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- Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Spoetzl Brewery Gift Shop in Shiner
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Re: Spoetzl Brewery Gift Shop in Shiner - Follow Up
I placed a call today to the TABC office in Victoria, which covers Shiner and the Spoetzl Brewery. Courteous TABC gentleman on the phone. I told him about going into the gift shop with the free samples, seeing the two 51% signs posted on the mirror behind the free samples bar, and that the TABC site does not state either Red or Blue gun sign requirements for the brewery. When I said I have a CHL, he said "You have a what?" "A concealed handgun license." "Oh, OK." Anyway, he said he didn't think the 51% sign was correct for that location, and he would check into it. If it's not proper to post it, he will get it corrected. I probably won't get back to Shiner anytime soon, or even over the next few years, so I won't know for sure if anything happens. He said he would 'try' to send an email with his findings. So we'll see......
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Spoetzl Brewery Gift Shop in Shiner
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Spoetzl Brewery Gift Shop in Shiner
Last week, I was at a car event in La Grange, and on Friday we had a drive to the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner. Prior to the event, I had checked the TABC website, while there are three licenses for Spoetzl Brewery, the "Gun Sign" is blank. And while I did carry to the car event, I did not carry on the drive to the brewery, as I knew that I would be having some of their free samples. 
As we walked in to the gift shop (where the free samples are served), from habit I looked for any signage at the entry point. Nothing posted. There was a long line to the back of the shop where the beer taps are, and when I got there I saw that they had the red 51% signs on the mirror behind the bar. I was a bit surprised by that. I don't find any evidence that the sign is required by the TABC (Spoetzl Brewery, Lavaca county is how I searched), and anyway the signs were not posted at the entrance.
And I don't think they could say that they derive 51% of their revenue for the sale of the beer in the gift shop, because they don't actually sell it. You walk up to the bar and they give you one sample and three more wooden tokens good for three more (total of four) tastings of their beers. The get a large revenue stream from the gift sales.
Just curious if I missed the TABC requirement somewhere (like maybe the gift shop uses a different trade name?), or if that is an improper posting.
Not that I plan on being back there anytime soon, but just wondering about it.
As we walked in to the gift shop (where the free samples are served), from habit I looked for any signage at the entry point. Nothing posted. There was a long line to the back of the shop where the beer taps are, and when I got there I saw that they had the red 51% signs on the mirror behind the bar. I was a bit surprised by that. I don't find any evidence that the sign is required by the TABC (Spoetzl Brewery, Lavaca county is how I searched), and anyway the signs were not posted at the entrance.
And I don't think they could say that they derive 51% of their revenue for the sale of the beer in the gift shop, because they don't actually sell it. You walk up to the bar and they give you one sample and three more wooden tokens good for three more (total of four) tastings of their beers. The get a large revenue stream from the gift sales.
Just curious if I missed the TABC requirement somewhere (like maybe the gift shop uses a different trade name?), or if that is an improper posting.
Not that I plan on being back there anytime soon, but just wondering about it.