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The '''Good People Brewing Company''' is a [[Birmingham]]-based brewery located at 114 [[14th Street South|14th Street]], at the corner of [[2nd Avenue South]]. | The '''Good People Brewing Company''' is a [[Birmingham]]-based brewery located at 114 [[14th Street South|14th Street]], at the corner of [[2nd Avenue South]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:04, 20 May 2010
The Good People Brewing Company is a Birmingham-based brewery located at 114 14th Street, at the corner of 2nd Avenue South.
Good People grew out of a homebrewing hobby shared by Auburn University graduates Jason Malone and Mike Sellers. They began operating professionally in September 2007 at the former Southside Cellar Brewing Company location in Pickwick Plaza on Magnolia Avenue. The company's first brew, a brown ale, made its official debut at the July 4, 2008 celebration organized by the Five Points South Merchants Association. Good People Pale Ale was the first beer to become generally available, starting at the Five Points Grill and the J. Clyde on Cobb Lane. Other restaurants, bars and select liquor stores now carry the beer, which is distributed by the Birmingham Beverage Company.
Southside Cellar's equipment, which still had seven-year-old beer in it when Good People moved into the space, included eight 7 bbl fermenters and two 7 bbl bright tanks with a total capacity of 250-300 kegs per month. Spent grain from the mash is recycled as compost, which feeds hop vines at Jones Valley Urban Farm, which then go back into the beer.
In May 2010 Good People moved to a their current location, a much larger former warehouse near the Railroad Park, and increased their capacity by adding three 20 bbl fermenting tanks. Future plans include a canning operation, and, depending on the success of Free the Hops legislative agenda, accommodation for tours and tastings.
Beers
- Good People American Brown Ale
- Good People American Pale Ale
- Good People American IPA
- Good People India Pale Ale
- Good People Oatmeal Coffee Stout (Fall 2008)
- Good People Snake Handler Double IPA
- Good People Fatso Imperial Stout
- Good People Hitchhiker IPA
- Good People Mumbai Rye IPA
- Good People Bubba Imperial Pils
- Good People Stepchild Beglian India Red Ale
- Good People Love Child Belgiweizen
- Good People Strongman Belgian Strong Dark
- Good People Hawg Wash Belgian Pale Ale
- Good People Skeeter Bite Weizenbock
- Good People Dirt Dauber Roggenbier (Fall 2008)
- Good People Federale Ancho Chile Brown Ale
External links
- Good People Brewing Company website
References
- "Brewing in Five Points" (January 18, 2008) Birmingham Business Journal
- Geiss, Chuck (June 12, 2008) "Naked Birmingham." Black & White
- Spencer, Thomas (July 19, 2008) "Beer brews again in Birmingham, Alabama." Birmingham News
- Tutor, Chris (July 30, 2009) "Good People happy to take it slow" Beermingham
- Tutor, Chris (May 12, 2010) "Good People ready to get even better... and bigger" Beermingham
- Tomberlin, Michael (May 20, 2010) "Birmingham brewery on rise as popularity overflows." Birmingham News