Jester King Craft Brewery on why The Festival can’t happen in Texas
In order for an event like this (The Festival) to take place in Texas, every individual, participating brewer, including foreign brewers, would need to pay up to $6,128 in licensing fees, fill out extensive paperwork (available only in English) and submit each of their beers that they planned to pour for label approval, along with either samples or a certified laboratory analysis, even if they had no intention of doing any future business in the State. Of the 70+ artisan producers in attendance, you could easily count on one hand the number whose products are currently available in Texas, and unless the law changes, we aren’t likely to see that number increase all that significantly anytime soon.
via Jester King blog.
Breweries: Jester King Brewery
There is a movement to change the laws in Texas. Check out http://www.openthetaps.org.
Yeah, and another one called: Open your minds and just drink good fuckin beer! No pun intended, love TX.