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:''This article is about the 1890s business. For other uses, see [[Birmingham Brewing Company]].'' | |||
The '''Birmingham Brewing Company''' was a beer producer operating in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Southside]] from [[1889]] to [[1893]]. | |||
The business was incorporated on [[May 27]], [[1889]] by [[William Rushton Sr|William J. Rushton, Sr]]. The two brick brewery buildings were constructed for $100,000 at [[22nd Street South]] between [[4th Avenue South|Avenue D]] and [[5th Avenue South|Avenue E]]. The brewery began producing in May [[1890]], using the Rochester vacuum fermenting process. The company sold its product through a network of brewery-owned saloons and through the [[Solomon & Levi]] wholesale company. Competition and economic conditions held the brewery's output to less than 8,000 barrels per year, about half their designed capacity of 15,000 barrels. | |||
A business depression affected the brewery in [[1891]]. Another depression, triggered by a coal miners strike in [[1893]], forced the company into bankruptcy. [[Morris Adler & Company]] was appointed receiver of the property. The brewery remained idle until the [[Alabama Brewing Company]] purchased and improved the property in [[1897]]. | |||
==References== | |||
* "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/BrmnghmNP01,10053 The New Brewery]" (March 26, 1890) ''The Weekly Age-Herald'' - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections | |||
* Birmingham Beverage Company. (n. d.) "[http://www.alabev.com/history_of_brewing_in_alabama.htm The History of Brewing in Alabama]" | |||
[[Category:Former breweries]] | |||
[[Category:22nd Street South]] | |||
[[Category:5th Avenue South]] | |||
[[Category:1889 establishments]] | |||
[[Category:1893 disestablishments]] | |||
[[Category:1890 buildings]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:50, 31 October 2018
- This article is about the 1890s business. For other uses, see Birmingham Brewing Company.
The Birmingham Brewing Company was a beer producer operating in Birmingham's Southside from 1889 to 1893.
The business was incorporated on May 27, 1889 by William J. Rushton, Sr. The two brick brewery buildings were constructed for $100,000 at 22nd Street South between Avenue D and Avenue E. The brewery began producing in May 1890, using the Rochester vacuum fermenting process. The company sold its product through a network of brewery-owned saloons and through the Solomon & Levi wholesale company. Competition and economic conditions held the brewery's output to less than 8,000 barrels per year, about half their designed capacity of 15,000 barrels.
A business depression affected the brewery in 1891. Another depression, triggered by a coal miners strike in 1893, forced the company into bankruptcy. Morris Adler & Company was appointed receiver of the property. The brewery remained idle until the Alabama Brewing Company purchased and improved the property in 1897.
References
- "The New Brewery" (March 26, 1890) The Weekly Age-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- Birmingham Beverage Company. (n. d.) "The History of Brewing in Alabama"