A July survey conducted by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild found that one in three Texas craft breweries believe they will have to permanently close in less than three months without some change to the current shutdown order or new economic relief options. Two in three believe they will not make it to the end of the year under current conditions. The guild further says that the economic and public health crisis brought on by COVID-19 and Governor Abbott’s June 26th shutdown threatens to decimate the Texas craft brewing industry.
Texas has already seen at least six craft breweries permanently shut down as a direct result of the pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis.