The Alabama just signed a bill allowing breweries in Alabama to sell beer to go! We can’t get our growlers filled until June 1 but I am looking forward to filling a growler at Yellowhammer.
The bill also allows brewpubs in non historic buildings. That should open up the brewpub seen a bit.
Awesome! Welcome to the 20th century Alabama!
One of the last to legalize homebrewing is now becoming more progressive.
Hey, now. Come to Huntsville and see progressive and the 21st century.
Huntsville is only “technically” in Alabama. 
Gotta come up with a first bomber brewery only release here soon. Thinking about rye imperial stout recipe I really like.
Purely in relation to beer. I have no knowledge of anything else in Alabama.
Just kidding.
I have come to love Alabama (especially Huntsville). Yeah, we have our problems and our nut bags but so does everywhere else. Hunstville is a very progressive city. Anyone could be comfortable here. Except in July and August. Those months suck.
Well now… that means I can brings some growlers next time through! Awesome!
When I first moved to ALabama in 1993 beer laws were entirely backwards. You couldn’t buy beer over 6% ABV (but could buy 14% ABV wine on the same grocery store isle) and laws were so restrictive that it made the first brewpubs and breweries serious pioneers.
Now, thanks to a huge grass roots movement which I am proud to say I was a part of helping to shape, we have some of the easiest beer laws in the country. We can brew and sell beer up to`12% ABV, we can have a brewery, winery and distillery all on the same location and we can sell growlers to go and up to a case of beer per day per person (and 1.75L liquor per day per person).
Look for a distillery on site at YHB coming late this year, plans are already in the works. Probably going to be getting a winery license as well so that we can at least start serving cider.
Alabama has finally stepped out of the way and has created a climate where a brewery can be successful and profitable!
Congratulations! That’s totally awesome! The sort of politics I like hearing about. 
Blue laws are collapsing. Now with a triple threat Alabama can be held up as a seriously progressive example in the alcoholic beverages industry.
Awesome, Keith. Congrats!
That is great! I didn’t know a brewery could make a profit. All I hear is you can’t start small and become profitable. Guess you gave a big fly the bird to that Kieth. Good on ya man!!
I’m looking forward to filling my growler with your special release 1 June Keith!
We aren’t actually profitable yet, but we are projected to be profitable after next year (but we didn’t have the growler bill passing in our projections, so it may actually come sooner). We are still growing and operating at a loss. If it wasn’t for a very supportive wife who works her ass off to support me and my family there is no way I could do this. I make some money, but barely more than I did the year I graduated college. And I basically worked 3 years for free and invested a lot of money. I’m not saying it is different than any other start up business, but the warnings of starting a brewery are legit. And failure is still a possibility for us even now.
What Alabama needs now is a self distribute law and cap it around 300,000 barrels. So you don’t have to go years without making a profit.
Occasionally I take contract jobs that allow me to travel to fun beer related destinations. Huntsville Alabama is one of my favorites! Lots of great beer and good people in and around Huntsville. I had no idea till I visited the first time, nice surprise. Looking forward to my next visit.
Make sure you let us know when you pass thru again and we’ll meet up and tip a pint.
I love huntsville. It’s not what most people think when they envision Alabama. Birmingham is very nice too.