a taste of birmy's hops.

birmingham is pretty awesome.  & two local microbreweries have made it even more awesome.

good people brewing company has been "legally brewing" in alabama since 2008.  but they just recently opened a tasting room at their super cool downtown brewery this year.  across the street from our favorite & frequented park, good people might become our favorite neighborhood hangout. 

we took julie & ben to the gem while they were in town for thanksgiving to try some of the tasty tasty beers.  most boys in birmy love good people's IPA.  not a fan of hoppy beer myself, i do enjoy their brown ale.  they had just brewed a batch of Bret IPA, which the bartender & girlfriend of one of my birmy favorites told me i had to try.  again, i do not like hoppy beers, but it was really really good.

 so happy to have you in the neighborhood, good people!

for date night this past weekend, blakey & i stopped by one of the other new & fantastically spoken about local breweries, avondale brewing company. 

blakey immediately fell in love with their tasting room.  it was the perfect combo of manly rustic & urban sleek.  when he took a moment to look away from one of the big screen tvs, he noted many of the details he'd like to copy in his future man cave. 

we really like avondale's saison - a very flavorful ale.  & avondale's vanilla porter was delish too. 

i have a feeling we'll be back.

birmingham - you are such a cool town.

love love,

kjp.