Texas News Craft Brewing In Texas Is Booming, With A Big Assist From Lawmakers KWBU | By Will Burney Published October 16, 2017 at 10:43 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:40 bruthanick/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The Jester King Brewery sits just outside Dripping Springs. The legislatures' 2013 decision to let craft brewers sell their beeor onsite, and give brewpubs the ability to sell offsite gave a helping hand to the industry.