TABC Product Registration

This page provides guidance on how to register your alcoholic beverage products if you hold a Brewer’s License (BW), Winery Permit (G), Distiller’s and Rectifier’s Permit (D), Brewpub License (BP), Nonresident Brewer’s License (BN), or Nonresident Seller’s Permit (S).

You must register your alcoholic beverage products with TABC before they may be shipped into Texas or marketed, distributed, or sold in Texas – unless you qualify for one of the exceptions listed in TABC Rule 45.4(b). See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 101.67, Section 101.6701, and Section 101.671, and TABC Rule 45.3 and Rule 45.4.

Your products will fall into one of the following types:

• Malt beverage: a fermented beverage brewed or produced from malt, in whole or in part, or from any malt substitute.
• Wine: a product created from the fermented juice of sound ripe grapes, fruits, berries or honey (includes vermouth, cider, sake, etc.).
• Distilled spirit: alcohol produced in whole or in part by distillation.

See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 1.04 and TABC Rule 45.2.

Follow the steps below to register your product with TABC.

If you do not have a federal Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) and the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has stopped issuing COLAs due to a federal government shutdown or other interruption in service, skip to the Provisional Product Registration section.

• For most alcoholic beverage products: You must apply for and obtain a federal COLA from the TTB before starting your TABC product registration application. You will submit one COLA with each TABC product registration application.
• For products classified as IRC beer: You must obtain formula approval from the TTB. You’ll submit a copy of the product’s TTB formula approval and a copy of your product’s label with your TABC product registration application instead of submitting a TTB COLA.
• For wine products with less than 7% alcohol by volume: You must obtain TTB formula approval, if required by the TTB. You’ll submit a copy of the product’s TTB formula approval, if required by the TTB, and a copy of your product’s label with your TABC product registration application instead of submitting a TTB COLA.

See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 101.67 and Section 101.671 and TABC Rule 45.40 and Rule 45.50.

For the quickest processing, complete and submit your application online in AIMS. Once you’ve prepared the documents and information above, log in to your AIMS account to get started. You will submit a $25 fee online for each application.

You can also download an application from the TABC Product Registration Forms page, complete it, and mail it with the $25 application fee to:

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

5806 Mesa Drive

Austin, TX 78731

Once you submit your TABC product registration application, you must wait to receive approval from TABC before your product may be shipped into Texas or marketed, distributed, or sold in Texas.

If your application contains missing or incorrect information, TABC will send you an email notice to take corrective actions in AIMS. You must perform the requested tasks in AIMS within 10 days of receiving the notice, or your application will be withdrawn.
See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 101.67 and Section 101.671 and TABC Rule 45.9.

Once you register your product with TABC, you’ll only have to re-register that product if you make a change that requires a new TTB COLA.
Not every change requires a new COLA. You can review the TTB’s list of product changes that don’t require a new COLA.

See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 101.67 and Section 101.671 and TABC Rule 45.11.

You may apply for provisional product registration only when there’s a federal government shutdown or other interruption in service that prevents the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) from issuing Certificates of Label Approval (COLAs). Follow the steps below if you do not have the necessary COLA to include in a standard TABC Product Registration Application.

See Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 101.67(f)(3) and TABC Rule 45.12.

• Visit the TABC Product Registration Forms page to download and fill out the Provisional Product Registration Application. Do not use AIMS.
• Email the application with the required attachments to product.registration@tabc.texas.gov.
• There is no fee to submit this application. You will pay a $25 product registration fee only when you obtain your COLA and submit a standard TABC product registration application.

After submitting this application, wait to receive provisional approval from TABC by email. You must respond to any requests for missing or incorrect information within 10 days of receiving them, or your application will be withdrawn. 

If your label meets the federal COLA standards, TABC will register your product on a provisional basis and notify you with an email from product.registration@tabc.texas.gov.  

If you have provisional product registration from TABC, you must apply to the TTB for a COLA within 30 days of the TTB resuming its services. If you don’t do this, your provisional product registration will automatically expire on the 31st day after the TTB resumes processing.

If the TTB approves your COLA, you must reapply to TABC for product registration using our standard application for your product type in AIMS or on the TABC Product Registration Forms page within 30 days of receiving the COLA from the TTB. Your provisional product registration will expire on the 31st day after the TTB issues your COLA if you don’t reapply. 

If the TTB denies your COLA, you must notify TABC within five days of receiving the TTB’s notice of denial by emailing product.registration@tabc.texas.gov. If you do not notify TABC within the five days, your license or permit will be subject to administrative action for a violation of TABC Rule 45.12(f). Your provisional product registration with TABC will expire when the provisional approval is revoked.

TABC processes all standard and provisional product registration applications in the order in which they are received. The estimated wait time to obtain approval is 20-25 days.

Product testing is no longer required as of Dec. 31, 2020. However, the TABC Laboratory still provides free product testing. For more information on testing, please contact the laboratory at 512-206-3412 or tabclab@tabc.texas.gov. 

We offer step-by-step guides for submitting a product registration application and searching for registered products in AIMS.

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