Trim Tab Brewing

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Trim Tab Brewing is a brewery and tap room opened by University of Alabama School of Law student Harris Stewart in the former Barber Motorsports Museum property adjacent to Motus Motorcycles at 2721 5th Avenue South in Lakeview in February 2014.

Stewart initially proposed opening a Trim Tab Brewhouse and Hot Chicken Kitchen at 211 Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard North downtown. The 4,000 square foot lot, former site of the Lunsford Hotel, was offered to business owners free of charge by owner George Barber in Fall 2009. A deal was struck with Stewart in Spring 2012, but Stewart learned that new construction costs and legal barriers to combining a restaurant and brewery made that project unfeasible.

The brewery's first two brewing tanks arrived from British Columbia in September 2013 and gives the facility the capacity to brew 3,500 barrels per year. The 5th Avenue brewery features a 2,000 square-foot tap room and patio which officially opened on February 14, 2014. Brewmaster Will Crenshaw unveiled an India Pale Ale and a German-style Pillar to Post Brown Ale as the brewery's flagship offerings. The tap room also serves as a fee-free art gallery for local artists.

Stewart also hired brewer Lauren Wiersma, the first female brewer in Birmingham and one of the first in Alabama.

References

  • Diel, Stan (May 10, 2012) "Brewpub planned for George Barber's free downtown lot." The Birmingham News
  • Poe, Ryan (March 13, 2013) "Brewery sets sights on Lakeview instead of downtown." Birmingham Business Journal
  • Diel, Stan (August 16, 2013) "Birmingham's Trim Tab Brewing Co. expects to raise its first glass by end of October." The Birmingham News
  • Diel, Stan (September 3, 2013) "New Southside brewery closer to opening with delivery of tanks." The Birmingham News
  • Azok, Dawn Kent (February 13, 2014) "Birmingham's Trim Tab Brewing Co. to mark opening of new tasting gallery." The Birmingham News
  • Tomberlin, Michael (February 28, 2014) "Trim Tab adds first Birmingham female brewer to its beer making team." The Birmingham News
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