The beers at night are

cold and light

With the passage of House Bill 1545, Texas
will finally join the other 49 states of the
U.S. in allowing off-premise beer sales from
manufacturing craft breweries. Versions of the
bill were brought before legislators for seven
consecutive sessions before finally passing in
June 2019. This long-awaited victory opens
new avenues for Texas brewery success, deep
in the heart of craft beer.

35% $5.3
BILLION
8x
FT PROD
UCTION GROW
TH 11 NUMBER OF BREWERIES
CRA

5 YEARS
in
Barrels of craft beer economic impact
LAST produced each year 2017
2018 vs 2008

TEXAS’ TOP
CRAFT
100
PRODUCERS

#1 80
Spoetzl Brewery Brewpub
Shiner, TX
Micro 60

#2 Planning
40
Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Regional
Houston, TX
Taproom
20
#3 Other
Real Ale Brewing Co.
SOURCE: JLL Research
Blanco, TX & Brewers Association 0
Austin Dallas Houston San Antonio

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RIDING THE NATIONAL WAVE

National overall beer sales

Craft retail sales IPAs are trendy, declined in 2018, while both
account for over representing volume sales and retail dollar
24% of U.S. beer nearly a third of
market craft volume sales of craft beer increased.
Texas now has more than six times the number
of active beer production licenses than at the
beginning of the decade, signaling one of the
biggest trends in food and beverage. But it
continues to rank 30th in economic impact per
capita and 46th in number of breweries per
capita in the U.S., hindered by restrictive laws
Craft beers with Hard seltzer surrounding alcohol sales. With the passage
an ABV of 7%+ is a new competitor, of the “Beer-to-Go” bill, more entrants to
seeing largest carving out a piece the craft beer scene are expected, increasing
sales growth of 2019 sales competition and revenue for craft breweries
across the state.

 
 

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Craft Beer Report

Dallas/FW

Craft Brewers
Top 1. Deep Ellum Brewing Co
2018 production: 45,466 barrels
Known for: Dallas Blonde
2. Rahr and Sons Brewing
2018 production: 18,500 barrels
Known for: Rahr’s Blond
by Texas Metro 3. Community Beer Co
2018 production: 16,791 barrels
Known for: Mosaic IPA

Austin
1. Austin Beerworks
2018 production: 20,676 barrels
Known for: Peacemaker
2. Independence Brewing
2018 production: 19,080 barrels
Known for: Austin Amber
3. Live Oak Brewing Company
2018 production: 15,915 barrels
Known for: Live Oak Hefeweizen

San Antonio
1. Alamo Beer Co
2018 production: 5,195 barrels
Known for: Original Golden Ale
2. Freetail Brewing Co
2018 production: 4,680 barrels
Known for: Bat Outta Helles
3. Southerleigh Brewing
2018 production: 3,100 barrels
Known for: Gold Export Lager
Houston
1. Saint Arnold Brewing Co
2018 production: 66,784 barrels
Known for: Fancy Lawnmower
2. Southern Star Brewing
2018 production: 11,913 barrels
Known for: Bombshell Blonde
3. 8th Wonder Brewery
2018 production: 9,016 barrels
Known for: Dome Faux’m

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weries BAYOU CITY BREW STYLEStagecoach The Chateau
Woodlands Woods
Brewpub
Kenefick
Breweries
Micro Tomball
Spring Brewpub

Planning Micro
Kingwood
Planning Dayton
Regional Huffman Regional
aproom Taproom

Humble
Cypress

290

69 Crosby
Old River-
Winfree
Jersey Mont
Katy
Village Belvieu
Hilshire
Highlands
Village
610
Katy Houston Fulshear

90
Bunker Hill 10
Channelview
Village Jacinto
City Baytown
59 Richmond
45
Bellaire
Fulshear Pasadena Rosenberg

Deer Park Beach City

Sugar La Porte Pleak
Beasley
Land

Brookside
Missouri
Richmond Village
City
Seabrook
Pearland
Rosenberg 69
Fresno Galveston Bay
Friendswood Webster League
Arcola City Bacliff
Pleak
Beasley
Dickinson

Despite the sheer size of Houston and its population, the region
features only 54 craft breweries, far less than the Austin and Dallas-
Alvin
FunFacts
Fort Worth metro areas. But the local scene has been upping its
game, doubling the number of craft brewers in the last three years
and currently has the largest pipeline of breweries in the works. Oldest in
Given strict zoning ordinances outside of Houston, other major Houston (1994)
Texas cities have shown a stronger affinity for brewpubs, restaurant-
breweries generally located in retail-dense areas. As these
restrictions don’t exist in Houston, craft brewers have trended to Opened a
industrial land uses. In fact, over 70 percent of Houston’s breweries distillery in
are situated in converted or repurposed warehouse buildings. 2017
More prevalent in Houston is the taproom, which is like a brewpub
in that the beer is primarily sold on site, often directly from the
brewery’s storage tanks, but without a restaurant component. Nine 100% female
taprooms have opened since 2016, the most recent of which include owned
True Anomaly Brewing in East Downtown and Astral Brewing north
of the Heights outside Loop 610.
20
Breweries
currently in
planning stages
Source: JLL Research, Brewers Association