Jul 28, 2018

Common Bond Brewers is helping revitalize Downtown Montgomery, Alabama

Many homebrewers have a dream to open their own brewery.  For Common Bond Brewers co-founder Andrew McNally the dream grabbed him in 2014 after participating in a homebrew competition with Good People Brewing in Birmingham, AL.  As he drove home her...

Jul 21, 2018

Reformation Brewery prepares to 'Set Beer Free' at their second location

Woodstock, GA is a fairly small community about 30 miles north of Atlanta.  It's been my home for 14 years and Reformation Brewery's home for nearly five.  When I moved here the "big" news/controversy in town was the opening of a new Super...

Jul 14, 2018

Two Tides owner James Massey talks about the journey from CPA to IPA

Savannah, Georgia's Two Tides Brewing Co. is only four months old but they're already making waves with their IPAs and sour beers.  While getting his accounting degree, Owner and Head Brewer James Massey started homebrewing.  After college, he became a...

Jul 9, 2018

The 5th Segment with Hop Soul Brewery

Hop Soul founders Justin and Elizabeth Crandall were in Atlanta over the 4th of July holiday and joined us in the studio last week.  Our featured guest was Chris Meadows of Elkmont Exchange, but we wanted to give a bit of info on Hop Soul as well.  I mean, they did take time out to...

Jul 7, 2018

Elkmont Exchange brings craft beer and charcuterie to Knoxville, TN

Above Photo: Elkmont Exchange

You may be surprised to find out that a brewpub in Tennessee was founded by a team whose first brewing venture was in Saigon (or is that Ho Chi Minh City?) Vietnam.  Alex Violette started his boozy career at Upslope Brewing...