Texas wineries to be able to ship directly to consumers in wet or dry areas without going through a “package store,” ie a liqour store.

And, in recent years there have also been other changes related to the wine industry.

But, none to that have helped independent microbreweries.

Saint Arnolds, a microbrewery in Houston, is setting out to change that and has started a blog to help educate and inform Texans about the issue called St. Arnold Goes To Austin.

Why is this important? There are actually a lot of reasons. For one thing, it is about a level playing field.

Fourteen out of the 19 microbreweries started in Texas have failed. That’s an astounding rate for any industry. Microbreweries flourish in other states because those states have laws more favorable to microbreweries, notes Evan of Perry vs. World, who is one of two bloggers (the other is Charles Kuffner) helping with the St. Arnold’s project.

The long and short of it is that microbreweries only want laws similar to those that now govern wineries. And, that’s only fair.

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