Avondale Brewing Company
The Avondale Brewing Company is a brewery which plans to open in late 2010 at 201 41st Street South in Avondale. The business is a partnership between real estate agent Coby Lake, his brother Hunter Lake, and contractor and brewer Craig Shaw.
The 6,000 square foot building was built in 1885 and has served as a bunkhouse for railroad and mill workers, a bank, a wholesale confectionary, and the Long Branch Saloon. It had been vacant since the late 1980s and needed significant structural repairs, including a rebuilding of the entire front facade which had settled and cracked. For brewing, the company purchased a German-made 17-barrel system capable of producing 10,000 barrels per year at full production.
The brewery's logo, unveiled in February 2011, features a portrait of Miss Fancy, a former resident of the Birmingham Zoo at Avondale Park who was often treated to bootleg whisky and mash during prohibition.
Planned beers
- Long Branch Lager, German-style lager
- Avondale Pale Ale, a dark pale ale
- Bottletree IPA, an India pale ale specially made for the nearby Bottletree cafe
- unnamed saison
References
- Williams, Roy L. (June 24, 2010) "Birmingham's second brewery brings hops to Avondale." Birmingham News
- Tomberlin, Michael (October 14, 2010) "Brewers hopping to the Alabama suds rush." Birmingham News
External links
- Avondale Brewing Company on Facebook.com