Atlanta Brewing Company

Infobox Brewery
name = Atlanta Brewing Company


caption =
location = flagicon|USAflagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)Atlanta, GA
opened = 1993
production =
active_beers = brewbox_beer | name=Red Brick Peachtree Pale Ale | style=Pale Ale brewbox_beer | name=Red Brick Ale | style=Brown Ale brewbox_beer | name=Red Brick Blonde | style=Blonde Ale brewbox_beer | name=Number's Ale | style=American Bitter brewbox_beer | name=Laughing Skull | style=Bohemian Pilsner
seasonal_beers = brewbox_beer | name=Red Brick Spring Helles Bock | style=Bock brewbox_beer | name=Red Brick Summer Hefe-weizen | style=Hefeweisen brewbox_beer | name=Red Brick Winter | style=Porter

Atlanta Brewing Company is a brewery located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Georgia's oldest operating craft brewery [ [http://www.ajc.com/search/content/living/food/btownsend/021705.html Local breweries benefit from another's demise | ajc.com] ] , the company opened in 1993, with Red Brick Ale. Blonde and Pale ales were introduced shortly thereafter.

Brews from ABC include their Peachtree Pale Ale and Red Brick Blonde. Seasonally, Atlanta Brewing offers a draft only spring bock, a summer German style Hefeweizen, or wheat beer; in colder months, they offer a porter called Red Brick Winter Brew. ABC also brews Numbers Ale, originally a contract brew for Atlanta-area restaurants owned by Concentrics Hospitality Group, and Reverend Mudbone Ale, a contract brew for Jim 'n' Nicks, a barbecue restaurant chain. In 2006, the ABC line expanded into Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. 2008 has been a banner year for Red Brick, Sweeping the major beer Fests, winning Gold for the Red Brick Blonde at the Great American Beer Fest in Denver( Oct 2007), Gold for Peachtree Pale Ale at the Carolina Championships( Hickory Hops), and Gold for Barrel Select at the World Beer Cup ( San Diego,Ca). This is one of a very examples of a brewery winning gold at every level of Competition available.

ABC brewing company hosts tours of their premises every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Wednesday and Friday tours run from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Tours are $7 and include an ABC pint glass for tasting the brews on tap.

In 2007 ABC moved from their Williams Street location overlooking the Downtown Connector in Midtown Atlanta to 2323 Defoor Hills Rd.

Awards

* Peachtree Pale Ale - Gold Medal in Pale Ale category at Hockory Hops_ Carolina Championship_2008

* Red Brick Blonde - Gold medal in "Golden or blonde ale" category at the 2007 Great American Beer Festival [

* Red Brick Barrel Select - Gold Medal in Barrel Aged Category at World Beer Cup 2008

* [http://www.ajc.com/search/content/living/food/stories/btownsend/2007/10/23/beer_1025.html Atlanta blonde ale brings home the gold | ajc.com] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.atlantabrewing.com Atlanta Brewing Company]
* [http://www.beersouth.homestead.com/Guide2GA.html Beer South Microbrewing Guide to Georgia Breweries]
* [http://www.realbeer.com/cgi-bin/realbeer/search/rb_brewtour.cgi Real Beer: Atlanta Microbreweries]