For The Love of Beer is a NEW monthly guide to Madison County’s brewery scene.
The craft beer industry in Madison County has really taken off in the past few years, due largely to the support and encouragement these breweries have received from folks like you.
However, with so many different breweries to visit and beers to try, it can get a bit overwhelming at times!
I hope this monthly guide will help you, a craft beer connoisseur, know how to spend your hard earned beer budget.
Location: 220 Holmes Ave. N.E., Huntsville, AL Tap Room Hours: (BTR is a full restaurant) Monday – Saturday: 11am-10pm
Sunday: 10am-10pm Phone Number: 256-469-6617
Blue Pants taproom offers 10 taps rotating through their various brews and serves some of their additional beers in bottles. They also have a biergarten with an outdoor stage for live music!
July Events at Blue Pants Brewery:
We Care Wednesdays Every Wednesday, during regular hours, Blue Pants partners with a different local non-profit organization and donates $1 from every pint purchased that day. Neon Lilly food truck serves food at the taproom and also donates $1 from each meal purchased.
Check Blue Pants’ social media each week to see which non-profit is benefitting.
Great Peacock Concert with India Ramey Friday, July 18 @ 9pm
Cost: $8.00 Presale, $10.00 at the door
Food: Earth and Stone Wood Fired Creations
Brew & View* Saturday, July 26 @ Sundown
Cost: $7.00/person, 2 for $10, group pricing available
Outdoor Movie in the biergarten, 15′ screen, all-you-can-eat popcorn, one beer sample included in ticket price
*This event is rain or shine. If it rains, we turn the brewery warehouse into a movie theatre.
Rocket Republic has BIG NEWS: They have just secured a lease on a 9,400 sq ft facility in Madison, and build-out has commenced for the production space, tap room and outdoor biergarten!
Located at 289 Production Avenue in Madison, AL (near the big FedEx shipping center), they hope to have it operating by the end of 2014.
Find Rocket Republic at the Following Events:
Pint Night at Drake’s Huntsville
Wednesday, July 9 4800 Whitesburg Drive, Suite 14
Tap Takeover and Pint Glass Giveaway
Schaeffer Eye Center Cityfest
Saturday, July 26 in Birmingham, AL
(See Event under “Brew Stooges” for more details)
Straight to Ale’s taproom pours out of 10 taps and has food trucks on site most nights.
The outdoor biergarten is open each day and will play host to many events this summer and fall. The Biergarten even includes 2 disc golf baskets.
Straight to Ale offers tours of their brewery each Saturday at 2pm. To sign up for a tour, visit their website.
July Events at Straight to Ale:
Open Mic Night Wednesday July 9 and Wednesday July 23
An opportunity for local musicians, poets, writers, comedians, and more to share their talent with willing listeners.
Please have 5-10 minutes of material ready to share with everyone. Sign up starts at 6:00p and performances begin at 6:30p. All are welcome to participate or watch and there will be a food truck on site.
Irish Night
Saturday July 19th @ 7pm
Live music by Jasper Cole, Bourbon and Shamrocks, and more!
Cost: $10
On-On Tacos will be on site.
What’s New? International Space Saison Rum (8.25% ABV) – the ISS series, features Straight to Ale’s newly re-formulated Belgian farmhouse ale aged for six-plus months in various barrels.
The rum version is sweet and boozy, with lots of rum, vanilla and oak.
It will be released in late June/early July in bombers and on draft in very limited quantities. Check social media to catch the release date and pick up the bombers at your favorite craft beer store.
Later this summer, look for ISS aged in Tequila and Chardonnay barrels! Brother Joseph’s Belgian Dubbel (8%ABV) in cans!
Available for years in draft format only, one of Huntsville’s favorite Straight to Ale beers will now be canned year-round.
You can currently find Bro Jo in cans at Target, and wherever craft beers are sold. Sand Island Lighthouse is now available on draft at The Lone Goose Saloon and you can now find Monkeynaut at Hooters on Univeristy Blvd.
You can also find 3 taps of Straight to Ale on the draft to-go box, as well as all of their cans, at The Beverage Depot on 72.
Location: 109 Maple Ave, Huntsville, AL Taproom Hours: 5 to 9pm Thursday, Friday, & Saturday Phone Number: 256-759-7457
The Brew Stooges taproom is a laid back environment, right in the middle of the brewery action.
They offer 9 taps of their delicious brews, all with witty names like “Knucklehead Porter” and “Double Wrong Rye”.
Find Brew Stooges at the Following Events:
Tap Takeover
Pie In The Sky, Madison AL
Tuesday, July 8, starts at 6:00pm
The Historic Lowry House Backyard Concert Series Saturday, July 12, starts at 7:30pm
Tickets are $10
Band – The Beasley Brothers with Aaron Bradley
Schaeffer Eye Center CityFest Railroad Park, Birmingham, AL
Saturday, July 26, 1pm to 11pm (TBD)
Tickets are still TBD Read more about this beer festival.
This event includes live music by The Roots, Taylor Hicks, and Ruben Studdard, food trucks, a crawfish boil, and, of course, beer tasting.
Location: 2406 Clinton Ave West, Huntsville, AL Taproom Hours: Friday 4:30-9, Saturday 2-9pm
The Yellowhammer taproom has 9 taps, flowing with their unique beers, as well as a beautiful, shady Biergarten, providing a perfect hang out on hot summer afternoons.
Getting ready for HOPSAGEDDON
July Events at Yellowhammer Brewing:
HOPSAGEDDON
Saturday, July 12, 2-9pm
Cost: FREE
Party in the tasting room with at least 2 new Yellowhammer IPAs!
Huntsville Music Night Saturday, July 19, 6-9 pm
Some pop, a little punk. Three local bands in tasting room, featuring Really Loud Hamburgers, plus Macaroni Rascals and Invisible Teardrops
Cost: FREE
Food: Earth & Stone Wood fire pizza
Jam Band Night Saturday, July 26. 6-9 pm
Live music in the Biergarten by Liquid Caravan
Cost: FREE
What’s New? Yellowhammer’s Miracle Worker Tripel will be available in 22 ounce bombers this month, so pick one up at your favorite craft beer store.
All eight Madison County breweries were contacted, so a lack of information indicates a lack of response and not a bias on the part of the blogger or Our Valley Events. To ensure your brewery’s inclusion in next month’s blog, email leslie@straighttoale.com.
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