Sweetwater Brewing Company
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| Sweetwater Brewing Company | |
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| Location | Atlanta, GA United States |
| Year opened | 1997 |
| Annual production | 50,000 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 | Pilsener |
| Dubble D's | Belgian Dubble |
| 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 on the west side of Atlanta near Charlie Brown Airport but as of 2004 it is located in Mid-Town Atlanta at 195 Ottley Drive, Atlanta GA 30324 in the Armor industrial district closer to Ansley Park.
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. Distribution is limited due to interstate alcohol laws; 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 the Nashville, TN, Asheville, NC, Birmingham, AL, and the Florida panhandle Tallahassee west into Pensacola. In all markets 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, a blueberry-flavored beer. Other brews include the Sweetwater IPA, Georgia 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, SweetWater Dubble D's, and the SweetWater Exodus Porter. SweetWater also feature it's Catch and Release series of beers available on a limited basis throughout the year. Early in the Year is Happy Ending, A Dry Hopped Stout - Road Trip, a Pilsner Style Ale is available spring through Summer, Donkey Punch, a barley wine is out in the fall, and Festive Ale is the strong spiced ale.
On August 28th 2007 SweetWater Draft House opened its doors on the B Concourse of Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. The SweetWater Draft House features 4 of SweetWater's Beers on Draft and SweetWater's look and culture throughout the space.
[edit] Hosted tastings
Every Wednesday Thursday and Friday from 5:30 - 7:30 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]
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