— in spite of prohibition-era state laws that put a damper on sales for upstart businesses.
The growth is part of the broader “farm to table” movement in which consumers have sought to cut out the middleman and get products directly from local producers. Distilleries are regulated like liquor stores in Texas so they can’t sell bottles of liquor on Sundays “even though Sunday is one of their very busiest days of the week,” Brown said. Texas is one of seven U.S. states that stills bans the sale of liquor on Sundays.Voter Guide: What to know for the Texas runoff electionAnother impact studied is tax revenue. Texas distillers generated nearly $52 million in excise and beverage taxes paid to the state in 2020, it found.
“The industry continues to grow robustly,” Tunstall said. Still, “the limitations on the number of bottles per month that can be purchased by any one consumer, those will increasingly have an impact.”