-- By selling directly to patrons, microbreweries can achieve profit margins that make their operations financially viable, which encourages more microbreweries to start up. -- Customers are more likely to remember visiting a Texas microbrewery if they are allowed to purchase a six pack during their visit to bring home. -- Retailers can enjoy increased demand for Texas microbreweries, which typically command higher prices and higher profit margins than mass- produced beers.Texas wineries have thrived financially after Texas voters approved doing away with a similar prohibition on limited direct sales a few years ago. "We want what any small business would want: the freedom to sell our products to people who come to us and want to buy," said Brock Wagner, founder of Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston, the oldest craft brewery in Texas. "We encourage Texas beer lovers to contact their lawmakers and encourage them to support this bill." In addition to Houston-based Saint Arnold Brewing Company, every other Texas microbrewery is backing the initiative, including Independence Brewing and Live Oak Brewing Company in Austin, Rahr & Sons Brewing Company in Fort Worth, and Real Ale Brewery in Blanco. About Saint Arnold Brewing Company Saint Arnold Brewing's ten brews are made and sold by the company's staff of 18 dedicated employees. The brewery is located at 2522 Fairway Park Drive and its brewery tour and tasting is offered every Saturday at 1:00 P.M. For more information on Saint Arnold's five year-round and five seasonal beers as well as root beer, log on to www.saintarnold.com.
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