Sweetwater Brewing Company

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Sweetwater Brewing Company

Location	Atlanta, GA United States
Year opened	1997
Annual production	33,000 barrels
Active Beers
SweetWater 420	Pale ale
Hummer	Belgian Wit
SweetWater Blue	Light Style Wheat Ale
Georgia Brown	Brown ale
Sweetwater IPA	India pale ale
Seasonal Beers
Festive Ale	Pale ale
Road Trip	Pilsner Style Ale
Dubbel D's	Belgian Dubbel
Happy Ending	Imperial Stout
Donkey Punch	Barley Wine

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

The company was founded in 1997 originally near Charlie Brown Airport but as of 2004 it is located at 195 Ottley Drive, Atlanta GA 30324 in the Armor industrial district closer to downtown.

In 2002 it was voted Small Brewery of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival and Kevin McNerny was voted Brewmaster of the Year. Sweetwater brews have won numerous nationally recognized awards at both the World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival. As they are brewed without pasteurization, distribution is limited due to a relatively short shelf life of 90 days; the primary market for Sweetwater is Atlanta and the surrounding area. However, Sweetwater is distributed to other areas of the Southeastern United States, at least as far as Destin and Tallahassee, Florida. In the Tallahassee market Sweetwater is available on tap as well as in a bottle.

Best known for their Sweetwater 420 pale ale, they also make the popular Sweetwater Blue (with a blueberry taste). Other brews include the Sweetwater IPA, Georgia Brown Brown, Happy Ending Imperial Stout, Hummer (a wheat beer), and the Festive Ale. Discontinued brews include the Sweetwater ESB, originally known as the Sweetwater Ale, and the SweetWater Exodus Porter.

In June 2007 SweetWater Draft House will open its doors on the B Concourse of Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, GA. The SweetWater Draft House will feature 5 of SweetWater's Beers on Draft and their look and culture throughout the space.

[edit] Hosted tastings

Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 5:30 SweetWater opens it doors and tasting room for sampling and tours of the brewery. In January 2005, Sweetwater hosted the first Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting real ale competition. [1]