Today is the 67th birthday of Jack McAuliffe, the father of the modern microbrewery. Jack incorporated his New Albion Brewery in October of 1976, and began producing beer the following year from his tiny brewery in Sonoma, California. His 1-barrel system suggests he may also have been the first nanobrewery, as well. I finally got a chance to meet Jack when he was San Francisco for CBC last year, and was privileged to spend some time with him the week after CBC when Jack visited Russian River Brewery and then the next day graciously showed us the original site of his New Albion Brewery. Join me in wishing Jack a very happy birthday.
Maureen Ogle, Jack and Julie Johnson, from All About Beer magazine, during the Craft Brewers Conference in San Francisco last year.
Vinnie Cilurzo, from Russian River Brewing, with Jack, showing us around the original site of the New Albion Brewery.
Jack and Boston Beer’s Jim Koch at their annual media brunch during GABF week last year.
Jack and me at Russian River Brewery.
Monday’s ad is the companion to yesterday’s Beer In Art post, Gil Elvgren’s Shiner Texas Special. After Elvgren finished the artwork, Shiner marketing applied the text and logo in upper righthand corner. The result, I think, is a pretty great looking ad.
Today’s work of art is by the American pin-up artist Gil Elvgren known for his glamour illustrations and cheesecake paintings, though he also worked in advertising throughout his forty-year career. In 1953, he did this painting for the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas. It was originally founded in 1909, today it’s owned by the Gambrinus Company in San Antonio.
The finished ad included the addition of the Shiner logo and was known as “Shiner Texas Special. You can see the final ad in tomorrow’s Beer in Ads series.
To learn more about Gil Elvgren, check out his biography on Wikipedia or on GilElvgren.com. The American Art Archives has more of his advertising illustrations and you can see more of his pin-up work at Elvgren Pinup, GilElvgren.com, the Great American Pin-Up and the Elvgren Concordance, which has over 500 of his pin-up works.
Today is the birthday of Jaime Jurado, who until recently was the Director of Brewing Operations for the Gambrinus Company, a position he’d held for over a decade. Gambrinus included several beer brands and breweries, including Shiner, BridgePort, Pete’s Wicked and Trumer. As of the beginning of this year, he’s moved to Pennsylvania, to take the brewmaster gig at Susquehanna Brewing Co. in Pittston. He’s an incredibly talented brewer. More importantly, Jaime is one of the nicest people I know in the business. Join me wishing Jaime a very happy birthday.
A blushing Jamie at OBF in 2006.
Jamie with Lars Larson, brewmaster of Trumer Brauerei, at the Celebrator 18th anniversary party.
Jamie (far left) with some NBWA luminaries at the 2008 NBWA welcome reception. From left, Jamie, Lucy Saunders (the Beer Cook), Charlie Papazian (President of the Brewers Association), Kim Jordan (from New Belgium Brewing) and Tom Dalldorf (from the Celebrator Beer News).
Jamie with Todd and Jason Alström, founder of Beer Advocate, at the 2008 GABF.
Today is Harry Schumacher’s 43rd birthday. Harry covers the business side of beer news at his wonderful Beer Business Daily. Our paths cross only occasionally, but I had the pleasure of getting to know Harry well during a press junket to Bavaria a few years ago, and he’s one of the warmest, thoughtful and funniest people I’ve met. And he’s a beertard, too. Join me in wishing Harry a very happy birthday.
With fellow beer writer Horst Dornbusch in Bamberg.
Harry and me enjoying a meal in the Hallertau region of Bavaria.
Today in 1845, Texas became the 28th state.
Texas
Texas Breweries
Texas Brewery Guides
Guild: Texas Craft Brewers Guild
State Agency: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
- Capital: Austin
- Largest Cities: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth
- Population: 20,851,820; 2nd
- Area: 268601 sq.mi., 2nd
- Nickname: Lone Star State
- Statehood: 28th, December 29, 1845
- Alcohol Legalized: September 15, 1933
- Number of Breweries: 37
- Rank: 18th
- Beer Production: 19,850,556
- Production Rank: 2nd
- Beer Per Capita: 25.3 Gallons
Package Mix:
- Bottles: 39.4%
- Cans: 54.6%
- Kegs: 5.3%
Beer Taxes (4% or Less):
- Per Gallon: $0.19
- Per Case: $0.44
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $6.00
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $6.00
Beer Taxes (Over 4%):
- Per Gallon: $0.20
- Per Case: $0.45
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $6.14
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $6.14
Economic Impact (2010):
- From Brewing: $2,297,903,903
- Direct Impact: $7,164,583,859
- Supplier Impact: $5,622,775,974
- Induced Economic Impact: $6,873,411,601
- Total Impact: $19,660,771,434
Legal Restrictions:
- Control State: No
- Sale Hours: On Premises: Monday-Friday: 7am-midnight
Saturday: 7am-1am
Sunday: 12pm-midnight.
Some cities/counties permit sale until 2am (with license).
Off Premises: Beer/Non-hard liquor —
7 a.m. to midnight (Mon.-Fri.)
7 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. (Sat.)
12:00 p.m. to midnight (Sun.)
Hard Liquor —
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Mon.-Sat.)
- Grocery Store Sales: Yes
- Notes: No alcohol cap but ABV > 15.5% requires additional license, so many places are beer/wine only.
Wet/dry issues determined by city/county election.
Liquor stores statewide closed all day Sunday.
An alcoholic beverage served (on-premise) to a customer between 10 a.m. and noon on Sunday must be provided during the service of food to the customer. 29 Texas counties are completely dry. In many counties, public intoxication laws are vigorously upheld.
Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.
For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.
