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''This article is about the 1890s business. For | :''This article is about the 1890s business. For other uses, see [[Birmingham Brewing Company]].'' | ||
The '''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 [[W. I. Rushton]]. 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. 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]]. | |||
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* "[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]" | |||
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Revision as of 14:43, 27 April 2010
- 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 W. I. Rushton. 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. 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"