Avondale Brewing Company
The Avondale Brewing Company is a brewery at 201 41st Street South in Avondale. The business is a partnership between real estate agent Coby Lake, his brother Hunter Lake, Chris Donaldson, 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
- Diel, Stan (March 3, 2011) "Birmingham's Avondale Brewing Co. close to getting OK to start making beer." Birmingham News
External links
- Avondale Brewing Company on Facebook.com