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Categorized: Equipment
Tagged: fermentation
Permit and License Update
Exciting news: We now have both our federal and state permits to manufacture beer! There are a few more hoops to jump through, but Bellows and Skylight will start flowing soon. Stay glued to this web site for information on grand opening parties and tour information.
Categorized: Yet Another Blog Post
No Beer Yet, But We Have Pint Glasses
Important stuff first: Still no permits, however the TTB deems our application complete enough to send in for approval. That is coming soon, then the TABC will take our money and permit us to sell beer. Expect to buy our beer in the middle of next month! You can buy a NRB pint glass right [...]
Categorized: Yet Another Blog Post
No Beer Yet, But the Homepage Looks Good
Beer Update The important stuff first: We still do not have permits, however there is a TTB officer reviewing our mountain of documents. We are scheduled to have a phone interview with her on Monday. Only after the Feds give the NRB approval does the TABC spring into action. At least there is a local [...]
Categorized: Startup
Tagged: branding, design, progress report
Episode 005: NRB Updates & House Bills
The NRB podcast is back to resolve the cliffhanger we left you on in Episode 004. We have beer names, shirts and a bunch of little updates. Would you like to help Texas craft brewers? Take action on House Bills 660 & 602. Details in the podcast. Episode 005: NRB Updates & House Bills
Categorized: Podcasts
Tagged: announcement, politics
Keg Washer In Action
We got our keg washer/sanitizer up and running today and are pretty excited about it. I made some homebrew for a friend’s wedding and we thought it would be a good test of the sanitizing and filling system before we put New Republic beer through it. The thing worked quite well and cost us about [...]
Categorized: Equipment
Tagged: keg, keg washer
NRB Shirts Order online Now!
Pre-Order deadline extended!! We will continue to accept pre-order until Midnight New Years Eve (December 31). Ok folks, we’ve finally moved out of the dark ages of e-mail pre-orders into the bright new future of our nifty (1 item) web store. You can now place a for real order with your shipping info and everything [...]
Categorized: Yet Another Blog Post
How About Some Samples
I wish we could give you some beer samples, but we are waiting for out TTB & TABC permits before that can happen. Meanwhile, we hired Always Creative to design our brand. They came through with a torrent of fantastic content, so much that we would like the community’s input. Each of the designs present [...]
We Made the Big Time
Welcome visitors who found us thanks to the article in The Eagle. It’s all true and we are anxious to start supplying Brazos with tasty craft beer. We are starting small, but if the community response is a gauge, expect to rapidly expand. For the benefit of those that didn’t read the article: We have [...]
Episode 004: Equipment
In this week’s audio missive we ramble on about the equipment we need to go from homebrew scale to nanobrewery. Episode 004: Equipment I mention a glycol set up in the podcast. Was able to find the flickr page.

