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TDSA INFORMATION
AND RESOURCES
TDSA provides important information to Texas distillers regularly updating this page.
Hill Country Flood Resources |
TDSA sends our sincere condolences to all who were impacted by the Hill Country floods. Below please find a list of resources to use if you or your business experienced damage from flood waters. We will be updating these resources as they become available:
STATE RESOURCES Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) TDEM is asking for those impacted by the July 4th floods to fill out a survey here: https://damage.tdem.texas.gov/. Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) TDI’s Help Line is available to help Texas flood victims with insurance questions. The line is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Call 800-252-3439 or visit Get help with an insurance complaint . FEDERAL RESOURCES Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans The SBA offers three types of financial assistance to those who were impacted by storms: Business Physical Disaster Loans – Loans to businesses to repair or replace disaster-damaged property owned by the business, including real estate, inventories, supplies, machinery and equipment. Businesses of any size are eligible. Private, non-profit organizations such as charities, churches, private universities, etc., are also eligible. The limit is typically $2 million. Deadline to apply is September 5, 2025. Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) – Working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period. These loans are capped at $2 million and are designed to cover essential expenses such as payroll and rent. Deadline to apply is April 6, 2026. Home Disaster Loans – Loans to homeowners or renters to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate and personal property, including automobiles. These loans can go up to $200,000 for property repairs and $40,000 for contents such as furniture and vehicles. For more information visit https://lending.sba.gov . The SBA cannot duplicate benefits for losses covered by insurance. FEMA Assistance Financial assistance is available to eligible homeowners and renters in Kerr County. FEMA may be able to help with serious needs, displacement, temporary lodging, basic home repair costs, personal property loss or other disaster-caused needs. Survivors with homeowners, renters’ or flood insurance should file a claim first. By law, FEMA cannot duplicate benefits for losses covered by insurance. If your policy does not cover all your damage expenses, you may then be eligible for federal assistance. Apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov. To view a video about how to apply visit: Three Ways to Register for FEMA Disaster Assistance - YouTube. Remember to keep receipts from all purchases related to cleanup and repair. |
How to Help Victims of The Hill Country Floods |
TDSA members are helping to collect donations and fundraising for those impacted from the July 4th weekend floods throughout central Texas and the hill country. Please help where you can: Garrison Brothers Ways to Help: 1. Buy the Cask-Strength Bottle
Full event details: https://www.garrisonbros.com/events/2025-guadalupe-release/ 2. Give Online—Right Now
3. Shop or Sip on Site (July 12 Only)
4. Become a Matching DonorWant to turbo-charge the total? Email Nancy@garrisonbros.com to pledge a matching gift and inspire others to give. Treaty Oak Distilling Ways to Help: Treaty Oak is accepting donations to help the victims of the Guadalupe River flood through Sunday, July 13 . Every day at their distillery between 12:00 and 4:00pm, Treaty Oak is collecting cleaning supplies, medical supplies, food & water, emergency supplies, tools and hygiene items. Needed supply lists are updated daily on Treaty Oak's social media pages. Drop-Off Information: Treaty Oak Distilling 16604Fizhugh Rd Dripping Springs, TX 78620 In addition, a portion of proceeds from every bottle of Ghost Hill Bourbon sold will support the continued flood relief efforts. |
Instructions for Providing Samples at Temporary Events
Distiller Samples for Consumers at Temporary Events
Authority: distilleries may conduct free samples or tastings (no sales) of their products for the public at certain events away from the distiller’s permanent permitted premises under certain conditions.
Qualifying Events
- It must be a civic or distilled spirits festival, farmers' market, celebration, or similar event
- The term “celebration” covers a broad range of events, regardless of whether the event is public or private
Source of Alcohol for Samples: distiller’s own inventory
- The distilled spirits must have product registration with TABC
- Distiller must pay excise taxes on the products removed from inventory for a temporary event
Sample Limitations
- Samples may only be poured and served by the distiller
- A sample may not exceed 0.5 ounces
- Persons that receive the samples may not remove them from the event premises
Obtain Event Authorization: prior to the event, participating distilleries must complete and submit to TABC the File and Use Notification Form
- You must ensure that the owner of the property where the event is to occur has authorized the event
- You do NOT have to answer questions 8-12 when filling out this current File & Use Notification Form. However, when TABC launches their distiller-specific File & Use Form, you will be required to use that form and to answer all questions on that form.
- TABC will provide information about the Distiller File & Use Notification Form on its Temporary Events webpage when it launches, and will send an email notification to distillers. But for now, please leave questions 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 blank.
Submitting the Form: submit the completed for File and Use Notification Form to TABC at any time prior to the temporary event via email. There are no filing fees for this form.
- The appropriate email address for submitting your form is provided on the form.
- Distillers may leave questions 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 blank.
- In the future, distillers will be able to submit their forms to TABC via the Alcohol Industry Management System (AIMS). TABC will announce that functionality when it is launched.
Approval: you have approval to provide samples at the event as soon as you email your completed File and Use Notification Form to TABC (you do NOT have to wait to receive approval from TABC).
- A File and Use Notification Form only covers a period of up to 4 consecutive days. If you seek to conduct alcoholic beverage samples at an event for more than 4 days, submit a separate form to TABC for each 4-day period for which you need approval. You should submit all of these separate forms for the same event to TABC at one time.
Venue Limitations: venue must not be covered by another TABC permit. If it is, contact TABC for options
- If the permit holder owns or leases the property at which the off-site event occurs, the permit holder may not conduct more than 10 events at that location in a year (doesn’t apply to short-term, temporary lease at farmers markets and similar events)
Records Must Be Retained for 4 Years: records must include
- Dollar amount of alcohol purchased and sold/served; number of attendees; and the agreement between permit holder and venue authorizing the event, including the event date, hire date, type of event, and a copy of any event invitation or obituary for a funeral-related event
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Amber Hausenfluck, Government Affairs
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