Honest craft beer reviews with no corporate sponsors and no bad takes. IPAs, stouts, lagers, sours — if it’s interesting, we drink it.
The Review Ghost Train’s Dark Ride is a Belgian Style Strong Ale brewed with Alabama wildflower honey, and the name — a term for an…
The Review Back Forty released Freckle Belly IPA alongside Kudzu Porter when their Gadsden brewery opened in 2012, and the name alone probably moved more…
The Review By 2020 every brewery in America had a hazy IPA. Most of them were fine. Some were very good. Cahaba’s River Haze is…
The Review The case for Kolsch in Alabama is simple: it is July, it is 97 degrees, there is no shade, and you need a…
The Review Most breweries have a small-batch experimental series. TrimTab has the Gallery Series, and the name isn’t accidental — the tasting gallery at 5th…
The Review Every great brewery needs a beer that says “you’re welcome here.” For Birmingham District, that beer is Maingate Blonde — named for the…
The Review Coby Lake knows how to use a brewery to transform a neighborhood. He did it in Avondale, where Avondale Brewing Company — which…
The Review Terminal Station is Ghost Train’s tribute to Birmingham’s demolished 1909 train station — a building that once connected the city to the rest…
The Review Back Forty’s Birmingham location at Sloss Docks opened in July 2018 with a 1.5-acre beer garden, a full pub kitchen, and a dramatic…
The Review On July 4th, 2008, Good People rolled out their first keg at a Five Points South celebration and Birmingham’s craft beer history officially…
